Chiefs Beat Denver with OT Field Goal

He took them another 46 yards to keep overtime going with a field goal.

The victor followed a risky move by Broncos coach Gary Kubiak that backfired and left the Broncos (7-4) two games back of Oakland (9-2) in the AFC West and one behind the Chiefs (8-3).

It was fitting, then, that after a scoreless and offensive-less first quarter, the Chiefs scored the first 9 points on back-to-back plays in which their offense watched from the sidelines.

When McManus missed, the Chiefs (8-3) got the ball at the Broncos 48 and Cairo Santos banked a 37-yarder off the left upright as time expired.

As a result, after the missed kick, the Chiefs got the ball back with over a minute to play and a timeout in their back pocket. As so often is the case with evenly matched teams, the last one with the ball wins. They are the reigning Super Bowl champs, after all. The Broncos could have taken a fourth-down gamble. Whew. Oh, and now Denver is currently out of the playoff picture, while the Chiefs control their destiny in the AFC West.

Brandon McManus gave the Broncos some points before halftime, and the game entered the break 9-3. Denver didn’t deserve to be in that spot and Gary Kubiak tried to seize the one chance the Broncos had at taking a division game that hopefully wasn’t a must-win.

“I can probably make that kick eight or nine out of ten times”, McManus said, “so I’m disappointed in that”. He played to win.

Yup, two yards on an overturned catch in the third quarter Monday night against the Green Bay Packers. The Bucs defense as a whole isn’t as good, but they have impact players on each level and the addition of Vernon Hargreaves has made them respectable. Also, Siemian used his legs to extend plays when the pocket was collapsing.

Nearly 300 yards passing with three touchdowns and 113 rushing yards in a road loss to the Miami Dolphins had Kaepernick rolling the clock back to 2013 when he was one of the best quarterbacks in all of fantasy.

Carr left the game at one point after injuring his right pinky while fumbling a snap.

With Denver facing a fourth-and-10 play from the Kansas City 44-yard line with just more than a minute remaining in overtime, everything was in play for the coach of the Broncos. Sanders beat Chiefs cornerback Phillip Gaines for the score.

Smith led an offense with 39 yards on its first 7 drives and totaled only 26 yards passing in the first half, but finished the final three drives with 153 yards in a hurry-up offense when the game depended on it.

But make no mistake: Kubiak chose the lowest odds, and the biggest risk, for the greatest reward.

But about that first three or so quarters: “There’s a lot to learn from that perspective”.

Instead, the defending champs slipped behind a six-pack of teams, including division leaders Houston and Baltimore, which both have worse records than Denver at 6-5.

Because of Houston’s ability to rush the passer, Siemian did not look comfortable sitting in the pocket. It should also be noted that Jackson was above average as a run stopper.