The Chiefs will look to break a pattern when the Chargers visit Arrowhead Stadium for Sunday’s season opener. They will be looking to make the playoffs for consecutive seasons.
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“We’ll see how he (Charles) does after a couple days off”.
One might hope that the Chargers offensive line will be improved from a year ago, and they definitely are at Center where they’ve replaced Trevor Robinson with Matt Slauson.
ABOUT THE CHIEFS (2015: 11-5): The key to the Chiefs’ success last season was their plus-14 turnover margin, a product of a ball-hawking defense and the care with which Smith ran coach Andy Reid’s West Coast offense.
The Raiders are a much improved team, and I believe they could be potentially unsafe this season, but are most likely a year away.
The Chiefs worked their craft nearly to perfection over the final two-thirds of the 2015 season.
While not officially ruled out, the designation confirms that Charles – who is bouncing back from an ACL injury – is not likely to play Sunday, per ESPN’s Adam Teicher. The Chiefs defense has been their calling card the last couple of years, allowing only 17.9 points per game in 2015, good for third in the NFL. If someone is rolling, we’re going to keep them rolling.
“We have a little bet going on”, Mebane said.
DIVISION DOLDRUMS: The Chargers have lost eight straight games against AFC West foes, and their only two wins in two years have come against winless Raiders teams.
Kansas City is expecting to be without Jamaal Charles, who is still recovering from a torn up knee last season. SS Eric Berry missed most of training camp in holdout, while CBs are among youngest in NFL. They’ll have a doozy of a schedule to start the year off – Hosting San Diego, traveling to Houston, hosting the Jets, and then heading to Pittsburgh for a Sunday Night Football broadcast. The veteran will be counted on to pressure Rivers with Houston and fellow linebacker Josh Mauga out with injuries. “I mean, we have smart coaches”.
SPEAKING OF OFFENSE: Both teams have new coordinators. The Colts offensive line is still a mystery, and the game should be close throughout; however, the Colts could end up squeaking out a win at home, giving the Chiefs their second loss on the year.
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In both instances, the transition has been relatively seamless. “We built and did some things in the two years (Whisenhunt) was gone that we liked and we kept, and he brought back some of his own ideas and meshed things together”.
