For what felt like the first time in recent memory, the Kansas City Chiefs’ defense won a football game. The same defense that has been ridiculed for the last few years for being one of the worst defenses in the NFL led the Chiefs to a victory in 2019. Who would have thought that when the team needed a win most, the defense would be the one to pull it out over the Denver Broncos?
This game had plenty of opportunities to get out of hand for Kansas City: when Denver overcame two failed third-down conversions by way of Chiefs penalties and scored a touchdown, when Patrick Mahomes left the game injured, in the second half when K.