Deshaun Watson was selected two picks behind Patrick Mahomes in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

In outplaying and defeating the reigning league MVP on Sunday, Watson may have moved ahead of Mahomes — and alongside Russell Wilson of Seattle — in the early running for this year’s award.

Watson threw for 280 yards and one touchdown and ran for two more scores as Houston (4-2) sent Kansas City to its second straight home loss following a 4-0 start, 31-24, at Arrowhead.

“The MVP stuff, that’s for you guys to talk about, I don’t get into it, I just focus on winning games,” said Watson, whose 1-yard run with 6:17 remaining gave the Texans the lead. “I’ve been winning ever since I came into this league and I just focus on my craft and on this team, the Houston Texans.

“I don’t really get into the MVP stuff. Me and Patrick always supported each other since college. When I was getting all the hype (at Clemson), he would always make sure that I was staying healthy and encouraging me and congratulating me and I’m doing the same thing with him. It’s always going to be love. It’s not any beef or anything comparing both of us.”

Tyreek Hill was back in the lineup after missing four games with a shoulder injury and scored two touchdowns, including an acrobatic 46-yard grab in the first quarter. But Mahomes was without another top weapon, Sammy Watkins, who suffered a hamstring injury in the first quarter of last Sunday’s loss to Indianapolis.

Mahomes, hobbled in recent weeks by a sore ankle, did connect on three touchdown passes overall after managing just one over the previous two weeks combined. But he also was intercepted for the first time this season, by Tashaun Gipson in the second quarter. The Texans held him to just 41 of his 273 passing yards after halftime, his lowest total for any half in his career.

“There were some drives in the second half that we couldn’t get going and we have to find ways to score when it’s a close game at the end of the game,” Mahomes said. “If I thought my ankle was affecting the team and the success of the offense, I would, for sure, move on. … But I feel like I can still do everything that I need to do.”

Giving ’em Fitz

It was Fitz Magic time until it wasn’t for the Dolphins in Sunday’s battle of the previously winless.

Ryan Fitzpatrick relieved a benched Josh Rosen (85 passing yards) in the fourth quarter and drew the Fins within 17-16 with a 6-yard TD pass to Devante Parker with six seconds remaining.

Dolphins first-year coach Brian Flores decided to go for two, and his first win, but Fitzpatrick’s pass to Kenyan Drake fell incomplete.

“We were trying to win the game. Pretty much we talked about it and felt good about the play,” Flores said. “It was something we worked on all week and we felt we had an opportunity to win the game.”

That decision gave Bill Callahan, in his first game since replacing the fired Jay Gruden, and Washington its first win of the year.

Cousins’ Family Reunion

Kirk Cousins patched things up with unhappy wide receiver Adam Thielen last week against the Giants, and he did so with another disgruntled teammate, Stefon Diggs, in Sunday’s 38-20 rout of the Eagles.

Cousins hooked up with Diggs for three touchdowns, including deep ones of 62 yards and 51 yards in the second quarter, and with Thielen for another as the Vikings improved to 4-2.

Diggs became the first Vikings player to catch two touchdowns of at least 50 yards in the same game since Randy Moss in 2000.

Bad Beat

If you had the Ravens as an 11.5-point fave at home against winless Cincinnati, you were looking good with a 23-10 lead — until Andy Dalton scrambled for a 2-yard touchdown with 1:28 remaining for the backdoor cover.

The Hurt Locker

Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield briefly departed Sunday’s 32-28 loss to Seattle in the third quarter for X-rays on his left hip. The tests came back negative and he returned without missing an offensive snap, but the 2018 No.1 overall pick was clearly hobbled for the remainder of the game. Mayfield finished with three interceptions for an NFL-high 11 this season. … Seahawks tight end Will Dissly suffered a potential season-ending Achilles injury. … Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper (quad) didn’t play in the second half against the Jets. … Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick was carted off the field with a left knee injury. … Rams running back Todd Gurley (quad) was inactive against the 49ers.

Nothing Could Be Finer

The 49ers are for real, improving to 5-0 with a statement road win in the NFC West — a 20-7 defensive stifling of the Rams in Los Angeles.

Already the NFL’s second-ranked defense in yards allowed per game (257.5), San Fran held the Rams (3-3) to 165, including just 78 passing by Jared Goff.

Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 243 yards and scored on a 4-yard scramble for the Niners, who have won their first five games for the first time since 1990.

Post Patterns

Seahawks QB Russell Wilson remains the early front-runner, ahead of Watson and Mahomes, in the MVP race. He threw for 295 yards with two touchdowns and ran for another in a 32-28 win over Cleveland. Wilson has 14 TD passes and no interceptions in 189 attempts in Seattle’s 5-1 start. … Odell Beckham Jr. had six catches for 101 yards for the Browns (2-4). … The Saints defense held Gardner Minshew and Jacksonville to 226 total yards in a 13-3 win to improve to 5-1. It was their fourth straight win since Teddy Bridgewater (24-for-36, 240 yards) replaced injured starter Drew Brees (thumb surgery). … Kyle Allen also is 4-0 in place of Cam Newton for the Panthers. Jameis Winston committed six turnovers (five picks and a lost fumble) in Tampa’s 37-26 loss to Carolina in London. The Bucs held Christian McCaffrey to just 31 yards on 22 carries, but the NFL’s rushing leader still scored twice (one rushing, one receiving) for an NFL-leading nine TDs through six games. … Carlos Hyde, traded from Kansas City to Houston before the season started, rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown against his former team. … Kalen Ballage’s 1-yard TD run in the third quarter marked the first second-half points for the Dolphins this season. They had been outscored 81-0 after halftime until that point. … James Conner totaled 119 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns Sunday night as the Steelers and third-string quarterback Devlin Hodges downed the Chargers, 24-17, to improve to 2-4. … Cincinnati’s Brandon Wilson returned the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown. … Denver’s defense had seven sacks to spark their second straight victory after an 0-4 start, 16-0 over Tennessee. Marcus Mariota was benched for the Titans — and replaced by former Dolphin Ryan Tannehill — after going 7-for-18 for 63 yards and two picks. … Matt Bryant, the Falcons’ 44-year-old kicker, missed a game-tying PAT with 1:53 remaining in Atlanta’s 34-33 loss to Arizona. No.1-overall pick Kyler Murray’s third touchdown pass of the game, a 14-yarder to David Johnson, with 5:18 to go snapped a 27-27 tie. Matt Ryan (356 yards) connected with Devonta Freeman for a 14-yard score before Bryant’s kick sailed wide left.

Three Stars

1. Stefon Diggs, Vikings wide receiver

Diggs, fined $200,000 two weeks ago for skipping team activities over unhappiness with his role, had seven catches for 167 yards and three touchdowns in Minnesota’s 38-20 win over Philadelphia.

2. Kyler Murray, Cardinals quarterback

The No. 1-overall pick completed 27 of 37 passes for 340 yards and three touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 5:18 remaining, as Arizona (2-3-1) won its second straight game, 34-33, over Atlanta.

3. Lamar Jackson, Ravens quarterback

Jackson ran for a career-high 152 yards and threw for another 236 without an interception as Baltimore moved to 4-2 with a 23-17 decision over winless Cincinnati.

He Said What?

“We were going to try to win the game in that situation with the amount of time left.” — Miami coach Brian Flores on the winless Dolphins’ failed two-point conversion with six seconds remaining — instead of attempting a game-tying PAT — in a 17-16 loss to Washington.

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