Folks in Kansas City are already pumped for quarterback Patrick Mahomes, but Matt Miller of Bleacher Report just gave them another reason to rave.

According to an anonymous Chiefs scout quoted in Miller’s Thursday morning piece (aptly titled “It Is Officially Time to Buy the Hype on Patrick Mahomes”), Mahomes dominated K.C.’s starting defense in practice last year.

“One source in the scouting staff pointed back to how well Mahomes did against the Chiefs’ starting defense last year while ‘playing with a bunch of practice squad receivers’ and noted ‘he’s torching (Marcus Peters).'”

One anonymous Chiefs coach also noted that Mahomes “just keeps getting better and better.” Make sure to give the full article a read for more snippets about Mahomes.

This news isn’t exactly surprising given how bad the Chiefs defense was last season, but it’s still encouraging to hear that Mahomes was “torching” starters with only scout team players at his disposal during practice. It’s particularly impressive that Mahomes was playing so well against Peters who, as K.C. fans know, is obviously one of the best cornerbacks in the game today.

This tidbit of information does bring us back to Peters’ quotes about Mahomes in February following the Chiefs’ trade of Peters to the Rams. When asked what he expects from Mahomes in the Chiefs and Rams’ Week 11 matchup in Mexico City, Peters threw a bit of shade at Mahomes.

“I’m expecting turnovers and I’m expecting a win,” Peters said. “(Mahomes knows) how to give me the ball.”

These statements seem to conflict with each other. Did Mahomes give Peters the ball in practice or did he torch Peters? It could’ve been a mix of both, but the Chiefs scout made it seem like Mahomes torching Peters was a regular occurrence. This smells like a rivalry could be brewing.

Mahomes will get a chance to torch Peters again in 2018 when he faces off against Los Angeles on November 19 on Monday Night Football.