Colts at Chiefs - Week 5 - Record: 4-1

I'm going to put this post in now because I'm so busy right now I simply won't have time to complete a full blog post later. Yes, I am doing work right now while I'm watching the game. And yes I am taking notes throughout.

Some notes right now as I'm watching this game in the middle of the 3rd quarter is that for one, this Chiefs team is driving me crazy. They get a penalty on almost every other play. At one point the announcer said the Chiefs are beating themselves. No kidding.

They also have no pass rush. This Colts quarterback is just not-that-special, yet he has all day back there. We've also lost Chris Jones to a groin injury -- he's out for the rest of the game. That doesn't help matters. We lost Anthony Hitchens earlier, that doesn't help our run defense, which has also been deplorable. Yes, they were who they thought they were -- a team with massively good offensive linemen who just pushed our tacklers all over the field.

On offense Mahomes was not sharp, missing his marks, just way more often than he does. Our O-line was not stalwart, making Mahomes run around too much. His receivers were dropping passes all night long. And on one play their linebacker rolled over Mahomes and wrecked his leg -- that's nice. I'm watching right now and Mahomes is walking off the field limping again, on a play that has Andrew Wylie on the turf. Down an O-lineman we can't afford to lose.

The only thing that, so far anyway, that has been keeping us in this one is the Colts are making a poor play here or committing a penalty there. We're also benefiting from close officiating calls that are going our way. Kelce almost fumbled the ball away but they ruled he did not have possession -- incomplete pass. Another pass appeared to bounce off Sherman's hands and intercepted, but on one camera angle it did look like it hit the turf -- incomplete pass.

There's a whole quarter left, so yeah. But everything I've written so far should bring great concern to the Kingdom. No pass rush and no run defense is just really disconcerting. I'm not as worried about the receivers -- not everyone has a great day every game... Mahomes et al will get it together.

But I hate to say it the Colts, with a team that has not-much-of-a-passing game and little in the defensive backfield -- I mean look at that, we have 10 points against a young, inexperienced Colts D-backfield -- the Colts looked much more disciplined, much more focused, much more fundamentally oriented to hit their marks. If this Chiefs team is going to the Super Bowl about which everyone is so certain, they've got to get it together.

And so... with about five minutes left we had a 4th-&-1 at midfield, down 16-10 and with a decimated O-line we run it and don't make it. Sure enough, the one who makes the tackle is, yep, just like the Chiefs luck -- Justin Houston. This game is a testament to the fact that if you have a reeeally good offensive line, you have a chance to win an NFL football game. If you don't have O-linemen you may not be able to protect your star quarterback enough to get him untracked in games you have no business losing.

Ugh.
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