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Obviously, for Raider Nation it would have been great to see the Chiefs lose this game with them expected be the AFC West champs this year.
The same goes for San Diego.
After a Josh Lambo field goal gave the Chargers a 24-3 lead, the third quarter was slipping away, and those fans who weren’t booing were in the parking lot checking out of Tailgate Heaven.
The Kansas City Chiefs playoff run ended last season amid criticisms about clock management, but Sunday’s historic come-from-behind victory over San Diego shows the team may have found the formula for late-game rallies.
A potential option for the San Diego Chargers is to bring James Jones back into the mix.
Smith also scored the game winning touchdown in overtime on a quarterback keeper from the San Diego 2-yard line. The touchdown completed their stunning comeback – and the Chargers’ equally stunning collapse. He has a knack for making plays when you need them. “They had an awesome fourth quarter and we didn’t do anything to counter it”, Rivers said. After spending many years with the Atlanta Falcons, he was finally given his release from the team.
Allen, 24, suffered the knee injury with just over two minutes left in the second quarter of the Chargers’ 33-27 overtime loss.
A fourth-quarter decision by San Diego head coach Mike McCoy helped spark the Kansas City comeback.
“We’re going to run further tests”, he said. We saw numerous same maladies that plagued the Chargers last season: Timid play calling, poor clock management, mental mistakes and shoddy special teams play.
Allen played only eight games in 2015 after suffering a lacerated kidney.
McCoy reiterated that he will not provide a time table for Bosa’s first game with the rest of his teammates. Spencer Ware and Travis Kelce have combined for 203 receiving yards on 15 catches while Jeremy Maclin has five receptions. If that’s the case, he’ll miss the remainder of the season – and send his fantasy football owners scrambling to find the best waiver wire pickups for Week 2.
On Sunday, Ware blew all of that out of the water with 7 catches on 8 targets for 129 yards.
GORDON WAS GOOD: Melvin Gordon ran for the first two touchdowns of his career Sunday. The Chargers were without defensive end Joey Bosa, the third pick in April’s draft, who remained on the exempt list after a lengthy holdout. He’s our best player.
The Chiefs played without star pass rusher Justin Houston, who could be out until November as he recovers from ACL surgery in February.
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Alex Smith’s remarkable performance in the Chiefs’ come-from-behind victory over the San Diego Chargers was the focus of Frank Schwab’s National Football League winners and losers on Yahoo! “We’ve got to close it”. The Raiders got their butts whooped last year against the Bengals 33-13 and that was an very bad experience but this loss by the Chargers makes last year’s season opener for the Raiders look like a walk in the park.
