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NFL Week 3 grades, results: Browns get high mark by shocking Packers, Bengals fail | CBS Sports
B- Chiefs
Whatever Andy Reid said at halftime, he might want to bottle some of that up for the future, because the Chiefs came out on fire in the third quarter after a sluggish first half. Patrick Mahomes went 10 of 14 for 124 yards in the second half as the Chiefs played smart, efficient football, but there are still definitely some concerns. The offense doesn’t look explosive and every other play seems to rely on Mahomes making something out of nothing. One positive for the Chiefs is that Tyquan Thornton (five catches, 71 yards, TD) is slowly emerging as a legitimate receiving threat. On the other side of the ball, the defense, which has been getting better every week, deserves a lot of credit for the win. The unit’s constant pressure on Russell Wilson led to two sacks and two interceptions. It might have been panic time in Kansas City if the Chiefs had fallen to 0-3, but that didn’t happen. This was a huge win for a team that has the Ravens coming up in Week 4.
NFL Week 3 takeaways: What We Learned from Sunday’s 14 games | NFL.com
Next Gen Stats Insight for Chiefs-Giants (via NFL Pro): Patrick Mahomes was pressured on more than 25 percent of his dropbacks for a third straight game. He was pressured on a season-high 29.3% with 12 QB pressures overall. He was sacked twice, as he’s been in each game.
NFL Research: Head coach Andy Reid avoided his first 0-3 start since 1999 with the Philadelphia Eagles, who went 5-11. In his fourth season with the Giants, Brian Daboll is 0-3 for the first time in his career. It’s New York’s first 0-3 start since 2021, but its third since 2020, which is tied for the most over the last six years with the New York Jets.
Patrick Mahomes still a man nobody wants to see in January or February | The Athletic
It was late in the first half, deep in Kansas City Chiefs territory, when Mahomes planted his left foot, rotated his hips and shot-putted a pass behind him that landed wide of Isiah Pacheco’s feet.
Andy Reid could have thrown a better pass. Taylor Swift could have thrown a better pass.
However, that wasn’t the point. The pass wasn’t just dreadful — it wasn’t a pass at all. The ball was loose, live and available for anyone to grab.
Though Mahomes is not the only NFL quarterback who would’ve grasped this in real time, he might be the only NFL quarterback who would have attacked that bouncing lateral the way he did. New York Giants linebacker Bobby Okereke scooped the fumble at the 10-yard line and figured he had a walk-in touchdown until he was drilled from the side by Mahomes, who ripped the...
