Kansas City Chiefs: Rapid Reaction Vs Houston Texans in Week 5

The Kansas City Chiefs went down to Houston and defeated the Texans to move to 5-0 on the season. They won 42-34 against a fiery Texans squad.

While the score looks close, the Kansas City Chiefs never trailed in this game against the Houston Texans. They had a 16-0 lead at one point and kept the Texans at bay in the first half.

It’s a good thing the Chiefs offense was so hot early on, as Houston began to figure it out offensively in the second half. To be fair, two of their touchdowns came once the game was pretty much figured out and the Chiefs didn’t have as many starters in the game.

The game started off about as perfectly as possible for the Chiefs, as they’d score on their first five drives. The biggest knock on them was that on three of those drives, Kansas City would have to settle for field goals. Had they gotten touchdowns on those drives, this game would have been 28-0 right before half time.

Again, the score isn’t the best indicator of this game, as the Chiefs had control all throughout, but the defense didn’t play their best football. They forced a fumble in the first half and sacked Deshaun Watson three times, but they allowed the rookie quarterback to have a great game.

The defense also gave up 144 yards on the ground and let DeAndre Hopkins grab three scores. Two of those came late in the game when the defense had likely called it a night though. Not that that’s an excuse.

Alex Smith has continued to look like a whole new man at the quarterback position, going 29 of 37 for 324 yards and three touchdowns. He still has not thrown an interception and now sits with 11 total touchdowns on the 2017 season. He had 15 all of last year. Yeah, Alex Smith is for real this year.

As for the running game, it took Kareem Hunt a bit to get going, but he finished the night with 107 yards off of 29 carries. The Chiefs never gave up running the ball despite the Texans stopping Hunt early on in the game.