Patrick Mahomes, the quarterback for Kansas City Chiefs, put up a brilliant on-field show against the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday. The 2020 Super Bowl champions won the game 27-24. 

However, Mahomes was a flop for fantasy football managers. After being projected at 24.59 points, he scored 17.30. 

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Mahomes finished with 235 yards and passed for two touchdowns to lift his side from a 17-7 deficit. The 26-year-old completed 24 of his 35 passes. The Chiefs have now won back-to-back games in the 2022 season. 

Kansas are now 22-3 with Patrick Mahomes as their starter in AFC West. No QB has guided his team to more wins in his first 25 divisional games since the NFL merger in 1970. 

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On Thursday, Mahomes delivered a side-arm pass, which was converted by Jerick McKinnon. It was his eighth pass of the game and helped the QB cross 1,588 career pass completion. He overtook Alex Smith to have the third-highest successful passes in the history of the Chiefs.

Patrick Mahomes topped ESPN’s fantast football list, for quarterbacks, through Week 1. Josh Allen, Carson Wentz and Justin Herbert were the others on the list. The Kansas star threw for five touchdowns against the Arizona Cardinals. 

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However, against Los Angeles, he threw for two touchdowns, which amount for eight points. His 235 yards got him about 9.3 points (25 yards = 1 point). The 26-year-old had two carries. 

Hence, while the Kansas was projected to score around 25 points, which is average for a quarterback, he made 17.30 – a deficit of approximately eight points. 

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Projected to score 8.94 points, Los Angeles WR Justin Palmer made 11.00 points. Gerald Everett finished with 10.10 and Chargers QB Justin Herbert scored 24.46. 

Herbert, who draws comparisons with Mahomes, had 334 passing yards and three touchdown passes. He was intercepted once.