I needed to take 24 hours to let yesterday's disappointing loss to the Bills marinate a little. We have such bad luck against ...
What? We won!? How can that be? People posting here are saying that both our offense and defense were terrible.
Let's see. Our Chiefs average 24 points per game and yesterday they scored 23. The Chiefs were giving up 12.8 points per game and yesterday they gave up 13. What a shocking display of ineptitude! That's not how they won 8 games in a row. Wait a minute. Yes, it is! What did you expect? This is what the Chiefs do.
Yes, I know the offense didn't score any touchdowns. Doesn't matter. The defense did. "But," you say, "we can't count on the defense to bail out the offense every week." We don't have to. But when the offense struggles, the defense steps up. That's a very good thing.
We beat Houston by 1 point and Cleveland by 6 points. So after we beat the Bills by 10 points, people are saying the Chiefs are going in the wrong direction! That was our 4th largest margin of victory this year. My first thought after the win was that if we hadn't dropped just 2 wide open passes, we would have won 34-13. That is a blowout.
Before the game some were saying this was a trap game. Some were saying we always struggle in Buffalo and haven't won there in a long time. No trap. We won. Some were very worried that the Bills were 2nd in the NFL in sacks and 2nd in turnovers generated. Smith was sacked twice for a total of only 9 yards and didn't throw a single interception.
I think some of you are forgetting that the Chiefs were 2-14 last year and only scored 8 offensive touchdowns the entire year. This offense is leaps and bounds ahead of last year's offense but it still has a long way to go. There was just too much to fix in one season. Be patient. The Chiefs will get there.
I don't know why the Chiefs didn't run the ball more. That was a mistake in my opinion. But in 7 carries Charles only ran for 22 yards and his longest run was 10 yards. The run wasn't very effective, but it still should have been mixed in more. I'm sure we will run the ball more against Denver. We will have to. I've seen a lot of big play potential over the last couple of weeks, but the offense needs to string more of those plays together. I think they will.
The Chiefs have also been struggling with nagging injuries on both sides of the ball including Charles, Bowe and Flowers, three of our best players. Hopefully we will see some improvement after they have an extra week to rest and heal.
The way the Chiefs play is going to usually result in low scoring close games. Get used to it. 9-0. That's all that matters.
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