The Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 1 preseason tilt with the Chicago Bears is formally in the books.
Things went about as well as you might perhaps hope for if you’re the Chiefs, exterior of winning the exhibit match. The videogame began off hot with the beginning defense requiring a fast three-and-out of Justin Fields and the Bears’ offense. The beginning offense matched that energy, with Patrick Mahomes and business moving down the field with ease on an 11-play scoring drive. The novices on both offense and defense appear to be getting settled in, with the videogame including some huge efficiencies from a handful of young gamers. The group likewise handled to escape the videogame with simply a coupleof injuries, with Blake Bell and Derrick Gore leaving the videogame early.
So what else did we findout about the Chiefs in their veryfirst action of the preseason?
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The Chiefs didn’t escape with a triumph, however they needto be extremely happy with the result of preseason Week 1. Their beginners on both sides of the ball looked remarkable and things just began to go downhill for the group when the gamers who were longshots to make the 53-man lineup took over. As competitive as things haveactually been at specific areas through training camp, this videogame made some choices a lot mucheasier for the front workplace and training personnel in Kansas City.
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- Chiefs Wire Game Ball: QB Patrick Mahomes
- Harrison Butker Rookie of the Game: DE George Karlaftis
- Casey Wiegmann Veteran of the Game: DT Chris Jones
- Jamaal Charles Offensive Player of the Game: WR Justin Watson
- Bobby Bell Defensive Player of the Game: LB Willie Gay Jr.
- Morten Andersen Special Teams Player of the Game: S Justin Reid
- Otis Taylor Play of the Game: S Justin Reid’s additional point.
- Wesley Roesch Stat of the Game: Chiefs’ beginning offense transformed 4 initially downs.
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- The first-team defense began by requiring a terrific three-and-out. Included some emphasize plays from Justin Reid, Willie Gay and Chris Jones.
- The first-team offense looked truly sharp, spread the ball around and moved down the field quite flawlessly.
- Three running backs — Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Isiah Pacheco and Jerick McKinnon got to work with the veryfirst group offense. I was satisfied by what I saw from Pacheco, particularly his red zone catch which went for 5 backyards after breaking a takeon.
- JuJu Smith-Schuster, Mecole Hardman and Marquez Valdes-Scantling were the receivers to get run with the veryfirst group offense.
- The most outstanding novice of the day was quickly George Karlaftis. He was a handful for the Bears’ offensive line, notching a sack and numerous pressures.
- A close 2nd was novice WR Skyy Moore, who had a truly great toe-tapping grab on a 13-yard reception.
- The interior defensive line looks truly deep for Kansas City. Tershawn Wharton, Khalen Saunders and Taylor Stallworth all had plays where they flashed.
- I was satisfied by what I saw from Leo Chenal with the second-team and third-team defense, where he looked rather out of location. His run fits were actually great and he gets downhill in a rush. He did a great task getting people lined up when he was using the green dot too.
- There was a good grab from Josh Gordon with the second-team offense and Shane Buechele. He likewise almost made a great toe-tapping grab on the sideline working with Dustin Crum and the third-team offense. I would love to see him get some work with Henne next week.
- The second-team offensive line genuine