For Pete's Sake

Chiefs fans would be happy if team retired sneak play that failed in preseason opener

The Chiefs failed to get a first down on fourth-and-short on their first preseason drive.
The Chiefs failed to get a first down on fourth-and-short on their first preseason drive.

Chiefs fans who tuned in late to Sunday’s preseason game against the New Orleans Saints may have missed seeing quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

After the Saints scored a touchdown on their first drive, the Chiefs got the ball and picked up 24 yards in six plays. The drive ended when the Chiefs failed to pick up less than 1 yard on a fourth down play.

Mahomes was in shotgun formation when tight end Blake Bell took a direct snap and was stuffed for no gain.

If you’ve seen that play before you’re not alone. The Saints’ Khalen Saunders, the former Chiefs defensive lineman, had seen it, and he helped blow up the play.

Chiefs fans have seen that sneak, too, and many shared on Twitter their hope the team does away with the play.

This is what they were saying.

That first drive was the only series that Mahomes played.

Pete Grathoff
The Kansas City Star
From covering the World Series to the World Cup, Pete Grathoff has done a little bit of everything since joining The Kansas City Star in 1997.
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