New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick says it’s going to be more hard than usual to prepare a game plan for the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City will also be checking on the status this week of defensive end Justin Houston, who’s been battling a knee injury and was in and out of Saturdays’ game.
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For the first time since 1994 and spanning eight straight attempts at this, the Chiefs won a playoff game, and they did it in convincing fashion, shutting out the Texans 30-0 in the AFC Wild Card game.
Knile Davis, who was barely touched, takes the opening kickoff 106 yards to the house to put the Chiefs up 7-0.
The Steelers settled for three Chris Boswell field goals before Ben Roethlisberger’s (RAHTH’-lis-bur-gurz) 10-yard TD pass to Martavis Bryant.
Meanwhile, the New England Patriots are massively hoping to get an offensive boost with key wide receiver Julian Edelman back on the field after being sidelined by serious injury since mid-November. “As you mentioned, a lot of time has passed so there a lot of other things to think about not just that game, by any means”. Running back Spencer Ware capped an 8-play, 71-yard drive with a 5-yard run for a 27-0 lead early in the fourth. It was the second-longest kickoff return TD in postseason history.
They became the first team in National Football League history to make the playoffs despite starting four different quarterbacks, Brian Hoyer, Ryan Mallett, T.J. Yates and Brandon Weeden.
“We’ll definitely look at that game”, Belichick said on Sunday. Texans quarterback Brian Hoyer had the worst game of his career with four interceptions and a fumble.
J.J. Watt was dogged by a groin injury long before he left Saturday’s blowout loss to the Chiefs.
HOUSTON (AP) – Houston’s loss to Kansas City illustrated clearly just how desperately the Texans need an upgrade at quarterback.
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“Been dealing with it for six or seven weeks now”, Watt told Dougherty. “That is not the way it was supposed to go”. Alex Smith completed 17 of 22 passes for 190 yards and one touchdown against one interception. Chiefs RG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif departed with a concussion in the first half….
