Chief's look to start the way they finish

Mahomes sizes up looming challenge in season opener

- DAVE SKRETTA

Pat Mahomes needs 84 yards to become the Chiefs all-time passing leader.

KANSAS CITY, MO. The Kansas City Chiefs insist they aren’t thinking about last year’s opener against Detroit, when they celebrated their latest Super Bowl triumph with a flag-raising ceremony and were promptly beaten by the Lions.

Patrick Mahomes is chief among them.

The three-time Super Bowl MVP had by far the worst Week 1 performance of his career that night, completing barely more than 50 per cent of his passes for just 226 yards with his fewest touchdown passes (two) and first interception in six season openers.

Makes sense that Mahomes has tried to wash away his memory of the Lions with the Baltimore Ravens awaiting him Thursday night.