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NFL Week 3 Game Recap: Indianapolis Colts 20, Kansas City Chiefs 17

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indianapolis Colts quarterback Matt Ryan (2) hands the ball off to Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor (28) during a game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Scheer/IndyStar Staff-USA TODAY Sports

The Indianapolis Colts handed Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs their first loss of the 2022 NFL season by a 20-17 score in Week 3.

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Offensive spotlight: The Colts held Patrick Mahomes largely in check, keeping him to one touchdown pass and intercepting him to seal the game. And for the first time all year, he didn't make a big-time throw (pending review). Mahomes still put up a 9.5-yard average target depth compared to Matt Ryan‘s conservative 4.7-yard effort.

Defensive spotlight: Kwity Paye may have been kept out of the sack column, but he notched a game-high five pressures on his 24 pass-rushing snaps. He made another two stops in run defense.

Rookie spotlight: Alec Pierce caught three of his five targets for 61 yards and three first downs, including one contested grab. His 3.05 yards per route run was a game-high mark.

Offensive line spotlight: Tackles Matt Pryor and Braden Smith performed well across their 43 pass-blocking snaps, allowing just one hurry between them. Pryor was also the Colts' highest-graded run-blocker on first review.

Box Score

Passing
Kansas City Chiefs
Player Fantasy Comp/Att Yds YPA TD Int
Patrick Mahomes 18.08 20 / 35 262 7.5 1 1
Tommy Townsend 0 0 / 1 0 0 0 0
Indianapolis Colts
Player Fantasy Comp/Att Yds YPA TD Int
Matt Ryan 16.28 27 / 37 222 6 2 0
Rushing
Kansas City Chiefs
Player Fantasy Car Yds YPC TD Long
Patrick Mahomes 18.08 4 26 6.5 0 10
Travis Kelce 17.9 1 1 1 0 1
Clyde Edwards-Helaire 14.9 7 0 0 1 4
Jerick McKinnon 2 7 20 2.9 0 6
Isiah Pacheco 0.9 3 9 3 0 5
Michael Burton 0.2 1 2 2 0 2
Indianapolis Colts
Player Fantasy Car Yds YPC TD Long
Matt Ryan 16.28 3 4 1.3 0 3
Jonathan Taylor 12.1 21 71 3.4 0 13
Nyheim Hines 8 3 7 2.3 0 7
Receiving
Kansas City Chiefs
Player Fantasy Tgt Rec Yds YPT TD
Travis Kelce 17.9 8 4 58 7.2 1
Clyde Edwards-Helaire 14.9 5 5 39 7.8 0
JuJu Smith-Schuster 13.9 8 5 89 11.1 0
Marquez Valdes-Scantling 8.8 7 4 48 6.9 0
Noah Gray 3.6 2 1 26 13 0
Jerick McKinnon 2 1 0 0 0 0
Mecole Hardman 1.2 1 1 2 2 0
Justin Watson 0 1 0 0 0 0
Indianapolis Colts
Player Fantasy Tgt Rec Yds YPT TD
Jelani Woods 15.3 3 2 13 4.3 2
Michael Pittman Jr. 15.2 9 8 72 8 0
Jonathan Taylor 12.1 5 3 20 4 0
Alec Pierce 9.1 5 3 61 12.2 0
Nyheim Hines 8 6 5 23 3.8 0
Parris Campbell 3 2 2 10 5 0
Kylen Granson 2.7 2 2 7 3.5 0
Mo Alie-Cox 1.9 3 1 9 3 0
Ashton Dulin 1.7 1 1 7 7 0

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