Kansas City Chiefs: Report Card vs Denver Broncos in Week 17
. . PASS RUSH. B.
While Paxton Lynch was able to put up 254 yards and only had ten incompletions, the Chiefs defense made his life hell. The Broncos quarterback was sacked five times and picked off twice. The Chiefs defense also recovered a fumble and returned it for a score.
Tanoh Kpassagnon had a tremendous day in his first real “spotlight” game, sacking Lynch twice. Kpassagnon is a monstrous human being and if the Chiefs can continue to get him involved in the defense, he’ll be a real wrecking ball in the years to come.
Chris Jones (who was playing for some reason), rookie Ukeme Eligwe, and Keith Reiser also had sacks and the pass rush looked as good as its looked all season… and these were mostly backups playing!
The pass rush has been an issue for the Chiefs this year, but they proved on Sunday that they’re not far away from getting back to their old form.