Whether winning Super Bowls, hawking insurance products, making the rounds of the podcast circuit or nonchalantly creating iconic plays together, there’s no denying the epic bond between long-time Kansas City Chiefs teammates Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes.

After Mahomes made an incredible, spur-of-the-moment, behind-the-back pass to Kelce, which the tight end converted for an eight-yard gain and first down, a playful sideline back-and-forth ensued as Kelce trolled his quarterback’s raspy accent.

“You know he’s got the voice thing,” Kelce said before while mocking a bad Mahomes accent. “So he kinda mumbled out the play, I couldn’t hear it. I was walking up to the line like trying to decipher what he was saying.”
The Chiefs drove the field to score a field goal, their second drive in a row that tallied three points. Mahomes, Kelce and most of the offensive starters did not return after that drive. Carson Wentz and the backups came into the game with 3:13 left in the first quarter and turned a short-field possession into a 22-yard touchdown by rookie WR Xavier Worthy.

Kelce could be found on the sideline, rehashing more details from the incredible play.

“Before I knew it, he snapped the ball and then I saw him out of my peripheral running toward the sideline. So I was trying to help my guy out! By the time I looked over there, he was already in mid-form like a photo on a sports card, throwing the ball to me,” Kelce said while gesturing behind his back. “So, I guess right place at the right time!”

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It’s good to see the team playing loose. There’s history on the line in Kansas City. Instead of talking about the Chiefs rematch after last season’s Week 1 loss to the Detroit Lions, the media is eating up the headlines of Mahomes’ unique pass to Kelce. The former Texas Tech standout had a very different version of events when asked how it happened.

“Long story short, Travis didn’t run the route he was supposed to run. And then it was kind of a behind-the-back pass, kinda because I was mad. I was pissed off at Travis … Out of spite, I threw a behind-the-back pass, and now it’s gonna be a highlight.”

Leave it to Mahomes to make football look like a blast by passing it like a kid in his backyard while being playfully frustrated with his All-Pro, future Hall-of-Fame tight end.

Mahomes is all business, telling Logan Paul during a podcast appearance in May that the Chiefs will be Super Bowl-bound once again.

“Next year in New Orleans, we’re going to do it again. Put it on the table.”