Chiefs Preseason Game One Report

Chiefs Preseason Game One Report

by Laddie Morse

The Chiefs lost to the Texans 17-to-10 and here’s their one big highlight of the game: a TD pass from Chad Henne to Demarcus Robinson:

That throw came with 1:09 left in the first half and was the culmination of a 13 play, 90 yard drive.

The first team offense didn’t do much with the ball and the first team defense was scored on twice so this game wasn’t satisfying from that stand point. The starters on the Offensive line didn’t do a very good job of keeping the pressure off of Patrick Mahomes so we didn’t get a look at his best effort. It was deja vu all over again again with shades of the Titans running all over the field at will. Some key starters were missing from the defense so the Chiefs were weak up the middle again.

I made the observation during the game that the Chiefs were playing a very vanilla defense. Craig Stout explains it much better:

The Chiefs did have some stand out performers. Matt Derrick made the point that if Demarcus Robinson keeps playing as well as he has been this offseason, he may challenge Chris Conley for the #3 WR position. BJ Kissel explains who set up the Robinson TD catch.

Chiefs fans should be excited about the depth of the Chiefs running game and the offensive line. The 2nd and 3rd team OL kept manhandling the Texans, and consequently, RB Darrel Williams had a good day with 6 carries for 16 yards while Kerwynn Williams had 6 carries for 18 yards. Those may not sound like stellar numbers but the OL was opening some sizable holes and the Williams twins took advantage.

If you were wanting to watch this preseason game because of the extra intrigue involving first round pick Patrick Mahomes, you’ll be disappointed because he played on all of two drives and went 5-of-7 with no TDs or INTs for 33 yards. That’s it. In fact, all of the other K.C. QBs had more passing yards in this game. 

If you’re interested in doing some Patrick Mahomes watching, you should go to the Chiefs Training Camp which ends this coming Tuesday in St. Joe. Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday are the last days of camp… already!

Here’s a tough catch made by TE Jace Amaro from Matt McGloin over the middle with 2:48 to go in the 3rd quarter:

4th string QB Chase Litton appeared to have the best drive of the night going until it stalled out with 14 second to go on the clock at the Texans goal line. From there they ran out the clock to seal the victory.

I also mentioned this during the game but here’s the video which shows Chiefs NT Xavier Williams pushing his man right up and into the ballcarrier’s manhood:

The Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp resumes on Saturday morning at 8:15 AM CDT. See you then. Go Chiefs!

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