KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It may be premature to declare the deep pass is back in the Kansas City Chiefs’ offense, given Sunday’s opponent is the only NFL team yet to win a game in 2020.

But the Chiefs have reason to feel encouraged their passing game is at least headed in the right direction after their 35-9 win over the New York Jets at Arrowhead Stadium. Patrick Mahomes completed five passes of at least 25 yards to four different receivers with four of the throws going for touchdowns.

That wasn’t a full day’s work earlier in Mahomes’ career, but it marks a season high for the Chiefs and Mahomes. Their offense has carried a much different look as the Chiefs had to rely on their running game and a shorter passing game to carry them. They had seven passes of 25 or more yards in the season’s first seven games, including two in the previous two games.

“It’s always fun to go out there and score touchdowns and do all of that different type of stuff but we’ve kind of been saying all year long that we have a lot of ways to beat teams,’’ Mahomes said. “Today they were doing a good job of kind of stuffing up the run so we took it to the air and threw the ball and made plays happen that way.

“Now you can kind of see it. We can throw the ball on teams and we can run the ball on teams and it’s about taking what’s there and finding the best way to win a football game.’’

Mahomes was 31-of-42 for 416 yards and five touchdowns, including a shorter touchdown toss. It was his second career game with 400-plus yards and five touchdown passes, making him only the sixth player in history to have multiple games with such stats.

Many of his passing yards came off run-pass options. Mahomes had frequently been handing off to running backs on RPOs in recent games but more often on Sunday pulled the ball and found an available receiver.

“It was a nice job by Patrick,’’ Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “He had complete command of everything going on.

“He was spot on today. He was seeing and shooting and was very accurate with those things, seeing them and then his throwing was good, too. He’s got a good feel for the game, what’s happening down and distance-wise, field position, all of those things. I have full trust in him.’’

Three of Mahomes’ touchdowns went at least 25 yards in the air, making him the first quarterback to achieve that since he did it in a game against the Oakland Raiders last season. No other quarterback has achieved that feat since the start of the 2019 season.

Mahomes has 10 career games with at least four touchdown passes, breaking the team record of nine held by Len Dawson. Mahomes has more games of four or more touchdowns than any player in history at the age of 25. Only Dan Marino with 12 had more by that age.

Reid moves up the win list: Chiefs coach Andy Reid won his 229th career game, counting the playoffs. That ties him for fifth place on the NFL’s all-time list with former Packers coach Curly Lambeau. The four coaches ahead of him: Don Shula, George Halas, Bill Belichick and Tom Landry.