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Arrowhead under the lights, and the Chiefs turned Sunday night into a statement win, beating the Lions 30-17. Detroit came out hot, grinding 14 plays to the goal line, but two flags on 4th-and-1 at the 1 shoved them back into a field goal — the kind of red-zone turbulence that flips a script. Kansas City answered with a brisk march capped by Xavier Worthy’s 6-yard score, and after a late DPI set the table, Patrick Mahomes kept it for a 1-yard TD to make it 13-10 at the break.

Out of halftime, the Chiefs shifted into chef’s kiss rhythm. Mahomes carved with precision — 22/30 for 257 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT, plus a rushing score — leaning on Travis Kelce (6 catches, 78 yards) to move the chains and letting Marquise “Hollywood” Brown do the finishing. Brown stacked a 9-yarder in the third and a 3-yarder in the fourth — both money in the paint — to put K.C. comfortably in charge. Detroit’s counterpunch was a tidy Jared Goff drive ending in Sam LaPorta’s 4-yard TD, and Jameson Williams flashed with 6 grabs for 66 yards and a score, but an Amon-Ra St. Brown fumble and a timely Charles Omenihu sack short-circuited the comeback.

The fourth quarter belonged to the closer’s crew: Isiah Pacheco bruised out yards, Kareem Hunt churned the clock, and Harrison Butker drilled the late 33-yarder to slam the door. Worthy’s jet sweep juice and a roughing-the-passer flag kept K.C.’s go-ahead march alive, and Brown’s second spike was the night’s exclamation point. Extra note: the Chiefs did it while still without Rashee Rice (suspension; eligible to return Oct. 19), and the next-man-up room answered the bell. (espn.com)

Big Dill of the Game: Patrick Mahomes — 4 total TDs, surgical calm, prime-time poise. That’s a whole jar of clutch. This is Dillon “Big Dill” Smith for Big Dill Sports — where ballin’ is a big dill. Catch you on the flip for the next one.