chiefs' game balls

In this rebuilding year, I vowed to try and not care about the losses, and revel in the wins as much as possible. (This is in stark contrast, to say the last two years, where a win would merely provide relief and a loss would ruin my day.)

That said, who deserves credit for Sunday's win over the Vikings?

Hon. Mention: Dave Rayner

This might get overlooked, but he hit two field goals, including a 49-yarder. If he misses that and the Chiefs don't get any points out of that drive, who knows if they're able to come back and score a touchdown. This from a guy who came in to replace the struggling Medlock.

Counting down, #3: The Defense


The Vikings only completed half of their passes. The Chiefs D forced and recovered a fumble, and added 5 sacks. Vikings on 3rd down? 4/15. But we wouldn't have won if the Vikings 2nd half possessions didn't look like this:

Punt
Punt
Punt
Punt
End of Game.

#2: Dwayne Bowe



It's no secret the offense is struggling. But Dwayne Bowe stepped up and made catches that I haven't seen Chief's receivers make. Ever. 5 catches for 71, plus the game winning touchdown, and I'd say everyone is pretty happy with the draft pick, and forgot about that whole holdout thing. As you can see in the picture above, Bowe made a really good play to go up and get the ball and take it away from the defense. Wow.

#1: Me

If it wasn't for me creating and wearing this exclusive D-Bowe jersey, there's no way the Chief's win. If only I had thought of it before the Bears game.