Chiefs without Maclin; Houston could play vs Tampa Bay

Evans nearly had a touchdown on another deep pass from Winston but Nelson knocked that one away at the last second.

It also set up Tampa Bay’s touchdown drive that essentially sealed the victory. “It made me feel at home, ” Winston said.

“The obvious is we need to do better job of staying on the field offensively and getting off the field defensively”, Reid said. “There’s something to be said for player development, and it starts with the guys wanting to get better and working at it”. None was bigger than his catch to give Tampa Bay a first down with just more than two minutes left to all but ice the win.

When the final whistle blew, the Bucs left Kansas City with a 19-17 victory. “One thing I can say, I told them how grateful I was to be their quarterback”. The Chiefs answered and put together a 12-play, 78-yard possession that saw Smith and Wilson find the end zone on a third-down play. Well, lukewarm anyway. K.C.’s quarterback threw an ill-advised interception into coverage in the fourth quarter, and the Chiefs struggled to just 17 points. “That’s a difference maker”.

Jameis Winston threw for 261 yards and three touchdowns for Tampa Bay, including scoring passes of 3 and 24 yards to Evans, who had 11 receptions.

“It wasn’t just the Mike Evans show”, coach Dirk Koetter said. Let’s finish. Let’s finish.

In a defensive game, the Buccaneers got four field goals from rookie kicker Robert Aguayo, whom the team traded up to draft in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

Ford entered the game tops in the National Football League with 10 sacks.

The Chiefs were required to cover for long periods of time on many of Winston’s passes because the pass rush generated little in the way of consistent pressure.

CHIEFS Smith still has an impressive 6-1 TD-INT ratio in past 5 games vs. NFC teams after 0-1 TD-INT effort vs. Panthers in Week 10.

WINNING FOR MONK: Winston dedicated the win to former Florida State star and longtime administrator Monk Bonasorte, who died Saturday night after a battle with brain cancer.

And while Tampa Bay played well, the Chiefs can ultimately blame themselves for this one. Tight end Travis Kelce is one of the best in the AFC, and Spencer Ware has proven he can carry the load. “The stuff that he’s been dealt this week is, man, it’s hard”. Playing NFL football isn’t easy, and no amount of practice makes up for the real thing. That snapped a five-game winning streak for the Chiefs, who lost at home for the first time since October 11, 2015.

“Man, the crowd noise was wonderful”, Winston said after the Bucs” upset win over the Chiefs on Sunday. Plays such as Smith’s fourth-quarter interception were not good enough on Sunday, and won’t be good enough down the road, either.