But in a self-serving pat-on-the-back ... He may have wasted one of the best years of Mahomes’ career by sitting him on the bench — in favor of Smith, no less. So to protect his own image ...

Mahomes greeted JuJu Smith-Schuster and Hollywood Brown before embracing Isiah Pacheco. Next on the bench was Perine, who stood up, but Mahomes instead approached Travis Kelce, and the two shared ...