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Mahomes dazzles again for Chiefs, Brees sets mark
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RISING quarterback star Patrick Mahomes extended his phenomenal start to the season as the Kansas City Chiefs maintained their perfect record with a 38-27 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
Mahomes threw for three touchdowns and amassed 314 yards in a duel with Jimmy Garoppolo that ended when the 49ers quarterback was carted off with a possible season-ending knee injury.
Mahomes, 23, has now passed for 13 TDs this season, the highest ever tally thrown by a quarterback after three games of a campaign, surpassing Peyton Manning’s mark of 12 set in 2013.
Against the 49ers, Mahomes produced another virtuoso performance, displaying his phenomenal arm strength with one off-balance bullet pass to pick out Chris Conley in the end zone for a second-quarter TD.
The Chiefs effectively sealed victory with a devastating first-half performance, laying waste to the 49ers’ defense to take a 35-10 lead at the break.
Garoppolo rallied San Francisco after the restart to lead drives which resulted in TDs for Marquise Goodwin and Alfred Morris, but the 49ers’ comeback stalled.
A disappointing afternoon got worse for the 49ers when Garoppolo was injured in the fourth quarter with what coach Kyle Shanahan later said was a possible cruciate ligament injury.
“With Jimmy, we’re fearing ACL (anterior cruciate ligament,” he said. “We’ll find out tomorrow. Any time you lose your starting quarterback, that is a big deal.”
Elsewhere, a vintage display from New Orleans Saints veteran quarterback Drew Brees inspired a thrilling 43-37 overtime win over the Atlanta Falcons in their NFC South duel.
Brees dived over for the winning TD from one yard to silence the crowd at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. It was Brees’s second rushing TD of the game.
The 39-year-old also completed 39 of 49 passes for three TDs, in the process surpassing Brett Favre at the top of the NFL list for most completions.
In other NFL games, it was: Patriots 10, Lions 26; Packers 17, Redskins 31; Colts 16, Eagles 20; Bills 27, Vikings 6; Raiders 20, Dolphins 28; Broncos 14, Ravens 27; Bengals 21, Panthers 31; Giants 27, Texans 22; Titans 9, Jaguars 6; Chargers 23, Rams 35; Cowboys 13, Seahawks 24; and Bears 16, Cardinals 14.
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