Here’s every Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson touchdown from Week 1

Patrick Mahomes vs. Deshaun Watson is an AFC quarterback fireworks show.

When Patrick Mahomes takes on Deshaun Watson, touchdowns will be abound.

Somehow, someway, neither of these AFC quarterbacking stars were the first signal-caller off the board in the 2017 NFL Draft. While now is not the time to dog Mitchell Trubisky, there’s a reason the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl 54 and the Houston Texans can three-peat as AFC South champions. These are two of the star quarterbacks who will carry the AFC for the next decade.

Watch every Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson touchdown from Week 1.

This will be the 13th meeting between the Texans and the Chiefs. Despite playing in the AFC, Houston is the youngest NFL franchise at not quite 20 years old. Kansas City holds the all-time series lead at 7-5. This will be the third meeting between Mahomes and Watson on the gridiron, having split the two previous meetings from last year. Mahomes won the only one that matters.

What I’m going to do today is give you a live update of the quarterbacking brilliance of Mahomes and Watson. If either of them throws for six, I’ll write about it. Should one of them scamper to pay dirt, I’ll use my digits on this trusty keyboard. Should either of them do something cool, because let’s be real, they will, you know exactly what I’m going to do here. Go get your popcorn ready.

First Quarter

Houston got on the board first in the first quarter. Running back David Johnson, who came over from the Arizona Cardinals in the infamous DeAndre Hopkins trade, scampered to pay dirt 19 yards out with 5:01 left on the clock in the first quarter. Kansas City had to wait just inside of the second quarter to get on the board for the first time this year. 7-0, Texans.

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Second Quarter

With 14:16 left on the clock in the second quarter, Mahomes found his trusty tight end Travis Kelce in the middle of the end zone for six. The perennial All-Pro came up with it in traffic from six yards out on a third-and-goal situation. It wasn’t the most spectacular touchdown of Mahomes’ career, but it was effective and helped the Chiefs keep pace with the visiting Texans early. 7-7, all.

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Kansas City would take the lead with 9:04 left in the first half. We thought Sammy Watkins was in there for six earlier, but he was tackled just shy of the goal line. Because he felt his beloved receiver was denied sweet delicious pay dirt, Mahomes threw it to Watkins on a glorified bubble screen, just like Andy Reid used to run with Alex Smith not all that long ago. 14-7, Chiefs.

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Houston would try to tie it up before halftime, but a missed Ka’imi Fairbairn 51-yard-field goal on an 11-play drive gave Kansas City enough time to put a few more points on the board. Though it wasn’t a touchdown, a Harrison Butker 29-yard field goal extended the Chiefs’ lead to 10 points heading into halftime of their Week 1 primetime affair. 17-7, Chiefs.

Third Quarter

Kansas City scored on its opening drive of the second half. Rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire ran 27 yards to his first career rushing touchdown. It’s a huge opportunity for him to be the Chiefs’ undisputed No. 1 running back, but he’s more than taking advantage of it early. He did dominate on the ground last year for the undefeated LSU Tigers in the SEC. 24-7, Chiefs.

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Fourth Quarter

Mahomes threw his third touchdown pass of the night on a three-yard completion to wide receiver Tyreek Hill in the back of the end zone. He nearly connected with him on the opening drive, but that first-quarter pass was ruled incomplete. Mahomes was bailed out on a pass interference call on a fourth-and-inches interception. He gets touchdown No. 3. 31-7, Chiefs.

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With 7:15 left in the game, the Texans finally answered Kansas City’s previously unanswered 31 points. Watson threw his first touchdown pass of the season on 19-yard dime to tight end Jordan Akins. Houston would go for two, but would come up short on the attempt. Though they cut into the deficit, this was a essentially a garbage time touchdown for the Texans. 31-13, Chiefs.

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Nearly throwing for his second touchdown, the Texans were on the one-yard line and Watson did the smart thing by taking it in himself. Houston did another smart thing by kicking the PAT to bring it within two scores. However, the Texans had an atrocious kickoff that pretty undid all the good they achieved on that late fourth-quarter drive. 31-20, Chiefs.

Butker would tack on a field goal inside of a minute left to give us the final score of the ball game of 34-20, Chiefs. What we saw on Thursday Night Football was more of the same in this budding rivalry between Mahomes and Watson. Though both players had their moments, Mahomes wasn’t forced to overcome poor coaching like Watson has to do with Houston. We can’t wait until Sunday.

The Chiefs did what they needed to do on Thursday to begin the quest at a Super Bowl repeat.