Chiefs at Texans: Grades for Week 2

Special Teams: A

This facet of the game continues to be a Kansas City strength. You could say that they failed by holding on the last return which would have been a touchdown. I’ve watched that play three times now and while there was a slight hold, it was ticky-tack at best. Tyreek Hill is a man who just needs more chances on the field.

Not only did he run a kick back for a touchdown that was called back, he made great defensive plays as a gunner on punts. Hill will continue to take return time from Knile Davis and could eventually take the spot of Albert Wilson on offense.

Cairo Santos continued his perfect season thus far by going 4 for 4 on field goals. Unfortunately he didn’t get a chance to tack on some extra points. Santos’ lone mistake came on a kick off that bounced out of bounds on the one yard line which set up the Texans on their own 40. Despite that, Santos is showing that he is one of the most accurate kickers in the league despite the Chiefs putting him in some fairly high pressure situations.

Dustin Colquitt had a busy day and a better day on punts by pinning 3 inside the 20 yard line. He averaged 45.5 yards per punt which turned out much better than his 33.6 from last week. It does help for him to have two solid gunners in Demarcus Robinson and Tyreek Hill.

Overall C

The Chiefs played terribly on offense and yet managed to still be in the game at the end. This is indicative of good coaching and leadership. The Chiefs never panicked and worked to win the game all 60 minutes despite having an off day in execution. That is a team that will make the playoffs and win one or two playoff games.

It wasn’t too long ago that a Chiefs team unable to get a good start on offense would have lost by 20 points. Be patient Chiefs fans, this is our best chance at a Super Bowl title and its a good one.