Steelers at Chiefs - Week 7 - Record: 2-5

Yay! We were up by 10 with about five minutes left, and we didn't choke! How about that!

I mean, I'm not kidding you. There we were, up 23-13 with about five minutes left, and I am truly thinking that we could let this get away again. That we're just established as the team that, whenever you are up, you can never count yourself in it. That we'll scratch and claw and find a way to lose.

Well, since we won, it is time to talk about the fine things this team did.

Yes, we were playing against the Steelers 3rd string QB, and the Steelers did turn the ball over three times when they'd only done that four times previously all season. But only one of them was because of the inexperience of Landry Jones.

The other two were pure Chiefs, baby.

Eric Berry made a diving catch on a batted ball off the hand of a Steelers receiver, and Jones fumbled the ball late when Tamba Hali finished one of his patented speed rushes off the edge. The former led to a touchdown, the latter sealed the win late when Pittsburgh was threatening yet another Chiefs choke.

What else was splendidly Chiefs-worthy for the first time in seven weeks?

Charcandrick West. I knew this kid could be good. He's fast, elusive, and strong. It is easy to see how he's been handling the running duties and not Knile Davis. He ran for over 100 yards today. I really like seeing this because I truly think the Chiefs have relied too much on Jamaal Charles. Believe me, I'd very much rather Charles be in there, but I'm hoping we can start to showcase more of our weapons. With West looking very good against what I gather is still a pretty good Steelers defense, this is a very nice development.

Our offensive line. They did a decent job, they did. Sure they aren't perfect, sure there're a lot of things they could improve on, but, hey, see just above -- 100-yard RB games aren't just the work of the guy carrying the ball.

Alex Smith. Oh he did throw those ducks that still had me screaming at the television. He did allow himself to get sacked just before the half to keep Cairo Santos out of field goal range, that was particularly gruesome. But hey, he did make some excellent throws at other times, particularly to Travis Kelce. One of them was on a key 3rd down late. Hey, a clutch 3rd down conversion, awright!

Chris Conley. He's starting to show what he can do. He made some nice receptions, though one deep one should've been squeezed and wasn't. His second best was his tough TD catch -- wow another one to a WR! -- late in the game that gave us the nice pad in the score. His best was actually a spiffy catch and power run that got the ball deep into Steelers territory that I'm pretty sure was in the mix helping to lead to our first TD.

Our defense. Yeah, just a shout out to the whole team. Our D-line was a bit more bendy than they were last week, today trying to stop Le'Veon Bell, but a TV graphic was really interesting and not altogether surprising about the fine work of these guys: Adrian Peterson, Matt Forte, other good RB's we've faced -- all kept under 100. That's cool.

Our defensive backs were very strong, too, even though they were facing that 3rd string QB. At one point Antonio Brown pushed off Marcus Peters so obviously that the curse could only account for the side judge standing right there not seeing it. The Steelers scored their only TD right after that, but it tells me that Peters and the guys are doing pretty well, when someone like Antonio Brown feels he's got to do that. Sean Smith almost had a pick that was defended well by the receiver.

I like how this team isn't giving up. I like the toughness they showed. I like seeing the camaraderie. I believe all of this helped them get the W today.
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