Whitehouse’s Mahomes throws 2 TDs in Chiefs win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KLTV) - Former Whitehouse Wildcat Patrick Mahomes battled through an elbow injury and threw two touchdown passes in the Kansas City Chiefs’ 35-12 win over the New York Jets on Sunday.

Mahomes injured his elbow on a strip-sack by the Jets’ David Bailey in the second quarter. He returned the next series without missing a play.

Mahomes was 23-for-31 for 242 yards. In the second quarter, with the Chiefs trailing 6-0, Mahomes engineered a 13-play, 82-yard drive, capped by a 7-yard touchdown pass to Kenneth Walker. Later in the quarter, Mahomes and Walker hooked up again, this time for a 25-yard touchdown pass to put the Chiefs ahead 14-9.

The Chiefs (6-2) head to Atlanta to play the Falcons on Nov. 15.