And if it’s a turnover they turn those into points.
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The Chiefs, who stormed into the postseason on a 10-game winning streak, got the AFC wild card contest off to an explosive start when Knile Davis returned the opening kickoff 106 yards for a touchdown to send a jolt through the capacity crowd at Houston’s NRG Stadium. Kansas City advances to play at New England next Saturday. Hopkins became the first NFL WR in history to have 100-yard receiving games with four different QBs this year, but Kansas City never let him loose.
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His injury still comes as a huge setback to Kansas City either way.
Hoyer was 15 of 34 for 136 yards as Houston (9-8) lost a home playoff game for the first time. “The biggest thing for me is to own up to it and learn from it”.
“Have to learn from your mistakes”.
As you can see, Brady and Smith overlap in more than one area. Meanwhile, the defense smothered Houston QB Brian Hoyer, forcing him into five turnovers.
The Steelers were called for a couple of 15-yard penalties in the opening quarter, including one by Hall of Fame offensive line coach Mike Munchak, who was flagged for pushing Cincinnati safety Reggie Nelson after Nelson pushed Steelers running back Jordan Todman out of bounds. They missed the 2-point conversion but had seized momentum completely, something that seemed near impossible after running back Gio Bernard was knocked unconscious by Shazier and fumbled late in the third quarter, a hit that seemed to ratchet up a game that was already contentious all the way to the edge… and maybe beyond. Now they await the result of Bengals-Steelers to find out who they’ll play in the Divisional round. “That is just not the way it was supposed to go”. Other than one 49-yard run by a Houston back, the Chiefs were flawless on defense.
Brady added that there was plenty to digest from watching the Chiefs in a convincing 30-0 victory over the Houston Texans in the wild-card round.
“Those were our goals coming into today”, Berry said.
Davis’ return was the second-longest in National Football League postseason history, trailing only Jacoby Jones’ 108 yard return in Super Bowl XLVII, and it gave Kansas City the fastest lead ever in National Football League postseason history at 11 seconds.
Hoyer threw three interceptions and lost a fumble on Houston’s first six possessions.
Watt left Saturday’s playoff game with a groin injury in the third quarter and didn’t return after Chiefs left tackle Eric Fisher shoved him to the turf.
The New England coach Bill Belichick has been attacking the weaknesses of the upcoming opponent, but this time he won’t be able to pick any such of the Kansas City Chiefs.
-RG Laurent Duvernay-Tardiff departed with a concussion early in the first quarter and did not return.
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But after the offense couldn’t score to open the third quarter, Houston started springing some leaks on D as Kansas City put together two long touchdown drives to put the game away.
