“And then we went to London the next week and beat Detroit pretty decisively”.
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The Chiefs (9-5) took advantage of several miscues and continued their recent surge toward the playoffs with a 34-14 victory over free-falling Ravens on Sunday.
It was the seventh time in Kansas City’s eight-game win streak that the Chiefs won by more than a touchdown and the sixth time they won by at least two scores.
Baltimore (4-10) lost its third straight and fell to 2-5 at home. As Allen fought for yards with a group of Ravens on his back, he fumbled, and it was picked up by Tyvon Branch, who took it 73 yards for the score.
“My hat’s off to our guys. We have pride, and nobody wants to go out this way”. Smith has been getting the job done for Kansas City, keeping the offense on schedule. Alex Smith went more than 300 passes without an interception, the running game steadily improved behind a congealing offensive line and a defense that most assumed would be among the league’s best has finally started to play like it.
Time after time after time, the Chiefs pounce on those gaffes and exploit them for all they are worth – like they did further in a victory whose exclamation point was Marcus Peters’ 90-yard TD return with 4 minutes 36 seconds left. On a fourth-and-9 from their own 17 yard-line, Ravens’ punter Sam Koch attempted to run for the first down but was stopped well short of the line to gain. Matt Schaub is completing 65 percent of his passes for 540 yards, three touchdowns and four interceptions.
We’d had several in that run of five games where we didn’t win any where we should have won the game, and we just kept doing the small things that cause you to lose a game, whether it was turnovers or whatever. “It wasn’t a good call because it didn’t work”.
“We’re not near where we need to be”, Reid said.
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From there, though, the Chiefs stayed in control. It’s the first time in the 20-year history of the franchise that the Ravens have lost five home games in a single season. That started this seven-game winning streak. Is Alex Smith on his way to a long career in Kansas City? Now, K.C.is in the thick of the fight for a playoff spot with two weeks left in the season. That extended a drive that ended with a season-best, 38-yard touchdown run by West. The Chiefs’ defense prides itself in changing the momentum of the game with a big play. Rattled after dropping what looked like a certain touchdown pass from Eli Manning, his three personal fouls included a searing helmet-to-helmet hit on Panthers cornerback Josh Norman that could see him sitting out the last two games of the regular season – with the Giants’ playoff bid already on life-support. Urban was added to the Ravens’ 53-man roster off of the IR-designated-to-return list prior to the November 30 game against Cleveland. The former first round draft pick will aim to continue to grow in place of the injured Justin Houston. However, the defense would allow a touchdown on the ensuing Baltimore possession. Their is a very good chance that the Chiefs will see the Ravens 3rd different starter at QB on Sunday in Ryan Mallet.
