As a longtime observer of the Kansas City Chiefs — and longtime believer in Patrick Mahomes’ talent — the best thing about The Mahomes Experience is not the touchdowns, the ridiculous throws or even his emergence into a bona fide super-duper star in 2018. It’s watching others be converted into believers every Sunday.

It’s a little like being a fan of a movie — say “John Wick,” for instance — then introducing it a year later to a friend who hasn’t seen it. You sit there and watch it with that friend, and take satisfaction from the enjoyment of every absurd, over-the-top kill delivered by a wooden Keanu Reeves. In a way, it’s like you’re experiencing Wick for the first time again, and man, is it glorious.

The football equivalent of that happened again Sunday, when the Chiefs held off the Baltimore Ravens 27-24 in overtime in an instant classic at Arrowhead Stadium. Save for one ugly interception, Mahomes was his usual magnificent self, delivering a host of absurd passes from different launch points with a combination of heat and accuracy that quickly went viral on Twitter.

View photos Patrick Mahomes continues to amaze in his first full season as the Chiefs’ starting QB. Kansas City defeated Baltimore 27-24 in overtime and are closing in on the AFC’s top seed. (AP) More

One of them — a no-look throw — was so outrageous that it made an often-cynical colleague of mine send me a “HOLY S— MAHOMES IS AMAZING” text that was so out of character for him that it made me double-check that it was actually from him.

That’s what The Mahomes Experience is like, and every week he’s making new believers, even in his own city. Understand, for as good as the Chiefs have been this season —on Sunday they improved to 11-2 and are two wins from clinching the AFC’s top seed — many from their tortured fan base were freaking out late in the game, and for good reason.

The Chiefs’ regular-season record under Andy Reid since 2013 is 64-29 and yet, practically every season Reid has been here, Kansas City has unexpectedly lost a game in December that has portended a brutal playoff defeat only a month later. Consider the following:

In 2013, they lost at home to the Indianapolis Colts in 2013 before blowing a 28-point, second-half lead to, you guessed it, the Colts in the wild-card round.

In 2016, the Chiefs lost to Tennessee at home 19-17 because they couldn’t stop the run and the offense couldn’t make enough dynamic passing plays. A month later, they lost at home in the playoffs to Pittsburgh in a game where Le’Veon Bell ran for what felt like 595 yards and a rattled Alex Smith couldn’t find open receivers.

And finally in 2017, the Chiefs lost to a New York Jets team that finished 5-11 because they couldn’t put away New York after taking an early 14-0 lead. In the wild-card round — once again at home — they blew a 21-3 second-half lead to the Titans, effectively ending the Smith era.

So yeah, when the Chiefs’ much-maligned defense couldn’t stop a physical-grind-it-out Ravens squad from running the ball Sunday, and Mahomes threw a crucial third-quarter interception that helped the Ravens eventually take a 24-17 fourth-quarter lead, fans were ready to unleash on Reid for everything from his in-game clock management to his decision to retain lightning-rod defensive coordinator Bob Sutton this offseason.

And then suddenly something — actually, someone — happened.

Mahomes, the should-be MVP.

“People would hang their head after an interception like that … he doesn’t do that, he just fixes the problem, and he’ll tell me, ‘Dial it up again, I’ll take care of it,’” Reid said. “[He’s] different that way. You appreciate it.”

With the Chiefs down seven and facing a fourth-and-9 at their own 40-yard line against the league’s No. 1 defense, Mahomes proceeded to uncork a crossbody heave over the middle, all while drifting to his right, to star receiver Tyreek Hill for a 48-yard gain that gave the Chiefs life.

In a season full of highlight-reel throws that can’t be recreated in “Madden,” this was perhaps the most ridiculous of all.

Of course, Mahomes — who is also coming into his own as a leader of late — refused to take credit for it afterward.

“He’d be the best centerfielder of all time by the way he tracks the ball,” Mahomes said of Hill.

View photos Tyreek Hill made a 48-yard reception on fourth down to help save the Chiefs on Sunday against the Ravens. (Getty Images) More