TAMPA, Fla. — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes added to his collection of unusual touchdown passes in the second quarter on the road Sunday night against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The former MVP of the league hit running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire with a 2-yard pass that was anything but the norm.
Mahomes was chased out of the pocket, did a 360 spin to avoid pressure and wound up pushing the ball to an open Edwards-Helaire in the back of the end zone for his second touchdown pass of the night to give the Chiefs a 21-3 lead.
The Chiefs followed that up with some trickery later in the quarter when Mahomes distracted the defense from the shotgun by pointing as tight end Noah Gray ran under center and took the snap into the end zone from 1 yard out.
Not in a playbook you’ve ever seen 😏
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— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) October 3, 2022
Fresh from our bag of tricks 🪄
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— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) October 3, 2022
Some notable names took to Twitter to react to the play.
Of them was even Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James.
Patty Mahomes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. So damn good!! 🪄
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 3, 2022
— Gerald McCoy (@Geraldini93) October 3, 2022
Mahomes out here playing with a joystick
— Charles Woodson (@CharlesWoodson) October 3, 2022
😳 I mean how did he do that?… 🤷🏿♂️ #ChiefsKingdom
— Bernard Pollard Jr (@Crushboy31) October 3, 2022