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.”

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