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Does anyone have a paywall bypass for The Athletic? I wanna read this.

1. One day last summer, Patrick Mahomes was standing in the middle of a fairway on a golf course in Cabo San Lucas, surveying his next shot. He had 260 yards to the pin. There was trouble in front. The safe play, Mahomes surmised, was to play short and attempt to reach the par 5 in 3.

So Mahomes pulled a 3-wood from the bag, swung as hard as he could and watched the ball take off. It landed on the green. Mahomes sunk his putt for eagle, and as he headed for the next hole, it reinforced a creed he and tight end Travis Kelce adopted on their trips together over the years:

“Man, we didn’t come here to lay up.”

2. There is nobody like Patrick Mahomes. He plays quarterback like few have in the history of the sport.

He throws no-look passes. He spins it with his left hand. He tries weird shit. His first touchdown pass Sunday was an underhanded toss that made it look like he was bowling.

Once, at practice, he forced former Chiefs center Austin Reiter to work on taking shotgun snaps on the run. “For fun,” Reiter said. Another time, he made running back Damien Williams run routes with his eyes closed. “He really told me, ‘Run straight, put your arms out and close your eyes,'” Williams said.

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https://theathletic.com/2861980/2021...in-15-stories/