Chiefs stay unbeaten after scrappy Super Bowl rematch

The Kansas City Chiefs are the lone undefeated squad near successful the NFL aft winning their Super Bowl rematch with the San Francisco 49ers to spell to 6-0.

Quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy some struggled successful a acold much antiaircraft scuffle than their Super Bowl gathering successful February - but the defending champions support uncovering ways to triumph down a defence that's carrying them crippled aft game.

The Minnesota Vikings mislaid their unbeaten tag to divisional rivals Detroit arsenic Jared Goff produced different high-quality backmost display, portion Josh Allen besides shone arsenic helium celebrated a period of starts for the Buffalo Bills.

A precocious footwear gave Green Bay a pugnacious triumph implicit the Houston Texans, Saquon Barkley returned to New York to haunt the Giants and Aaron Rodgers' reunion with Davante Adams was ruined by Pittsburgh.

Mahomes has thrown much interceptions than touchdowns this play but the Chiefs proceed to triumph disfigured with their 28-18 triumph implicit San Francisco powered by 4 rushing touchdowns and much excellence connected defence.

The Chiefs are the 10th Super Bowl champions to commencement the play 6-0 with Mahomes making much plays with his legs than his arm.

He recorded a career-best regular play tally of 33 yards and besides barged into the extremity portion himself, but nary uncertainty that Steve Spagnulo's defence - with 27 consecutive games conceding 28 points oregon little - is the existent prima for Kansas City.

“It’s not ever pretty, it not ever looks the champion but we’re going to find a mode to get the win,” Mahomes told Fox Sports.

It was adjacent uglier for the 49ers, contempt having rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall marque his debut conscionable 50 days aft being shot. They mislaid prima receivers Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel portion Purdy truly struggled and was intercepted 3 times.

Two of the champion teams successful the NFL conscionable hap to beryllium part rivals who served up a quality with Detroit kicker Jake Bates settling a ding-dong conflict 31-29 with his last-minute tract goal.

Fast starters Minnesota opened up a 10-point pb for the 5th crippled running, earlier the Lions turned the crippled connected its caput with 21 consecutive points.

The Vikings had lone trailed for 3 minutes 26 seconds each season, and not since the archetypal 4th of the archetypal crippled of the season, but responded to pb precocious connected until yet losing their unbeaten streak successful the dying seconds.

Goff excelled again for the red-hot Lions, becoming conscionable the 4th backmost to grounds 3 consecutive 140-plus passer ratings with much precise passing that has him close successful the aboriginal MVP conversation.

Kicking has been a sore constituent for Green Bay, who chopped Brayden Narveson aft missing 5 tract goals successful six games - and the determination paid disconnected arsenic seasoned Brandon McManus slotted the crippled victor with his archetypal tract extremity for his caller squad arsenic clip expired.

Texans backmost CJ Stroud managed conscionable 86 yards successful his worst vocation crippled acknowledgment to a smothering Packers defence that sacked him 4 times, but 3 sloppy Green Bay turnovers led to 7 pb changes and astir outgo them the game.

But Jordan Love recovered a precocious game-winning thrust arsenic the Packers won 24-22 to articulation the Texans connected 5-2 and gain their archetypal triumph implicit a broadside with a winning grounds this season.

Packers moving backmost Josh Jacobs ended an unwanted streak arsenic helium scored a touchdown reception connected his 212th vocation drawback - with his 211 catches without scoring an NFL record.

Allen celebrated his 100th regular play commencement for the Bills with his 68th triumph arsenic 2 touchdown passes took his full to 236 - conscionable 1 less than Mahomes managed successful his archetypal 100 games and the third-most successful NFL history.

New signing Amari Cooper's archetypal drawback with the Bills was a touchdown drawback arsenic his caller squad precocious to 5-2 and descend the Tennessee Titans, who person a coagulated defence but mediocre attack, to 1-5.

Cleveland Browns backmost Deshaun Watson's play could good beryllium implicit aft helium was carted disconnected with an Achilles tendon wounded during their decision by Ohio rivals Cincinnati.

And determination was a perchance large wounded to Washington Commandeers rookie backmost Jayden Daniels, who wounded his ribs and near the tract aboriginal successful their ascendant 40-7 triumph implicit Carolina.

Barkley was booed by Giants fans arsenic helium returned to New York with bitter rivals Philadelphia, and responded with a touchdown and a monster 176 yards rushing - the second-most by a subordinate against his erstwhile squad successful NFL history.

Aaron Rodgers was each smiles erstwhile the Jets traded for his erstwhile Packers prima receiver Davante Adams, but their reunion was ruined by a 37-15 nonaccomplishment astatine the Pittsburgh Steelers - who had Russell Wilson making his archetypal commencement of the season.

Miami's backmost struggles continued arsenic they mislaid Tua Tagovailoa's back-up Tyler Huntley during different sobering decision - this clip 16-10 astatine the Indianapolis Colts.

Without Tagovailoa, past season's 2nd champion scorers are bottommost successful scoring this play having managed conscionable 70 points. They scored 70 successful 1 crippled against Denver past season.

The Seattle Seahawks sprung the upset of the nighttime with a ascendant 34-14 triumph astatine the Atlanta Falcons - who had won 3 successful a enactment previously.

There was nary astonishment though to spot the Las Vegas Raiders propulsion successful different atrocious crippled arsenic they went down 20-15 astatine the Los Angeles Rams.