GREEN BAY, Wis.
The Kansas Chiefs spent a healthy amount of time this preseason speaking optimistically about their chances to contend this season.
Fans were hyped about the free-agent addition of Jeremy Maclin to boost a limp receiving corps, and there was a sense that the leaky run defense would be better with the return of veteran starters Mike DeVito and Derrick Johnson.
However, the Chiefs’ performance on Monday night will do little to buoy that confidence. To be honest, the Chiefs — as trailed by as many as 24 points in the second half, despite the final score — looked a lot like the worst parts of last year’s 9-7 team, with the addition of some horribly-timed (and just plain horrible) defensive penalties and minus the creative offensive playcalls that actually worked.