The Kansas City Chiefs held off the Washington Commanders to win their first preseason game of 2022, 24-14, at Arrowhead Stadium.

Editor’s note: All grades in this article are subject to review. All PFF player grades will be finalized by 12 pm ET tomorrow.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

Player	YPA	ADOT	Touchdown Passes	Passing Grade
Patrick Mahomes	8.1	12.4	2	78.5

Mahomes led the Chiefs' starting offense on two consecutive scoring drives in a solid preseason showing. He completed 60% of his 20 passes and finished with no turnover-worthy plays alongside his lone big-time throw.

RUNNING BACK

No Chiefs running back posted a 60.0-plus rushing grade north aside from fullback Michael Burton.
Rookie Tayon Fleet-Davis registered the team's lone rushing touchdown and finished with a 53.9 rushing grade on first review.

Tight end Joe Fortson made the most of his five targets. Both of his touchdowns were from passes thrown by Patrick Mahomes, and one was a contested catch.
Justin Watson continued his excellent preseason with a 74.9 receiving grade and an explosive (15-plus yards) reception.

The Kansas City offensive line allowed only eight total pressures across the team's 44 pass-blocking snaps.
Starting left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. finished with just one total pressure allowed and a pending 81.5 pass-blocking grade on 19 such snaps.

Rookie George Karlaftis played 18 pass-rushing snaps and tallied a clean-up sack.
Edge defender Malik Henry secured a hit and a hurry to complete his 67.0 pass-rushing grade

Rookie linebacker Leo Chenal registered a 73.1 defensive grade on 19 total snaps.
Each of Chenal, Nick Bolton, Darius Harris and Jermaine Carter notched a run stop.

Across six coverage reps, L'Jarius Sneed forced an incompletion and allowed one catch on two targets. He finished his afternoon with a 70.1 coverage grade.
Chris Lammons forced an incompletion and had a game-changing interception late in the fourth quarter on 22 snaps.

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS

Carson Wentz put up a conservative outing on 10 total dropbacks, throwing just 6.6 yards downfield on average per attempt.
Mid-round selection Sam Howell had a solid 9.4-yard average target depth and threw for five first downs. Yet, he also tossed a game-sealing interception late in the fourth quarter and finished with just a 60.1 passing grade.

RUNNING BACK

Brian Robinson Jr. continued his RB1 pursuit by having a team-best 77.4 rushing grade on the afternoon. The performance included three rushing first downs and 27 yards after contact on eight rushing attempts.
Jonathan Williams finished with a 66.5 rushing grade with the second-most rush attempts (4) by a Commanders tailback.

Alex Erickson had a team-high 75.5 receiving grade highlighted by two first-down snags, an explosive reception play and 33 yards after catch.
Rookie Jahan Dotson turned his 20 receiving snaps into two first-down snags on his lone two targets.

Washington's line gave up seven total pressures — two sacks, two hurries and three quarterback hits — on 46 pass-blocking snaps.
Guard Saahdiq Charles had a more productive outing as a run blocker (73.9) than a pass-blocker (47.7) on 30 total snaps.

Montez Sweat registered three hurries and a sack on 16 pass-rushing snaps.
Two sacks on nine pass-rushing snaps helped second-year edge rusher Shaka Toney finish with a 74.4 pass-rushing grade .

David Mayo played just three run-defense snaps but tallied a run stop.
Cole Holcomb allowed catches on all four targets into his coverage, leading to 40 yards and two first downs.

Kendall Fuller was targeted six times, and while he did give up a touchdown, he allowed just two catches for nine yards and forced three incompletions.