The Broncos lost to Kansas City 22-9 on Sunday night in Arrowhead Stadium. Denver fell to 6-6. They are still in the hunt in the AFC playoff race, but they missed on an opportunity to beat the Chiefs and really cement a spot. Here are my thoughts on the game....
1) Teddy Bridgewater did not play well at all. I think it was his worst game of the season. He threw two interceptions in the second half and one was returned for a touchdown to seal the game for KC. He just wasn't good enough in this game and it cost the Broncos, and he never got the ball to Tim Patrick and Courtland Sutton.
2) I think that Pat Shurmur actually called a decent game on offense, and Javonte Williams had a really good game. They weren't the reason why this team lost.
3) The defense played really well. They held Patrick Mahomes to his second worst QB rating of his career. They held Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill in check. They only gave up 16 points to the Chiefs, and yet they still lost. Give Vic Fangio credit for getting this defense to play well once again against Mahomes and the Chiefs.
4) I had no problem with Fangio going for it on 4th down as much as he did in the game. You need to score points and you need touchdowns to beat KC in Arrowhead, and I understand his mentality in that regard.
5) It was pretty demoralizing when Denver went on a 20 play drive that took up most of the second quarter down 10-3 and came away with no points after a missed 4th and 2 play. That was pretty much the game right there for me.
6) The Broncos are now 6-6 and host the Lions this week and host the Bengals next week. They will need to hold serve at home the next two games to have a shot at the playoffs. They need to start by getting the win over the Lions next week at home and go from there.
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