Kansas City Chiefs: 10 likes and 10 dislikes from Week 8 vs Green Bay
By Cullen Jekel

In Week 8, the Kansas City Chiefs played respectably against the Green Bay Packers, but ultimately lost 31-24 after leading by three points at the half.
Still, for being without six starters, including quarterback Patrick Mahomes, defense tackle Chris Jones, and defensive end Frank Clark, the Kansas City Chiefs exceeded my expectations by keeping it close with the Packers. And for a while, it looked as the Chiefs may even win this game.
Unfortunately, that didn’t happen, and Kansas City ended up dropping a third straight home game, falling to 5-3 on the season and 1-3 at home.
Here are 10 things I liked and 10 things I didn’t like from the Chiefs third loss in four weeks.
10 Likes
1. The Play of Matt Moore
The Chiefs back-up quarterback, brought it right before the season after the team’s original back-up, Chad Henne, went on IR, Moore played a heck of a game against Green Bay on Sunday Night Football. He stood tall in the pocket several times, taking the big hit while completing the pass.
He finished the evening completing 24 passes on 36 attempts for 267 yards and two touchdown passes while getting sacked twice and throwing zero interceptions.
2. Wilson’s Sack
In the second quarter, right after being called for a personal foul on a late hit on Aaron Rodgers, Damien Wilson regathered himself and on the very next play sacked Rodgers, helping stifle the Packers’ drive in a quarter that Kansas City dominated, outscoring Green Bay 17-0.
3. The Exciting Hardman
Kansas City’s top pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, wide receiver Mecole Hardman is making a name for himself. It seems he has at least one exciting play on a weekly basis due to his incredible speed.
Against the Packers, Hardman returned one punt for 18 yards, which put the Chiefs in great field position for their second drive of the game. He also returned three kick-offs for a total of 68 yards.
And then, of course, he did this:
https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/1188630474366881794
4. Pressuring Rodgers
The Chiefs pressured Rodgers pretty much all night long, collecting five sacks against him. In addition the aforementioned Wilson sack, Emmanuel Ogbah picked up one as did Khalen Saunders (the first of his career!) while Tanoh Kpassagnon collected two.
In all, those five sacks against Rodgers pushed back the Packers offense 49 yards.
5. A Celebration That Wasn’t
This is petty, and I don’t usually do this, but: I found it very funny when Green Bay running back Aaron Jones scored a touchdown and began celebrating by doing some sort of stomach-based dance in the end zone only to have it called back for holding.
Didn’t matter much, as he scored again two touches later.