Tricks and treats: Chiefs are hoodwinking defenses with creative plays; there's a reason for 'em

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It was going to be a walk-in touchdown.

Patrick Mahomes was sure of it.

He had served as a brilliant decoy, and the Las Vegas Raiders were utterly fooled , as their old quarterback, Gardner Minshew, took the snap instead.

Everything went perfect on the trick play except for one thing: the cadence.

“We had talked about through the week if I should do the cadence or if he should do the cadence, and we decided I should,” Mahomes said afterward. “Obviously, we should’ve let him do it.”

That’s because Mahomes’ own count caused a false start, wiping out the score — and what would have been another successful trick play in a Chiefs playbook so packed full of them that they might as well be their own book.

They could call it “Tricks and Treats.”

Perhaps no other NF