KC Chiefs: Four things we learned in Week 4 victory vs Patriots

2. No Jones, No Problem

This goes along with the last point, but it deserves its own section. Chris Jones was inactive for this game, but the Chiefs defense didn’t skip a beat. Frank Clark had a sack while Charlton also had a sack and forced the key fumble on Hoyer to really turn things around for Kansas City.

Jones missed some time last season and the Chiefs were able to scrape by without him, but after giving him an extension this offseason, it’s obvious how big of an impact he has on the field for KC. That being said, the team needs to know how to play when he’s not available and they proved they can do just that by handling New England without their best player on defense.

3. Are the Chiefs the new Patriots when it comes to officiating?

This might not be something we can safely answer yet, but it definitely felt like the Chiefs were benefactors in some big calls or non-calls. The biggest one from this game is obviously when Patrick Mahomes looked to have fumbled with the Patriots recovering, but the play was blown dead, ruled incomplete, and the Chiefs quickly punted before Bill Belichick could throw the red challenge flag.

I’m still baffled as to how this was ruled as an incomplete pass, but even more baffled at it not being reviewed. It did lead to a lot of joking on Twitter with a lot of those jokes surrounding how the Chiefs are now the ones who are the benefactors of some big calls, just as the Patriots were for all of these years.

I’ll be interested to see if this continues to be a trend moving forward or if this was simply a rare case where things went Kansas City’s way. There’s no denying how big of a swing that play could have been though, so let’s be fortunate the refs looked the other way here.