By: Mike Rifkin
On Sunday in Kansas City the reigning two time AFC champions were in a battle with the Cleveland Browns. At halftime the Chiefs trailed the Browns 22-10. But in the second half the Chiefs outscored Cleveland 23-7, to win 33-29.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes went 27-36 for 337 yards and 3 touchdowns, while adding 1 on the ground. 75 of Mahomes’s 337 yards came on one big throw to Tyreek Hill who made a great adjustment to the ball and ran it in for a touchdown and pulled the Chiefs to within two points. Hill on Sunday had 11 catches for 197 yards and a touchdown. Tight End Travis Kelce had six catches for 76 yards and two touchdowns. Mahomes was under plenty of pressure on Sunday against the Cleveland defense but was only sacked twice. Kansas City’s offense was 9-13 on third down.
But to give Mahomes an opportunity to come back the Chiefs defense needed to be better in the second half and they were. This defense was without star safety Tyrann Mathieu who had been on the covid list until Saturday. They held the Browns to seven points in the second half and forced two turnovers. Star defensive tackle Chris Jones had two sacks in the game. Mike Hughes, a cornerback that they got from the Minnesota Vikings sealed the victory intercepting a Baker Mayfield pass with just over a minute left in the fourth quarter. If there is one area the Chiefs are going to want to improve it’s their run defense, the Browns ran for 153 yards and four touchdowns.
Andy Reid knows his team is going to get every team’s best shot this season because they have been to two consecutive Super Bowls. Kansas City’s road to a third consecutive Super Bowl continues on Sunday night as they travel to Baltimore to play the Ravens.
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