Through 5 games, the man with the golden arm, the architect of no-look passes and impossible angles, the QB who redefined the position, is the Chiefs ’ leading rusher. Patrick Mahomes , with 190 yards on the ground, is pacing a room that’s supposed to have an actual RB in it.

When asked if he wanted to lead the team in rushing, Mahomes was brutally honest. “However we win football games, I don’t care how that looks, but it doesn’t look like that’s helping us right now. So, if other guys get running, and we start winning football games, I’ll take that.” That’s brutal honesty. The 28 rushing attempts for 190 yds and 3 TDs aren’t heroic flourishes; they’re frantic, necessary escapes.

They’re what happens when the machine around him sputters. With Kareem Hunt and Isiah Pacheco ho

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