The intentional grounding call was correct.
- There was on offsides penalty against the Browns on the previous play that we declined.
- This means the game clock is stopped within 2 minutes in the first half (even if the penalty is declined).
- You can only legally spike it when the game clock is running before the play.
- 1 second ran off because that's how long it took Mahomes to spike it.
Er - that's assuming that #3 is actually a rule.