“This f——— never f——— works, man.”

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes could be heard yelling those words on the TV broadcast when he appeared to be trying to draw the Raiders offsides on fourth-and-1 from his own 40.

But it was a fake. He then handed the ball to Kareem Hunt, who picked up the first down on Kansas City’s second straight touchdown drive to open Sunday’s game en route to a 31-0 rout of the Raiders.

Mahomes might as well have been saying that to critics who were ready to declare the Chiefs’ dynasty over after they started 0-2. But Kansas City is suddenly the favorite to win its fourth Super Bowl in seven years after cruising to its fourth win and cover in its last five games.

“Everybody says the Chiefs are back. For me, they never left,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook director

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