The Kansas City Chiefs haven’t been themselves in 2016. They have appeared to be a team struggling to find their identity.
Were they going to be able to rely on their defense again this year or not? Were they going to continue to rely heavily on the run game or were they going to put more of the offense on the arm of Alex Smith? Was this going to be the same team that came storming back from a bad start to finally win a playoff game last year or were they going to reinvent themselves into something else?
The most frustrating thing about the start of the Chiefs 2016 season was that they themselves didn’t seem to know the answers to these questions. We now must all hope that the answer to the question “Who are the 2016 Kansas City Chiefs?” is the team that went into Oakland and beat the Raiders 26-10 on Sunday.
The Chiefs weren’t perfect on Sunday. They go off to another poor start which is frustrating and frankly inexcusable coming off their bye week, Cairo Santos missed a field goal and an extra point, they gave up a field goal before the half when they shouldn’t have, and Andy Reid was still too cute with his play calling down near the goal line.
That all having been said, the Chiefs had far and away their best game plan of the season and executed it well. While the game plan will always vary some week to week based on the opponent, overall this should be the team that KC should strive to be for the rest of the season.