Chiefs Push Past Commanders with a Strong Second-Half Performance

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00:00Monday night football, which usually rules on Monday night,

00:03specifically when the Kansas City Chiefs are going to play.

00:05Maybe if we have Jaden Daniels a little bit more hype,

00:08but we did have a double-digit spread last night

00:10in a total of roughly 47.5.

00:12And it wasn't any surprise.

00:14I'll tell you what it was, though,

00:15is first time in the career for Patrick Mahomes,

00:17first two possessions, throwing two interceptions.

00:19Now, granted, both of those were very nice.

00:21The first one was a very nice play on the sideline,

00:23but also Travis Kelsey tipping the ball up the air over the middle.

00:26Things weren't looking good if you had the over,

00:27and they certainly didn't end good in a 28-7 victory

00:30with the Kansas City Chiefs.

00:32But the offense and Patrick Mahomes awoke in the second half.

00:34Three touchdown passes by Mahomes,

00:37who finished with 34 passing attempts,

00:39299 yards, three touchdowns, and those two interceptions.

00:43The better team last night was the Kansas City Chiefs.

00:46You give the commanders a little bit respect for fighting in the first half,

00:49but the bottom just fell out.

00:50Marcus Mariota just not good enough.

00:52Joe, you pointed out to start the show,

00:53running the football wasn't in the cards for Washington.

00:5620 carries, 60 yards in that game,

00:59which 28 of those, your leading rusher was Marcus Mariota.

01:02The Chiefs win by three touchdowns and cover easily.

01:06Yeah, and it really was a tale of two halves for Kansas City, Donnie.

01:10I mean, that was what it was.

01:12And give credit to the commanders' defense.

01:14They did a great job in the first half,

01:17kind of frustrating Mahomes.

01:18Kansas City made a bunch of stupid mistakes early on,

01:22kind of shot themselves in the foot a couple of times.

01:25But in the second half, I mean, that was just right at the first three drives

01:31out of the locker room.

01:32Touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, game over.

01:35And that was the end of that.

01:37Because you kind of knew Kansas City,

01:39they were going to be up against it.

01:41I mean, Washington was going to be up against it, Donnie.

01:44They weren't coming back from double-digit deficit at all.

01:47Yeah, 25 completions for Patrick Mahomes last night.

01:51Travis Kelsey, six catches, 99 yards, and a touchdown.

01:54And Rasheed Rice coming back off that suspension.

01:56Looks like that number one wide receiver they need.

01:58Nine catches for 93 yards and a touchdown.

02:00Xavier Worthy, five for 53.

02:02So the guys that you expected to catch passes and score touchdowns,

02:05they were doing that last night for the Kansas City Chiefs.

02:08And also with Washington, they dropped the three and five.

02:10Marcus Mariota's a backup.

02:12Yeomans worked last night, but just not good enough.

02:13That's a good Steve Spagnuolo defense on a tough place to play

02:16on a Monday night and one of the best home field advantages in football.

02:20Typically, you need to run the football to sort of quell that crowd

02:22and slow the game down.

02:23And by the way, Washington probably felt fantastic, Joe.

02:26They had 7-7 with Kansas City in the second half.

02:28Let's see if we can steal this game.

02:30But the one thing you were excited for is the wide receivers coming back

02:33for the Washington Commanders.

02:35Terry McLaurin, three catches, 54 yards, and a touchdown.

02:38You'll take that.

02:38But Debo Samuel, absolutely nowhere to be found.

02:42Three catches, 11 yards, and he turned the football over,

02:44getting in the face mask with an easy pass that should have been a gain

02:48because you just throw a screen pass, turns into an interception.

02:51Washington just wasn't good enough, and those were the expectations last night.

02:54Double-digit underdog got hammered last night.

02:57They're licking their wounds.

02:58They continue to lose games as they wait for maybe Jaden Daniels

03:01to come back and save their season.

03:03Well, not only are they losing games, Donnie, they're losing players again.

03:08I mean, last night, they lost their left tackle.

03:11Laramie Tunsell with a hamstring.

03:14Terry McLaurin, we welcomed him back.

03:16Guess what?

03:16He left early.

03:17Quad injury there in that game as well.

03:20So, I mean, it just – they keep piling up there.

03:24And the defense, they're good enough to, you know,

03:27to be competitive in a half, Donnie, but asking this Washington team

03:32with backups now in key positions on both sides of the ball,

03:36it's going to be a – Jaden Daniels or no Jaden Daniels,

03:39and we talked about it, right?

03:41This week saying, listen, this is not a good commander's team,

03:44so take your time getting him back to 100%.

03:47I don't think there's any – would he have done anything more

03:50than what we got from Mariota last night?

03:53I don't think so with that cast of characters.

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