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Not only were the defending Super Bowl champions able to get their first win of the season during their opener against the Texans, but Patrick Mahomes and company look like they are in midseason form and primed to run it back. After unveiling their Super Bowl LIV banner prior to kickoff, the Chiefs moved to on the season, defeating Houston, , in a game that was not as close as the final score suggests. Patrick Mahomes continued to show why he's the new face of the NFL, completing 24 of his 32 passes for yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, this K. Of course, the other two Chiefs stars that got paid this offseason in tight end Travis Kelce and defensive tackle Chris Jones were quick to start living up their massive contracts out of the gate. As for Houston, they showed promise to start, drawing first blood, but they simply couldn't keep up with this high octane offense that Kansas City was rolling out on Thursday night.
We have a feeling this is a fate most defenses will fare when playing the Chiefs this season. The Chiefs picked up right where they left off in the opener, and there's a lot to go over. For more on how this game unfolded, scroll down for our biggest takeaways and scroll even further to see how all the action went down in real-time in our live blog. The defending champions played flawlessly. It's as simple as that.
After going down by a touchdown to start the game, the club went on a run that was similar to their win over the Texans in the Divisional Round a year ago.
They were unrelenting. Kansas City seemed to catch Houston off guard with how effective they were able to run the football all night with Edwards-Helaire. As a team, the Chiefs totaled yards on the ground. Kansas City committed zero penalties in the first half and their lone blemish came with to play in the third quarter.
Time of possession was also an area of dominance for the Chiefs. They held the ball for nearly 35 minutes and had one drive that nearly went 10 minutes to close out the first half. When you pair that chunk of time being chewed off with the potency of Kansas City's offense, they're almost unbeatable.
As for the defense, they were able to apply solid pressure on Deshaun Watson. Chris Jones forced the Texans quarterback to get rid of the ball a lot quicker than he wanted to. In all, the Chiefs totaled four sacks. Out of the gate, it looked like the Texans were going to able to hang in with Kansas City after scoring the game's first touchdown, but the rails came off soon after that.
Bill O'Brien's club saw the Chiefs score 31 unanswered points in a game that was essentially over shortly after halftime. Penalties were critical to the Texans as there were a number of miscues that directly resulted in points for Kansas City. Zach Cunningham was called for a couple of infractions with just seconds on the clock that brought the Chiefs into chip shot range to go up by double-digits before halftime. A pass interference call in the end zone set up a touchdown late that put any sort of miracle comeback out of reach.
In the absence of DeAndre Hopkins, it was noticeable that the Texans didn't uncork the football deep to any of its remaining receivers. Unlike the first two games of the season, the Texans forced zero turnovers tonight.
What do the Texans have in him? Is he a starting NFL caliber quarterback? The pocket awareness, the slow movement, the lack of accuracy, the big hits he takes, and the deep heaves without a plan are all on display. That being said, we need to see Mills in a real offense. Hopefully, Kelly is able to get confident enough to give Mills the reigns so we can get a real look at him.
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