Patrick Mahomes throws for over 300 yards as Chiefs remain unbeaten with win over Saints

The Kansas City Chiefs looked similar the two-time defending Super Bowl champions that they are successful a large 26-13 triumph implicit the New Orleans Saints connected Monday night.

The Chiefs got started aboriginal turning a Derek Carr interception into a touchdown connected their archetypal violative drive. The Chiefs got into a grove arsenic Kansas City scored connected 4 of their archetypal 5 drives earlier the half.

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Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes (15) throws to choky extremity Travis Kelce during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the New Orleans Saints Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, successful Kansas City, Mo.  (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas City would enactment the finishing touches connected their triumph erstwhile Travis Kelce lined up arsenic the backmost adjacent the extremity line. He handed the shot disconnected to Xavier Worthy who ran it into the extremity portion for a 3-yard score.

Patrick Mahomes got Kelce progressive successful the crippled a ton. Even arsenic helium didn’t people a touchdown, Kelce had 9 catches connected 10 targets for 70 yards.

Veteran wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster led the mode with 7 catches for 130 yards. It was the archetypal clip Smith-Schuster was implicit 100 yards receiving since 2022 against the San Francisco 49ers. It was his archetypal stint with the Chiefs.

Mahomes finished 28-of-39 passing for 331 yards. He had 1 interception and zero touchdown passes.

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New Orleans Saints cornerback Paulson Adebo, right, commits antiaircraft walk interference connected Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy (1) during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, successful Kansas City, Mo.  (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kareem Hunt scored a touchdown and had 102 rushing yards connected the night.

Carr and the Saints seemed similar things were going to click. In the 2nd quarter, Carr threw a agelong walk to Rashid Shaheed for a 43-yard touchdown. The scored was 10-7 astatine that point. But New Orleans wouldn’t people again until aboriginal successful the 4th fourth erstwhile Carr recovered Foster Moreau.

Shaheed had 4 catches for 86 yards.

Carr’s nighttime would beryllium implicit aboriginal arsenic helium suffered a hep wounded portion trying to support a thrust live connected 4th down. The large deed forced him retired and fto Jake Haener participate the crippled to decorativeness things out.

The Chiefs moved to 5-0 to commencement the play arsenic they entered a bye week. The past clip Kansas City started a play with 5 consecutive wins was successful 2018. It was Mahomes’ archetypal play arsenic the full-time starting backmost and they would spell connected to suffer successful the AFC Championship.

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) runs pas New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore (23) during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, successful Kansas City, Mo.  (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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New Orleans moved to 2-3 aft starting the twelvemonth firing connected each cylinders. The Saints person an aboriginal divisional matchup astatine location against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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