Chiefs hit the spots
Thump Jags before trip to Foxboro
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes had finally thrown an interception, the first all season for the Chiefs’ talented young quarterback, and the Jacksonville offense had shuffled back onto the field.
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The Chiefs immediately stripsacked Blake Bortles to take the ball right back.
Their beleaguered defense also picked off Bortles four times and sacked him five, and Chris Jones took one of those interceptions back for a touchdown, proving during a 30-14 romp over Jacksonville on a soggy day at Arrowhead Stadium that the Chiefs are more than just an offensive dynamo.
Next up for the Chiefs is a Sunday night showdown with the Patriots in Foxboro.
“It shows what kind of team we are,” said Mahomes, who finished with 313 yards passing and ran for a touchdown. “I’m just excited to come out with a win on a day the defense made plays.”
Oh, the league’s highest-scoring offense still made plays.
Kareem Hunt ran for 87 yards and a touchdown, and Travis Kelce hauled in five catches for 100 yards, helping the Chiefs (5-0) move the ball at will against the NFL’s top-rated defense.
Tyreek Hill, who was frequently matched up with the Jaguars’ Jalen Ramsey in an entertaining oneon-one affair, added four catches for 61 yards as the Chiefs rolled up 424 yards total.
“That play calling was something I’ve never seen before,” said the Jaguars’ Tashaun Gipson, who picked off Mahomes before leaving with a groin injury.
“Tip your hat to them. Obviously, the offensive personnel they’ve got — they came out here and they beat us.”
The game eventually grew into a testy affair, resulting in a pair of ejections.
Jones was booted in the second half after he dropped an elbow on a Jaguars lineman while both were on the ground following a point-after attempt. Then, pass rusher Dee Ford joined him in the locker room when he was whistled for his second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
“You can’t let emotions get the best of you,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said.
Mahomes led the Chiefs 73 yards on their first possession, finishing the drive himself with a short scramble for a touchdown. Then he led the league’s highpowered offense 82 yards for a field goal a few minutes later, leaving Jacksonville’s vaunted defense second-guessing itself.
On the injury front, Chiefs outside linebackers Justin Houston (hamstring) and Tanoh Kpassagnon (ankle), and safeties Armani Watts (groin) and Eric Murray (lower leg) left the game in the first half.
Right guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif left in the final minutes with a fractured fibia in his left leg.