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Chiefs Win season opener; CBS has power outage

Chiefs Win season opener; CBS has power outage

Chiefs Win season opener; CBS has power outage

The Kanas City Chiefs won their season opener, beating the Jacksonville Jaguars, 40 to 26.

Sammy Wantkins had 198 yards receiving and three touchdowns, while Patrick Mahomes threw for 378 yard and three touchdowns.

Many in the Kansas City market did not get to see the game because CBS had an equipment failure in Jacksonville.

The Chiefs play at Oakland next Sunday.

Here’s the full story on the game and injuries….

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Despite losing star receiver Tyreek Hill early, Patrick Mahomes threw for 378 yards and three touchdowns while leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a 40-26 victory over the injury-riddled Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. Mahomes took a beating, but looked every bit as good as he did during last year’s MVP campaign, leading the Chiefs to scores on each of their first seven possessions. Sammy Watkins caught nine passes for a career-high 198 yards and three TDs. Watkins slipped through the middle of Jacksonville’s defense for a 68-yard score on the third play of the season and added a 49-yard TD reception late in the opening quarter. He made defenders Ronnie Harrison, Jalen Ramsey, and Miles Jack look silly while strolling into the end zone twice. He beat Ramsey again for a short TD in the fourth period. Mahomes picked apart what some believed is an elite defense, throwing for 313 yards in the first half and doing most of it without Hill. The three-time Pro Bowler departed after landing on his left shoulder near the sideline. But considerably more concerning for the Jaguars, they lost Foles in the opening quarter, and rookie linebacker Quincy Williams (knee) in the second half. The Jaguars gave Foles a four-year, $88 million contract in April with the belief he would solve the franchise’s two-decade-old search for a quarterback. He didn’t make it through a quarter, and now Jacksonville will have rookie Gardner Minshew under center for a stretch. Minshew was the team’s lone bright spot: He completed 22 of 25 passes for 275 yards, with two TDs and an interception.

 

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