Brady, Patriots top Chiefs for wild win

Stephen Gostkowski hit a 28yard field goal as time expired, and the New England Patriots beat the Kansas City Chiefs 4340 on Sunday night after blowing a big halftime lead.

Tom Brady passed for 340 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score in his 200th victory as a starting quarterback, tops all-time. Brady also passed former teammate Adam Vinatieri for most career wins in the regular season and playoffs combined with 227.

The Patriots (4-2) also got another solid performance from rookie Sony Michel, who rushed 24 times for 106 yards and two touchdowns.

It was the first loss of the season for the Chiefs (5-1).

New England led 24-9 at intermission, but Patrick Mahomes directed an impressive rally for Kansas City. He finished 23 of 36 for 352 yards in his first loss as a starting quarterback, with three of his four TD passes going to Tyreek Hill.

Mahomes threw two interceptions in the first half, but was unflappable down the stretch. He found Hill for a 1yard TD pass that made it 3330 Kansas City with 8:38 left. With the Chiefs trailing 40-33, he connected with Hill again for a 75-yard score that tied the game with just over three minutes remaining.

Brady used a 16-yard pass to James White and a 39-yard pass to Rob Gronkowski to get New England into field-goal range.

After electrifying the NFL during the first five weeks of the season with his freewheeling style and big arm, Mahomes looked unsure of himself early on.

He was able to complete some long passes to get the Chiefs into the red zone. But he turned the ball over twice in the first half and the highscoring Chiefs were held to three field goals.

Everything changed in the second half.

First, Mahomes broke through with a 67-yard touchdown pass to Kareem Hunt . That was followed by a 14-yard TD strike to Hill that came on the heels of a fumble by Brady, helping trim New England’s lead to 27-26 entering the fourth quarter.

A 39-yard field goal by Gostkowski stretched New England’s lead to 30-26.

But Kansas City kept coming.

Tremon Smith took the ensuing kickoff 97 yards down the sideline to the Patriots 3, setting up Hill’s go-ahead TD.

The Patriots responded, using 42-yard pass from Brady to Chris Hogan to help set up a 4-yard touchdown run by Brady that put the Patriots back in front.