Kansas City Chiefs: Report Card vs Denver Broncos in Week 8

As I mentioned on the intro slide, you have to consider it an accomplishment to put up 29 points on one of the league’s best defensive units. That being said, however, this game should have been a blowout in the first quarter.

Kansas City had the opportunity to make it 21-0 in the first, but Andy Reid got cute with the play calling and Denver wound up with the ball as a result. I’m not sure why Tyreek Hill even threw that ball, but hey… The guy isn’t a quarterback. He SHOULDN’T be throwing the ball.

Alex Smith had arguably his worst game of the season, going just 14 of 31 for 202 yards and a touchdown. His touchdown pass to Travis Kelce was a beaut, but otherwise, it was a rough night for Smith.

Travis Kelce continued to smoke the Denver defense, grabbing seven catches for 133 yards and a score. The Broncos have made it abundantly clear that they have no one capable of stopping the Chiefs tight end, as he’s gone off the chains against them in his last three meetings.

Were it not for a bunch of Denver turnovers, however, I don’t think the Chiefs would have been marching down the field much and that was a problem. This Broncos defense is good though, so you take what you can get, and 29 points is pretty dang good.