Washington (United States) (AFP) – Three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes overcame an injury scare to lift Kansas City over the New York Jets on Sunday, while Joe Burrow sparked Cincinnati to victory over Atlanta in Madrid.
Two-time NFL Most Valuable Player Mahomes completed 23-of-31 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns in the Chiefs’ 35-12 triumph over the Jets. Burrow completed 24-of-29 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score in Cincinnati’s 34-17 victory, the Bengals’ fourth triumph in a row.
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At Kansas City, Mahomes suffered a right elbow injury and lost a fumble in the second quarter after being sacked by Jets rookie defender David Bailey, but his 120 passing yards and two touchdown throws gave the Chiefs a 14-12 halftime lead. Mahomes directed touchdown drives of 60 and 82 yards in the third quarter and 57 yards in the fourth and said the elbow was not a factor “once I got it warmed up a little bit.”
“It’s doing good,” Mahomes said of his right elbow. “It’s part of playing football. You get hit, you’ve got to bounce back and we were able to get it loosened back up and we went back out there and played. A couple of errant throws early in the second half. My guys rallied behind me. They ran the ball well in the second half. My offensive line did a great job protecting me and then I threw when I needed to.”
Kenneth Walker ran 18 times for 102 yards and a touchdown and caught four passes for 41 yards and two touchdowns for the Chiefs (6-2). The Bengals improved to 6-2, level with idle Pittsburgh atop the AFC North division ahead of next week’s showdown against the Steelers.
“The sky is the limit when we play like this. This is how we need to attack every game going forward,” said wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, who made 10 catches for 155 yards and a touchdown. “Intense impact,” Burrow said of Chase. “He was unbelievable.” Burrow leads the NFL with 23 touchdowns. “He does a good job getting out of the pocket and making scramble plays, keeping the play alive,” Chase said. “That’s why he’s one of the best.”
The Denver Broncos improved to 7-2 with their fifth win in a row as Bo Nix threw for 237 yards and two touchdowns in a 26-21 triumph at Carolina in a matchup of division leaders.
San Francisco improved to an NFL-best 7-1 with a 38-17 home victory over the Las Vegas Raiders as Brock Purdy threw for two touchdowns and ran for another. Host Chicago will try to reach 7-2 in a later game against Tampa Bay.
Green Bay’s Jordan Love threw for 372 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score to spark the Packers (6-3) to victory 45-27 at New England. Dak Prescott threw for 335 yards and two touchdowns, while Javonte Williams ran for 101 yards and scored the deciding one-yard touchdown run with 68 seconds remaining to give Dallas a 27-23 victory at Indianapolis.
New Orleans edged visiting Cleveland 23-22 in overtime on Tyler Shough’s 15-yard touchdown pass to Juwan Johnson. Cleveland’s Shedeur Sanders tossed a 39-yard touchdown pass to Harold Fannin, but a two-point conversion pass to win the game failed.
Matthew Stafford threw a seven-yard touchdown pass to Puka Nacua for the winning points, and the Los Angeles Rams’ defense stopped Washington in the final seconds for a 20-13 road victory. Nacua caught 14 passes for 150 yards.
Jahmyr Gibbs rushed for 74 yards and scored the only touchdown in Detroit’s 19-9 victory at Miami, the Lions improving to 6-2. Dominic Zvada kicked four field goals to lift the New York Giants to a 19-11 victory at Philadelphia. Houston’s CJ Stroud threw for 384 yards and five touchdowns as the Texans routed the winless Los Angeles Chargers 44-22. AJ Barner caught a seven-yard touchdown pass from Drew Lock and scored on a one-yard touchdown run in the second quarter of Seattle’s 17-3 home triumph over Arizona.
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