Ten Reason's why The Chiefs Lost

[jjchieffan]

Originally Posted by jaa1025

The KO return game wasn't on 10 as much as it was the kick off return team. When Hill caught the ball they were already at the 10 yard line. This hasn't happened all year and normally doesn't to any team. Steelers had defensive starters on special teams and it showed.

And i'm sorry, I place zero blame on the defense. When you hold to Steelers to 18 points, you damn well better win. This fault is all on the offense.

No. I wasn't meaning to blame Hill. He had nowhere to go. Our guys got blown up. Interesting that the Steelers were using defensive starters. It sounds good in theory, but it seems like guys that practice kickoff coverage all year would have the edge over guys who normally don't play special teams. But I guess it worked for them. They kicked our asses.

Like I said, I give credit to the defense for keeping them out of the endzone. That was awesome! But 6 scoring drives, one forced punt the entire night, and failure to make a stop to get the ball back when the game is on the line does not leave them blameless in my opinion. I am not defending the offense. They are definitely more to blame. But we lost by 2 points. And when making just one more stop would have tipped the scales in the Chiefs favor I can't leave the defense out. I just can't.