Why the Chiefs should have won against the Patriots… and why they didn’t
I just thought I would make a nice little list on why the Chiefs should have won against the Patriots and why they didn’t. I won’t explain these very much, but I don’t really feel like they need to be explained, they pretty much speak for themselves.
Why the Chiefs should have won against the Patriots:
- The Chiefs won the turnover battle 2 to 1.
- The Chiefs won the Time of Possession battle.
- Tom Brady was injured early in the game and the Pats had to rely on Matt Cassel.
- Matt Cassel is a backup at NE and was a backup in college at USC.
Why the Chiefs didn’t win:
- Dwayne Bowe had way too many drops, at least 4, including the possible game tying TD catch
- Croyle was injured (although I am not totally convinced Croyle would have led us to a TD drive like Huard did). So this one is more based on the theory that our starting QB went out.
- Inability to convert TO’s into points. When you force a team that only lost 6 fumbles all of last season into 2 early fumbles you need to convert them to points
- LJ had less than 100 yards rushing. I’m not sure exactly on the stat but I know that in games where LJ gets to the century mark the Chiefs tend to have a lot more success.
Do you agree with all of these? Do you have any that you would add or take away?
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