Emmanuel Ogbah is good and other Chiefs lessons learned from Week 3

The secondary deserves some credit

Did you know opposing quarterbacks average a QB rating of 49.6 against the Chiefs’ secondary? It’s the same secondary that has only given up only 4 passing touchdowns in 3 games. It’s also the same secondary that locks up routes long enough to allow the line to pick up 13 QB hits and 6 sacks in just over 3 games, which is the same exact secondary that has picked up had 15 pass breakups, 2 interceptions, and recovered one fumble.

Despite what the analyst have been saying, Kansas City’s secondary is not the problem for their defense. As a matter of fact, the secondary, more often than not, has bailed Kansas City out, picking up the tackles that the line misses while making sure offenses can not finish long plays off in the end zone.

Kansas City’s pass defense had a chance to prove themselves in Sunday’s game, and they played like they’d heard all the rumors about Jalen Ramsey. Keeping Lamar Jackson to a mere 51% completion rate from the field (that number becomes much lower if you factor out the miracle plays made by his wide receivers) was clearly frustrating to Jackson. As a matter of fact, the Chief’s secondary had Jackson so confused that he nearly threw interceptions on three separate occasions, just to be dropped by Tyrann Mathieu and Juan Thornhill.

Is Kansas City’s defense perfect? No, they gave up 203 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns and the inaccurate Jackson did put up 267 passing yards. But the secondary exhibited growth from the last couple weeks, which is all it needed to do to settle down the speculation and hate on their play.