Fourth quarter GAME OVER. Chiefs win 38-27 Another update on Garoppolo’s knee injury: Jimmy Garoppolo got evaluated and just hopped on one leg down hallway into locker room. — Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) September 23, 2018 Kareem Hunt goes up the middle for a combined 6 yards 49ers timeouts at 3:35, 3:29 and 3:22 Injury updates, Dee Ford and Jimmy Garoppolo: #Chiefs announce LB Dee Ford has been ruled out with a groin injury — Arrowhead Pride (@ArrowheadPride) September 23, 2018 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo is carted off with a left knee injury. — Dani Welniak (@KCTVDani) September 23, 2018 Pass interference called on SF secondary for an automatic first down for KC SCORE: KC 38, SF 27 Gould (SF) goes for a field goal and it’s good. KC 38, SF 27 with 5 minutes remaining in the second half. 49ers get into the end zone on 4th-and-goal, but get a penalty for offensive pass interference that’s called on Juszczyk Garoppolo goes left end to KC 7 for 13 yards goes down injured on the play after cutting back in to Steven Nelson. Jimmy Garoppolo, instead of going out of bounds, tried to cut back on Steven Nelson. Nelson leveled him. Jimmy's down. Nelson didn't flinch. — Tom Martin (@TomKCTV5) September 23, 2018 Back-to-back SACKS. Allen Bailey sacks SF QB Jimmy Garoppolo at the KC 12 then Houston sacks him again at the KC 20. SF 4th down: Breida pushed ob at the KC 4 for 13 yards SCORE: KC 38, SF 24 Chiefs go for a field goal and Butker’s kick is good, extending chiefs lead 38-24. Mahomes tries to find Spencer Ware deep right, but it’s incomplete. 49ers’ Solomon Thomas injured on the play. Patrick Mahomes gets clobbered from behind and somehow it's the defensive lineman who's wobbled and I'm out of descriptions. — Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) September 23, 2018 KC calls time out #1 at 14:01 Mahomes finds Kelce for 14 yards and Duvernay-Tardif picks up an offensive holding penalty (offsetting) and SF’s Reed called for Horse Collar tackle (offsetting) 49ers’ Reuben Foster goes down on the first drive. Receives help from trainers on the field then walks off. Third quarter SCORE GOING INTO THE 4th: KC 35, SF 24 KC 35, SF 24 Mahomes connects with Watkins again for 10 yards to end the 3rd quarter. Mahomes finds Kelce for 8 yards at the SF 33. Kelce’s well over 100 receiving yards so far today. Mahomes finds Sammy Watkins for 15 yards. Watkins pushed outside back at the SF 41 5 yard penalty called on SF Witherspoon for holding SF TOUCHDOWN. Alfred Morris goes up the middle for 3 yard TD. 49ers go for the 2-points and it’s good by Kittle. All of a sudden, it’s a close game. KC 35, SF 24. Alfred Morris goes up the middle for 3 yard TD. 49ers go for the 2-points and it’s good by Kittle. All of a sudden, it’s a close game. KC 35, SF 24. (6:56) Garoppolo sacked at SF 20. Chris Jones picks up a 5 yard penalty for defensive offsides nobody even tried to cover Marquise Goodwin on that touchdown. The closest guys around him were his teammates. Orlando Scandrick was standing out of the end zone. Looked like the other receiver back there may have cleared him out of the way. — Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) September 23, 2018 49ERS TOUCHDOWN. A solid overall drive by SF results in Garoppolo finds Goodwin wide open for 11 yards. The field goal is no point. Chiefs still lead 35-16. A solid overall drive by SF results in Garoppolo finds Goodwin wide open for 11 yards. The field goal is no point. Chiefs still lead 35-16. Garoppolo finds Garcon for 11 yards then tries to find him again deep left, but it’s incomplete Colquitt punts 39 yards to SF 13 Mahomes finds Demetrius Harris, but he drops the pass. (12:08) penalty called on Mitchell Schwartz. False start, 5 yards, enforced at KC 48 Second half injury update: Richard Sherman (calf) is questionable to return — Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) September 23, 2018 Second quarter NINE different @chiefs players have now caught TDs through two and a half games. The ALL TIME NFL RECORD for a SEASON is 13 from the 2016 Falcons. Two and a half GAMES. @gmfb @nflonfox — Peter Schrager (@PSchrags) September 23, 2018 END OF FIRST HALF: Chiefs lead 35-10 The 49ers score just before halftime as Robbie Gould's 39-yard field goal is good. KC 35, SF 10 Halftime — Matt McMullen (@KCChiefs_Matt) September 23, 2018 CHIEFS TOUCHDOWN. Mahomes finds Sammy Watkins for a 12 yard TD pass. Chiefs now lead 35-7. Watkins into the end zone pic.twitter.com/L0BgSoazzS — Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) September 23, 2018 Mahomes finds Kelce again for 14 yards. 5 yard penalty on 49ers’ Buckner (offsides) and defensive pass interference penalty called on Exum is declined. Mahomes finds Damien Williams who’s pushed outside back at the SF 28 for 9 yards Mahomes sacked at the SF 37 Mahomes finds Travis Kelce for 16 yards. Kelce’s pushed outside back at the KC 49 after catching with one hand. That might be the best catch of Travis Kelce's career. Snags it one-handed right out of the air on a back-shoulder type of throw. — BJ Kissel (@ChiefsReporter) September 23, 2018 2 minute warning: 49ers offense stalls and gives it back to Mahomes and the offense with 2:00 left. They'll have it at their own 32 — Lynn Worthy (@LWorthySports) September 23, 2018 Garoppolo throws back-to-back incomplete passes. Binion punts 39 yards to KC 32. (3:18) Matt Breida goes down with injury and walks off: Houston with a great play to partially fight off the cut block, get up and make the tackle for a loss. Breida stays down after getting tackled. #Chiefs — Lynn Worthy (@LWorthySports) September 23, 2018 Defensive holding called on Chiefs’ Steven Nelson (6 yards) and Orlando Scandrick (declined) Garoppolo sacked at SF 24, ball pops out but is recovered by SF at the 26. And another one: Mahomes is now tied with Peyton Manning (2013) for the most touchdowns (12) through the first three weeks of a season in NFL history. There's three minutes left in the first half. — Matt McMullen (@KCChiefs_Matt) September 23, 2018 CHIEFS TOUCHDOWN. Mahomes finds Demetrius Harris for a 13 yard TD. Extra point is good. Chiefs lead 28-7. Mahomes finds Demetrius Harris for a 13 yard TD. Extra point is good. Chiefs lead 28-7. SF picks up two back-to-back penalties. Flag thrown on Foster for unnecessary roughness enforced at KC 46. Then for too many men on the field enforced at SF 39. Antone Exum forces Sammy Watkins to fumble. Tyreek Hill recovers at the Chiefs 37 A look at the Mahomes to Conley touchdown: Look at all this sexiness pic.twitter.com/RKJjlt3HaH — Cody Tapp (@codybtapp) September 23, 2018 Get used to broken records by Patrick Mahomes: Patrick Mahomes is now tied with Tom Brady (2011) for the second-most touchdowns through the first three weeks of a season in NFL history, and there's still over a half of football to go. He needs one more to match Peyton Manning (2013) for the record. — Matt McMullen (@KCChiefs_Matt) September 23, 2018 Binion punts 43 yards to KC 28. Ball is caught by Tyreek Hill 3 drives, 3 TDs for the Chiefs...this offense is fun. https://t.co/XKqTsZjUlz — Michele Steele (@ESPNMichele) September 23, 2018 Chiefs 21, SF 7 CHIEFS TOUCHDOWN . Mahomes finds his way out of trouble and throws off balance to Chris Conley for a 4 yard TD. His first at Arrowhead. Butker’s kick is good for the extra point. . Mahomes finds his way out of trouble and throws off balance to Chris Conley for a 4 yard TD. His first at Arrowhead. Butker’s kick is good for the extra point. The Cheetah is o f f again! Tyreek Hill finds the end of Mahomes’ toss at the SF 8 for 42 yards Chris Conley is now listed as questionable with right ankle injury Chiefs 14, SF 7 SF TOUCHDOWN . Garoppolo finds Juszczyk for 35 yards and the extra point is good. . Garoppolo finds Juszczyk for 35 yards and the extra point is good. 49ers’ Morris tackled by Chris Jones at KC 35 Jimmy Garoppolo finds Taylor for 10 yards then Kittle for 15 False start penalty called on SF’s Joe Staley. 5 yards enforced at the SF 43 The #Chiefs have scored a league-most 49 points in the first quarter this season. That seems good. — Matt McMullen (@KCChiefs_Matt) September 23, 2018 Chiefs start Q2 with a 14-0 lead over the 49ers First quarter Update on Chris Conley’s injury status: Chris Conley now getting taped up around his lower left leg. Looks like he will stay on the field, we'll see if/when he goes back in. — Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) September 23, 2018 Defensive pass interference called on Anthony Hitchens. 18 yards enforced at the SF 25. Hunt’s on the run: This marks the second-career game with multiple rushing touchdowns for Kareem Hunt, and we're still in the first quarter. — Matt McMullen (@KCChiefs_Matt) September 23, 2018 CHIEFS TOUCHDOWN. Kareem Hunt drives it up the middle for his second TD of the game, extending the lead to 14-0 Chris Conley down in the end zone holding his ankle. Remember, he suffered an achilles injury last season. — Tom Martin (@TomKCTV5) September 23, 2018 Mahomes looks for Conley deep left. Conley’s injured on the play and pass interference called on 49ers K’Waun Williams, setting Chiefs up at the 1 yard line. Mahomes sacked at SF 32 Mahomes looks Demetrius Harris deep, but it’s overthrown. Another flag thrown as SF picks up another penalty for illegal hands to the face. Mahomes looks for Tyreek Hill in-stride heading into the end zone but it’s incomplete SF penalty on Exum for unnecessary roughness. 15 yards enforced at KC 25. Dee Ford sacks Jimmy Garoppolo on third down Followed by Marquise Goodwin with a catch in traffic and holds onto it after a big hit. 1st down for the #49ers at the Chiefs 36 — Niners Nation (@NinersNation) September 23, 2018 Eric Murray misses the tackle on Matt Breida who picks up 26 yards before getting pushed outside back at the Chiefs 49 Kareem Hunt takes it in from 1-yard out and the #Chiefs have begun this game with a three-and-out forced by the defense, and then a 11-play, 62-yard touchdown drive from the offense. Nice start. — BJ Kissel (@ChiefsReporter) September 23, 2018 TOUCHDOWN CHIEFS . Kareem Hunt drives it home and the field goal is good. Chiefs lead 7-0. . Kareem Hunt drives it home and the field goal is good. Chiefs lead 7-0. Mahomes finds Anthony Sherman for 16 yards who pushes his way towards the end zone and sets the Chiefs up at the 1 yard line. Watching the defender who hit Mahomes start to celebrate before he realized they'd given up a 1st down was entertaining. — Seth Keysor (@RealMNchiefsfan) September 23, 2018 Kelce picks up a penalty (false start) 5 yards, enforced at SF 28, which sets up a 3rd and 15 for the Chiefs Mahomes looks past an open Travis Kelce and throws incomplete to Chris Conley A notable stat: #Chiefs have started on defense in each of the first three games and forced a three-and-out at every opening drive so far. — Farzin Vousoughian (@Farzin21) September 23, 2018 On Chiefs opening drive, Mahomes has a pass intended for an Sammy Watkins, but it’s incomplete. Mahomes connects with Tyreek Hill next for 9 yards and get first down. 49ers forced to punt after going three-and-out on their opening drive. Pinlon punts 33 yards to the KC 43 Chiefs secondary starts strong out of the gates. 1 pass break up and a TFL 49ers start on offense from their own 19 Chiefs captains: Mitchell Schwartz, Steve Nelson and De’Anthony Thomas Pre-game Kick-off is almost underway: Conley holding the flag during the anthem. pic.twitter.com/3x52SjQrLt — Dani Welniak (@KCTVDani) September 23, 2018 The Chiefs make their way out of the tunnel. QB Patrick Mahomes is introduced last. The Week 2 NFLPA Community MVP is here: Travis Kelce: still a good dude.<doc-sep>The Chiefs are back at Arrowhead for the first time this season. Hype for Patrick Mahomes is at an all time high and it’s set to be absolutely electric at Arrowhead stadium. The tailgate will be poppin’, there’s a flyover set for the game, the Nigerian Nightmare is going to be pounding the drum. This is one that you won’t want to miss! Below are important game details about this regular season matchup. If you have questions about the game, reach out to us on Twitter @TheChiefsWire. Game information: Who: Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers When: Sunday, September 23rd, 12:00 p.m. CT. Where: Arrowhead Stadium – Kansas City, Missouri Streaming: Live stream: fuboTV (try it for free) Television channels: KTVU FOX 2 (San Francisco) WDAF-TV FOX 4 (Kansas City) Broadcasters: Thom Brennaman, Chris Spielman, Pete Schrager Referee: Tony Corrente Radio: 101.1 FM (Kansas City) Sirius XM 227 (Satellite Radio) Opponent wire site: Niners Wire Chiefs’ 2018 record: 2-0 Chiefs’ 2018 schedule Week Opponent Time (CT) | Date Channel 1 at Los Angeles Chargers 3:05 p.m. | Sun, Sept. 9th CBS 2 at Pittsburgh Steelers 12:00 p.m. | Sun, Sept. 16th CBS 3 vs. San Francisco 49ers 12:00 p.m. | Sun, Sept. 23rd FOX 4 at Denver Broncos 7:15 p.m. | Mon, Oct. 1st ESPN 5 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars 12:00 p.m. | Sun, Oct. 7th CBS 6 at New England Patriots 7:20 p.m. | Sun, Oct. 14th NBC 7 vs. Cincinnati Bengals 12:00 p.m. | Sun, Oct. 21st CBS 8 vs. Denver Broncos 12:00 p.m. | Sun, Oct. 28th CBS 9 at Cleveland Browns 12:00 p.m. | Sun, Nov. 4th CBS 10 vs. Arizona Cardinals 12:00 p.m. | Sun, Nov. 11th FOX 11 at Los Angeles Rams (Mexico City) 6:15 p.m. | Mon, Nov. 19th ESPN 12 BYE BYE BYE 13 at Oakland Raiders 3:05 p.m. | Sun, Dec. 2nd CBS 14 vs. Baltimore Ravens 12:00 p.m. | Sun, Dec. 9th CBS 15 vs. Los Angeles Chargers 7:20 p.m. | Thu, Dec. 13th FOX/NFLN 16 at Seattle Seahawks 6:20 p.m. | Sun, Dec. 23rd NBC 17 vs. Oakland Raiders 12:00 p.m. | Sun, Dec. 30th CBS 2018 Chiefs 53-man roster<doc-sep>
What’s up Niners Nation? I want to start by going into what I was expecting this season before it started. In training camp and the preseason for the Kansas City Chiefs, it became clear very quickly that the Chiefs defense, especially the secondary, was going to struggle. The Chiefs played Chase Daniel and the Chicago Bears backups in Week 3 of the preseason and Daniel reminded me of Joe Montana—Daniel went 15 of 18 for 198 yards and two touchdowns. With Andy Reid, you always had a feeling the offense would be OK. So my preseason verdict was an average offense with a not-so-great defense. The Chiefs would be lucky to start 1-1 on the road against Los Angeles (Chargers) and Pittsburgh and then we would see how they did against San Francisco. The defense has been not so great. The offense has been ridiculous. Why the Chiefs will win The Kansas City Chiefs will win if the defense can keep the San Francisco 49ers under 30 points. Through the first two weeks, the Chiefs defense has allowed 28 (Chargers) and 37 (Steelers) respectively. But it hasn’t mattered with Patrick Mahomes scoring an NFL-record 10 touchdowns and producing 38 and then 42 points. It took the NFL five weeks to slow Reid’s Alex Smith-run offense down last year. I don’t really expect the 49ers to be able to do so this week. The Chiefs’ run defense is a lot better than last season thanks to the addition of inside linebacker Anthony Hitchens, who leads the team in tackles, but the definite weakness, as I mentioned above, is the secondary. The Chiefs are without their starting safeties in Eric Berry and Daniel Sorensen and are missing a formidable nickel cornerback. The Chiefs signed Orlando Scandrick in that role at the last minute when free-agent acquisition David Amerson didn’t work out. Scandrick had a good game in coverage last week, but one of his holding penalties proved costly. If the Chiefs secondary plays well enough to hold the 49ers to 29, I think the Chiefs win. Why the Chiefs will lose The Chiefs will lose if the 49ers exploit the Chiefs secondary and once they have a lead, control the time of possession. To me, the key to this game for the 49ers will be getting a lead and keeping it. I saw earlier this week that the the over-under was teetering around 55. I predict it will be much higher than that. If the 49ers can find a lead in the second half and then utilize Matt Breida to control the ball and keep it out of Mahomes’ hands, things could get dicey for the Chiefs. Of course, if Robert Saleh is the man to find a way to stop the Chiefs offense, the Chiefs will be out of the game. Mark my words. The tandem of Jimmy G, George Kittle and Pierre Garcon will do some damage to this Chiefs secondary. It’s how much. The addition of Marquise Goodwin, if he plays, changes the game as well. The more legit air weapons the Chiefs have to manage, the better the 49ers’ chances become.