"I think that fear has left opposing teams. I don't know if it is there quite the way it used to be. They've been the kings of the hill for so long, everybody has studied them - and stolen their plays - but, more importantly, they've learnt from other teams how to defend them. And the Chiefs right now don't have another move on the chess board to make anybody think twice. For the first time in a long time they have dared to blink on offense in a league designed to resist any flicker of invincibility. They are 4-4, yet to enjoy a win streak, coming off a toothless and unconvincing victory over the toothless and unconvincing New York Giants, and are the only team in the NFL not scheduled to face a sub-.500 side for the rest of the season. "But England dismissed them emphatically, with a much-changed side, two players making their debut, and Emile Smith Rowe making his first start. The average age of that squad, just under 23, is the youngest we've seen under Gareth Southgate. A 'you stop Mahomes, you stop the Chiefs' mantra has equated to a league-leading rate of two-deep coverages and a further reduction in blitzes in a collective effort to eradicate the Tyreek Hill deep-overs and crossers that have been a chunk-play staple of Reid and Eric Bieniemy's offense.