The Re-Up: about It’s our Monday morning column http://www.authenticskansascitychiefs.com/cheap-mitchell-schwartz-jersey , The Re-Up. In this column, I’ll write about some deeper thought I had about the last game and finish with some fun stuff to ponder at the article’s end. Check out last week’s column here.Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY SportsWhen I arrived in Kansas City in 2014 (yes, I’ve been told many times how lucky I am to have only had to write about the 2013-now version of Chiefs football), running back Jamaal Charles still meant everything to this team and city.At the start of 2014, Charles had four 1,000-yard seasons to his name, and he had just completed the best year of his career when it came to total touchdowns, finishing 2013 with an astounding 19 (including this gem of a ball game). Sports Illustrated released its fantasy rankings ahead of the 2014 season, and sitting at No. 1? Yup, you guessed it.Jamaal Freakin’ Charles. In real life as opposed to fantasy, what it created was somewhat of a headache for head coach Andy Reid, who has loved to throw the football more than anything in his long and successful coaching career.Every, single game (especially after losses), the conversation centered around Charles’ touch count. “How did Jamaal Charles end up with just 11 touches in the KC Chiefs 26-10 Week 1 loss to the Tennessee Titans?” Joel Thorman asked in this subheadline from September 2014. When Charles suffered his season-ending ACL injury in Week 5 of 2015, it actually felt to me like a release of that pressure on Reid. Names like Charcandrick West? Spencer Ware?Throw the football, Andy.And don’t get me wrong. Ware had a fantastic season in 2016, but there never was that Charles-like pressure to get him the football. Reid had a year free of any fan or media hassle to get the absolute most he could out of Smith. And he did.But that pressure started to regain steam again in 2017 with the arrival of running back Kareem Hunt. We all remember Week 1 against the New England Patriots, then the reigning world champs. After fumbling on the first carry of his career, Hunt went on to have a 246-yard night with three total touchdowns.Was Reid’s blessing and curse back?Back to the Blogfather from last November, following the Chiefs’ loss to the Cowboys:Alex Smith was outstanding in 2018, when, thanks to Reid, he had the best season of his career, eventually being paid handsomely by Washington because of it. But it was never to the point that fans, analysts and media pushed for a pass-first offense, throwing that balance NFL teams often seek out the window.I think that might of changed a bit on Sunday.With Mahomes moving forward, every single down the Chiefs are not throwing the football is going to feel like a missed opportunity.Just look at the line:23 of 28, 326 yards, six touchdowns and no interceptionsNope. That’s not a mistake—six touchdowns Youth Tyreek Hill Jersey , five incompletions.Just like Reid did for Smith last season, he is tapping into the things that worked best for Mahomes as a college football player. I can’t remember a time when the Chiefs used empty sets as much as they did in Pittsburgh, and the Steelers, usually with a defensive answer for everything, were powerless.“We went a little bit empty today which wasn’t a secret,” Reid said. “That helped. We have some good players. Brett [Veach] did a nice job of getting guys in here, and spreading them out. [Pittsburgh] tried blitzing, they tried a couple of different things to try and stop it. “Pat saw it, was able to move it, and I thought the offensive line did a heck of a job. Both lines were really good today. They endured, particularly on defense. They were going a little bit muddle-huddle on us. So, coming off of that 90-play game, or high-80 game last week, and putting on what they did, I thought it was great. Yes, I think we can still spread them out.”Seven different Chiefs had at least one reception and five different Chiefs had a touchdown on Sunday. After a Tyreek Hill-dominated Week 1, Mahomes got Travis Kelce and Sammy Watkins involved. Each had at least 100 yards.“It just speaks to the weapons that we have on offense,” Mahomes said after the game. “They can’t stop everybody, so for me, it’s just about getting it to the guy that has the man-to-man coverage or has the open area. Those guys were getting open today. The offensive line was blocking great, so it was making my job a lot easier.” Even with this post, I do want to make it clear I’m not suggesting the Chiefs completely abandon the run. That would be irresponsible.But for argument’s sake, at this point, would you notice?Probably not. And that’s just how Reid likes it.STAT OF THE GAMEIn case you missed it, no quarterback in NFL history has as many touchdowns in the first two weeks of a season as Patrick Mahomes in 2018.GIF OF THE GAMETWEET(s) OF THE GAME We have a well-deserved tie this week.FIVE QUOTES1. Chris Jones on starting the season 2-0 and heading back to Kansas City for the home opener: “I’m like, ‘Damn, we finally get to go home.’ You know we’ve been on the road forever. It’s great to go back and play in front of our crowd at Arrowhead. We feel comfortable. We know the fans are going to be excited. [We’re] coming off of 2-0 on the road, so, it’s very huge for us to continue to pound the ball on the ground and continue to score points http://www.authenticskansascitychiefs.com/cheap-dustin-colquitt-jersey , and then continue to make fronts on defense.”2. Travis Kelce on whether he expected that game from Patrick Mahomes: “Without a doubt. Without a doubt. I see Pat doing this all season long. He’s got the confidence, and as long as we give him time and get open as wideouts, tight ends, and running backs, he’s going to get the best of everyone.”3. Patrick Mahomes on missing Tyreek Hill on what would have been a 99-yard touchdown: “I did. I overthrew Tyreek Hill which I didn’t know was possible. He took off and he was gone. If I hit him in stride it was a 99-yarder.”4. Chris Conley on Patrick Mahomes’ game: “I don’t think that you could expect more from anyone. Pat’s come here and handled himself extremely well. The level of confidence and poise that this kid has is鈥 haven’t seen it anywhere. He’s continued to go in, learn and get better every day, and then come out on the field and execute. You can’t ask him to do anything else. He’s handled the times where he’s made the plays really well. He’s handled the times where he hasn’t. That speaks volumes.”5. Andy Reid on Patrick Mahomes’ game: “He had a couple good plays, you know.”THE BIG THOUGHTJoel asked me this morning whether I thought Mahomes could be this good, even in my wildest dreams. And my answer is actually yes, but for sure not this soon. Mahomes turns 23 years old on Monday, and with three games to his name, he is playing and acting like a longtime veteran. One of the frequent comparisons Mahomes gets is Brett Favre. Favre, in first season starting, had 18 touchdowns on the year (13 starts, 1992). In two games, Mahomes has 10. In Favre’s second season starting (1993), he had 19 touchdowns and 24 interceptions. Mahomes’ 10 touchdowns through two games have come with no picks. The two quarterbacks Mahomes passed on Sunday were Drew Brees in 2009 and Peyton Manning in 2013—they each had nine touchdowns in the first two games those seasons. For Brees, it was his ninth season; For Manning, it was his 16th.I think with all the hype surrounding him, Mahomes being this good isn’t a surprise. The surprise is in how good he has been out of the gate.POLL OF THE WEEKPatrick Mahomes Week 2 film review: something good and something bad This is part one of a three-part weekly film analysis on the performance of Patrick Mahomes.It was a truly monumental Sunday in the history of the Kansas City Chiefs. Patrick Mahomes surpassed great 2006 third-round pick quarterback Brodie Croyle on the all-time touchdown pass list. If Croyle’s career had gone the way he’d wanted it to, it’s very realistic that he would’ve started under center against the Steelers on Sunday. But it didn’t, and he wasn’t. Instead, he was just another guy that wasn’t “our guy.” A 34-year gap separated Chiefs first-round quarterbacks Todd Blackledge and Mahomes. So far, the wait has been well worth it.Mahomes has played unconscious to start his reign as the quarterback of the organization that desperately craved the moments they are experiencing right now. The six-touchdown pass performance felt like an exorcism of demons like Blackledge, Steve Bono, Croyle and Tyler Palko. No one in their wildest dreams thought this fan base would be richly rewarded in the first two weeks of the season.This is unprecedented.The second-year quarterback has thrown the most touchdown passes (10) in the first two games of a season ever. Mahomes has done nothing in this small sample size to indicate that his remarkably high ceiling should be lowered at all. In fact...no, I won’t say it. Let’s just leave it at this: Chiefs fans have more than plenty to be excited about.It wasn’t all perfect. There are still a few things to work on, but it was mostly just amazing. Here’s part one of the weekly Mahomes review.Something goodI’m doing everything I can to keep this play from getting lost in all the things we saw in Pittsburgh.This play is not remotely easy. For another quarterback, this would probably be his best play of the day. The Chiefs have two tight ends lined up attached to the offensive line and into the boundary. Tyreek Hill and Sammy Watkins are lined up to the field. Watkins motions into the boundary with the tight ends. The Chiefs run play action with one tight end staying in for a six-man protection.The Steelers are Cover 1 White Anthony Hitchens Jersey , or man-free coverage. The action gets cornerback Artie Burns to bite. He’s late to get to Watkins, who is running a vertical route, so he sprints to catch up. Mahomes’ eyes get out of the fake and he sees Burns trailing and not looking at him.Mahomes wisely elects to throw a ball on Watkins’ back shoulder. He was early and decisive in delivering it. He delivered the ball with excellent anticipation because he knew the corner had no chance to make a play on the ball. The ball is placed well, as Watkins is able to just adjust to the throw without having to slow down enough for Burns to contest it. He pulled him away from the defender.There was enough zip on the ball that no one came close to catching it but Watkins. It was a little low but didn’t affect the play at all. Watkins was able to get the yards that were there on the play. This isn’t even mentioning the fact that Mahomes threw it off his back foot. His ability to throw off platform allowed this kind of play to happen. It was such a quick-hitting play that he needed to throw it athletically. An all-around great play by the young signal caller.Something badThere really wasn’t that much to be disappointed in from the game two performance. This is about it.The Steelers are playing cover 0, straight man-to-man coverage with no safety. With Burns chasing Hill across the formation, Mahomes knows they’re in man coverage. They will send six rushers on this play. After the (copyright pending) joystick motion by Hill, the Chiefs have him, Travis Kelce and Kareem Hunt lined up into the boundary. Mahomes wants to work that side of the play. The Chiefs are in a five-man protection.I think he should have slid the protection to the field (he should’ve had the offensive line account for No. 51 Jon Bostic, who will blitz and force Mitchell Schwartz to take, leaving an unaccounted for T.J. Watt). If the Steelers send one unaccounted defender to his left, then he is hot (he has to beat the blitz with a throw). If he had been hot to the boundary, then he has Hill, Kelce and Hunt one on one. Had he slid the protection to the field, Mahomes would’ve seen Kelce uncovered for a touchdown.Mahomes keeps the protection lined up into the boundary. On the snap, Mahomes looks like he peeks over there to the field, but I’m not sure he saw the free rushing EDGE player, who eventually brings him to the ground. He would’ve benefited from sliding the protection and possibly didn’t feel the pressure to his front side. Those two things aren’t great, but, in addition, the throw wasn’t where you would like it either.Quarterbacks have aiming points in the end zone. If you’re throwing to the front line of the end zone, you want the ball to be low so that nothing gets tipped and intercepted. If you’re throwing to the back line, you want the ball to be high so that it falls out the back of the end zone if it gets tipped. Mahomes delivers a ball high on the front line of the end zone. Luckily there wasn’t someone there to catch his overthrow.To be fair to Mahomes, I think this was a broken play by Kelce. I don't think that was the route he was supposed to run. He ran to space and when he realized he was unguarded, he went for the end zone. He could have been anticipating Kelce continuing towards the back of the end zone, but regardless, the play shouldn't have happened even if we give Mahomes the benefit of the doubt on that piece of it. Quarterback anecdotesEvery week I’m going to add a quick note about something I’ve picked up about the quarterback position through my time learning and playing the game.Things won’t always go right when you’re up against a 40-second clock. Let’s say there’s a play where the call gets in late and it has pre-snap shifts and motions. If time is running out, quarterbacks will yell for skill players to line up where they’re supposed to be after the shifts and motions, aborting any pre-snap movement to get the play off in time.