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Momentum is now on the side of the Kansas City Chiefs. After routing the Las Vegas Raiders by a 31-0 margin in Week 7, the Chiefs are getting their offensive mojo back. Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes want to build off that explosive performance Monday night when the Chiefs host the Washington Commanders.
Chances are the Chiefs will be able to pick up where they left off against the Raiders. The team gained significant offensive momentum and confidence in that game. The Chiefs struggled in losses to the Los Angeles Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles during the first two weeks of the season followed by a Week 5 Monday night loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
However, the Chiefs have responded with a season-changing win over the Detroit Lions prior to their victory over the Raiders. The win over the Lions was huge because that team appears to be the NFL’s best at this point.
The Chiefs put 30 points on the board in that game, and they have not scored less than 28 points in any of their last four games. The offense appears to have regained its big-play ability this season after a couple of years where the defense was dominant for the Chiefs. It is essential that the offense continues to produce in the next two games before the Chiefs hit their bye in Week 10.
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Mahomes hits his stride and dominates while Rice serves as the X-factor for the Chiefs against the Commanders in Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season.
It’s hard to hold a good quarterback down, and Mahomes and the Chiefs’ offense have come back to life at that point.
He has not quite gotten back to the explosive numbers he put on the board in the early part of his career, but his production is much greater than it has been in either of the past two years.
Mahomes has completed 164 of 248 passes for 1,800 yards with a sensational 14-2 TD-interception ratio.
He has a full array of talented receivers at this point in the year, and the Commanders don’t appear to have the defensive personnel to shut down the Kansas City attack.
The combination of wideouts Xavier Worthy, Hollywood Brown and the explosive Rashee Rice along with tight end Travis Kelce have given the Chiefs a dangerous edge once again.
The Kansas City quarterback will approach 300 yards and will hit Rice with a long TD pass of 40 yards or more and also connect with Kelce for a red zone TD.
Washington head coach Dan Quinn is a defensive specialist. That’s the reason the team hired him before the start of the 2024 season and that was a big part of the reason the Commanders were able to get to the NFC title game last year against...
