Patrick Mahomes threw for 331 yards, Kareem Hunt ran for 102 yards and a landing, and the Chiefs overcame extra red-zone woes Monday to beat the New Orleans Saints 26-13 on an enormous night time for Kansas Metropolis’s skilled sports activities groups.
Simply because the Chiefs had been shifting to 5-0 behind one other defensive gem, the Royals had been beating the Yankees in Recreation 2 of their AL Division Sequence in New York. There have been frequent chants of “Let’s go Royals!” all through the sport, and when the Royals completed off a 4-2 victory to ship the sequence again to Kansas Metropolis tied a recreation apiece, a roar ripped by means of Arrowhead Stadium.
There have been loads of roars for the Chiefs, too. Rookie extensive receiver Xavier Worthy scored one other landing, and their protection shut down previous Raiders rival Derek Carr whereas dealing the Saints (2-3) their third consecutive defeat.
Carr threw for 185 yards with two touchdowns and a decide earlier than leaving with an indirect harm. It occurred with 9:32 left, when Carr was hit on a fourth-down incompletion as he tried to rally New Orleans from a 23-13 deficit.
After the sport, although, Carr advised reporters that it wasn’t the hit that injured him. It was when he went to throw the ball.Â
“We’ll get an MRI and all that sort of stuff tomorrow and determine it out,” Carr stated. “However for me to not be on the market with my guys in that sort of scenario. …I could not do what I wanted to do. I might have accomplished something to remain on the market and preserve preventing, however I could not. It sucks.”
The Saints’ Alvin Kamara managed 26 yards speeding on 11 carries, changing into the most recent high-profile operating again to battle towards the Chiefs. They held the Ravens’ Derrick Henry to 46 yards speeding, Zack Moss of the Bengals to 34, Falcons star Bijan Robinson to 31 and J.Okay. Dobbins to 32 in final week’s win over the Chargers.
The primary half Monday night time featured a little bit of all the pieces: Hunt’s first TD since returning to Kansas Metropolis, the place his once-promising profession was derailed by an off-the-field incident; a 43-yard landing cross from Carr to Rashid Shaheed, the shortest of the three Shaheed has caught this season; and one more lateral by Travis Kelce, which got here on probably the most weird of drives.
The Chiefs had been main 10-7 when a fumbled pitch and a holding penalty left them dealing with second-and-34. They received a few of it again on a cross to JuJu Smith-Schuster, after which Mahomes hit Kelce over the center. Kelce lateraled to Samaje Perine, who received inside a yard of a primary down, and Kansas Metropolis transformed the fourth-and-short play to arrange an eventual area objective.
It was precisely that — area targets — that saved New Orleans within the recreation, although. The Chiefs have struggled to attain TDs within the crimson zone all season, and so they had been compelled to let Harrison Butker kick a trio of chip photographs to guide 16-7 on the break.
Their red-zone woes continued within the third quarter. On second-and-goal, Smith-Schuster had a cross bounce off his fingers on the objective line and into the arms of 324-pound former Chiefs defensive deal with Khalen Saunders, who made his first profession interception.
The Saints promptly marched 65 yards with Foster Moreau’s TD catch getting them inside 16-13 with 14:16 to play.
However not like each different recreation for the Chiefs, which had been determined within the last minutes — if not the ultimate play — they answered the blow by delivering considered one of their very own. Smith-Schuster hauled in a 50-yard cross moments later, and Worthy took a handoff on first-and-goal on the 3 for a landing that prolonged their cushion early within the fourth quarter.
After the Chiefs stopped the Saints on fourth down, they tacked on one other area objective with 3:03 left.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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