Patrick Mahomes 'faster than people think' as run plays lift Chiefs - ESPN

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Jets had answers for Patrick Mahomes the passer Sunday night after he threw his only touchdown of the game, a 34-yarder to tight end Noah Gray, in the first quarter.

The Jets couldn't solve Mahomes as a runner, which is why the Kansas City Chiefs escaped MetLife Stadium with a 23-20 victory.

Mahomes rushed for 51 yards — including 32 on the game's final drive, which saw the Chiefs kill the last 7½ minutes of game clock. His 25-yard run on third-and-23 was the big play of the drive. He also had a 9-yard run on third-and-8 with 2 minutes remaining and could have scored, but he went down intentionally at the Jets' 2-yard line so the Chiefs could maintain possession and run out the clock.

Mahomes has had bigger rushing games for the Chiefs but perhaps none as impactful. His late-game scrambling helped make up for his two first-half interceptions, which helped the Jets pull into a tie after an early 17-0 deficit.

That's why Mahomes was particularly fired up after his 25-yard run. He got up pumping his fist in celebration.

«We needed that play in that time,'' Mahomes said. „We were trying to do what we can to keep the defense off the field. They'd been playing their tail off in that second half.

“I'm a little upset. I kind of stumbled. I was thinking I could maybe get around the side a little bit, but it was a big first down and then we were able to kind of keep it moving down the field.''

Mahomes will never be confused as a runner with, say, the Baltimore Ravens' Lamar Jackson. But he joked that he doesn't get enough respect for that part of his game.

»I've told a lot of people I'm faster than people think,'' Mahomes said. «I don't run pretty, so people think I'm slow, but I move a little