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Rich Campbell: Great quarterback play is everything — and Patrick Mahomes reminds the Bears they missed out on a perfect '10'

Patrick Mahomes wouldn't own it, which is too bad because he has earned every right to flex on his many doubters during his brilliant, nascent career.

Then again, what the Chiefs quarterback said after the game meant nothing compared to how he celebrated the second of the three touchdowns he accounted for in a 26-3 drubbing of the Bears on Sunday night.

An NBC television camera captured Mahomes counting to 10 with both hands as he trotted back to the sideline following his 6-yard touchdown pass to Travis Kelce.

Ten - the spot in the 2017 draft the Chiefs selected him,

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