The Kansas City Chiefs are 11-1 on the season and are one of the top teams in the NFL. Despite being slammed with injuries all throughout the season, the Chiefs consistently find ways to win.
They are chasing their third straight Super Bowl title, and they are the No. 1 target for every team in the NFL. That’s what happens when you reach the pinnacle time and time again.
As we head into Week 14, Dallas Cowboys star defender Micah Parsons took a shot at Patrick Mahomes for a part of the field that he uses to his advantage.
Chiefs News: Micah Parsons Calls Out Patrick Mahomes
Parsons was speaking with reporters on Thursday and wants the NFL to give defensive players more leeway when it comes to hitting quarterbacks when they are running out of bounds. Many QBs in the NFL faked that they were running out of bounds but stayed in bounds and picked up extra yards.
Parsons wants the league to blow the play dead wherever the QB acts like he’s going out.
Micah Parsons Calls Out Patrick Mahomes
“I just think the NFL should do a better job clearing up the gray area. If a quarterback acts like he’s going out of bounds, he should go out of bounds, that’s where you should mark him at. If he’s acting like he’s going to slide, that’s where you should mark him at. Because at that point, it’s the contact issue.”
– Micah Parsons
Mahomes has mastered that, and Parsons even brought up the three-time Champion.
Parsons said, “You see a lot of guys taking advantage and getting extra yards off that. Mahomes wins games off that. We can’t act like these aren’t game-changing opportunities and plays that they’re extending drives on. You just never know. There’s so many mobile quarterbacks in the NFL right now.”
Parsons is right about Mahomes using this multiple times throughout his career but that’s apart of his craft.
This isn’t something that won’t be implemented this season, but it showcases how Mahomes and the Chiefs are always the topic of discussion. And that’s what happens when you’re a consistent winner.
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Former Bills WR Emmanuel Sanders blames Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes for his early retirement
Emmanuel Sanders, who used to be an NFL wide receiver and has battled Patrick Mahomes during a stint spanning 13 seasons, is a lot wiser. No game is done until the clock reads zero, but there will always be at least one game for Sanders against the Kansas City Chiefs. In the 2021-22 AFC Divisional match between the Bills and Chiefs, Mahomes hit the 49-yard field goal from Harrison Butker, forcing overtime, and the Chiefs winning in their opening drive. That had Sanders standing there, ultimately giving him a life decision.
Emmanuel Sanders says Patrick Mahomes is responsible for his retirement
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen learned it the bitter way that you never count out Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes until the clock strikes zeros-having been personally victimized by Mahomes and his team in the playoffs three out of the last four seasons. One of the players who was on one of those Bills teams with Allen was Emmanuel Sanders, the former receiver who pulls a recent recollection of an instance in which he became a victim of Mahomes during that AFC division round of playoffs in 2021, on FS1’s “The Facility.”
“I still remember, after we scored, my family was going crazy,” Sanders said. “I told them to calm down because I’ve been in the division with Pat, you’ve got to play him for four quarters. In my heart, I knew…13 seconds…he a bad boy. I retired after that game. You know how many times Patrick Mahomes made me cry though? I was in the AFC West, it happened with the 49ers in the Super Bowl — I’m a grown man and he’s making me cry. … I retired, dog. I’m up here right now because of him.
With the exception of his time with the Broncos, Sanders recorded 55 catches for over 800 yards and five receiving touchdowns as a Chief. He achieved this at the time when he faced Mahomes in Week 5 of the 2021 NFL season, although much of that might be forgotten now because of the playoffs.
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On September 7, 2022, Sanders announced his retirement as an honorary member of the Broncos, where he spent most of his career and won Super Bowl 50 with them in 2016. In his statement he said, “I gave it my all. Every single rep, every single play, I tried to go 100 percent as hard as I can. And that’s why I can hang my hat and say I gave the game everything I had, and the game gave it back to me.”
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