Sunday’s match-up can be seen as the sequel to a game in
Lubbock Texas two years ago. Mayfield of the Oklahoma Sooners and Mahomes of
the Texas Tech Red Raiders, faced off in an epic offensive game that would go
down in college football history, as both QBs helped define the term
“gunslinger” and both teams’ offenses had a collective total of over 1,700
yards.
Sunday’s game was the long awaited rematch of the two
outstanding quarterbacks. And while both QBs completely lived up to what we expect
from them, one lead a team dominating the NFL with touchdowns and teamwork
while the other lead a team desperate for a win.
The Cleveland Browns came into the game with a 2-5 record
and even a tie. They fired head coach Hugh Jackson the week before. Let’s be
honest, for Baker Mayfield and the Browns, all bets were off and they had
nothing to lose. The desperation emanated from each play on the field
.
The Chiefs, on the other hand, continued to dominate the
field. Their offense was studded with all the usual weapons and carved up the Browns’
defense, complete with a few injuries for 499 yards (375 of which were through
the air). Mahomes racked up his 8th consecutive game for passing for
over 300 yards. Mahomes now has 29 touchdown passes and has thrown for 3,185
yards - the most by any quarterback in a 10 game stretch in NFL history. While
Mahomes continued his record shattering season, he also blazed the trail for two
other Chiefs stars for five touchdowns between the two of them.
The Batman-and-Robin-like partnership that is Mahomes and
Hunt, accounted for 3 touchdowns Sunday. The first came on a screen play that
Hunt turned into a 50 yard catch and dash for the end zone. At the Browns 1
yard line, Mahomes handed off the ball almost calmly to Hunt, and he plowed his
way through defenders straight into the end zone. The Chiefs blocked a punt and
two plays later, Hunt ran it in from 10 yards out.
Mahomes zipped a touchdown pass to Travis Kelce from 13
yards out, throwing the football through a window about the size of a cereal
box, and also throw another one up for #87 to come down with in the end zone. This
one for 11 yards.
The Browns, when met with manageable fourth downs, did not
even take a moment to think, before leaving the offense on the field to pick up
that down. When the Browns scored a touchdown, there was no pause before they
would go for two, unfortunately, none of those attempts would be successful. This
speaks to a team completely out of options, willing to try anything and
everything but to no avail.
Mahomes finished the day 23-32 for 375 yards and throwing
for 3 of the 5 KC touchdowns and one interception. Kareem Hunt finished the day
with 91 yards on 17 carries, 2 touchdowns running and one receiving, and the
big tight end # 87 wrapped up his performance with 7 receptions for 99 yards
and two touchdowns.
The Chiefs’ defenders, Anthony “Hitch” Hitchens and Stephen
Nelson both recorded 8 solo tackles and the defense coming up with 3 tackles
for loss and two sacks of Browns QB Baker Mayfield.
The Browns finished up with 21 points. Mayfield finished the
day 29-42 for 297 yards and 1 interception. A fantastic performance by a fantastic
quarterback, but it fell short of that 2016 shootout in Lubbock. It was not
enough to slow down the Chiefs, who asserted their dominance once again.
Next week, on the 100th anniversary of Veterans’
Day, the Chiefs will host Josh Rosen and the Arizona Cardinals back at Arrowhead
stadium and your own Blind QB will be on top of all the action to watch Mahomes
and the Chiefs continue dominating the NFL.
Stay tuned football fanz!
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