Mahomes Overcomes Early Interceptions To Lead Chiefs To Victory Over Commanders

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Patrick Mahomes threw for 299 yards and 3 touchdowns, Kareem Hunt recovered nan extremity area twice, and nan Kansas City Chiefs recorded a 28-7 triumph complete nan Washington Commanders connected Monday night.

Mahomes was astir cleanable aft throwing 2 early interceptions, 1 of which was hardly his fault. His touchdown walk to Travis Kelce was nan 83rd of nan tight end’s career, tying him pinch Priest Holmes for nan Chiefs record. Another went to Rashee Rice, who caught 9 passes for 93 yards successful his 2nd crippled backmost from a six-game NFL suspension.

It each helped nan Chiefs (5-3) triumph for nan 4th clip successful 5 games and widen a streak of power complete Washington. They person won 9 consecutive successful nan bid and 11 of 12 overall; nan lone nonaccomplishment came measurement backmost successful September 1983.

Marcus Mariota had 213 yards passing pinch a touchdown and 2 interceptions for nan Commanders (3-5), who fell to 1-4 distant from location this season. Mariota started successful spot of Jayden Daniels, who wounded his hamstring successful past week’s nonaccomplishment to Dallas.

Terry McLaurin returned from a quad wounded to drawback 3 passes for 54 yards and nan Commanders’ only touchdown of nan night. Deebo Samuel besides returned from a bruised heel, but aft 2 early catches, he managed conscionable 1 much nan remainder of nan game.

Most of nan first half was an workout successful mediocre execution by some offenses.

The Commanders’ opening bid ended erstwhile Mariota’s walk bounced disconnected Samuel for an interception. The Chiefs’ ended erstwhile Mahomes was besides picked off. Kansas City proceeded to extremity Washington connected 4th down, only for Mahomes to person a walk bounce disconnected Kelce’s hands for his 2nd interception – which nan Commanders again grounded to capitalize connected erstwhile Mariota overthrew everyone connected fourth-and-one heavy successful Kansas City territory.

So far, location had been 2 picks by nan Commanders, who had created 3 turnovers each season; 2 thrown by Mahomes, who had thrown conscionable 2 previously; and 2 grounded fourth-down conversions by a Washington discourtesy hopeless to get points.

All told, 5 quiet drives.

Then, 2 very productive ones: Kansas City marched 72 yards for a touchdown, and nan Commanders answered pinch a 66-yard thrust that McLaurin vanished pinch a TD reception that was first ruled incomplete but was overturned upon review.

Then nan Chiefs surged distant from their opponents successful nan 2nd half. They opened pinch a methodical 80-yard thrust that Hunt vanished pinch his 2nd TD. Then, aft speedy punt by Washington, nan 36-year-old Kelce capped a 75-yard thrust pinch his record-tying touchdown reception.

The clinching rustle came midway done nan 4th quarter, a 13-play, 94-yard thrust by nan Chiefs – 119 yards if you see each nan penalties they had to flooded – that yet collapsed nan Commanders. Rice vanished it pinch an 18-yard touchdown reception aft he had doubly travel up conscionable awkward of scoring earlier successful nan game.

That made it 5 consecutive games successful which Kansas City person scored astatine slightest 28 points and put this 1 good retired of reach.

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