"You want to have some blowouts," Mahomes said after the Chiefs beat the Carolina Panthers 30-27 on rookie Spencer Shrader's 31-yard field goal as time expired. "You want be a little calmer in the fourth quarter. I've always said it can be a good thing as you get to the playoffs and later in the season, just knowing that you've been in those moments before and knowing how to kind of attack it."
Mahomes led the Chiefs on the game-winning drive against the Panthers. It started with two short pass completions, but the big play was a 33-yard Mahomes scramble that put the Chiefs in field goal range. Mahomes by his own admission isn't the fastest or most elusive quarterback when he runs. But he's effective.
"He has a great feel for the game," coach Andy Reid said. "He knows by the coverage where guys are and what they're trying to do and accomplish with the coverage and he can feel the front."
Mahomes has made some long runs for the Chiefs late in some of their most notable victories. The longest play on their game-winning drive in Super Bowl LVII against the Philadelphia Eagles was a 26-yard Mahomes run, and the longest on this game-ending drive was a 33-yard scramble.
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