The Kansas City Chiefs appeared like they’d a Tremendous Bowl hangover within the first quarter of their season opener towards the Los Angeles Chargers on Friday night time.
After permitting the Chargers to go up 10-0 within the second quarter, the Chiefs began to get up, however they didn’t overtake their AFC West rival in a 27-21 loss in entrance of 47,627 followers at Corinthians Area in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Following the sport, quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a warning for the Chiefs, saying they wanted to play with higher vitality in the event that they needed to win video games this season.
“They got here out with extra vitality than we did, their protection than our offense,” Mahomes stated, through Michael David Smith of Professional Soccer Speak. “I believed we had vitality at follow yesterday and all all through the week, however if you happen to don’t come out with the suitable mindset, you get beat… (The Chargers) undoubtedly got here out with extra vitality than we did. On this league, everyone’s too good so that you can not match the vitality of our opponent, so I believe we discovered a invaluable lesson.”
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs want to start out sooner
The lesson was one Kansas Metropolis ought to have discovered after struggling a 40-22 beatdown by the Philadelphia Eagles within the Tremendous Bowl months earlier.
The Eagles took benefit of a flat Chiefs workforce, taking a 24-0 lead into halftime. Kansas Metropolis scored 16 factors within the fourth quarter to make the rating look nearer than the sport truly was.
The Chiefs — who’re coping with a major injury concern in addition to in-fighting among teammates — should begin quick in Week 2 once they face an Eagles workforce that scored 21 factors within the first half of their 24-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night time. If they do not match Philadelphia’s vitality on Sept. 14, the Chiefs may very well be looking at a 0-2 document for the primary time since 2014.
