Seven stats you may have missed from Chiefs’ 34-20 win over the Texans
For Chiefs fans, that was a pretty relaxing way to start the 2020 season.
The Chiefs cruised to an easy 34-20 win over the Houston Texans, the defending AFC South champions.
Here are seven stats from the game that fans may have missed. They come from the Chiefs or online sources.
1. The Chiefs took their first lead on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes to Sammy Watkins in the second quarter. That was the longest drive in terms of plays in Mahomes’ career. It was a 16-play drive, the franchise’s longest since 2015. Last year, there were only 17 touchdown drives of 16 or more plays in the NFL.
2. Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network noted that rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire’s 138 rush yards are most by any player in his debut since 2017 (the Chiefs’ Kareem Hunt). Pro Football Focus shared this nugget on Edwards-Helaire:
3. Oh, and this from ESPN seems to be a good sign for Edwards-Helaire:
4. The Chiefs have won six straight opening-week games, the longest active streak in the NFL. Another streak: the Chiefs have won seven straight regular-season games (dating to Week 11 of the 2019 season), tied for the third-longest streak in history.
11 games: 2015-16
9 games: 2003, 2013, 2017-18
7 games: 1968-69, 1969, 1995, 1997-98, 2016-17, 2019-20
5. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes got his 25th career regular-season win, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Dan Marino and Kurt Warner as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with 25 wins in their first 32 career games.
6. Here are a couple of gems about rookie defensive back L’Jarius Sneed from Next Gen Stats (it was quite a debut):
7. Kicker Harrison Butker made a pair of field goals and has 15 consecutive games converting a field goal attempt. This ties him with Lawrence Tynes (15, 2004-05) for the Chiefs record for most consecutive games with a field goal.
