All these things led to points.
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Smith has not had much protection, and that can be attributed just as much to the Texans pass rush ability as to injuries for Chiefs on the offensive line.
This is often most significant CBS match for this season: Kansas City Chiefs vs Houston Texans Live streaming Season 2016. Kansas City won its season opener over the division rival San Diego Chargers by a 33-27 final score.
Kansas City is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 vs. AFC while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games in September. Chiefs players spent the week feeling pretty good about the win and the effort it took to earn it. The Chiefs know all about Mercilus – he had three sacks in the postseason game between the teams. Alex Smith finished with one of his best games, throwing for 363 yards and two touchdowns. They also have to worry about former number one pick Jadeveon Clowney.
The Texans will be without Brian Cushing who would have played a major role in covering up Kelce which will play a major role in Kelce walking off the field with massive stats and possibly the win.
And while the Chiefs’ largely-dormant offense still managed to put together a 10-play, 76-yard scoring drive, it was also fitting that they had to settle for a field goal due to back-to-back false start penalties by tackles Mitch Schwartz and Eric Fisher that turned a second-and-10 at the Houston 15 to a hard second-and-20 against a fearsome pass-rush. First off, Madden 17 ranks the Chiefs as a better team, with Kansas. including OLB Justin Houston (96), S Eric Berry (93) and LB Derrick****.
Kansas City put an alarmingly minimal amount of pocket pressure on Philip Rivers in Week 1, as he was sacked just once and hit a measly three times. They’re back at Arrowhead Stadium next Sunday to host the New York Jets.
Cornerback Marcus Peters was tested once again this week against the Texans’ best receivers, DeAndre Hopkins and rookie Will Fuller. Novak added two more field goals for the Texans, and after Santos’ third made field goal of the game with 49 seconds to play, a Chiefs onside kick was recovered by Houston.
“I think it’s a lot of fun when you play that way because the ball is flying out, the guys are flying around, tackles are coming from everywhere and it’s really kind of a race to make a play, which really makes it fun”.
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Peters also committed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that setup the Texans for a field goal. “We had way too many mistakes today”, coach Andy Reid said. All of this only seven days after the game of his career, in which he completed 34 of 48 passes and was the hero of the biggest comeback win in team history.
