The reigning Super Bowl champion leaves Week 3 of the NFL season with serious questions.
How much longer can Kansas City stay undefeated despite attrition in its backfield? How could the Chiefs allow an up-and-down Atlanta team to hang around as a threat until the final minute? Will Travis Kelce be more involved in the offense soon?
Yet the Chiefs left Atlanta on Sunday with a 22-17 win despite those concerns. And once again, it was largely thanks to quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who completed 26 of his 39 passes for 217 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception. Mahomes led the Chiefs on a pair of 11-play scoring drives in the third quarter to complete the comeback.
Kansas City is one of five undefeated teams remaining, joining fellow 3-0 teams Seattle, Minnesota and Pittsburgh and 2-0 Buffalo. The Bills face the Jaguars on Monday.
Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins completed 20 of his 29 passes for 230 yards with an interception and a touchdown thrown in the opening minutes of the first quarter. Pressured by Kansas City’s defensive line after injuries to Atlanta’s center and right tackle forced backups into its rotation, Cousins never found stability again throwing the ball, missing two opportunities earlier in the fourth quarter to take the lead on incompletions in the end zone.
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