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 Playing in front of a pumped up home crowd the Chiefs shot out to
a 17-0 halftime lead and were never headed.
Charles had a rushing and receiving touchdown before halftime and
added another reception shortly after halftime but he was not alone
in having a productive game for Kansas City.
Fellow running back Knile Davis put up 119 total yards to go with
Charles' 108 while Smith passed for 248 yards with three touchdowns.
Wide receivers Dwayne Bowe (81 yards) and Travis Kelce (91 yards,
touchdown) also made impressive contributions as Brady had a game to
forget, throwing just 159 yards and producing a fumble and two
interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.
He was replaced early in the fourth quarter by rookie Jimmy
Garoppolo with the score 41-7.
Charles put the Chiefs up 7-0 late in the first quarter with a
two-yard run and doubled the lead early in the second when he took a
short pass from Smith and bustled over from five yards.
After Brady fumbled early in the second half and Charles took in an
eight-yard pass soon after the game was gone at 24-0.
Brady connected with Brandon LaFell for a 44-yard score late in the
third quarter to open the Patriots' scoring but Kelce scored on a
two-yard Smith pass to regain the cushion.
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Husain Abdullah then returned a Brady interception 39-yards early in
the final quarter to ensure the second biggest loss for the Patriots
since 2000.
"We couldn't really move the ball consistently on offense and then
turned it over in the second half and gave up another long drive and
just didn't play very well," Patriots coach Bill Belichick told
reporters.
"Kansas City played very well so that was a bad combination for us.
We all have got to do a better job."
(Reporting by Ben Everill in Los Angeles; Editing by Greg
Stutchbury)
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