Chiefs D

The story for the Chiefs this year has been their defense. Let's take a look at the Jaguars drives yesterday. 

1. Reached KC territory, punt

2. 3 and out punt

3. Started on own 2, punt

4. Takeover at KC 17 after muffed punt, only gain 3 yards, field goal

5. Takeover at KC 37 after fumble, fumble themselves on first play (botched screen pass that went backwards)

6. Reach KC 45, sacked on 4th and 5

7. Go 44 yards in 23 seconds to get a field goal before halftime

Halftime

8. Punt

9. 3 and out punt

10. Reached 1st and goal from KC 1, settled for field goal from KC 4

11. Reached 1st and 10 from KC 14, turnover on downs

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Jaguars reached red zone three times. Zero touchdowns allowed. Two field goals and a turnover on downs. 

Here were the yards gained on the three Jaguars scoring drives: 3, 44, 73. So Jacksonville only went down the field and got points on 2 out of 11 drives. (One was gifted by a muffed punt, not the KC defense's fault.)

5 punts

1 turnover

2 turnover on downs

3 field goals

And last week, similar story for the Chiefs defense. One of the touchdowns was a pick 6. The other came after a fake punt from the Lions 17. Without the fake punt, the Lions have one 75-yard scoring drive the whole game. 

Promising start if the KC offense/special teams can stop turning the ball over.