{"id":154207,"date":"2023-12-04T14:30:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=154207"},"modified":"2023-12-04T14:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:26:00","slug":"packers-nixon-chiefs-mahomes-mannerisms-interception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/12\/04\/packers-nixon-chiefs-mahomes-mannerisms-interception\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers DB: Patrick Mahomes&#8217; &#8216;Mannerisms&#8217; Led to INT in Chiefs&#8217; Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/11\/29\/espn-spears-praises-chiefs-rice-mahomes\/\" target=\"_self\">entered Week 13<\/a> favored over the hosting but 5-6 Green Bay Packers but left Lambeau Field following Sunday Night Football with a 27-19 loss and an 8-4 record which threatens to knock them down to the No. 4 seed in the AFC. And it appears quarterback Patrick Mahomes is at fault for tipping his hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were watching mannerism tape earlier in the week and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattschneidman\/status\/1731547079153971603\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mahomes) tapped his knee<\/a> and they put two off the ball and I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Oh, I&#8217;ve seen this before,&#8217;\u201d Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon said via Matt Schniedman of The Athletic. \u201cI knew he was gonna run it and he ran it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Patrick Mahomes Tipped Off Packers&#8217; Keisean Nixon on INT in Chiefs&#8217; Loss<\/h2>\n<h3>Patrick Mahomes: &#8216;Can&#8217;t Make That Mistake&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>It was a game that saw the Chiefs get punched in the mouth from the Packers\u2019 opening drive. Kansas City still had a chance to tie late. But Patrick Mahomes\u2019 interception on their second-to-last drive proved costly, forcing them into a Hail Mary situation on their final drive.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keiseannixon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@keiseannixon<\/a> with the INT!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KCvsGB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#KCvsGB<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoPackGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GoPackGo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1dwoYzleKw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1dwoYzleKw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Green Bay Packers (@packers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/packers\/status\/1731523568779821546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There were many things the Chiefs can point to as pivotal in this contest. But this is the one most under their control. For an offense that has struggled to do much of anything consistently, Mahomes has to almost be perfect on every dropback.<\/p>\n<p>He was not on Sunday night and it cost the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J6FVff1ocfI\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can&#8217;t make that mistake<\/a>,\u201d Mahomes said via the team. \u201cI saw they were in man coverage, tried to get to one of our man checks. The guy went over the top. I probably should have tried to back-shoulder Skyy. So it&#8217;s just that&#8217;s a mistake on my part that you can&#8217;t make in that situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes completed 63.6% of his passes for 210 yards, one touchdown, and that interception.<\/p>\n<p>This was Mahomes\u2019 fourth game this season without multiple touchdowns, <a href=\"https:\/\/stathead.com\/football\/player-game-finder.cgi?request=1&amp;match=player_game_count_season&amp;player_id=MahoPa00&amp;ccomp%5B1%5D=lt&amp;cval%5B1%5D=1&amp;cstat%5B1%5D=pass_td&amp;ccomp%5B2%5D=eq&amp;cval%5B2%5D=0&amp;cstat%5B2%5D=rush_td\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tied for the second most<\/a> in any season of his career. His career-high is six games set in 2019, per Stathead.<\/p>\n<p>He also absorbed three sacks, the fifth time he has endured multiple sacks this season. Both numbers are notable with five games to go and a tough matchup against the Buffalo Bills on tap for Week 14. Buffalo is coming off a bye week to stew about their 37-34 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll you can take when you lose football games is you go watch the tape, you try to learn from it learn from your mistakes, and get better,\u201d Mahomes said. \u201cThat&#8217;s all you can do \u2013 that&#8217;s win or loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Chiefs on Track for Wild Card Appearance<\/h3>\n<p>This certainly makes their road back to the Super Bowl tougher. Their standing as the No. 4 seed would put them in action on Wild Card weekend, hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, we haven&#8217;t dealt with a ton of losing here. But everything&#8217;s out in front of you. We still can win a division. But it&#8217;s going to take us getting better and better each and every week. And we&#8217;re going to have a great challenge coming up in Buffalo. So just get back to get back to football practice and see if we can get better next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Keisean Nixon gets the INT!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KCvsGB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#KCvsGB<\/a> on NBC<br \/>\ud83d\udcf1: Stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NFLPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CQH1cx3gZS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/CQH1cx3gZS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/axlUGsIoFM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/axlUGsIoFM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1731523334633038034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The notion of facing the Steelers and a soft closing schedule after the Bills should allay some concerns about any significant slide. And there have been <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/wild-card-teams-havent-reached-super-bowl-since-2013-heres-how-they-have-fared-since-playoff-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No. 4 seeds &#8212; and Wild Card teams<\/a> &#8212; to win the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Week 14 is a big one. Not only for that week but for the Chiefs\u2019 big picture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Bay Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon shed light on how Patrick Mahomes tipped his hand in the Kansas City Chiefs&#8217; loss in Week 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2879,"featured_media":154208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,25],"tags":[7811,9250,1576,9131],"class_list":["post-154207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","category-packers","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-keisean-nixon","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-skyy-moore"],"modified_by":"Josh Buckhalter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2879"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}