Brian Hoyer benched already; Ryan Mallett offers similarly low fantasy upside

Houston did what Houston does, getting heat on quarterbacks. The Chiefs cashed in on the mistake one play later on the touchdown by Charles.

With a dominant pass-catcher like DeAndre Hopkins, what the quarterback needs to do is get the ball downfield and let the receiver make the play.

“That’s coach’s decision, and I can see why he did that”, Hoyer said.

Texans head coach Bill O’Brien is playing coy ahead of Week 2’s road matchup against the Carolina Panthers, opting not to name a starter before kickoff. Luckily we got the opportunities and took advantage. I’m not sure they’d have made it into the end zone Sunday if they’d tried to pound it in on the ground…no matter how good their rushing statistics – 21 carries for 98 yards – looked on paper.

“It’s my opinion and I played with guys that be scared of a challenge in the locker room we call them Jag= just another guy”, Smith told ESPN in an email.

Quarterback Brian Hoyer said it was the coach’s decision to bench him and admitted “I can see why he did that, it couldn’t have went any worse.” I’m ready to play. There were times where we were able to put the foot on the pedal and get things going. Hoyer was back in O’Brien’s offense, which he was familiar with because of the time the two spent together in New England.

“I’m disappointed and embarrassed”, he said. After grabbing just one catch over his final eight games last season, Kelce scored twice in the first quarter to put the Chiefs up 14-0 early. It’s what we think is the best thing that we need to do to help us beat Carolina. The schedule came out in April, which means the Chiefs have long known they’d have less time than normal to prepare for this crucial division matchup, and they reacted accordingly.

Peters’ interception came partly due to the Chiefs pass rush, as Justin Houston was relentless all day.

Mallett, too, had an innate understanding of the system, though, but Hoyer rose to the top of Houston’s depth chart.

As insane as this may sound and as many people may disagree, I’ll stick to this opinion: It’s sometimes better to lose in an ugly fashion opening week than win convincingly in record-breaking form.

Johnson left for Indianapolis after compiling 13,597 yards and 64 touchdowns on 1,012 receptions in 12 seasons. Mallett sparked the offense with a touchdown and a two-point conversion in a comeback attempt that fell short. Like the Steelers who were Gronk’d Thursday, the Texans defense could not stop Tight End Travis Kelce. WR Jeremy Maclin had 52 yards receiving in his debut for the Chiefs after spending the first five years of his career with the Eagles.

Randy Bullock missed the first extra point from the 15 in league history. They exited it with a an ugly loss, a renewed quarterback controversy and serious concerns moving forward.

“On Twitter, former Chiefs defensive lineman Shaun Smith posted “… when you have chumps like Eric Fisher pulling this crap cause he scared of jj (watt) we lose”.