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This Defense Could Be Something Special

Dee Ford is tied for first in the league in sacks with 10. Not many would of predicted this at the start of the season. Derrick Johnson and Tamba Hali the old vets of the defense are still playing at a high level. Eric Berry, Marcus Peters, Daniel Sorensen, Ron Parker, and Steven Nelson have all played just as well as we could’ve hoped. Rookie Chris Jones is showing why teams were wrong to pass over him in the first round.

So far this season the team has 22 takeaways with six coming in the red zone. Both of those stats lead the league. Last season the Chiefs had 29 takeaways through the whole season, and there’s still seven games left to go in this one. With the Chiefs’ offense struggling for much of the season the defense has helped make up for that with four defensive touchdowns (tied for 1st in the league).

The Chiefs stopped the Panthers from scoring late in the game by sacking Cam Newton twice in a row last week. And speaking of stopping the Panthers, the Chiefs are beginning to look more and more like the Broncos of last year.

This season they’re allowing 18.7 points per game compared to the Broncos 18.5. The Chiefs are scoring 22.8 points per game compared to the Broncos 22.2. They’re not quite a perfect match, but the Chiefs have the makings of a championship defense. If the offense is able to step up their game not many other teams will want to face this team in the playoffs.