What were some of the key things that got us the win.
I started to post last night during the game, in the middle of the 4th quarter, and as I wrote I watched us drop a 16-10 lead and despaired. I thought again about Alex Smith's bumbling and the coaching staff's stumbling, as we had the ball there deep in our own territory with only about three minutes left.
But there on prime-time, there at the Broncos stadium where we'd blown it so many times before,
The Chiefs meant it.
They put a drive together against the best defense in the league and got a touchdown and a two-point conversion to show the nation they can play good football.
That drive included a clutch 4th-&-10 completion to Tyreek Hill, who used his quickness to just get to the marker, and arguably was the player of the game.
Earlier he'd scored a touchdown on an after-safety free-kick, but the play he scored his running touchdown on was -- give credit where credit is due -- a terrific call by the coaching staff.
Spencer Ware was in the wildcat on a 3rd-&-2 close the goal, and he ran the read option to perfection, giving the ball to Hill on the sweep right, and Hill delightfully ran right around a grasping Von Miller to streak to the pylon.
Must also give a shout-out to the defense, which included stellar play from our make-shift defensive line, strong run defense from our linebackers, ferocious pursuit and finishing by Eric Berry, the wonderful return to form of Justin Houston, and except for a couple brain-locks by people like Phillip Gaines, a secondary that made fantastic plays on passes (including some by Gaines) when we needed key stops on Denver's offense.
A wild up-and-down game that saw the Chiefs, in the end, play and coach like they meant it.
(The play-by-play posting I did last night is here. The second part of my preview is here.)
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