Mahomes, Hunt lead Chiefs to dominant 28-7 win over Commanders, their 9th straight in the series

KANSAS CITY Mo Patrick Mahomes threw for yards and three touchdowns Kareem Hunt revealed the end zone twice and the Kansas City Chiefs shook free from a tie challenge at the half for a - triumph over the Washington Commanders on Monday night Mahomes was nearly perfect after throwing two early interceptions one of which was hardly his fault One of his touchdown passes went to good buddy Travis Kelce giving him scores to tie Priest Holmes for the Chiefs career record and another went to Rashee Rice who caught nine passes for yards in his second tournament back from a six-game NFL suspension It all helped the Chiefs - win for the fourth time in five games and extend a streak of dominance over Washington They have won nine straight in the series and of overall the lone loss came way back on Sept Marcus Mariota had yards passing with a touchdown and two interceptions for the Commanders - who fell to - away from home this season Mariota started in place of Jayden Daniels who hurt his hamstring in last week s loss to Dallas Terry McLaurin returned from a quad injury to catch three passes for yards and the number Deebo Samuel also returned from a bruised heel but after two early catches he managed just one more the rest of the night The greater part of the first half was an exercise in poor execution by both offenses The Commanders opening series ended when Mariota s pass bounced off Samuel for an interception The Chiefs ended when Mahomes also was picked off Kansas City proceeded to stop Washington on fourth down only for Mahomes to have a pass bounce off Kelce s hands for his second interception which the Commanders again failed to capitalize on when Mariota overthrew everyone on fourth-and- deep in Kansas City territory To recap Two picks by the Commanders who had created three turnovers all season two thrown by Mahomes who had thrown just two previously and two failed fourth-down conversions by a Washington offense desperate to get points All reported five empty drives Then two very productive ones Kansas City marched yards for a touchdown and the Commanders answered with a -yard drive that McLaurin finished with a TD reception that was first ruled incomplete but was overturned upon review Ultimately the Chiefs who were -point favorites according to BetMGM started to play like it in the second half They opened with a methodical -yard drive that Hunt finished with his second points Then after quick punt by Washington the -year-old Kelce capped a -yard drive with his record-tying touchdown reception The clinching blow came midway through the fourth quarter a -play -yard drive by the Chiefs well yards if you include all the penalties they had to overcome that absolutely broke the Commanders Rice finished it with an -yard touchdown reception after he had twice come up just shy of scoring earlier in the encounter That made it five consecutive games in which Kansas City has scored at least points and put this one well out of reach Injuries Washington Matthew Wright kicked in place of Matt Gay who was out with a back injury LT Laremy Tunsil hurt his hamstring on the opening series DT Jer Zhan Newton hurt his ankle in the second quarter but returned to the tournament Kansas City LG Trey Smith back was inactive Up next The Commanders host Seattle on Sunday night The Chiefs play at Buffalo the same day for an AFC title event rematch Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis