Kansas City earned its fourth straight victory on Sunday with a 27-20 win over the Vikings. The Chiefs started hot with a fumble recovery on Minnesota’s first play from scrimmage, following that with a touchdown drive. The K.C. offense sputtered a bit until the third quarter when it put together back-to-back touchdown drives.
Patrick Mahomes spread the ball all around the field, hitting 10 different receivers. Cornerbacks L’Jarius Sneed and Trent McDuffie held one of the best wide receivers in the NFL, Justin Jefferson, in check with just three catches for 28 yards.
Check out those stories and more in today’s edition of the Chiefs check-in newsletter for the morning of, Monday, October 9:
Chiefs start with a bang
The Chiefs’ defense forced a turnover on the first play from scrimmage against the Viking offense.
Isiah Pacheco finds paydirt
Watch Pacheco score a touchdown to set the tone for the Chiefs’ victory over Minnesota.
Justyn Ross gets into the action
Ross snagged a couple of catches on Sunday, including this leaping grab.
Justin Watson continues to be the Chiefs big play WR
Justin Watson gave the Chiefs’ offense a momentum boost after making this big catch in the third quarter.
Rashee Rice keeps impressing
The rookie found the endzone for the second time in his career against the Vikings.
Travis Kelce guts it out
Despite injuring his ankle in the first half, Kelce returned to the game and found the endzone in the third quarter.
The fans chime in
Here are the best Twitter reactions to the Chiefs’ victory over the Vikings.
Around the AFC West
Denver Broncos
- The Broncos dropped to 1-4 on the season after losing to the Jets 31-21.
- The Jets’ social media team trolled Denver after the game with this clever tweet.
Las Vegas Raiders
- Here is the Raiders’ final injury report as they prepare to play the Packers on Monday Night Football.
Los Angeles Chargers
- With the Chargers on their bye week, Chargers Wire previewed the next four games on their schedule.
Around the NFL
- Bill Belichick took the second-worst loss of his Patriots career on Sunday.
- Bills’ linebacker Matt Milano could be out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury.
- The Bengals got their offense back on track after a big win over the Cardinals.
- Daniel Jones suffered a neck injury during the Giants’ loss to the Dolphins.
- The Dolphins set the NFL record for the most yards through a team’s first five games of a season with 2,527 on Sunday.
