Kansas City Chiefs

With the Chiefs already up big in the fourth quarter of Week 1, Andy Reid resorted to the back of his playbook for some fun.

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The veteran coach, long considered one of the NFL’s craftiest offensive play designers, had two quarterbacks line up — Patrick Mahomes and new, athletic addition Justin Fields — before another new weapon, Kenneth Walker, took an easy toss from Mahomes into the end zone.

Postgame, Reid revealed that the unique play was actually deeply ingrained in football history, a 90-year-old design he was inspired by Chris Berman to run.

Here’s what Reid said about the Chiefs’ «Heisman» play to get Walker his second touchdown of the night.

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Chiefs ‘Heisman’ play for Kenneth Walker’s second touchdown

Around the start of the fourth quarter with Kansas City already up by 14, with his team on the goal line, Reid resorted to one of the more unusual looks for an NFL offense in 2026; not only were Mahomes and Fields lined up side-by-side, but to Fields’ left was Travis Kelce, also in the backfield.

Rather than any of those players make a push for the end zone though, after Mahomes took the snap, Walker cut to his right, took an underhanded toss, found blockers and easily scored.

KENNETH WALKER’S SECOND TD

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Andy Reid credits Chris Berman with play design

Asked about the unique look postgame, Reid said it was longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman who sent him it, with the «Heisman» play going back to the 1930s.

“Chris Berman sent me that play, so that’s a 1936er right there. It was honestly, it was a great play, you know, they executed it well,» Reid said, per A to Z Sports. «We did it at training camp. I mean, yeah, we’ve run it, we’ve run it before, just not that smooth.”

It was Mahomes who revealed the name of the play, saying that the team even watched black-and-white film to learn it.

“It was called Heisman,” Mahomes said, per A to Z Sports. “I can’t remember who exactly ran it because it was black and white. It was very scratchy when we were watching it. It was a play that Coach (Andy) Heck brought to us.

«I’m sure Coach Reid had his imprint on it as well, and we designed it, and I just knew it was going to score. And hopefully that can set some stuff up. You know, Justin’s got a lot of ability running the ball and throwing the ball as well, and so hopefully that’s the first iteration of it.” 

Walker echoed Mahomes’ sentiment about the difficulty of watching nearly 100-year-old film.

“The film we watched was probably from 1900, so you know it was hard to see,” Walker said, per A to Z Sports. “But you know, we worked on it, and you know, we worked it over and over in practice, and you know, felt like that was going to work, and you know, it did.”

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