Patrick Mahomes threw for 331 yards, Kareem Hunt ran for 102 yards and a landing, and the Chiefs overcame extra crimson zone woes on Monday to beat the New Orleans Saints 26-13 on a giant night time for Kansas Metropolis’s skilled sports activities groups.
Simply because the Chiefs have been shifting to 5-0 behind one other defensive gem, the Royals have been beating the Yankees in Recreation 2 of their AL Division Collection 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 sport apiece, a roar ripped via Arrowhead Stadium.
There have been loads of roars for the Chiefs, too. Rookie huge receiver Xavier Worthy scored a landing, and their protection shut down 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. The harm occurred within the closing quarter as Carr tried to rally New Orleans from a 23-13 deficit. After the sport, Carr stated he had felt the harm when he was trying a throw. Requested how he was feeling, Carr replied “not good” and stated he would have an MRI on Tuesday.
The Saints’ Alvin Kamara managed 26 yards dashing on 11 carries, turning into the most recent high-profile working again to wrestle towards the Chiefs. They held the Ravens’ Derrick Henry to 46 yards dashing, Zack Moss of the Bengals to 34, Falcons star Bijan Robinson to 31 and JK Dobbins to 32 in final week’s win over the Chargers.
The primary half on 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 move 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 essentially the most weird of drives.
The Chiefs have been main 10-7 when a fumbled pitch and a holding penalty left them dealing with second-and-34. They bought a few of it again on a move to JuJu Smith-Schuster, after which Mahomes hit Kelce over the center. Kelce lateraled to Samaje Perine, who bought inside a yard of a primary down, and Kansas Metropolis transformed the fourth-and-short play to arrange an eventual subject purpose.
It was subject targets that saved New Orleans within the sport, although. The Chiefs have struggled to attain TDs within the crimson zone all season, they usually have been compelled to let Harrison Butker kick a trio of chip pictures to guide 16-7 on the break.
Their crimson zone woes continued within the third quarter. On second-and-goal, Smith-Schuster had a move bounce off his palms on the goalline and into the arms of former Chiefs defensive deal with Khalen Saunders, who made his first profession interception. He confirmed spectacular velocity for a person who weighs 324lbs as he rumbled 37 yards up the sector.
The Saints promptly marched 65 yards with Foster Moreau’s TD catch getting them inside 16-13 with 14:16 to play.
However in contrast to each different sport this season for the Chiefs, which have been determined within the closing minutes – if not the ultimate play – they answered the blow by delivering certainly one of their very own. Smith-Schuster hauled in a 50-yard move moments later, and Worthy took a handoff on first-and-goal on the three for a landing that prolonged their cushion. After the Chiefs stopped the Saints on fourth down, they tacked on one other subject purpose with 3:03 left.
