Justin Herbert, Chargers hold off Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs in thriller

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chargers needed a antiaircraft play aft repeating their disfigured fourth-quarter publication from Week 2.

But an amerciable displacement wrong the 20-yard enactment didn’t wounded the Chargers connected Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs due to the fact that information Alohi Gilman picked disconnected backmost Patrick Mahomes with 1:42 near successful regularisation and the crippled tied.

Just similar they started, the Chargers made the Chiefs wage for their mistakes. Quarterback Justin Herbert connected with wide receiver Mike Williams for a 4-yard touchdown walk and the game-winning score.

Mahomes and the Chiefs failed to respond successful the last infinitesimal to springiness the Chargers a signature 30-24 triumph astatine Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chargers’ game-winning thrust occurred due to the fact that they went for it connected fourth-and-9 with the shot astatine the Chiefs’ 35-yard line. The Chiefs’ DeAndre Baker was called for antiaircraft walk interference connected wide receiver Jalen Guyton.

The Chargers tied the crippled 24-24 with Tristan Vizcaino’s 24-yard tract extremity with 2:14 successful the 4th quarter.

Earlier successful the 4th quarter, Mahomes recovered wide receiver Mecole Hardman with an 8-yard shovel walk touchdown walk to enactment the Chiefs up 24-21 with 6:43 near successful regulation.

The Chargers led 14-3 astatine the fractional earlier the backmost and distant 2nd half. The Chargers led 21-17 with 13:39 near successful the 4th fourth aft Herbert recovered Williams for a 21-yard pass. Williams has a wont of making large plays successful Kansas City. He had the walk-off two-point conversion drawback successful the Chargers’ thrilling 2018 triumph astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected “Thursday Night Football.”

Williams’ touchdown thrust was kept live due to the fact that Herbert recovered wide receiver Keenan Allen for a 9-yard drawback connected fourth-and-4 astatine the Chiefs’ 28-yard enactment to commencement the last quarter.

It didn’t instrumentality Mahomes and his Chiefs’ discourtesy agelong to erase an 11-point halftime deficit. The prima backmost connected with moving backmost Clyde Edwards-Helaire for a 10-yard touchdown walk to instrumentality their archetypal pb astatine 17-14 with 3:35 successful the 3rd quarter.

The Chiefs started their rally with a 12-play, 75-yard touchdown thrust to unfastened the third. Mahomes recovered choky extremity Jody Fortson for a 2-yard touchdown walk to trim the Chargers’ pb to 14-10.

The Chargers capitalized connected 2 fumble takeaways successful the archetypal fractional that were created by cornerbacks Tevaughn Campbell and Michael Davis.

Herbert connected with Austin Ekeler connected a 16-yard touchdown walk earlier Mike Williams caught the 2-point conversion to springiness the Chargers a astonishing 14-0 pb with 7:36 successful the 2nd quarter.

Earlier successful the 2nd quarter, Herbert connected with Allen for a 4-yard touchdown walk and a 6-0 advantage. Tristan Vizcaino missed the extra-point effort portion kicking into the wind.

Cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. continued his stellar rookie play by signaling his 2nd interception successful arsenic galore weeks. On the Chiefs’ opening drive, Mahomes had a nifty no-look walk to wide receiver Marcus Kemp, but the shot went disconnected his hands, arsenic Samuel dove for the interception adjacent the extremity zone.

Samuel is the archetypal Charger successful the past 35 years to person aggregate interceptions earlier the property of 22.

The Chargers’ defence added a 2nd takeaway successful the archetypal 4th aft Campbell punched the shot distant from Tyreek Hill to unit the fumble. Davis recovered the shot with 2:58 successful the archetypal quarter.

Campbell and Davis created a 2nd fumble successful the 2nd quarter. Campbell deed Edwards-Helaire to unit the shot retired and Davis was determination for the recovery.

The Chiefs had much full yards than the Chargers — 207 to154 — successful the archetypal half, but trailed astatine halftime due to the fact that of 3 turnovers. The Chiefs had 92 rushing yards successful the archetypal fractional compared to the Chargers’ 23 rushing yards.

The Chargers improved to 2-1 and the Chiefs fell to 1-2.

This communicative volition beryllium updated.

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