Simple, Arenas is 5'9", Heap is 6'5". They put 6'3" McGraw on him. McGraw still got torched, but it was a better matchup.
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I think you're missing the point entirely.
No one said the turnovers weren't costly. My point was the failed 3rd down antics early in the game eventually led to the turnover antics later in the game. If you take away early fails on 3rd down, I don't see Matt Cassel getting frustrated late in the 3rd quarter and throwing the ball to the wrong team.
And yes, a 10 point swing in what began as a brutal defensive battle can be the difference in the game.
But, after that play is changed, you are filling in the rest of the game with pure fantasy.
Why would you assume that the rest of the game would be occupied by a solid Chiefs offense, when there was absolutely no signs of a solid, Chiefs offense, or any Chiefs offense at all, which one could base such an assumption on?
The offense had 2 decent drives in first half, one ended in a Charles fumble, the other was a punt.
JC TD was entirely about one play, and that we have the best back in the league.
Second half started with a good drive (luck included, INT and fumble) but ended in a disastrous play call.
Everything after was horrendous.