‘Never F*cking Works, Man!’ Patrick Mahomes Goes Viral By Suckering Opponents With Fake-Out Play That Works
Got ’em.
Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes was caught loudly yelling “This f*cking never f*cking works, man” towards his sideline — right before running a play that worked and gained the first down.
The expletive-filled faux outburst was all a ruse, though. It was part of the play design — as Mahomes approached the line on 4th and 1 against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, he tried to get the defense to jump offsides with a hard count.
When the Raiders did not bite, Mahomes stood up, looked over at head coach Andy Reid, and yelled the hard count “never f*cking works” — which was picked up by the CBS broadcast — before hunching back down and quickly hiking the ball. Kansas City running back Kareem Hunt then easily earned the first down by rushing for three yards on 4th and 1, after Mahomes handed it off to him.
“Oh! There they go!” CBS announcer Jim Nantz exclaimed.
“He Keeps FAKING IT! He got ya!” color commentator Tony Romo chimed in.
The play clearly tickled the broadcast crew, and the play went viral on X — racking up more than 1.5 million views in the 90 minutes after NFL writer Ari Meirov posted it.
But funny enough, it did not seem to fake out the Raiders too much. All of the Vegas defenders stayed up on the line as Mahomes barked at the sideline; Kansas City just ended up running through the Raiders anyway.
Raiders coach Pete Carroll seemed to be the most confused when the camera panned over to him — but that was most likely a look of disgust at his own team’s incompetence.
A trick play was not really needed for the Chiefs to smoke the Raiders, either. Kansas City was up 31-0 at the end of the third quarter, when this story was published.
Those tired of seeing the Chiefs win — and seeing the camera scan for Taylor Swift in the crowd — are probably not thrilled Kansas City looks to be getting its mojo back, after a slow start to the season and after getting crushed by the Eagles in the last Super Bowl.
You can see the play above, courtesy of the NFL’s X account.
