The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs outlasted the New York Giants for a 22-9 win, their first because the 2025 AFC Championship Sport. With that victory, KC strikes right into a three-way tie for second-place within the AFC West.
Giants quarterback Russell Wilson was terrible tonight, with two interceptions and simply 160 passing yards. In the meantime, Patrick Mahomes threw for 224 yards and a TD.
A promising first drive for the Giants ended abruptly. Though they picked up 41 yards, they didn’t convert a 4th and three, which led to a turnover on downs deep in Kansas Metropolis’s territory. 33 of New York’s 41 yards got here on the bottom.
The Chiefs have been a lot luckier than the Giants on their first possession. After getting the ball to New York’s 36, KC kicker Harrison Butker doinked a 54-yard area objective off the uprights and thru the again of the goalposts for a 3-0 lead.
The G-Males weren’t capable of sustain the offensive clinic they placed on final weekend. They opened the sport with a turnover on downs and a punt with 58 complete yards of offense within the first quarter of the sport.
Kansas Metropolis quarterback Patrick Mahomes seemed just like the previous model of himself. Whereas scrambling round and avoiding go rushers, he discovered a wide-open JuJu Smith-Schuster for 27 yards, which received the Chiefs into enemy territory. Nevertheless, an unlawful formation penalty derailed the drive and compelled KC to go for an additional area objective to increase the result in 6-0.
The Giants’ first massive mistake of the night got here within the second quarter. Russell Wilson threw an interception that seemed prefer it was meant for Chiefs cornerback Chris Roland-Wallace as an alternative of wideout Wan’Dale Robinson. That INT, the second of Roland-Wallace’s profession, was returned 23 yards to New York’s aspect of the sector.
Kansas Metropolis was not capable of make something occur with good area place. After gaining 25 yards, the Chiefs needed to accept a 40-yard area objective try that Harrison Butker missed. Regardless of making 69 of 75 area targets from 2023 to 2024 within the common season and the playoffs mixed, Butker has already missed two of seven area objective makes an attempt this season.
The Giants lastly received on the board because of some Russell Wilson passes and KC penalties. On a third and eight, Wilson related with rookie working again Cam Skattebo for 16 yards. After back-to-back flags on the Chiefs, Skattebo powered his approach into the tip zone for a 13-yard landing run. Sadly for the G-Males, the additional level try was blocked, so the rating was tied 6-6 with somewhat below two minutes to go within the second quarter.
Huge Blue made one other huge mistake within the type of a turnover. Though they began their subsequent drive on Kansas Metropolis’s aspect of the sector, they have been unable to get any factors on that sequence. Russell Wilson threw his second interception of the evening, killing a possession that might’ve given the Giants the lead. Two performs after the interception, Giants followers could possibly be heard chanting “We wish Dart,” referring to the rookie second-string quarterback Jaxson Dart, who New York took within the first spherical of the 2025 NFL Draft.
The Chiefs struck another time earlier than the break. Patrick Mahomes underthrew a ball, which led to a 52-yard defensive go interference penalty with seven seconds left within the second quarter. KC wasn’t capable of finding the tip zone from New York’s 11 yard line, in order that they took the sector objective and a 9-6 lead into halftime.
Kansas Metropolis got here out of the break pink sizzling. They orchestrated a ten-play, 74-yard drive that ended with a five-yard landing go by Patrick Mahomes to wideout Tyquan Thornton, which gave the Chiefs a 16-6 benefit to start out the fourth quarter. That’s Thornton’s second TD seize in his final two video games, which matches his receiving landing complete from the primary three years of his profession.
Dealing with a ten-point deficit within the closing body, the Giants had no alternative however to go for it on a 4th and 6 close to midfield. Although Russell Wilson threw an incompletion, the Chiefs have been penalized for defensive go interference, which gave New York a brand new set of downs. Later, throughout the identical drive, the Giants kicked a area objective from Kansas Metropolis’s six yard line to chop the result in 16-9 with 10:12 to go within the recreation.
The Chiefs had no drawback answering the decision on their subsequent possession. Tyquan Thornton recorded two catches on that drive for 54 yards. His 33-yard reception received KC right down to the one yard line. On the very subsequent play, working again Kareem Hunt punched the ball in for a landing, bringing the rating to 22-9 late within the fourth quarter after a missed further level.
The Giants didn’t make it straightforward for the Chiefs. New York picked up 26 yards on a 4th and 5 to get the ball into the pink zone. However after getting it right down to the 4 yard line, Russell Wilson was penalized for intentional grounding and finally threw back-to-back incompletions, leading to a turnover on downs, and a win for the Chiefs.
With the loss, the Giants have fallen to 0-3 for the primary time in 4 years. For the reason that begin of final season, Huge Blue has solely received one dwelling recreation in its final ten contests at MetLife Stadium.
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