Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce have been teammates for a while now and have put up big numbers and won a Super Bowl together. All that time has made them very comfortable with each other on the field and they often know what the other is going to do without them having to say it.
Well, that relationship paid off big time before the huge play that set up the game-tying field goal at the end of the fourth quarter in yesterday’s insane playoff against the Bills as Kelce let Mahomes know he wasn’t going to run the route that was called for on the play. He saw something in the defense and let his QB know that and the rest is history.
Kelce’s explanation of his decision and of Mahomes yelling “DO IT” at the line of scrimmage is too good. He talks after Mahomes in this video:
Travis Kelce told Patrick Mahomes if Bills lined up in D designed to protect sideline he was taking it up the seam. Can hear Mahomes scream "DO IT KELS!" before the snap. Schematic adjustment on fly from the TE and an audible from the QB. High level stuff! pic.twitter.com/057LdcyG2w
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) January 24, 2022
You can hear Mahomes here yelling “DO IT, KELC, DO IT! DO IT!”
"DO IT": Isolated and enhanced pic.twitter.com/7MKfHa9BzD
— Kali Mahomes (@ClayWendler) January 24, 2022
Brilliant.
Kelce picked up 25 yards on the play, the Chiefs kicked the field goal, and then Kelce won it in OT with a TD catch.
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