The Denver Broncos took the AFC West title and home field throughout the conference playoffs with a 27-20 win over the San Diego Chargers, and the AFC South went to the Houston Texans by virtue of a 30-6 pounding of Jacksonville.
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The Chiefs are riding a team record 10-game winning streak heading into the postseason and now they will try to make it 11.
January 3, 2016; Kansas City, MO; Chiefs outside linebacker Justin Houston (center) interacts with defensive linemen Jaye Howard (96) and Allen Bailey (97) on the sidelines at Arrowhead Stadium. It’s something he had to work hard to improve at during a time when the team didn’t have much room for error after dropping five of their first six games.
The Chiefs recovered the ensuing onside kick, but went three-and-out, giving the Raiders the ball back with 1:34 left and a shot at a game-winning drive.
Now, the Kansas City Chiefs will try to get the monkey off their back when they travel to Houston to face the Texans.
Reid indicated that Hali could have played more, so there doesn’t appear to be concern for Hali’s availability for the playoffs. “You’re thinking about getting a victory”, Hunt said.
But with their 23-17 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, the Chiefs managed to keep their unprecedented roll going into their playoff opener in Houston next weekend. “We have a certain grit about us”.
Statistical milestones pale in comparison to wins and losses, but the Raiders saw themselves also come up on the short end of a few significant ones.
“We’re very close”, left tackle Donald Penn said.
The Texans and Chiefs will play the first game of the playoffs on Saturday afternoon. Brian Hoyer completed 25 of 40 passes for 249 yards and one touchdown against one interception to lead the Texans.
“I’ve got a lot of friends over there, and I want them to be successful, but not at my expense”, Ryan said. “I was told years ago to control what you can control, so I don’t really think about that”.
Carr finally connected on a big play when he hit Michael Crabtree for a 31-yard touchdown with 2:01 to play.
Smith was bailed out on the ensuing possession by safety Ron Parker, who made a highlight interception of a Derek Carr throw in which he drifted over to Amari Cooper – who was open for several seconds – read the quarterbacks eyes and made a leaping play on the ball in the Chiefs’ end zone. “He came back and just nailed it (a 15-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter to tight end Demetrius Harris)”. His 698 career completions moved him ahead of Andrew Luck for the most by an National Football League player through his first two National Football League seasons. Personally, I’m glad to see the team moving in the right direction, to see young players learning and building chemistry together, and a front office providing the coaching staff with higher quality talent.
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“I would have liked to walk off the field with a win”, said Woodson, who began his career with Oakland in the same stadium on September 6, 1998. Chiefs C Mitch Morse was being evaluated for a concussion and did not return…. The sports analytics site numberFire put the odds at 1.5 percent, and gave Kansas City the fifth-best odds of having the No. 1 overall pick in the National Football League draft.
