Tennessee Titans thrash Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes in rout

A blowout in the Music City.

The Tennessee Titans thrashed the reigning AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs 27-3 on Sunday afternoon at Nissan Stadium. The Titans improved to 5-2 with the victory.&nbsp

Here are a few quick takeaways from the game

Fast start

The Titans had been infamous for sluggish starts, with simply 20 first-quarter factors in their first six video games this season.

That wasn’t the case towards Kansas City.

Tennessee used to be up 27-0 by way of halftime – the franchise's biggest halftime lead on the grounds that 2016.

It started out in the first quarter with an environment friendly eight-play, 75-yard scoring drive. It featured a play-action ignore over the center to A.J. Brown, a Ryan Tannehill boot to Julio Jones and a landing bypass from going for walks lower back Derrick Henry. In the pink zone, Henry took a direct snap and lofted a omit to tight give up MyCole Pruitt in the stop zone.

The Titans had lousy subject role on their 2d drive, beginning at their very own 3-yard line after receiver Mason Kinsey erred on a punt return, however the offense nevertheless charged ninety seven yards down discipline for a score. The massive play on the sequence was once a 47-yard bomb from Tannehill down the sideline to Brown, whose trap at first was once dominated incomplete however was once reversed after a challenge.

Tennessee’s 1/3 and closing landing force of the first 1/2 used to be capped with a awesome play design. Tannehill faked a toss to Henry, booted to his proper and ran into the stop zone.

Patrick Mahomes contained

The Titans have been short-handed in the secondary, however their protective the front didn’t provide Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes probabilities to make the most that.

Tennessee had eight quarterback hits, including 4 sacks. Defensive lineman Denico Autry (two sacks) and Bud Dupree (one), the team's marquee free-agent signings, had been at the coronary heart of a relentless omit rush.

The Chiefs punted on their first two drives after third-down stops with the aid of Tennessee – the first was once courtesy of Dupree's sack – and linebacker Rashaan Evans picked off Mahomes on Kansas City’s 0.33 drive. Teammate David Long Jr. had deflected the ignore meant for Josh Gordon.

In the ultimate minutes of the first half, Mahomes was once searching at a large scramble however security Kevin Byard pursued him from in the back of and pressured a fumble. Defensive lower back Matthias Farley recovered the ball, giving Tennessee any other force earlier than halftime. The Titans scored a 51-yard discipline purpose off the talented pressure to take the 27-0 lead into the break.

Tennessee had three takeaways.

Finding his groove?

Star receiver Brown had his high-quality recreation of the season, posting eight receptions on 9 objectives for 133 yards and a touchdown. He had surpassed a hundred yards receiving by using halftime.

In the first half, Brown caught the aforementioned 46-yarder down the sideline. His landing seize got here in opposition to single insurance off a back-shoulder ball from Tannehill.

Brown, who was once named to his first Pro Bowl ultimate season, noticed his begin to the season slowed via a hamstring harm and battled meals poisoning the remaining week.

Up next

The Titans (5-2) tour to Indianapolis for their 2d assembly with the Colts on Sunday (noon CT, CBS).