Chiefs wide receiver Tyquan Thornton led the team with five catches for 71 yards and a touchdown in Sunday night’s win over the Giants, including a spectacular catch at the 1-yard line that was one of the most spectacular plays of this NFL season. But after the game, Patrick Mahomes talked about a catch Thornton made a few plays before that -- on a pass that Mahomes didn’t even intend for him.

Mahomes said that when he connected with Thornton for 21 yards on a third-and-6, the pass was actually intended for wide receiver Hollywood Brown. But Mahomes had Giants defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence bearing down on him and just needed to heave the ball downfield, and he didn’t even know what happened until he heard the crowd, then saw the replay.

“I was throwing it to Hollywood who was open, b

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