KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs will be starting a new left guard and tackle, the latter coming off a major knee injury, when they travel nearly 12 hours to play their season opener on foreign soil against one of the NFL’s best defenses.
If that sounds like a nightmare for Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, how would you describe last season?
The Chiefs pondered a half-dozen options back then in trying to protect his blind side, ultimately giving up on second-round pick Kingsley Suamataia and second-year pro Wanya Morris. The result was predictable. Mahomes was sacked 36 times, eight more than any other season in his eight-year NFL career. His sack rate was a career-worst 5.83% of drop-backs, and that translated into a net yards-per-attempt of fewer than 6 for the first time in his career.
The whole mess culminated at the Super Bowl, when the Philadelphia Eagles not only sacked Mahomes six times but hit him on 11 occasions in a 40-22 loss that never seemed as close as the final score might suggest.
The Chiefs play the Chargers Friday night in Brazil. Kick-off is at 7 pm with pre-game at 6 pm. The game will air on the Gift AM1290 and FM 103.7 to start, then move to K-Kountry 95 after the Bobcats game is over.
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