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C Mitch Morse, 84.5
T Mitchell Schwartz, 82.7
G Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, 79.4
WR Tyreek Hill, 75.5
RB Spencer Ware, 57.4
Offensive line stabilizes Kansas City offense
Kansas City offensive linemen combined to allow just eight total pressures on the day in pass protection. Six of those (including a sack) were surrendered by LT Eric Fisher (42.6 overall grade), with Eric Morse, Geoff Schwartz and Laurent Duvernay-Tardif combining to allow just one pressure between them. With Jeremy Maclin out, Tyreek Hill was easily Smith’s most active and reliable pass-catcher on Sunday, catching 10 of 13 targets for 89 yards, with six of those catches resulting in a first down. Spencer Ware averaged 4.7 yards per carry on the day, with 32 of his 61 rushing yards coming after contact to go with three forced missed tackles.
Top defensive grades:
CB Marcus Peters, 91.0
S Eric Berry, 89.3
CB Steven Nelson, 85.1
ILB Ramik Wilson, 84.9
ILB Derrick O. Johnson, 80.8
Star-studded secondary ignites Chiefs’ comeback
Kansas City’s aggressive press-man scheme requires great depth in the secondary to succeed. Safety Eric Berry gave up a couple of first downs to Greg Olsen, but otherwise enjoyed an outstanding game. He gave up only three catches on five targets for 26 yards, with a critical pick-six, and a pass breakup. In Berry and corner Marcus Peters, the Chiefs’ have a pair of defensive playmakers capable of winning games single-handedly. Peters did just that, taking the ball away from Kelvin Benjamin with less than 30 seconds remaining in the game, setting up the winning field goad l with a forced and recovered fumble. On 10 targets, Peters also managed three pass breakups.
Honestly after these past two years I am seriously questioning Rivera's coaching acumen in 2nd halves. His teams routinely fall apart quite a bit more than most teams do. They were winning those games last year such as against the Giants, but it has been a drip, drip, drip phenomenon.Was obviously really hoping that the Panthers could gift the Broncos with a Chiefs loss but even when they were up all I kept thinking was "The Panthers will find a way to lose this one." Great fight by the Chiefs to pull out a win. Can't wait for in 2 weeks for what should be another huge Broncos/Chiefs game.
Honestly after these past two years I am seriously questioning Rivera's coaching acumen in 2nd halves. His teams routinely fall apart quite a bit more than most teams do. They were winning those games last year such as against the Giants, but it has been a drip, drip, drip phenomenon.