KC Chiefs: Four reasons to be worried despite win over Eagles
By Matt Conner
In the end, the Kansas City Chiefs won. That’s all that matters in the scheme of things, and Chiefs Kingdom can feel much better about being 2-2 after the team’s victory over the Philadelphia Eagles instead of being 1-3 at the end of the first quarter of a season.
Patrick Mahomes tossed five touchdowns. Clyde Edwards-Helaire put up 100 yards for the second consecutive game on the ground. Tyreek Hill had another monster game with nearly 200 yards receiving and 3 touchdowns. Andy Reid won his 100th game since joining Kansas City back before the 2013 season began. And the Chiefs won by double digits even after allowing the Eagles to score on a last-second touchdown pass from Jalen Hurts to Greg Ward.
Despite the one-game winning streak, however, the Chiefs’ performance overall in Week 4 still left us somewhat unnerved. Yes, the offense cannot be touched and will learn how to install Josh Gordon alongside the other array of dominating playmakers beginning next week. But we’ve also watched the Chiefs somehow lose games when the offense does what it will. Not every game will be this historically efficient on offense as Sunday’s game against the Eagles, but putting 30 or more isn’t going to clinch a win for K.C. and that’s a real problem.
In fact, even during the winning effort on Sunday, we were still left with a few reasons to be worried about the future as the schedule gets tougher than a road game against Nick Sirianni’s team. Here’s what has us worried most.