Catch the Detroit Lions vs Kansas City Chiefs (live stream & scores here) game: Lions vs. Chiefs in an action-packed Week Eight of the 2015 National Football League regular season, which takes place on Sunday morning at 10:30 AM ET and gets underway all the way at the Wembley Stadium in London, UK.
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For Jim Caldwell, who coached his team – if you want to call that – to a 45-10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, it might be only a matter of time before the Detroit head coach gets a pink slip.
SPEAKING OF LONDON: Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith has been to London once before when San Francisco played Denver in 2010. And he ran far.
That sound you hear coming from London, England, is the wind back in the sails of the Kansas City Chiefs.
“It’s something we talked about as quarterbacks all week, felt like there were a few opportunities there, just the way they play”, Smith told reporters. Stafford said the huge lead was a dream situation for the defense. They’re putting all sorts of hard work and dedication into it, and it’s frustrating for everybody when it doesn’t come out the right way.
The Chiefs were also on the scoreboard with their first possession, but the designated home side managed to find the endzone, as De’Anthony Thomas found space out wide with an 11-yard run for the touchdown. Four plays later, Parker’s deflection to Houston allowed the Chiefs to mount a six-play, 52-yard drive capped by Charcandrick West’s 8-yard run up the middle for a 24-3 lead.
“When we play with a high energy and we play penalty-free, mistake-free, it’s going to be a good game for us”, said Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who caught one of Alex Smith’s two touchdown passes.
Nov 01, 2015; London, United Kingdom; Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) is sacked by Kansas City Chiefs outside linebacker Tamba Hali (91) during the first half at Wembley Stadium.
The Lions, slight underdogs, initially took the lead with a field goal at the end of the first drive of the game.
Stafford piled up 217 yards but was sacked six times, and picked off twice. Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson hopped to the sideline in the fourth quarter after landing awkwardly on his longest receptions of the day, a 30-yarder down the left sideline, and left the game for good. After struggling early in the season to convert on third down, for the second week in a row, the Chiefs have completed more than 50 percent of their third down attempts. Smith was 18 of 26 for 145 yards with two touchdowns and rushed for another. On third-and-10 from the 12, Smith scrambled into the left corner to make it 14-3.
“I know there’s a lot of things that would have to go into making that possible”, said Reid. “We ran the ball decently early on, but we reached the point where we wouldn’t be able to regain lost ground quickly enough to keep running”. “We have to go out there and play better for him, not just for ourselves, but for our coach”. The touchdown was set up by an interception from Justin Houston, which was the second pick thrown by Stafford. But Ware restored the 35-point lead with Chase Daniel in at quarterback by running in from the 4.
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OTHER CHANGES: The Lions also fired offensive line coaches Jeremiah Washburn and Terry Heffernan on Monday. Jim Bob Cooter is the new offensive coordinator replacing Joe Lomabrdi.
