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

"The Chiefs are having a party."

Those were the words of the television announcer right after Mecole Hardman took the wildcat snap, tossed it to Clyde Edwards-Helaire, who then pitched it to Mahomes coming from the left, who then threw a strike to back to Clyde wheeling over to the other side of the field who ran for a first down. 

Wow, what fun. We were already ahead 27-10 and just having a blast mowing down the Ravens in a game everyone thought would be closer. Thing is, right after that play early in the 3rd quarter, Darwin Thompson fumbled the ball away allowing the Ravens to put up 10 unanswered.

Thing is, we should've been up 31-10, but Harrison Butker who couldn't miss on 15 attempts from 78 yards away last week (okay, an exaggeration but he was nails with the kicks) missed a PAT and an easy very make-able FG tonight.

Turns out we still finished them off 34-20, but wow, that we put up a 27-spot in the 1st half on one of the best defenses in the NFL is just amazing. Mahomes was his usual amazing, throwing incredible deep-strike TDs to Hill and Hardman, as well as a little shovel-pass TD thing to The Sausage and a nice tackle-eligible TD toss to The Sausage II, Eric Fisher!

We were so much sharper than we were last week. Clyde Edwards-Helaire turned it up this week, really showing us what he has in the passing game. We heard all about how good he was catching passes, tonight he showed it. When it got down to when we needed to score that game-clinching TD, he carried the ball well snapping up those critical 1st downs.

On defense it was nice to see Chris Jones be the manhandler he is on the defensive front. When the Ravens got down early and had to pass, Jones could get his game on. I also liked seeing much better play from Juan Thornhill. He was all over the field, seeming to really get his feet back under him.

As strong as our defense was in the 1st half we were not as much in the 2nd when the Ravens tightened things up and got Lamar's legs moving a bit more. At the very end of the game when they were threatening our pass rush stepped it up, keeping Lamar in the pocket a bit more forcing him to have to pass.

Next we've got the reconstructed Patriots! Brutal first few games of the season this year!

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The photo is from Steve Sanders at the Chiefs Official Site. Thank you.

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