Kansas City Chiefs: 10 likes and 10 dislikes from win vs Ravens in week 3

6. Andrew Quick

Any Stephen King fans out there? No? If you are and you’ve somehow found yourself reading this, you’ll get the reference. If not, well, look up ole Andrew.

The Chiefs, for the second time this season, controlled the rhythm of the game as well as the clock. Kansas City controlled the ball for 33:56 against Baltimore, allowing the opponent to possess the pigskin for just 26:04. That’s not enough time for a team like the Ravens to win a game, especially against such a high-octane offense.

7. Hardman’s Touchdown

https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/1310755000767967233

Mahomes absolutely uncorked this deep pass while Hardman, who still only played 29 offensive snaps, a dozen fewer than Demarcus Robinson, blew by the defense. What a beautiful play.

8. Fisher’s Touchdown

With his touchdown reception, left tackle Eric Fisher, the first overall pick in 2013, became the first No. 1 pick with a receiving touchdown since Keyshawn Johnson caught one in 2006, his last year in the league. What an odd, fantastic stat.*

https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/1310773423371673600

*Fisher is now just 63 receiving touchdowns behind Johnson.

9. The Penultimate Drive

Baltimore went ahead and made things a little interesting there by going on a 10-0 run late in the third and early in the fourth, but we’ll get to that later. What I liked here was the Chiefs’ penultimate drive of the ballgame, up just seven at the time, 27-20.

After a touchback, the Chiefs marched 75 yards on 13 plays on a drive that ate up 6:41 of clock and ended with Fisher’s touchdown reception. The drive included seven pass attempts (Mahomes went 5-for-7 for 50 yards) and six rushing attempts by three different players. On the drive, the Chiefs went 2-for-2 on third down, converting a 3rd-&-5 from their own 30 before Mahomes scrambled for 12 yards on a 3rd-&-10 from Baltimore’s 39.

Just a crushing blow for the Ravens here. Baltimore’s defense had played well early in the half, forcing two turnovers, one on a fumble and one on downs, to get back in the game. And then the Chiefs sealed the victory with a ridiculously methodical drive.

10. There They Are

In Week 1, the Chiefs came out running the ball against the Houston Texans, and it worked very well.

In Week 2, the Chiefs…well, I don’t know what the hell the Chiefs’ gameplan was last week against the Chargers. Maybe it was just to survive? I don’t know. But at least it ended in victory.

In Week 3, though, the Chiefs came out and reminded the entire NFL that the best passing offense in the league was alive and well, thank you very much.

Patrick Mahomes finished the game going 31-for-42 for 385 yards and four touchdowns while adding another 26 rushing yards (and a rushing touchdown). He spread around the wealth, too, connecting with eight different receivers while also targeting another three. He not only beat the pressure but he convincingly outperformed his counterpart.