The Chiefs drove down to the Chargers’ 15 yard line and kicked a field goal to cut the lead to 27-20 with 3:22 to play.
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“The Chargers have lost four straight against the Chiefs”.
GORDON WAS GOOD: Melvin Gordon ran for the first two touchdowns of his career Sunday. Rivers throws for two TDs and 300 yards. It happened away from the play with very little contact which usually means a torn ACL and a lost season. It’s not the most exciting matchup for him on paper, but you can still expect him to perform fine. Charles will likely need to expand his workload further before he’s given clearance for actual game action, but even when he does, the breakdown of backfield reps remains an unknown. He was injured in late November in a game against Pittsburgh just when he was finding more of a role in the offense. “All of a sudden you look up and they’re in overtime”.
Berry missed all the offseason work and all but the last three days of the preseason due to contract considerations with his status as Kansas City’s designated franchise player.
Jeremy Maclin will be the one who catches the TD, if Smith indeed throws one, but we all know better. Smith finished it with his keeper on third-and-goal from the 2-yard line as the Chiefs flooded off their bench to celebrate. The Chiefs, at one point trailing 24-3, had trimmed their deficit to 27-17 and energized a crowd that had begun thinning at halftime. The Chargers’ first-round pick a year ago was a relative disappointment, never once getting into the end zone during his rookie season, but finally showed flashes of what made him a college star. It is good to see that weather prognosis are nice this time as the past year match on Arrowhead Stadium was played in disaster-like conditions.
Ware, who had 419 yards of total offense through his first two National Football League seasons, ran for 70 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries and caught seven passes for 129 yards on Sunday. Ware should get plenty of opportunities this weekend against a Chargers team that has recently struggled in stopping the run. His worst enemy in this game wears the same colored uniform. He returned to practice toward the end of training camp, but the Chiefs have been cautious about Charles’ return to game action. 227lbs Ware has the typical built of GLB, but according to Adam Teicher, in 2015, West took 69 snaps inside the 20 while Ware took 22 (West 27, Ware 11 inside the 10). “As great as it is to win, there’s going to be a lot to improve upon, a lot to learn from”.
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Antonio Gates, despite his age, is one of the favorite targets of Rivers.
