Patrick Mahomes threw for 249 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Kansas City Chiefs to a 41-31 victory over Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Mahomes had all the answers for solving Tampa Bay’s stingy defense, winning his latest matchup against Tom Brady in the stadium where the seven-time Super Bowl winner dealt him one of his most disappointing Playing at a sold out Raymond James Stadium only four days after Hurricane Ian ravaged portions of Florida, Mahomes had TD throws of 16 yards to Travis Kelce, one yard to Clyde Edwards-Helaire and 10 yards to Jody Fortson while making NFL history by reaching 20,000 yards passing faster than anyone else.Edwards-Helaire and tight end Noah Gray
rushed for TDs for the Chiefs (3-1), who won the first meeting between Mahomes and Brady since Tampa Bays 31-9 rout of Kansas City in the Super Bowl also played at Raymond James Stadium two seasons ago.”When I came into the stadium I realised that I hadn’t been here and the bad taste I had last time came into effect,” Mahomes said. “But it’s still not a playoff game.
It’s a regular-season game, which is important. That Super Bowl will always leave a bad taste for me.”The short pass to Edwards-Helaire was Mahomes at his improvisational best: He escaped two defenders, did a 360-degree spin move and flipped the ball over a crowd to the running back in the back of the end zone.
“I was able to use my speed, my little bit of speed, to get around the edge there. I was gonna run for it, but they
kind of flew around me,” Mahomes said. “I realised I wasn’t going to make it and I saw Clyde, so I kind of flicked it up to him.”
