The 2015 Chiefs will be remembered as the living dead
By Brandon Fry
The Texans are a different team than they were when we first played in Week 1 and so are the Chiefs. Kansas City (1-5) and Houston (2-4) both had rocky starts to their seasons but have rebounded nicely with the Chiefs finishing 10-0 and the Texans at 7-3.
These two teams share commonality in being led by great defenses. Kansas City is currently ranked seventh in total yards against with 329.3/game and Houston is even better ranked third in the league allowing 310.2 yards per game.
The script flips when you talk about defensive points allowed per game as the Chiefs are ranked third and the Texans are ranked at the seventh spot.
As far as run and pass defense are concerned, both teams are well positioned among the top 10 in the league. Kansas City is ninth in passing yards per game and eighth in rushing yards allowed per game. The Texans are currently ranked third defensively in passing yards game and 10th in rushing yards allowed per game.
What this guarantees is that both defenses will make things very difficult for the opposing offenses and will boil down to which offense can make the most plays.
So which offense would have the advantage? Statistically the Texans average more yards. What’s interesting is the Chiefs offense is ranked ninth in scoring despite a lack of yardage.
This speaks to Kansas City generally having good field position from defensive turnovers and the services of it’s great punter doing a nice job of flipping the field. While the punter isn’t generally a player that gets a lot of talk time in football conversations, in this particular game Dustin Colquitt will be a big reason why the Chiefs win in Houston.
While many including myself speculate that this might be the easiest opponent Kansas City could have drawn in the tournament, we all still nervously await the results of this weekend’s contest. The pain of previous postseason losses where sure wins evaporated before our eyes weigh heavily in the back of our minds with what if scenarios.
With that said, I’ll leave you with these parting words in hope of discussing a playoff win next week.
Go Chiefs!