Chiefs...27 Bengals...20

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City’s sickly offense found an easy way to get well -- stay home and let one of the league’s weakest defenses find you.

Tony Gonzalez set the NFL career record for touchdown catches by a tight end, and the Chiefs rolled up 354 total yards en route to a 27-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.

The first sign that things would improve for the Chiefs (3-3) came on their first play from scrimmage, when Larry Johnson gained nine yards, only one short of the team’s entire rushing total the week before.

Gonzalez caught Damon Huard’s three-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and broke Shannon Sharpe’s NFL record of 62 touchdown catches for tight ends. He also had a scoring catch in the fourth quarter.

Johnson, who had not scored a touchdown after sitting out all of training camp, got 119 yards and a touchdown in 31 carries against the Bengals (1-4).

Quoteworthy: “That’s as good a front four as we’ve seen all year.” -- Carson Palmer, Bengals quarterback