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For the first time in the last six weeks, the Kansas City Chiefs have ascended in the Touchdown Wire power rankings. They’ve had a stranglehold on the No. 2 spot, but after a win over the Denver Broncos and a Pittsburgh Steelers loss, the Chiefs are back to being the No. 1 ranked team. It felt like only a matter of time before something like this would propel Kansas City into the No. 1 spot.
Even though they didn’t play their best game in Week 13, they did enough to get some love in the power rankings. Their performance left Touchdown Wire’s Mark Schofield feeling rather optimistic about the team moving forward.
Here’s a preview of what Schofield had to say:
“Even when teams slow down the Kansas City Chiefs offense, like the Denver Broncos were able to do over the first half of Sunday night’s contest, everyone watching has that same feeling: At some point the big plays are coming. They eventually did come for Patrick Mahomes and company, as they put together a second-half touchdown drive to eventually overcome a plucky Broncos squad.
Looking back, this game could have been more of a one-sided affair”
The Chiefs had two Tyreek Hill touchdowns wiped out, one by a penalty and one by the most bizarre non-challenge sequence the NFL has ever seen. Hill literally had no idea that he caught the football, so Andy Reid didn’t know to challenge the play until it was too late. Add in an early miss by Patrick Mahomes on a wide-open touchdown for Hill and the score in this game could have looked more like the first matchup with the Broncos back in Week 7.
Schofield is right too, it’s only a matter of time before the Chiefs offense is awakened like some mythical beast that scores touchdowns at will. The only way for teams to keep Kansas City down is to outscore them. It makes you wonder, how many offenses are out there that can go toe-to-toe with the Chiefs? The Miami Dolphins, led by rookie QB Tua Tagovailoa, will get the next shot in Week 14.
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