"Snap, Chieftain."
"Snap, Chieftain."
Just by gently lifting his chin, Mahomes could take in the boiling red sea of the entire stadium, a scene he had imagined over and over during training, in strategy meetings, and in his dreams; yet the moment his feet truly touched the field, the reality was a hundred times more beautiful and a thousand times more thrilling than anything he had imagined.
His heart pounded like a drum.
Clearly, like everyone else, Mahomes was surprised. In a life-or-death battle against a division rival, a crucial fight where the season hung in the balance, the team had to give it their all from every angle, and unless the quarterback was injured, the backup had no chance to play.
But then, it happened.
Mahomes felt like he was stepping on cotton, extremely excited yet completely disoriented, which confused him.
"Sherlock..."
"Sherlock!"