{"id":33520,"date":"2025-09-23T11:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33520"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:01:07","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-finally-show-life-in-resounding-win-over-the-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=33520","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd25 Kansas City Chiefs Finally Wake Up in Dominant Win vs. New York Giants \u2014 But What Changed? \ud83e\udd14\ud83c\udfc8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfLNQlzyrVITlLv2dH0BdZS-2tphBr-FsW0Q&amp;s\" alt=\"Don't count Kansas City Chiefs among NFL dead just yet\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now that\u2019s more like it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Patrick Mahomes\u00a0didn\u2019t have to throw it\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0run it like crazy as the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0won their first game of the season on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Go ahead,\u00a0Chiefs\u00a0Kingdom. Exhale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mahomes had a notable supply of HELP! from a large cast of characters as the Chiefs took down the\u00a0New York Giants,\u00a022-9, at MetLife Stadium. No, the Chiefs offense hasn\u2019t hit a playoff level. At least not yet. But there was progress. There\u2019s a bit more hope as the Chiefs showed signs of snapping out of a distinct funk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Shoot, the sight of a fiery Travis Kelce\u00a0yapping at his venerable coach, Andy Reid, on the sideline might have been another indication that things might ultimately get back to normal for the team that has stumbled with an apparent Super Bowl hangover after the bid for an historic three-peat was denied in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">And hey, Mahomes, who completed 22 of 37 passes for 224 yards, with a touchdown and zero picks on Sunday, rushed for all of 2 yards! The first two games, he led all NFL quarterbacks in rushing for 57 and 66 yards, which wasn\u2019t the ideal stat for one of the game\u2019s most electric passers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRrgYuAetJitGdg72SsxPvY7PdQ-_vMh3Btpg&amp;s\" alt=\"Chiefs claim comfortable win vs. Giants: Reaction, highlights\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Considering the misfiring during the first two games \u2013 and the load that Mahomes endured as the team\u2019s leading rusher in both losses \u2013 the formula now seemingly has taken a turn toward the direction that you\u2019d imagine has been Reid\u2019s plan all along.<\/p>\n<p>Look at all the contributors. Tyquan Thornton \u2013 who? \u2013 had a career night with five catches for 71 yards and demonstrated his ability to supply some of the big-play punch missing without Xavier Worthy (dislocated shoulder) and Rashee Rice (suspension). Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt combined to rush for 79 yards, which was more significant when considering each tallied 47 yards on the ground during the 0-2 start, when Mahomes ran for 123 yards. And JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marquise \u201cHollywood\u201d Brown, Kelce and Noah Gray divided up 15 catches. There was balance and purpose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cWe just want to play better,\u201d Mahomes said during a postgame interview on NBC\u2019s \u201cSunday Night Football\u201d broadcast. \u201cWe haven\u2019t played up to our standard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">We know. For the first half on Sunday night, it was ragged, too. They settled for three Harrison Butker field goals and a fourth attempt that the kicker missed. The turnaround came after halftime. Maybe it will prove to be a pivotal moment if the Chiefs are able to play themselves back in the mix to perhaps win a 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0straight AFC West crown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Why\u2019s that? The Chiefs took the second half kickoff and produced a crisp, 11-play, 74-yard drive capped by Mahomes\u2019 5-yard TD toss to Thornton. In the fourth quarter, they went 77 yards on 9 plays, capped by Hunt\u2019s 1-yard score. Two long TD drives can do wonders for the confidence of the unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Said Mahomes, \u201cWe had to clean it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The work is far from complete for a unit trying to survive the absence of their big-play receivers. The Chiefs (1-2) will need to be even sharper next weekend, when the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0visit with Lamar Jackson and an explosive offense that will challenge Mahomes &amp; Co. to keep pace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">That\u2019s a measuring stick that will likely say much more about whether the Chiefs are back in the mix as a top contender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>usatoday.com wants to ensure the best experience for all of our readers, so we built our site to take advantage of the latest technology, making it faster and easier to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udd25 Kansas City Chiefs Finally Wake Up in Dominant Win vs. New York Giants \u2014 But What Changed? 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