The Kansas City Chiefs were not on their A game on Monday.
They didn’t need to be.
A series of miscues and a big controversial call in favor of the Chiefs doomed the New England Patriots in a 26-10 Kansas City win.
The Patriots effectively slowed the Patrick Mahomes machine for most of the night, but couldn’t overcome a faulty offense of their own playing on a travel day without sidelined quarterback Cam Newton.
New England placed Newton on the COVID-19 reserve list and had to wait until Monday to travel to Kansas City after positive coronavirus cases threatened this weeks game before it was ultimately postponed from Sunday to Monday.