Bucs abused the defense...

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Originally Posted by philfree

The Chiefs are down two out of three down linemen and Poe didn't practice all week although he played. DJ didn't practice all week and then played and Peters whom leads the league in INTs was out. Then Dee Ford who leads the league in sacks went out. It was Houston's first game back and he's not near even 90%. And the truth be told we've missed Mauga against the run all year and are at the 3rd player down the depth chart at that position. Hate to use injuries as an excuse but damn this D is decimated.

It's not an excuse because it was a factor. All those guys being out certainly mattered. Even with that, the defense managed to hold the Bucs to 19 points at home and that should have been enough if the offense would have done its job when they were in position to do so.