KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns, Kareem Hunt discovered the tip zone twice and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs shook off a halftime tie for a 28-7 victory over the Washington Commanders on Monday night time.
Mahomes was almost good after throwing two early interceptions, one in every of which was hardly his fault. One among his landing passes went to good good friend Travis Kelce, giving him 83 factors to tie Priest Holmes for the Chiefs profession document, and one other went to Rashee Rice, who caught 9 passes for 93 yards in his second recreation again from a six-game suspension from the NFL.
All of this helped the Chiefs (5-3) win for the fourth time in 5 video games and prolong a streak of dominance over Washington. They’ve received 9 in a row within the collection and 11 of 12 total; the one defeat occurred on September 18, 1983.
Marcus Mariota had 213 yards passing with one landing and two interceptions for the Commanders (3-5), who fell to 1-4 on the street this season. Mariota began instead of Jayden Daniels, who injured his hamstring in final week’s loss to Dallas.
Terry McLaurin returned from a quadriceps damage to catch three passes for 54 yards and the rating. Deebo Samuel additionally returned from a heel damage, however after two early catches, he managed only one extra the remainder of the night time.
A lot of the first half was an train in poor execution on the a part of each offenders.
The Commanders’ opening collection ended when Mariota’s go bounced off Samuel for an interception. The Chiefs’ run ended when Mahomes was additionally eradicated. Kansas Metropolis stopped Washington on fourth down, just for Mahomes to have a go bounce off Kelce’s fingers for his second interception — which the Commanders once more didn’t capitalize on when Mariota overthrew everybody on fourth-and-1 deep in Kansas Metropolis territory.
To recap: Two Commanders picks, which generated three upsets all through the season; two thrown by Mahomes, who had solely thrown two beforehand; and two failed fourth-down conversions by a Washington offense determined to achieve factors.
In whole, 5 empty items.
Then, two very productive ones: Kansas Metropolis marched 72 yards for a landing, and the Commanders responded with a 66-yard drive that McLaurin capped off with a TD reception that was initially dominated incomplete however was overturned upon assessment.
Finally, the Chiefs, who have been 12 1/2-point favorites in line with BetMGM, began taking part in like that within the second half.
They opened with a methodical 80-yard drive that Hunt completed along with his second rating. Then, after a fast Washington punt, the 36-year-old Kelce capped a 75-yard drive along with his record-setting landing catch.
The decisive blow got here halfway by the fourth quarter, a 13-play, 94-yard drive by the Chiefs — properly, 119 yards should you embody all of the penalties they needed to overcome — that lastly broke the Commanders. Rice completed with an 18-yard landing reception after twice recovering simply earlier than scoring early within the recreation.
There have been 5 consecutive video games wherein Kansas Metropolis scored at the very least 28 factors to place this one out of attain.
Washington: Matthew Wright kicked instead of Matt Homosexual, who was injured in his again. Lt. Laremy Tunsil injured his hamstring within the opening collection. DT Jer’Zhan Newton injured his ankle within the second quarter however returned to the sport.
Kansas Metropolis: LG Trey Smith (again) was inactive.
The Commanders host Seattle on Sunday night time.
The Chiefs play in Buffalo the identical day for an AFC title rematch.















