The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Denver Broncos, 43-16, in a frigid matchup between divisional enemies on Sunday evening as the Chiefs found the end zone on offense, defense and special teams.
Kansas City scored on its first hostile belonging and never surrendered the lead, recording scores in every one of the three stages while counting four takeaways.
Bosses’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes finished 15-of-23 passes for 200 yards and a score, driving Kansas City to a tenth consecutive triumph over Denver and the Chiefs’ 29th divisional success since 2015 – the most for any group against their own division in the NFL during that length.
The Chiefs were on the board first as full back Clyde Edwards-Helaire broke free for a 11-yard score run on Kansas City’s initial belonging. It was a speedy beginning for the Chiefs’ freshman running back, who piled up 161 yards on the ground against the Buffalo Bills the week earlier.
Denver capitalized on a Kansas City bobble somewhat later to limit the deficiency when Broncos’ quarterback Drew Lock mixed for a 2-yard score halfway through the main quarter, yet a missed extra-point kept the Chiefs in front.
Kansas City at that point included a field objective a belonging later before getting back to the end zone right off the bat in the second quarter when security Daniel Sorensen took out Lock and restored the capture 50 yards for the score.
It denoted Sorensen’s third-profession score and his first since 2018.
The Broncos replied with another field objective, pulling inside eight, however Kansas City added to their lead once more only seconds after the fact when Byron Pringle restored the following opening shot right back for a 102-yard score.
The return was the fourth-longest in establishment history, and it had Kansas City back up by twofold digits as the Chiefs turned into the principal group to score a score on offense, an opening shot return and by a pick-six since 2016. Astoundingly, they achieved the accomplishment all in the primary half.
Kansas City’s safeguard proceeded with its determined play through the last thirty minutes of play, holding the Broncos to only seven second half focuses while counting two additional turnovers. Altogether, the Chiefs coordinated a season-high with four takeaways while giving up only 16 focuses, denoting a NFL-most 6th time this season that Kansas City yielded less than 21 focuses.
The offense, in the interim, proceeded to consistently assemble the Chiefs’ lead behind two field objectives by Harrison Butker before Mahomes discovered wide collector Tyreek Hill for a 10-yard score to stretch out his establishment record to 17 straight games with a score pass.
Individual quarterback Chad Henne, who soothed Mahomes in the last minutes of the game, additionally found the end zone somewhat later when he plunged ahead for a 1-yard score.
Everything helped Kansas City move to 6-1 on the prepare and keep up its ongoing predominance over the Broncos, broadening what was at that point the Chiefs’ longest series of wins over Denver in 50 years.
The Chiefs re-visitation of Arrowhead Stadium next Sunday to take on the New York Jets.