Chiefs VS. Broncos Recap

As I sat on my chair stunned by disbelief from watching Jamaal Charles fumble the ball with 43 seconds left in the game, resulting in a touchdown that sealed the win for the Broncos, I couldn’t help but think “why would you not take a knee?”

This past Thursday the Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Denver Broncos on prime time television. Going into the game the Chiefs were projected to outscore the Broncos and take a fairly easy win.This seemed like it was going to happen early on when the Chiefs got two 2^nd quarter touchdowns from a 34 yard Jamaal Charles run and a pick-six from Rookie Marcus Peters.

With the Chiefs up 14-0 late in the second quarter, Peyton Manning started to pick apart the Chiefs Rookie Cornerback Marcus Peters, and back up Cornerback Jamell Fleming. Manning targeted his key receivers, Emmanuel Sanders and Demaryius Thomas, for short passes that resulted in quick downfield progression and passing touchdowns for the Broncos.

The inexperienced defensive backs were not the only issue that the Chiefs ran into during their 31-24 loss. The more severe issue was the fact the Chiefs had 5 turnovers. Two interceptions from Quarterback Alex Smith, a muffed punt return from De’Anthony Thomas, and two fumbles from star running back Jamaal Charles, with one of Charles’s fumbles resulting in a scoop-and-score for the Broncos with 43 seconds left in the 4^th quarter to lose the game. There were two main issues with this play call; the first issue was that we had no timeouts and needed to go at least 60 yards for a comfortable field goal attempt, secondly was the issue we did not kneel the ball and go into overtime. 

The two main issues the Chiefs need to improve upon before next weeks Monday Night Football game against the Packers is to limit costly turnovers, especially in the red zone. Lastly they need to improve defensive coverage, because Aaron Rodgers is another elite quarterback capable of picking apart out inexperienced defensive backs.