NEW ORLEANS — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has said he’s dreamed about tossing a lateral to win the Super Bowl.It’s not that far-fetched an idea.In a Week 5 win over the New Orleans Saints, Kelce caught a pass over the middle well short of the yardage to gain on third-and-22. Instead of settling for a short gain, Kelce found teammate Samaje Perine running a few yards behind the play and pitched it to him, and Perine, with the better angle, bolted for the sticks, setting up a fourth-and-short.It sounds simple in practice. It looked anything but in real time.That play wasn’t scripted, but it was practiced, in that the players around Kelce have learned how to approach those situations and be ready for the ball.”I’m very aware,” Perine said. “You’ve always got to be prepared for it. If you’re behind him, then look for the pitch. If you’re in front of him, then block.”It’s that level of offensive creativity that permeates the entire Kansas City offense, and it will be something the Philadelphia Eagles will have to contend with in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday.”It’s great to have Patrick Mahomes,” head coach Andy Reid quipped. “He’ll be one of the greats, if not the greatest to have done it.”I don’t want to slight the coaches or his teammates. He has some good players he’s able to deal the ball to, big offensive linemen that are helping them out … it takes a group.”Part of what makes that group particularly lethal is its ability to put defenses in bad positions quickly and efficiently.On another play perhaps more painful for Eagles supporters, the Chiefs ran a version of “Corn Dog” to score a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LVII. On that play, wide receiver Kadarius Toney moved quickly in motion toward the line as if to run a sweep, a crossing route, or perhaps even to block, before spinning back 180 degrees to run a route toward the pylon instead just as Mahomes took the snap.Toney popped free and Mahomes threw him the ball quickly for the score, showing off his propensity for creativity and his embrace of the quick game at the same time.
