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  In the summer of 2020, amid a mountain of uncertainty  spurred on by the pandemic, they put the finishing touches on the 10-year, $450 million accord that could reach a half billion in total value. The deal was criticized . Mahomes and Cabott were pummeled for taking it. But it was done with purpose, to allow the Chiefs to plan ahead and continue to put championship rosters around their star quarterback. The deal was built with rolling guarantees and a series of penalties that would top $30 million at almost every juncture were the team to cut him, with cap ramifications to go along with that. And at the end of the rolling guarantees, in early 2027, there’s another nine-figure guarantee, meaning the team would pay a heavy, heavy price for getting rid of Mahomes, if they chose to, nearly a decade into the contract. Essentially, if Mahomes was going to get stung, the Chiefs would, too, and, very deep into a longer deal, that gave both sides peace in the idea, again , that ever...

  In season two, Catherine has been awarded the Queen’s police  medal – nominated by senior officers. Serving senior officers would do well to look at this episode and reflect on it – far too often awards like this go to their senior officer mates, rather than rank and file on the frontline. As part of their homework, senior officers might mull over the beginning of season three to see what hardworking officers really think of them. We see Catherine being met by a senior officer and a pathologist from the Home Office, who ask her, laughing, “What’s his favourite sandwich?”, when she gives them details about a body dredged from a reservoir. She retorts with full details of who the body is, based on her deep knowledge of the community and the fact she’d nicked him once so would recognise his teeth anywhere. She leaves the men agog, muttering under her breath “twats” as she walks off. Then we come to the storyline of Catherine being investigated over racism after an Asian officer...