(East Rutherford) Patrick Mahomes finally offered a performance up to what he is capable of doing and the Kansas City chiefs obtained their first victory of the season, 22-9, against the New York Giants on Sunday evening.
Mahomes completed 22 of his 37 passes for gains of 224 yards and a touchdown.
He notably succeeded in a pass of 33 yards towards Tyquan Thornton while he was in the middle of the race in the middle of the fourth quarter, which then allowed Kareem Hunt to mark a touch of a rod to seal the victory.
The chiefs (1-2) avoided what would have been their first departure without victory after three games since 2011, two years before Andy Reid took the reins of the team and waves an era marked by three titles of the Super Bowl and two additional appearances.
The giants fell to 0-3, Russell Wilson having launched two interceptions and completed 18 of his 32 passes for gains of 160 yards.
Mahomes, who celebrated his 30th birthday this week, ran much less than in the first two games, where he was the best ball carrier in the Chiefs each time.
Isiah Pacheco rather had this distinction in New York, accumulating 45 yards in 10 races.
The recruit of the Giants Cam Skattebo scored a touch in a second consecutive match and finished with 121 yards on the ground.
Skattebo assumed the load in the rear field, sharing his playing time with Devin Singletary after the injury of Tyrone Tracy on the right shoulder at the end of the first quarter.
Having had seven passes directed towards him, Malik Nabers captured only two for 13 yards, arousing the dissatisfaction of the supporters.
The chiefs held Nabers a week after limiting AJ Brown and Devonta Smith, eagles of Philadelphia, with nine receptions and 80 yards.
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