Ravens at Chiefs - Week 3 - Record: 3-0

It cannot be denied that it is fun watching this Chiefs offense work. It is a blast. We all revel to it, just about every time Mahomes and his weaponry is deployed. And with General Reid making the calls -- just that last play of the game when we had to get a first down to keep the Ravens from getting the ball back. With the score a narrow 33-28 he calls a screen pass to Darrel Williams who scorches to the marker to seal it. And really, the plays that Demarcus Robinson and Mecole Hardman made.

It is, however, quite aggravating to watch our defense wilt. We actually did do amazingly just stopping them from getting 2-point conversions, really, in one sense that was the key to this win. The Ravens scored four touchdowns today against us, but only made one single conversion, a 1-point kick at that. And what about all those interceptions the Chiefs should have made? Is this promising of a swarming D-backfield or just an indication of our inability to finish?

There were a couple of highlights on defense though. How about that Emmanuel Ogbah? A couple of batted passes and a sack! Again, that may be our saving grace is our depth on the D-line.

Here is something that is one of the most ding-dong things about these players. Lamar Jackson thought he was going to run in for a touchdown, and started waving his arms around in that celebratory manner. Then he was tackled. Please. What is with the NFL that they don't have the leadership to just take care of this. I know there are a thousand other things to address in the NFL, in all of society, but this kind of stuff is just symptomatically ugly.

In this game the Ravens were testing Mahomes, alternating 3 up & 8 back, then blitzing him. Good competition, this game was closer than it looked, the Ravens are a good team. It'll get Mahomes more of the experience.

Still, the refs... on one drive early two roughing-the-passers were called and one should have been. This Matt Judon of the Ravens, what a punk. At least the NFL is doing something to kind of protect the quarterbacks here. And then there was that non-offensive-pass-interference call where the Ravens guy really did push off, but they're all saying it is so subjective. They even said things like "Does it have a real impact on the play?" Well, this one did! The Ravens had a 4th-and-5 and the QB threw up a duck. They got it inside the 5 and scored a touchdown on the next play.

Thing I noticed about Lamar Jackson was he ran too much and was not throwing to his WRs -- that just can't work. He is a phenomenal talent, but he's got to throw those tough passes. Oh yeah, we could see this team again and he'll be better then, for sure. In fact, they finally got the idea that they should give the ball to Mark Ingram, and just run all over us. Our run defense, ugh. We are indeed all concerned that we just cannot stop the run. Yes Ingram is an excellent player, but were you like me? Screaming over and over: "Where are our linebackers?" My voice is hoarse!

Otherwise, the Reid-Mahomes-and-company assault makes it fun to see all the record breaking stuff they put on the screen. One was something I did not know, that the 28 points they put up in one quarter last week against the Raiders was the most in any quarter in any NFL game since 1992.

Fun!
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