Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Shoulders Blame For Lackluster Performance

Maybe his greatest play so far this season . . .

For fans of the Kansas City Chiefs, it never feels right to blame a play, a game — or really, anything — on quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The superstar has twice won both the Super Bowl and the league’s MVP award — and throughout his seven-year career, he has rarely been held down for any significant stretch . . .

That is... until this season. The Chiefs are 2-4 since the bye week, scoring 20 or more points just twice over those six games. The latest letdown — a 20-14 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Christmas Day — felt like the ugliest showing from the offense . . . The quarterback wore the blame on Wednesday.

“You have to be critical with yourself,” proclaimed Mahomes in his press conference. “You have to be true to what’s on the film — and what’s happening. A lot of people would make excuses. That’s why they don’t take that next step or become better because of it. When you look at the film — and you made a lot of mistakes that you can’t make in this league if you want to have success — you have to learn from them and get better from them.

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