The match between the Saints and the Chiefs is presented on RDS and RDS.ca at 8 p.m.
Kareem Hunt scored his first touchdown of the season to give the Chiefs the lead in the first quarter.
The Saints scored their first points of the game in spectacular fashion in the second quarter, when Rashid Shaheed caught a 43-yard pass from Derek Carr for the major.
Avant-match Saints c. Chiefs
Undefeated in four matches, the Chiefs have this record in large part because they took or kept a lead in the last quarter.
The Saints, visiting Kansas City on Monday, are 2-2 in large part because they failed to do the same thing.
New Orleans corrected the Panthers and the Cowboys, but things went wrong late against Philadelphia and Atlanta.
Against the Eagles, Saquon Barkley tipped the scales with 1:01 remaining, scoring a touchdown. The Eagles won 15-12. Against the Falcons, Younghoe Koo made a 58-yard field goal in the final moments, leading Atlanta to a 26-24 victory.
“With experience, you realize that in this league, the margin of victory doesn’t matter a lot,” said Saints running back Alvin Kamara.
“I wouldn’t care even at 80 to zero. We have a lot of football left to play against good teams. »
Patrick Mahomes and company have always gotten the job done late in games this season.
In mid-September, Harrison Butker made a game-winning 51-yard field goal against the Bengals. The following week, the defense said no to the Falcons on a fourth down and a yard, with 56 seconds on the clock.
Last Sunday, against the Chargers, Samaje Perine scored the decisive touchdown with six minutes remaining.
“You have to combine a sense of urgency with the same rigor of execution as any other time in the game,” Mahomes said.
Mahomes knows what he’s talking about. Six of the Chiefs’ last seven playoff victories have come by a touchdown or less, including the last two Super Bowl games.
“It taught me not to try to make a crazy play,” Mahomes said. In your mind, the moment must ultimately not be that big. »
The Chiefs will be without key wide receiver Rashee Rice due to a knee injury. JuJu Smith-Schuster and Justin Watson should be called upon more.
Between games, many in the crowd will take numerous glances at their phones: the game will start about an hour after the Royals at Yankee Stadium, the second of this second-round series in major league baseball.
