Nothing ignites a good NFL discussion quite like quarterbacks. They're the most important ingredient in a championship recipe, after all. All signal-callers are at least partially a product of their situations,

Despite their Week 12 victory over the Panthers, KC isn't earning style points in power rankings heading into Friday's matchup with the Raiders.

Quarterback Bryce Young led the Panthers to an 11-point comeback to tie the game up at 27 apiece with under two minutes remaining. But Mahomes did his thing, leading Kansas City to a game-winning drive, which ended with a go-ahead field goal as time expired.

The Kansas City Chiefs narrowly defeated the Carolina Panthers in Week 12, due in no small part to the efforts of Patrick Mahomes, who threw three touchdown passes in the defending Super Bowl champions' tenth win of the season.

They have outscored the Raiders 28-3 since falling behind 14-0 and now lead 28-17 with 13:40 remaining. It might be a big enough lead for Kansas City to coast to its eighth victory. Patrick Mahomes threw his second touchdown of the day,