The Kansas City Chiefs just saved their 2021 season in 20 game-time minutes.
Already in a significant early hole at 2-3, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs trailed a defensively stacked Washington Football Team 13-10 midway through the third quarter on the road. The offense once again was not crisp enough to compensate for a defense that surrendered an NFL-worst 32.6 points per game during the first five weeks of the 2021 campaign.
When Mahomes made a horrible decision on his second interception of the game, you got the feeling the wheels could come off against a flawed but desperate and talented opponent.