Watch the AFC West Divisions match between the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium (starting at 1.20 a.m. Monday) as part of a three-way NFL match Sunday night live on Sky Sports NFL from 5 p.m.
So what was everyone worried about?
With so many shocking league defeats over the past few weeks, the Chiefs’ four-game winning streak has all but escaped attention. But in this most open season in the NFL, their improved form couldn’t have been better.
Just five weeks ago, the Chiefs ended a bad start with a 27-3 loss to the Tennessee Titans, falling to a 3-4 record in the process.
This game was a snapshot of Kansas City’s struggles at the start of the season – weak defense, constant losses and attack, in which Magomes worked wonders to keep them in the game. Some of these challenges – defense in particular – were not new, but while the chiefs had previously found a way to overcome them, they now seemed to be out of luck.
The Chiefs were the pre-season favorites and their offense was considered the NFL’s new gold standard. Some commentators even predicted they would go the entire campaign unbeaten, but the fickle Magomes suddenly looked deadly and the rest of the team couldn’t make up for his weakness, Kansas City looked in danger of missing out on the postseason.
Typically, the leaders change the scenario again, gradually progressing through the playoffs with each win, while the early leaders suffer sobering defeats.
However, the return is far from over. As we get closer to Sunday’s competition, Kansas City is leading the division in just one game – and not just AFC West is busy, the entire AFC is packed with challengers, 13 of the 16 teams still in seven playoffs. spots.
In short, winning the division is key, and each game becomes much more important as we get closer to the final third of the season. While the Chiefs started out as strong favorites for the Broncos – a side they have beaten 11 times in a row – there were too many surprises this year to take for granted. To get the job done, they’ll be some of the keys to Kansas City this Sunday.
A surprising discovery in their November race was the Kansas City defense, widely acknowledged as their biggest flaw in years. That hasn’t happened lately as they have lost just 47 points in their last four games, holding Duck Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys’ hitting attack with just nine points and Derek Carr’s Las Vegas Raiders to 14. For context: this happens after how they conceded 30 points or more in five of their first six games this season and 29 in another.
