Chiefs news: Frank Clark glad to see defense finish strong

Frank Clark says he was glad to see the defense and team finish strong on Sunday after some late-game frustrations for the Kansas City Chiefs.

On Sunday afternoon, the Kansas City Chiefs were able to get ahead of the Seattle Seahawks in the first half to a pretty comfortable level, a 17-3 lead at halftime that showed why bettors were backing the home team by such a wide margin coming into Week 16 in the first place.

The problem for the Chiefs is that, in recent weeks, such leads have been common only to see their opponents able to work their way back in and make things competitive.

Remember that it was only two weeks ago that the Chiefs were up by 27 after only a quarter and a half on the road against Denver and ended up nearly losing that game because somehow Russell Wilson found some offensive magic once again and the Chiefs fell apart. It was that sort of late-game effort that Frank Clark referenced after Sunday’s win over Seattle, saying how good it felt to play so well against his former team but also to right some wrongs from the last few weeks.

“It was pretty dope,” said Clark about beating the Seahawks in his postgame comments to reporters, “but we’re on a mission here in Kansas City, and the goal is to finish the season strong. The last few weeks, we haven’t been getting the job done as far as just finishing strong, a lot of tight games and overtime last week. So it was pretty dope to get out there today and finish the game pretty strong.”

The Chiefs will have a chance to lock down the Broncos next week when Denver visits Arrowhead in Week 17.

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