Fans at Arrowhead Stadium saw the most impressive highlight of the preseason when Patrick Mahomes completed a behind-the-back pass to Travis Kelce in the Kansas City Chiefs’ loss to the Detroit Lions last week.
Mahomes told reporters during the game that he made the unconventional throw because Kelce ran the wrong route, but the All-Pro tight end didn’t see things the same way.
“It wasn’t a play? No, it was a play,” Kelce said. “It was a first down. You know he’s got the voice thing, so he kind of mumbled out the play. I couldn’t hear it, I was walking up to the line. I was trying to decipher what he was saying.”
“Before I knew it, he snapped the ball. Then I kind of saw him out of my peripheral run to the sideline, so I was trying to go help my guy out. By the time I looked over there, he was already in midform like a photo on a sports card, throwing the ball to me. It was just, I guess, right place at the right time.”
Kansas City will finish off the three-game preseason schedule against the Chicago Bears on Thursday.