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still had plenty of firepower on offense even without star running back Kareem
Hunt.Mahomes threw four touchdown passes Sunday to join Peyton Manning and Tom
Brady as the only quarterbacks to reach the 40-touchdown mark through 12 games,
sending the Chiefs to a 40-33 victory over the Oakland Raiders in their first
game since releasing Hunt.“The mindset of this team is whenever you get your
opportunity, you make the most of it,” Mahomes said. “I think every single game
someone else steps up. We kept our mind on that and just playing football, a
game we love.”The Chiefs (10-2) cut ties with Hunt after a months-old video
surfaced on TMZ on Friday, showing him shoving and kicking a woman. No charges
have been filed in the case from February, but the Chiefs let Hunt go because he
misled them about the incident.Spencer Ware replaced Hunt as the starter and
scored on a direct snap on fourth-and-goal from the 1 in the third
quarter.“That’s my brother,” Ware said about Hunt. “It’s a tough situation. But
like I said, the men in this circle, the men in our locker
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the Super Bowl. We got to stay distraction free. I don’t have anything else to
say about that.”Mahomes did most of the rest of the damage against the Raiders
(2-10) with his arm.He connected on two short touchdown passes to Travis Kelce
in the first half, then found another tight end, Demetrius Harris, on a 13-yard
pass late in the third quarter one play after an apparent TD to Kelce was called
off by a replay review.“Man, he ticked me off today,” Raiders coach Jon Gruden
said. “It’s a credit to the guy. He made a third-and-15 play that was right on
our sideline. I was outside myself. I was so upset some of the plays he made
today.”Mahomes finished 23 for 38 for 295 yards and engineered a late TD drive
capped by a 2-yard pass to Chris Conley after Oakland cut the deficit to
three.Oakland added a late field goal, but the Chiefs recovered the onside kick
to seal the win.Mahomes has 41 TD passes, joining Manning (44 in
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41 in ’13) and Brady (41 in 2007) as the only QBs with at least 40 in the first
12 games of a season.Kelce had 12 catches for 168 yards, topping the 1,000-yard
mark for the third straight season.Derek Carr threw three TD passes for the
Raiders, but Oakland lost three fumbles that led to three scores for the Chiefs
and reached double-digit losses for the 12th time in 16 seasons.“It’s
disappointing,” said running back Doug Martin, who lost one of the fumbles. “I
don’t think it should have been that close. We should have been on top. The
turnovers really, really hurt us.”QUICK STRIKEThe Raiders got on the board on
Martin’s 1-yard run to cut Kansas City’s lead to 13-7 shortly before the end of
the first half. But Mahomes needed just 57 seconds to drive the length of the
field. Demarcus Robinson had a 38-yard catch and raced across the entire width
of the field to get out of bounds with 12 seconds left and the Chiefs having no
timeouts.Mahomes then found Kelce for his second TD of the game on the next
play. Arden Key blocked the extra point to keep the score 19-7.SCUFFLEOakland’s
Jared Cook and Kansas City’s Eric Murray got into a scuffle late in the first
half when they were jostling near the sideline well after the play. Both players
were called for unsportsmanlike conduct.GIVE IT AWAYThe Chiefs got off to a
rough start when Kelce lost a fumble on the opening play from scrimmage. It
didn’t hurt the Chiefs, who got the ball back when the Raiders were unable to
get a first down and punted after Rodney Hudson was called for a hold on a
fourth-down run.Martin and DeAndre Washington then lost fumbles for Oakland in
the first half, leading to field goals for Harrison Butker. Oakland’s other
halfback, Jalen
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| Raj Mehta Any and all discussions about the MVP race aren’t relevant until the
regular season ends. But that doesn’t stop them from happening.Throughout the
2018 season, a variety of names have emerged (and subsided) in the MVP debate.
After Sunday’s no-look and sidearm and fourth-down-wing-and-a-prayer victory
over the Ravens, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes seemed to be the clear
favorite, with one significant caveat: He had two prime-time games up next on
the docket, and those big-stage performances could help, or hurt, his case.Early
in Thursday night’s game against the Chargers, it looked like Mahomes had
cemented his status as the presumed winner. But as the offense sputtered, thanks
to L.A. taking away the explosive plays and the Chiefs not embracing the
opportunities underneath, an early 14-point lead never grew beyond
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pass, the Chiefs.The guy who engineered the outcome, Chargers quarterback Philip
Rivers, will now see his own case ascend. Meanwhile, Saints quarterback Drew
Brees, who like Rivers has never won the award, remains on the short list, as
does Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who likely needs to match or beat the
single-season sack record held by Michael Strahan* to have a chance to win the
ultimate individual award in football.For
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the talk will continue. Once the regular season ends, clarity will emerge, based
on who makes the playoffs and where the teams are seeded. If the Chiefs get the
No. 1 seed in the AFC, advantage Mahomes. If the Chargers secure it, Rivers
rises. And if the Saints finish in the top spot on the NFC playoff tree, Brees
gets a boost.Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson also sits on the fringes of the
debate, and if he can outduel Mahomes in nine days on NBC, maybe Wilson will
make it to the short list, too.
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