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Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for November

#Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has done it again, earning his fifth career AFC Offensive Player of the Month honor.

Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has officially earned his fifth career AFC Offensive Player of the Month honor. He has earned an AFC Offensive Player of the Month award every year since entering the league and is the only player to earn a monthly award in each of the last five seasons.

Mahomes has now garnered AFC monthly honors in September 2018, September 2019, November 2020, December 2021 and November 2022. It’s the most monthly awards owned by a player in Chiefs franchise history.

His latest monthly award comes after Mahomes led the NFL in Weeks 9-12 in completions (116), passing yards (1,426) and touchdown passes (9). He’s passed for over 300 yards in each game in the month of November and K.C. is undefeated in those four games.

It doesn’t hurt that Mahomes continues to stamp his name in NFL history books with each passing game, most recently passing Hall of Famers Dan Marino for the most career 300-yard games in a player’s first six seasons and Ken Stabler for the most wins by a quarterback in their first 75 career starts.

Mahomes is now tied with Drew Brees (5) for the fourth-most monthly awards by a quarterback since 2000. Only Tom Brady (11), Aaron Rodgers (10) and Peyton Manning (8) have more awards since 2000. Along with Brady and Rodgers, Mahomes is the only other active quarterback with five or more monthly awards. Keep in mind that this is just Mahomes’ fifth season as a starter.

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Chiefs P Tommy Townsend earns AFC Special Teams Player of the Month honors

Tommy Townsend is the latest #Chiefs player to take home a monthly award, earning AFC Special Team Player of the Month honors for November.

Kansas City Chiefs second-year punter Tommy Townsend is off to a stellar beginning to his 2021 NFL season.

His Super Bowl LV performance was shaky at best, but he’s learned from that experience and built on it this season in Kansas City. With 26 punts on the year in 11 games played, he’s averaging 48.6 yards per punt.

During the month of November, Townsend had perhaps his best month of professional football yet. For that reason, the NFL named him AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for November. In the past month, Townsend punted 10 times, averaging 54.9 yards per punt and 50.7 net, with six of those punts landing inside the 20 and a long punt of 68 yards.

Townsend also completed a 16-yard pass against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 10. It was his second career pass completion on a fake punt in as many years. His passing ability has quickly become a strong suit of his game, and teams are going to have to account for it moving forward.

This Special Teams Player of the Month award is special for Townsend and his team. It’s not only the first for Townsend, but he is now the first Chiefs punter to ever earn the award during his career. He also becomes the first punter from his alma mater, the University of Tennessee, to earn this honor.

Townsend joins rookie LB Nick Bolton as the second Chiefs player to take home a monthly award this season. He was named Defensive Rookie of the Month for October.

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