The Day After: Breaking down the Chiefs loss to the Seahawks

Cheating, dropping, and failure to make plays allowed the Kansas City Chiefs to fall to the Seattle Seahawks in the 3rd preseason game of 2017.

In what was supposed to be a warm-up for the starters, the Kansas City Chiefs ended up putting on a clinic for what not to do as they head into Monday’s film session. Neither the Chiefs or Seattle Seahawks were particularly disciplined on Friday in their third preseason game, but Seattle did enough to pull away and get the win.

Here’s a closer look at each quarter and how the game unfolded (poorly) for the Chiefs.

1st Quarter

The first quarter gave us more of what we here at Chiefs Kingdom are used to. The offense moved the ball, albeit ugly, to come up just short and settle for a field goal. The ever-reliable “bend but don’t break” defense did just that.

With 8:12 left in the first quarter Spencer Ware caught a pass from Alex Smith and battled his way just shy of the first down marker deep in Seattle territory before taken down. Down is where he remained as he lay there grabbing his right knee. After being tended to for a short time he was carted off.

Penalty flags flew throughout the game, the 1st quarter set the pace. Dropped passes were dropped throughout the game as well with the 1st quarter setting the pace. Alex Smith’s accuracy was non existent, with many of the passes just missing the target. When the passes did hit the target, the target dropped it. Names like Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill both dropped passes throughout the half that could’ve turned into large gains. Key blocks were missed, and the penalties made sure any momentum would be negated as soon as possible.

The secondary was a bright spot, if a bright spot had dark spots within the bright spot. The #2 corner position is still a major concern. What damage Russell Wilson was able to bring came opposite Marcus Peters, but for the most part the secondary did their job.