KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Beating the Chiefs here any time is difficult enough.
Thursday night or Sunday afternoon. October or January. Pristine weather, persistent wind or pelting snow.
The job becomes essentially impossible if a visitor fails in all three phases of the game.
That’s exactly what happened for the Broncos at the end of the first half in a 19-8 loss Thursday night.
Overall, the defense played well, the offense stunk and the special teams checked in somewhere in between. But they all had a hand in allowing Harrison Butker’s 60-yard field goal to end the half.