Mahomes shrugs off injury as Chiefs win again

Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes shook disconnected a precocious wounded scare arsenic his broadside won 30-24 successful overtime against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to proceed their unbeaten commencement to the season.

Mahomes threw for 291 yards and 3 touchdowns without an interception portion moving backmost Kareem Hunt claimed a two-yard game-winning touchdown to instrumentality the Chiefs, playing astatine home, to 8-0.

Mahomes, a three-time Super Bowl winner, had rolled his ankle successful a triumph implicit the Las Vegas Raiders past week and was near limping again aft escaping unit to nonstop a touchdown walk to Samaje Perine that pulled the Chiefs level astatine 17-17 aboriginal successful the 4th quarter.

The 29-year-old needed assistance to get to the sideline, but aft attraction helium returned to deed DeAndre Hopkins with a five-yard touchdown walk that enactment the reigning Super Bowl champions 24-17 up with 4 minutes and 17 seconds remaining.

Tampa Bay responded erstwhile backmost Baker Mayfield controlled the game, starring to a touchdown from Ryan Miller and erstwhile the Bucs opted not to spell for a two-point conversion and the lead, the extra-point footwear tied it astatine 24-24.

Kansas City's last thrust successful regularisation failed to output anything, but they got the shot to commencement overtime with Mahomes guiding them to the game-winning people arsenic the Bucs suffered a 4th decision successful their past 5 games.

Mahomes downplayed his ankle wounded aft the game, saying helium expected to beryllium acceptable erstwhile the Chiefs big the Denver Broncos connected Sunday.

"You ever fearfulness the worst," helium said. "But arsenic I got immoderate clip it started feeling better. We've got a abbreviated week, but we'll rehab it up and I'll beryllium acceptable to spell adjacent week."