Keisean Nixon outsmarted the guy who might go down as the best quarterback of all time.
He saw Patrick Mahomes tap his knee and knew exactly what was coming. Nixon stared down receiver Skyy Moore in the slot to the right of the formation. Rashee Rice lined up to Moore’s right with rookie cornerback Carrington Valentine in press man coverage. Rice ran a five-yard stop route to the inside and Moore curled around him to run a fade.
Sure enough, Mahomes lofted the ball to Moore down the right sideline. It almost looked like Nixon was the receiver on the play with how well he read it, beating Moore to the spot as the Chiefs slot receiver looked back for the ball. The Packers’ nickel cornerback picked off Mahomes with 5:16 remaining in the game, Green Bay clinging to a five-point lead and the Chiefs just inside Packers territory.
“He checked,” Nixon said of Mahomes. “We were watching mannerism tape earlier in the week and he tapped his knee and they put two off the ball and I’m like, ‘Oh, I’ve seen this before.’ I knew he was going to run it and he ran it.”
On the ensuing drive, the Packers took four minutes and five seconds off the clock, using 11 plays to gain 35 yards before Anders Carlson’s 48-yard field goal gave the Packers an eight-point advantage that held firm in a 27-19 upset of the defending Super Bowl champions at Lambeau Field on Sunday night.
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