How the Chiefs bristled their way back after the bizarre and deflating play on which Rice suffered what figures to be a long-term knee injury, a play that soon left them down 10-0, was fresh testimony to what we should now accept as fact … Both for its reassuring upside and unsettling downside.

Mahomes, who once more had a game he’d like to revise, overshot an open Travis Kelce, the pass intercepted by cornerback Kristian Fulton. (Kelce had his best day this year, with 7 catches for 89 yards.)

Chargers QB Justin Herbert had been a limited practice participant this week, and it was difficult to hold up under the Chiefs pass rush. The Chiefs bothered some throws as the Chiefs worked to take advantage of the Chargers missing starting tackles Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater.