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By Bryan Colbert Jr.
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Twice on Sunday, Patrick Mahomes found Travis Kelce with the Kansas City Chiefs backed up at their own 18-yard line.
The first completion gave Kansas City its first, first down against the New York Jets. The second took them past every quarterback and tight end who had played before them.
With 4:14 left in the third quarter, Mahomes threw short over the middle to Kelce, who made it across midfield before the Jets pushed him out at their 44.
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The 38-yard gain gave Kelce 9,360 regular-season receiving yards on passes from Mahomes, breaking the NFL record of 9,352 set by Philip Rivers and Antonio Gates with the Chargers.
Kansas City won 35-12 at Arrowhead Stadium to improve to 6-2 and end a two-game skid.
It was the Chiefs’ highest-scoring game of the season, though the Jets had the ball for more than eight minutes on the opening drive and led 6-0 before Kansas City could move the chains.
Kelce changed that on third-and-10.
His 17-yard catch kept alive an 82-yard drive that Kenneth Walker finished with a 7-yard touchdown reception. Walker caught a second touchdown before halftime, but New York stayed within 14-12 on Jason Sanders’ fourth field goal.
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On the opening drive of the second half, Mahomes scrambled on third down and came up a yard short of the end zone. Andy Reid kept the offense on the field. Mahomes flipped the ball sideways to Kelce, who lowered his shoulder and scored over the right side. The lateral went into the books as a 1-yard touchdown run.
Later that quarter, Kelce’s record-breaking catch set up Walker’s third touchdown. Kelce finished with four catches for a team-high 72 yards.
On an afternoon when he and Mahomes claimed the NFL record for receiving yards by a quarterback and tight end, the one yard that got Kelce into the end zone counted as rushing.
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