Chiefs maintain unbeaten start to season with comfortable victory over Saints on Monday Night Football

The Kansas City Chiefs maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a comfortable 26-13 win over the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football.

The Kansas City Chiefs maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a comfortable 26-13 win over the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football. It wasn’t always pretty for the two-time reigning Super Bowl champions, but big performances from returning veterans Kareem Hunt and JuJu Smith-Schuster saw them improve to 5-0. Hunt finished with 27 carries for 102 rushing yards and a touchdown, while Smith-Schuster had seven catches for 130 receiving yards. Both players had been signed mid-season to cover for the growing injury list Kansas City is dealing with. The pair’s production ended barren runs stretching back years; Smith-Schuster’s performance was his first 100-yard game since Week 7, 2022, while Hunt’s 100-yard burst was the first time he’d reached the mark since Week 10 in 2020. Afterwards, quarterback Patrick Mahomes spoke to the effect both players have had since they’ve returned to the team. Hunt was drafted by the Chiefs in 2017 before leaving for the Cleveland Browns and Smith-Schuster was part of the Super Bowl LVII winning side in 2022. “Coach Reid knowing their skillsets and how to put them in great positions,” Mahomes, who finished with 331 passing yards, no touchdowns and one interception, told reporters. “Kareem just runs extremely hard. He gets every yard out there. He catches the ball and does whatever it takes in order to go out there and win.