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Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs came up just short of another Super Bowl win last season against the Philadelphia Eagles. All offseason long, they have been thinking about that loss and gearing up for the 2025 season.

Patrick Mahomes appeared in just two plays for the Kansas City Chiefs in their preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals, but he certainly made the most of it. Mahomes scored a touchdown before he was officially replaced by backup quarterback Gardner Minshew during Saturday's contest.

The Arizona Cardinals defeated the Kansas City Chiefs Saturday night in their preseason opener 20-17. The starters played a little more than a quarter, but it was the backups who rallied back from a 14-3 deficit to win.

The Arizona Cardinals picked up a 20-17 preseason win over the Kansas City Chiefs Saturday night at State Farm Stadium. They came back from being down 14-3. As the preseason goes, while the result doesn't matter as much as the performance of individual players.

While you can’t put much stock in what happens during these exhibitions — and it doesn’t matter that Kansas City lost its preseason opener 20-17 to the Arizona Cardinals — we can try to glean some nuggets from what we saw in Saturday night’s game.