Denver Knocks Off Kansas City, Leaving No Remaining Unbeaten
Teams
There
was no Montana Magic this time around and the 9-1 Kansas City Chiefs came up on
the short end of the stick for the first time this season after a prime time
renewal of their rivalry with the Denver Broncos. Here are three reasons Chiefs fans shouldn’t
go jumping off the Liberty Memorial just yet…
1.
As a few
pundits predicted, but most people doubted, the Chiefs’ defense held it’s own
IN DENVER, in the biggest game of most of the players’ careers. KC held the high flying Broncos’ attack,
headed up by the second ugliest quarterback to ever pull on that hideous orange
abomination of a jersey, in check for the majority of the evening. Sure, Wes Welker got loose a few times and
Julius Thomas got by Eric Berry for a touchdown, but all in all, it was a solid
performance by what now has to be recognized as the best defense in the
league. Aside from putting up some
points on the board, the only thing the defense didn’t manage to do tonight was
get to Peyton Manning. The Chiefs
recorded no sacks for the first time all season, but don’t count on this
repeating itself when the Donkeys step out into the “sea of red” for the rematch
in just two weeks.
2.
The offense put up 17 points. Sure, that’s nothing to get too crazy over,
but they did it for the first time in a long time without the help of a short
field handed to them by the defense or special teams. Alex Smith looked shaky at times, but put
together some solid drives and threw for 2 touchdowns. The o-line handled itself extremely well, in
my opinion, facing a hyped up Denver crowd and one of the best defensive
talents in the league, Vaughn Miller.
Let’s not forget, it could have been an entirely different ballgame if
Dwayne “Dale Denton” Bowe and a few of his receiver buddies hadn’t dropped so
many passes. Bowe dropped everything
except the dime bag I’m sure he acquired at one of Denver’s many local
“medicinal” marijuana dispensaries. Bowe
dropped pass after pass and I know why… you know the rest. By the way, do you know if Sonic is still
open?
3.
The
remaining schedule is relatively favorable for the Chiefs. Denver and their zombie faced interim head
coach have to immediately start game planning for the Patriots and the best
quarterback of this era in Tom Brady.
Don’t even try to tell me that Manning is better than Brady, unless
you’re talking about Saturday Night Live performances or commercial
endorsements. After the patriots, Denver
has to face an angry Chiefs team, bent on revenge, in the loudest stadium on
earth. Other than that, the two teams’
schedules are fairly similar other than KC facing Indianapolis late in the
season. It was the Colts that gave old
5-head and company their first loss of the season a few weeks back.
All in all, things could be much, much worse in the Chiefs’
Kingdom. Honestly, how happy did it make
you seeing Scott Pioli sitting in the commentary booth instead of in the
Chiefs’ owner’s suite? Man did that guy
suck!
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