Chiefs Throttled by Broncos, 44-13
Last year, now-Broncos coach Josh McDaniels was serving as the New England Patriots’ offensive coordinator… and with Tom Brady being taken out by the Chiefs in Week 1 of the 2008-09 season, McDaniels worked with backup QB Matt Cassel to lead the Pats to an 11-5 record.
But now, a year later, with McDaniels coaching the Broncos and Cassel now the head QB of the Chiefs, McDaniels showed no mercy in Denver’s 44-13 victory over Kansas City on Sunday, keeping pace with the San Diego Chargers in the AFC West division race.
“I want to win. I’m a Bronco,” McDaniels said. “We’re going to have more games against the Chiefs and Matt Cassel. It’s going to take a good effort to contain him and stop him every time we play him.”
On a day where they retired the jersey of Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Thomas, the Chiefs did everything they could to soil the good feelings in the stadium.
Their defense was a disaster, allowing 17 plays of 10 yards or more, and giving up consecutive 40 yard games to opponents for the first time in over 25 years.
And their offense, led by Cassel, wasn’t much better, as Cassel had a 14.6 QB rating on 10-of-29 passing, before Chiefs coach Todd Haley ultimately pulled his new franchise QB in favor of backup Brodie Croyle.
“I think it’s pretty simple: if you drop the ball on offense and throw the ball to them and you turn it over, you’re not going to do very well,” Haley said.
