Chiefs Triumph Over Ravens: Game Analysis & Highlights

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00:00We start with Thursday night fallout from Arrowhead.

00:07The Chiefs may never lose another game in their history.

00:12Yeah, this one was so good.

00:14Yeah, the Ravens.

00:15This is this is such a great game.

00:17Okay, first of all Ravens kind of surprised me.

00:20They went right down and scored.

00:22So they're up 7-0 where they kind of take the crowd out of

00:24it for like a minute.

00:26Then the Chiefs kept, Chiefs kept scoring and taking over.

00:30I give the Ravens credit.

00:31They fought, they fought, they fought.

00:33We'll get to Isaiah Likely in a second.

00:34But there are a couple things, Scott, coming out of this game

00:36that concern me.

00:37Their pass protection.

00:38It doesn't show on sacks, but they gave up too much pressure

00:41overall.

00:41Their offensive line, the Ravens offensive line is a problem,

00:44particularly in the interior.

00:46So that's something, doing this little mini buy, they're

00:48gonna have to get fixed and cleaned up.

00:50The big stir this game was Isaiah Likely.

00:52I told you last night, best backup tight end in the National

00:54Football League.

00:55Also told you they're going to be heavy 12 personnel.

00:58Likely is going to be on the field pretty much more than

01:00any backup tight end.

01:01He was phenomenal.

01:02Led them in targets with 12, receptions with 9.

01:06Should have had a 10th.

01:08Isaiah will learn to make sure he gets his feet in.

01:10We all saw it.

01:10It was incredible.

01:12But he is a factor.

01:14I know, I know people who play fantasy worry about Mark

01:16Andrews.

01:17I think it had more to do with the pass protection.

01:20They're not getting Andrews involved.

01:21Andrews has to get involved.

01:23He's their starting tight end.

01:24It's only one game.

01:25People are overreacting.

01:27But the other thing that was interesting, Scott, we talked

01:30about this leading up to the game.

01:32Really thought we'd get more out of Henry and Jackson.

01:35I know Derek Henry scored and Lamar ran the ball well.

01:38Now, Lamar also scrambled a lot.

01:40But I was expecting, and I give the Chiefs credit, Steve

01:43Spagnuolo, defense coordinator, credit for hemming Lamar

01:46in as much as he could.

01:47It's really shutting down Henry.

01:49But I'm expecting going forward, we're going to see more

01:51explosive plays from Henry.

01:52Get him going more.

01:54Because eventually, it's going to explode.

01:56They're going to have to.

01:56Because I know in training camp, talking to the Ravens, they

01:59were kind of blown away with the defense's reaction in practice

02:03to what Lamar would do with the football.

02:05So we're expecting to see that going forward here.

02:07Now, defensively, look, we talked about this.

02:09Zach Ware's first game.

02:11They go up 27 points.

02:12That's concerning.

02:12It's only his first game.

02:14Mike McDonald, by the way, his first game as Ravens defense

02:18coordinator wasn't great.

02:19So we have to give Zach Ware time, the youngest defensive

02:22coordinator in the National Football League.

02:24It's only one game.

02:25You know, by the way, we remember when the Chiefs lost

02:26their first game to the Lions.

02:28When Chris Jones didn't play, and they had somebody else

02:31out, they wound up still winning the Super Bowl.

02:33So I don't worry about the first game.

02:35They learn a little bit.

02:35They got to clean some things up.

02:37Now, what I loved about the Chiefs, and I hate to bring

02:41this up with Carver on the show, but you saw it in game one.

02:46Xavier Worthy was incredible, electric, and they didn't

02:49even have Hollywood Brown in the game, who's the other

02:51fast receiver.

02:53Scott Worthy was a major factor.

02:56You saw, you see why they made that trade with the Bills.

02:59Right.

02:59And he scored on the run.

03:01He scored catching the football.

03:03He's going to be a major factor going on.

03:05He's not a guy's going to catch the ball a lot, by the way.

03:07You can see him on gadget plays, as I understand it, and

03:09rounds, and orbit motion, stuff like that.

03:12But he was phenomenal.

03:13And now the league has seen it.

03:15They have it on tape, and those other teams are going to

03:17have to react.

03:18So what was so bad with Lamar Jackson's, you know, 41

03:23attempts, 273.

03:26He obviously threw a TD, and he ran for 122.

03:30If I had a guy, and he was my quarterback, and he threw

03:34for 273 yards, and ran for 122 yards in the same game,

03:39I would be on cloud nine.

03:41What was so bad about his performance?

03:43I mean, he, you know, Holmes was barely better than him.

03:47No, but Scott, the first half, he struggled.

03:49I mean, I watched every play.

03:50I mean, he did not throw the ball well.

03:52He was not comfortable.

03:53Now, as I said, part of it was the pressure on Lamar, making

03:57him move when he didn't want to move, which is

04:00what you're looking for from a defensive coordinator at

04:02Spagnuolo with his blitz packages.

04:04I thought they did a great job, but they handled it.

04:06Lamar scrambled really, really well.

04:08The connection with Lightly was great, but they got to

04:11get, they got to get, say, Flowers to the football.

04:13They got to get Andrews to the football.

04:15I give them credit.

04:16Not easy to play there.

04:17We know that the Ravens were the NFL's best road team,

04:19certainly, in the regular season.

04:21They only lost one game.

04:22Not great at home, which is odd, but bottom line, they

04:25know what the Chiefs are.

04:27It's the toughest place to play the National Football

04:29League. It's tough.

04:29They hung in there.

04:31Game should have gone in overtime.

04:32Lightly's got to get his feet in.

04:33That was a great play, and Link now has got to be worried

04:36about when you face the Ravens' Isaiah Lightly.

04:38I mean, that kid is awesome out of Coastal Carolina,

04:40by the way.

04:41They're going to win.

04:42So many games make your head spin.

04:44They lost to the world champs like they always do.

04:47They can't beat the Kansas City Chiefs.

04:50Now they play the Raiders next Sunday.

04:52They'll kick their ass, and the Chiefs will play the

04:56Bengals at Arrowhead, and they'll be 2-0.

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