Mahomes’ TD streak ends but Chiefs move to 4-0
Patrick Mahomes failed to throw a touchdown pass in Sunday’s win, ending his streak of throwing at least two touchdowns at…
DETROIT — Patrick Mahomes failed to throw a touchdown pass on Sunday for just the fourth time. His streak of throwing at least two TD passes is over at 14 games, one short of the NFL record.
That sounds like a recipe for failure for the Chiefs, who in the absence of three injured offensive starters have been asking for even more from the NFL’s reigning MVP. And while the Chiefs shouldn’t try to make a living this way, it worked for them on Sunday against the Lions as they came back from behind to win 34-30 on Darrel Williams’ 1-yard touchdown run with 20 seconds left.
The Chiefs also scored a controversial 100-yard touchdown on a fumble return.
Cornerback Bashaud Breeland scored about as easy a 100-yard touchdown off a fumble return as you’ll ever see to put the Chiefs ahead of the Lions 20-13 in the third quarter. Lions running back Kerryon Johnson fumbled near the Chiefs’ goal line but most of the other players believed Johnson was down before the ball came out. Breeland alertly picked up the ball and with no Lions in pursuit ran 100 yards for the TD.
Peyton Manning has the NFL record for consecutive games with multiple TD passes at 15.
Mahomes has now gone four games without a single touchdown pass, three in the regular season and once against Indianapolis in last season’s playoffs.
However, Mahomes did become the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era (since 1966) to lead his team to multiple 4-0 starts before his 25th birthday. He finished 24-of-42 for 315 yards on Sunday.
The Chiefs played without injured wide receiver Tyreek Hill, running back Damien Williams and left tackle Eric Fisher.
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