Twenty-five years was a long wait for a Chiefs home playoff victory, and Mother Nature added a bit of intrigue by dropping a snowstorm on the greater Kansas City area on the eve of last Saturday’s game.
With that backdrop, the Chiefs snapped their four-game playoff losing streak to the Indianapolis Colts and lifted the playoff curse at Arrowhead, and they did it largely behind a stifling defense.
That defense, which has largely been viewed as the team’s weakness and potential downfall of this postseason run, dominated a Colts offense that ranked among the top 10 in the NFL during the regular season in scoring (fifth), yards per game (seventh), yards per play (10th), offensive DVOA as calculated by Football Outsiders (10th) and expected points contributed (eighth).