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Patrick Mahomes threw two landing passes, security Bryan Prepare dinner scored on a 59-lawn fumble return, and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs held on to beat the Miami Dolphins 21-14 on Sunday at Deutsche Financial institution Park.
The Chiefs (7-2) did just adequate to sluggish the NFL’s leading-rated offense in the 1st-at any time typical period activity in Frankfurt, but just about blew a major direct.
Miami’s comeback fell shorter when quarterback Tua Tagovailoa couldn’t cope with a snap on fourth-and-10 from the Kansas Town 31 with 1:03 to enjoy.
Mahomes connected on first-50 % scoring passes to Rashee Rice and Jerick McKinnon as Miami (6-3) kept acquiring stuck in third-and-extended circumstances. The Dolphins also fell to -3 on the year against teams with successful documents.
Mahomes finished 20 of 30 for a year-reduced 185 yards in his European debut, but the Chiefs’ offense struggled in the second half. Limited conclude Travis Kelce experienced just three catches for 14 yards.
A few Chiefs players blended to set Kansas City up 21- just in advance of halftime on a single of the top rated defensive performs of the season so considerably.
And it arrived at the expenditure of former teammate Tyreek Hill.
With the Dolphins driving late in the very first half, cornerback Trent McDuffie stuffed Hill on a limited pass in the flat and stripped the ball from the All-Pro receiver. Mike Edwards scooped it up and right after Hill experimented with to deal with him, Edwards lateraled to Prepare dinner, who returned it for the rating.
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Hill completed with a group-significant 8 catches for 62 yards.
Taylor Swift was a no-present, as was Miami’s offense early on. The only detail much more stunning than Miami’s very first-half struggles on offense was referee Clay Martin producing a “bogus commence” phone in German in the 1st quarter.
Miami hadn’t been shut out in the 1st fifty percent of a activity given that Week 2 of the 2021 season.
But Tagovailoa acquired the comeback started out with a 31-lawn landing go to Cedric Wilson Jr. in the third quarter.
Bradley Chubb’s strip-sack of Mahomes then gave Miami the ball on the Kansas City 27, and Raheem Mostert ran it in from 13 yards following an pointless roughness contact on Chris Jones on a third-and-20 preserve the travel alive. Mostert had 12 carries for 85 yards.
Tagovailoa finished 21 of 34 for a period-small 193 yards.
Accidents
Dolphins WR Jaylen Waddle was sluggish to get up soon after blocking on rushing attempt on Miami’s initially generate. He returned on the 2nd push and took a reverse for a 12-lawn acquire. … OL Robert Jones was helped off the area early in the fourth quarter.
UP Subsequent
Dolphins: Bye 7 days and then host the Las Vegas Raiders on Nov. 19.
Chiefs: Bye 7 days in advance of a Monday night Super Bowl rematch towards the Philadelphia Eagles at Arrowhead Stadium on Nov. 20.
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