What We Learned From Week 7 in the N.F.L.

Meantime, Mahomes has had to play at a ridiculously extreme pace to keep Kansas City alive, and it is proving to be unsustainable. We now know the Chiefs’ defense is bad — really bad — but the 27-point deficit Mahomes faced at halftime was the largest in his career.

He threw an interception in his sixth straight game and, on a final fourth-and-18 to end his day, he was brutally sandwiched between two Titans defenders. Jeffery Simmons, all 6 feet 4 inches and 305 pounds of him, went airborne over the top and caused Mahomes’s head to turn at an awkward angle. Mahomes cleared the concussion protocol, but, down, 27-3, Coach Andy Reid decided to keep him out of the game.

Compensating for a sieve of a defense, Mahomes is now tied for the league lead in interceptions.

On the other sideline, Henry, or King Henry, as he is sometimes called, did not need to do much, thanks to help from the other Titans. Henry even threw a touchdown pass out of the wildcat formation, and ran for only 89 yards on 29 tries (a 3.0 yards per carry average).

For one game, Henry was merely human, and the Titans were still dangerous.

Quarterback’s no man’s land is a scary place.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/sports/football/nfl-week-7-scores.html