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3rd and six. One of many in the 1st half where they simply couldn't get Manning off the field.
Chiefs in dime. Poe and Bailey down, Hali and Houston on the edge, Mauga and Abdullah as your LBs. Parker and Coleman playing what looks like a cover 2.
Sean Smith has Demaryius Thomas covered fine on the outside, but the Broncos run a good looking criss-cross route -- Sanders starts off the LT and cuts across the middle, and Anderson comes out of the backfield off RT and cuts the other way.
The weird thing is the Chiefs never attempt to line up anybody across from Sanders. Mauga draws the assignment and fails to keep up with him across the field. Abdullah flinches to the inside with Anderson but then sees the pass and is too late to get there.
Sanders catches the ball in stride with both defenders trailing. Big gain.
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