Sorry, NFL: Chiefs Still Look Like Best Team in Professional Football
The Kansas City Chiefs are back to .500, improving to 3-3 after defeating the Detroit Lions on Sunday night. And, apparently, the win was enough for Colin Cowherd to declare that Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid and the Chiefs have regained their throne as the NFL's top team.
"Everybody's worst nightmare is now official: The Kansas City Chiefs, once again, are the best team in professional football," Cowherd said on Monday's "The Herd." "First three weeks, Mahomes was wobbly, and they were averaging 20 points per game. In their last three games, they're averaging 32 points per game along with that defense and those special teams."
"Sorry, NFL, they did it again."
Sunday's 30-17 victory was arguably the Chiefs' most impressive of the year, decisively taking down a team that was widely considered to be the best in the league entering Week 6.
The Chiefs outgained the Lions (355-297) in the win, slowing down playmakers like running back Jahmyr Gibbs (65 rushing yards, 3.8 yards per carry) and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (nine receptions, 45 yards). But what impressed Cowherd the most, though, was the continued improvement of the Chiefs' receivers.
"Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, they're the only two people in this league who can take No. 2 and No. 3 wide receivers, Hollywood Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster, backup left tackles, OK running backs and [score] into the 30s," Cowherd said. "Xavier Worthy, with any other team, would he be this good? All they do is make it work. Andy Reid is the great chef. He's the Gordon Ramsay. Everything in the kitchen has a role."
During the first three weeks, Brown and Smith-Schuster were seen as underachievers in the Chiefs offense's poor start. With Worthy sidelined with a shoulder injury