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The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans, 27-19, behind a three-phase effort on Saturday that culminated in the Chiefs’ 14th win on the campaign.<\/p>\n

Kansas City came away with points on five of its eight true offensive possessions while the defense took the ball away twice, marking one of the Chiefs’ best all-around performances of the year.<\/p>\n

“All in all, I thought this was our best game offensively, defensively and special teams wise [all together],” said Head Coach Andy Reid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who played on Saturday despite suffering an ankle injury last week, completed 28-of-41 passes for 260 yards and a touchdown in the game while also rushing for 33 yards and a score. His rushing touchdown \u2013 a 15-yard scramble up the middle \u2013 took place on the Chiefs’ opening series of the game and completed a 11-play, 66-yard drive with points.<\/p>\n

“I knew I could run, it’s just the stopping that was going to be hard,” Mahomes said. “Once I got running, I saw the end zone and just tried to get up in the air and get in [there]\u2026Just trying to play football at the end of the day.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mahomes’ touchdown had the Chiefs in front early, but Houston quickly responded with 10 unanswered points to claim the lead. Kansas City then answered with another impressive series, however, compiling a 13-play, 82-yard drive that ended with a 3-yard touchdown plunge by running back Kareem Hunt.<\/p>\n

The drive included three conversions on third down, the first of which was a 20-yard completion to wide receiver Hollywood Brown that moved the chains on 3rd-and-7. Brown, who made his season-debut on Saturday after missing the first 14 games of the year with a shoulder injury, hauled in five passes for 45 yards, including a 12-yard reception on fourth down that kept the Chiefs’ opening scoring drive alive.<\/p>\n

“I thought he did a great job,” Mahomes said. “He was a couple throws away from having a really, really big game. [It’s] just [a matter of] getting him in there, getting the football in his hands and getting [him to] where he can feel confident running through tackles and stuff like that. I thought he did a great job of that, and we’ll get him involved more and more as the season goes on.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Brown’s efforts helped lead to Hunt’s go-ahead touchdown late in the second quarter, and while the Texans pulled within a point early in the third quarter, Kansas City never relinquished its lead throughout the remainder of the game.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs added a field goal prior to halftime and later recorded a 10-play, 80-yard scoring drive late in the third quarter that ended with an 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Xavier Worthy. The score was part of a big day for Worthy, who caught seven passes for 65 yards and a touchdown on the afternoon.<\/p>\n

“It’s been a few games now where he can do all the things [he did on Saturday],” Reid said. “We feel good about that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Worthy’s touchdown, which completed a series in which the Chiefs gained yardage on all 10 of the drive’s plays, pushed Kansas City’s advantage to eight points as the fourth quarter got underway, and despite a Texans’ field goal that narrowed the deficit to just five points with just under 12 minutes remaining, Houston didn’t score the rest of the game.<\/p>\n

Kansas City answered with a field goal a possession later, and following a sack by cornerback Joshua Williams on third down that forced a Texans’ punt, the Chiefs managed to run out the rest of the clock offensively.<\/p>\n

In terms of injuries, defensive lineman Chris Jones (calf strain), offensive tackle Jawaan Taylor (knee strain) and linebacker Jack Cochrane (fractured ankle) left Saturday’s game early.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs will now quickly turn the page to a matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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