9 things we learned from Week 15’s Sunday of the 2019 NFL season

With all but the Monday night battle between the Saints and Colts decided, here are nine things we learned from Week 15 of the 2019 season.

The Chiefs’ offense is back, and their defense is for real

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Patrick Mahomes has struggled through injuries most of the season, and outside of a few old-school performances, the reigning NFL MVP hasn’t been at his best. In the Chiefs’ three games prior to their Week 15 game in Denver, Mahomes had completed just 59.4% of his passes for 640 yards, 6.3 yards per attempt, three touchdowns, and two interceptions. However, the Chiefs won all three of those games and took their fourth straight AFC West crown due primarily to a defense under Steve Spagnuolo that has finally stepped up after a rough start to the season.

You wouldn’t have thought that Mahomes would turn it around in the Mile High City with a snow blizzard on tap, but that’s what happened. Against Vic Fangio’s generally solid pass defense, Mahomes completed 27 of 34 passes for 340 yards, two touchdowns and an interception in a 23-3 win that put Kansas City at 10-4 on the season. That stout defense kept up the pressure, and if Mahomes really is back on the attack, the rest of the NFL had better take notice.

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