Late turnovers doom Chiefs in loss

Patrick Mahomes’ flawless September run is over. The former league and Super Bowl MVP was intercepted late in the third quarter, one of two turnovers by the Chiefs that led to a 36-35 loss to the Ravens on Sunday night. It was the Chiefs’ first September defeat since Sept. 18, 2016. The Chiefs had won 15 in a row in the month since then. “Turnovers will kill you in this league, and we had two of them down the stretch, crucial time,” coach Andy Reid said. “So we’ve got to do better.” Mahomes was 11-0 as a starter in September with 35 TD passes and no interceptions. He threw for three more TDs on Sunday, and the Chiefs seemed to be rolling along after Tyrann Mathieu picked off Lamar Jackson twice in the first quarter and left the Ravens playing catch-up. The Chiefs eventually returned the favor with those two giveaways of their own. The turnovers were especially costly on a night the Chiefs allowed 251 yards rushing. Although the Chiefs make the game look incredibly easy sometimes, the defense left the them vulnerable — and then a couple mistakes cost them. “When you have the opportunities to tackle, you’ve got to tackle,” Reid said. “... All that said, you have the ball and driving down that last series — and we fumbled.”