After a long, discouraging string of games after the bye week, the Kansas City Chiefs’ offense came out firing in Sunday’s 25-17 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Chiefs scored a touchdown on the opening drive for the first time since before the bye week, quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed his longest pass of the season and the unit totaled more yards (373) than it had in any of the previous eight games.
Keeping in mind that Cincinnati has had one of the league’s worst defenses this season, Kansas City came out with a focused, simplified game plan: hand off to running back Isiah Pacheco, then execute explosive pass plays around those plays.