KC Chiefs vs. WFT: Quick thoughts from Week 6

Defense is starting to flash

Yes, it’s not the same as playing the Buffalo Bills or Cleveland Browns or another AFC contender, but the Chiefs defense looked like they were able to figure out a few things on Sunday and showed signs that some players might be coming around to what we thought of them.

Frank Clark had nice some pressures in the second half against the Washington Football Team. L’Jarius Sneed was playing like the sort of versatile playmaker we’d become accustomed to seeing all throughout his rookie season. Juan Thornhill and Tyrann Mathieu both laid down some great hits. Mike Danna continues to also show up strong in the shadows as a sub for Clark and Chris Jones.

The defense still has a long way to go and an injury to Anthony Hitchens certainly isn’t going to help anyone. But if the defense can even put together a few stops per game, it’s going to be enough to let this offense do the heavy lifting.

Offensive pillar still get it done

Neither Tyreek Hill nor Travis Kelce went for a single play over 20 yards. Both players also spent some of the game on the sideline nursing some sort of injury (or at least it seemed in Kelce’s case). Either way, both players still got it done for the Chiefs as the dependable targets that they are and ended up with impressive stats because of it.

Mecole Hardman, Jody Fortson, Byron Pringle, and Demarcus Robinson each caught longer passing plays than anything thrown to Hill or Kelce (at least of those that counted officially), but Hill ended up with a final line of 9 catches for 76 yards and 1 touchdown while Kelce had 8 catches for 99 yards. It was a workmanlike effort from both players that helped put the Chiefs over the top with Mahomes knowing he could so dependably go to the pillars he has on hand.

Speaking of Hill, it’s also important to acknowledge that Hill allowed another pass to go through his hands and turn into an interception for Kendall Fuller just as the Chiefs were ready to score in the first half. Yet even with such a mistake, Hill showed his mental game to be just as good as Mahomes’ in terms of putting such errors behind him. Hill could have folded with the Chiefs behind after halftime, but instead he was as dependable as ever. Good to see on the part of the Chiefs.