JJ Watt will undergo surgery; Clowney has foot sprain

Kansas City’s Knile Davis took the opening kickoff in Houston 106 yards untouched to put the Chiefs up early, and the 2015 NFL Wild Card Round was off with a bang.

The Kansas City defense forced five turnovers in shutting out Houston at NRG Stadium. The believe is based on their ten straight win to finish the regular season and also thereafter they dominated the Houston Texans recently, in Saturday’s 30-0 first-round playoff victory.

Kansas City covered 94 yards in 11 plays late in the third quarter, with wide receiver Chris Conley snagging a 9-yard touchdown pass from Alex Smith for a 20-0 lead at the 4:35 mark. Dontari Poe recovered it at the Kansas City 42 for the Chiefs and they extended their lead to 10-0 on a 49-yard field goal.

The Kansas City Chiefs are a confident and talented squad when they go on the road games – and for any good reason. They will face the Broncos if the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Saturday’s other game, but will visit the Patriots if the Steelers win.

That put Boswell well inside field-goal range, and he slotted his fourth goal of the night to give the Steelers their first playoff win in five years. Roethlisberger returned to the field to do just about enough on the final drive to set up a field goal, although it mainly happened because of an idiotic targeting penalty by Vontaze Burfict that knocked out Antonio Brown (the same Burfict who made an incredible interception minutes earlier) and then Adam Jones with a personal foul on Steelers coach Joey Porter, who probably shouldn’t have been on the field.

“You never expect to start a game like that”, said Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith. The Chiefs are a solidly build team, their defense has a lot of play makers, but Houston went down again yesterday.

But, according to the Texans’ official website, Watt did not confirm if his surgery would fix his injured groin. They certainly spurred two of the city’s most important as the Royals ultimately snapped a 30-year World Series championship drought and Chiefs won their first postseason game in 22 years.

I think if the players the Patriots get back can seamlessly get blend together they should beat the Chiefs. The defence took over after that, harassing Brian Hoyer into a fumble and three of his career-high four interceptions before halftime to help the Chiefs (12-5) take a 13-0 lead at halftime. This one was to Josh Mauga.

New Englanders began to wonder if quarterback Tom Brady, who was pulled from the game after throwing two interceptions, was slowing down at age 37. “The turnovers were probably the story here”, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “I just felt like sticking with him was the right thing to do”.

The ONLY way the Texans have been able to win football games this season is by playing stout defense and playing mistake-free football offensively. With 7:18 left in the first quarter, Hoyer threw a pass intended for Nate Washington that was picked off by Chiefs safety Eric Berry.

There was more bad news for the Texans in the third quarter when team leader J.J. Watt, the NFL’s reigning defensive player of the year, left the field with an apparent leg injury and did not return.