Chiefs vs. Lions Preseason Recap: Unexpected One Point Victory
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00:00Saturday afternoon into the evening hours at Arrowhead. A
00:07rematch of the season opener in the regular season in 2023 at
00:11the home of the two-time reigning Super Bowl champion
00:15Kansas City Chiefs who did play their starters for a good
00:18majority of the opening half against the Detroit Lions. No
00:21starters on the other side for Detroit and still the Lions come
00:26away with a one point victory 2423. They also won by a single
00:31point in the season opener to start the 2023 campaign. They
00:35went outright as a nine and a half point underdog. Andy Reed
00:40has always been in favor of playing his starters in the
00:44preseason. That's what made this line nearly double digits, but
00:47it does go over 39 and a half. There's a lot we can get into
00:52here in just a moment, but the question has to be asked. Where
00:55were you when Patrick Mahomes went behind his back in an NFL
01:00preseason game rolling out to his right tosses it behind his
01:04back to his tight end Travis Kelsey, depending on who you
01:08ask Mahomes said on the broadcast was not a planned
01:11play. Kelsey said what not a real. Yeah, it was a real play.
01:15I know exactly what was going to happen, although he tried to
01:19go with a little bit of a comic fib as well. Regardless a cool
01:23moment in preseason despite KC falling by a point at home.
01:27Yeah, no doubt that wasn't off the script. Of course it was
01:29going to be on the script on that play there, but again just
01:32to execute that in real time was pretty impressive to watch
01:34and it did work and having said that how about Detroit's
01:37passing game Sudfeld and Hooker 26 and 42 in that game for
01:41342 yards passing. It's wild that that big of an upset would
01:44take place, but again, it's preseason. Not really game
01:47planning overall, but having said that let's look at the
01:49Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes in midseason form. He's
01:52going to be fantastic. We know that he's great every single
01:54year, but you know what I really like from this savior
01:56worthy. You got the rushing yardage one for 11, which means
01:59they're going to be willing to use him almost in a Debo Samuel
02:02type role and give him the football a couple times a game.
02:04Maybe on those reverses number two him looking so fluid out
02:08there getting open deep. I was watching this going. Oh my
02:11goodness like Henderson is going to be out for a little
02:13bit or a Marquis Brown. I should say it's going to be out
02:15here for a little bit of time. If we're if we're lining up
02:17that team, Rishi Rice even look good early. This is where we
02:20go back to last year with the Kansas City Chiefs and said
02:22boy if they just had more of a wide receiver concept as
02:25opposed to a rookie in Rishi Rice. Now Rice enters his
02:28second year. I don't know if there's going to be suspensions
02:30on the horizon who knows, but if they have those three wide
02:32receivers healthy for the majority of the season, that's
02:35going to be a fun office for Kansas City, but my total
02:37takeaway is Xavier worthy. Looks like he could be a really
02:41good player in this offense.