The Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers playing on Thursday night football is always a great game to watch as these two teams have always had close games, especially since QB’s Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert arrived to their respective teams. With the Kansas City Chiefs edging out the Chargers 27-24 in last night’s win, let’s look at what went right for the Chiefs and what went wrong for the Chargers.
Starting off with the Chargers some key things that swung this game in the wrong direction for them is the offensive line deteriorating with injuries throughout this game, with center Corey Linsley and right tackle Trey Pipkins going down it turned into a nightmare for the Chargers. The Chargers had good protection all night until those two went down, then that’s were Justin Herbet started to have problems, Herbert had a rough second half with getting hit eight times and suffering a rib injury from a hit of a Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman, Herbert seemed to be in pain but fought through it and came back to score a touchdown late in the game.
On a bright note Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams stepped up and had a monstrous game with eight catches for 113 yards and a touchdown, With Keenan Allen out this is what you want to see from your number two receiver.
For the Chiefs this was a great win for them in the sense that the Chargers are considered to be one of the better teams in the NFL and mostly viewed as a top super bowl contender this year. Even with Tyreek Hill being gone the Chiefs look great with their new additions at key spots on this team, especially with some rookies that were drafted this year including seventh round DB Jaylen Watson had a 99 yard pick six in the fourth quarter.
Even though Patrick Mahomes had a somewhat quiet game he still appreciated the win calling it “an ugly win” but that’s to come when you play some of the best teams in the league. Mahomes had a steller game in week one against the Arizona Cardinals throwing five touchdown passes and even though he didn’t have that many last night it was still a great win.
The Chiefs are in a great spot to start off the season with this hot 2-0 start in the stacked AFC West, let’s see how far the Chiefs can take this winning streak going with a tough schedule coming up but they now have ten days of rest in between week 2 and week 3.
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