Houston wins 17-10. Chiefs unable to punch it in through three attempts. On fourth down — with 19 seconds remaining — the Texans bat away a fade pass in the end zone, and the game ends as Houston takes over on downs. Pass interference in the end zone. Chiefs first and goal at the one. Chiefs now in the red zone. First down at the 10. Litton looking pretty good. Chiefs moving the ball up the field, mixing runs and passes. Litton hits Ellis for a first down in Texans territory. Chase Litton now in at quarterback for the Chiefs. The officials say Webb didn’t make the first down, and Houston goes for it on fourth and 1 from the 4. The Chiefs hold, and take over. On third down from the 10, the Chiefs nearly sack Webb15 yards behind the line as the pass coverage holds, but Webb scrambles and gets close to the first down marker. Measurement timeout. A couple of big running plays, and the Texans are in the red zone again. Now on the 10 yard line. Houston starts at the 20. Drive stalls, and Butker kicks a 32 yard field goal. Chiefs trail 17-10. First down to Amaro. Chiefs knocking on the door. Chiefs driving down the field, aided by two costly Houston penalties — and then the Chiefs are flagged for offensive pass interference on a big gain by Jace Amaro. Tremon Smith with another decent return from deep in the end zone. Chiefs start at the 25. Houston works its way into Chiefs territory, and gets into the red zone. At the 12, Chiefs evelop Webb on third and 8, forcing an incompletion and a field goal. Texans lead 17-7. Chiefs go three and out. Houston starts at their own 22 after a fair catch. Tremon Smith takes the second half to the 25 yard line. Matt McGloin takes over at quarterback. Henne finishes 8/14 for 91 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception. The Chiefs go to the locker room trailing 14-7, and will get the ball to start the third quarter. Henne hits Demarcus Robinson for a 24 yard touchdown pass. 14-7 Texans, with just over a minute remaining. Two minute warning. Henne completes a third and long pass to Demarcus Robinson for a first down. Second catch on the night for Demetrius Harrius is good for another first down. Chiefs across the 50. Chiefs force a three and out, and get the ball at their own 10 after the Houston punt goes out of bounds. Henne makes some magic with his feet on the drive, but is intercepted after a pass is tipped. Texans ball at Houston 48. Chad Henne now in at quarterback for the Chiefs, starting at his own 14. Mahomes 5-7 for 33 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs in appearance. Texans lead 14-0 after another touchdown pass to Akins — this one for 14 yards. Texans gash the Chiefs for another big gain — a 35 yard run by Blue. Now well into Chiefs territory after starting at the Houston 34. Starting at the 19, the Chiefs get a first down on successive passes, but are forced to punt after Mahomes is sacked, and then overthrows his receiver on the next play. Third down screen pass is blown up by the Texans. Texans score on a six yard pass from Breeden to Akins. PAT good. 7-0 Texans. Texans converted four third downs, including one with the help of a holding penalty against CB David Amerson — Lynn Worthy (@LWorthySports) August 10, 2018 Brandon Weeden now in at QB. Houston drive getting a lot of help from penales on the Chiefs David Amerson - two first downs from defensive penalties on this drive. Texans now in the red zone - now with a first down. Substitutions starting already for the Chiefs. Breeland Speaks and Tanoh Kpassagnon coming in at outside linebacker. — Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) August 10, 2018 Chiefs stall after short gains by Hill and Hunt. Mahomes completed thrid down pass to Hunt in the flat, but Hunt counldn’t convert. After punt, Houston starts at it own 25. Chiefs start at their own 17. Here comes Patrick Mahomes. First play is a 14 yard pass to Kelce over the middle. Lamar Miller gashes the Chiefs for 19 on the ground. Texans now nearing midfield on their opening drive. But Chiefs hold at midfield. Texans get the ball to start the game, and start at their own 17. Captains for tonight’s game: Dustin Colquitt, Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, Justin Houston and Allen Bailey. Yeah... probably. I may be cynical, but the smoke from these fireballs at the entrance doesn’t seem environmentally friendly pic.twitter.com/LlsoUX5XkH — Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) August 10, 2018 As Chiefs fans, we’ll be focused 100% on Patrick Mahomes. But it’s worth noting that nationally, this game will be seen as a battle between Mahomes and DeShaun Watson, who was selected just two spots after Mahomes in the 2017 NFL Draft. REEK! Eric Berry doin’ what Eric Berry do. Even in street clothes, Eric Berry is still at the center of the huddle, getting everyone hype after team warm ups. — Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) August 10, 2018 Some prominent Chiefs will not play tonight. Eric Berry, Spencer Ware and Reggie Ragland are the most prominent of Chiefs players who will not dress for tonight's game against the Texans at Arrowhead Stadium, I'm told. De'Anthony Thomas and Daniel Sorensen are among the others. https://t.co/xNYtLgXglz — Adam Teicher (@adamteicher) August 9, 2018 Teicher later clarified that some of these players might be in uniform, but would not play. But although Sammy Watkins has been sidelined much of the week with a hip injury, it looks like he might play tonight. Sammy Watkins is indeed dressed for the Chiefs and going through warmups. We'll see if he plays. pic.twitter.com/JsRc2zgiki — Adam Teicher (@adamteicher) August 9, 2018 A few guys walked across the parking lot for the game. You just have to love Chris Jones. Watch Chiefs’ Chris Jones take selfies with fans before game at Arrowhead https://t.co/MtxtsUp4Un — Jeff Rosen (@jeff_rosen88) August 9, 2018<doc-sep>Deshaun Watson may have only gotten one brief series in his official return to the NFL gridiron tonight, but there was still plenty of useful observations to come out of the Texans’ 17-10 win over the Kansas City Chiefs tonight. Here are just a few of the things that I noticed while watching Bill O’Brien’s new-look squad this evening: The offensive line might improve after all I don’t want to make any sweeping generalizations or predictions after just one quarter-ish of snaps, but the starting Texans offensive line acquitted itself well tonight both as run blockers and in pass protection. Lamar Miller was sprung free for a big run on Houston’s opening drive, and from the second series onward Brandon Weeden was fairly comfortable in the pocket with minimal pressure. Julie’n Davenport in particular handled himself well, I felt. While his technique is by no means clean yet, his size and length really showed up in this game. Edge rushers struggled a lot to get around his massive frame, and as long as he keeps a wide base and anchors well against power rushers that get a leverage advantage on him he could end up being a surprisingly decent left tackle this season. Do I expect Pro Bowl play out of this line as a whole? Absolutely not. But if they can just be average, this Texans offense could be very, very good. The Houston front seven is nasty J.J. Watt, Whitney Mercilus, and Jadeveon Clowney were all not on the field tonight, and yet the Houston pass rush was still very disruptive against the starting Chiefs offensive line. Pat Mahomes could never quite get comfortable in the pocket, and that led to multiple errant passes and throw aways. Once the three-headed monster of Watt, Mercilus, and Clowney all come back, that disruption will only increase. I very much look forward to watching what this unit can do on third and long this year, because it could be downright special. Brandon Weeden is way, way better than Tom Savage Say what you want about Brandon Weeden at this stage in his career – he’s not a franchise quarterback, and he never will be – but I’ll be damned if I don’t really like him as a backup in Bill O’Brien’s system. He looks infinitely more comfortable than Tom Savage ever did, and even though you can knock him for being a statue in the pocket and not being nearly as aggressive as Watson on deeper passing concepts, the guy can clearly steer the ship. If Watson goes down for any period of time with another injury this season (knock on wood), I think this team can still win games with Weeden under center. They certainly won’t be as dynamic or productive as a unit overall, but they can still win, and that’s really all that matters in the end. What are your own observations from tonight’s win, BRB? Did anything in particular excite and/or worry you? Sound off in the comments below.<doc-sep>The Kansas City Chiefs had a lackluster start to the 2018 preseason Thursday evening, falling 17-10 to the Houston Texans. There were some positive moments for the Chiefs in the game, but mostly it proved the team still has plenty of work ahead of them as training camp continues. The Texans got on the board first with a six-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter from Brandon Weeden to tight end Jordan Akins. Weeden and Akins struck again on a 14-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter to give the Texans a 14-0 lead. The Chiefs cut the score to 14-7 late in the second quarter when Chad Henne connected with Demarcus Robinson for a 26-yard touchdown with just over a minute left in the half. The catch capped a 13-play, 90-yard drive for the Chiefs. The teams traded field goals in the second half, then the Chiefs had a chance to tie the game with time running down in the fourth quarter. But Houston held on a 4th-and-goal with 19 seconds left to play to seal the win. There weren't many highlights in the game, but here's a collection of a few of them, along with some postgame stats and notes. Video clips posted here are from the Chiefs and Texans Twitter feeds and Clay Wendler of SBNation.<doc-sep>Chiefs football is finally here! Kickoff is coming up at 7:30 p.m. CT as the Chiefs face the Texans in Week 1 of the NFL preseason. You can find all the important details about how to watch the game and more here. Looking for live scoring updates? We’ll update those in the chart below. Chiefs vs. Texans score Quarter Chiefs Texans First 0 7 Second 7 14 Third 7 17 Fourth 10 17 Player Guide #Chiefs player guide for tonight. 90-man roster with numbers and positions. pic.twitter.com/xGN6RhKdBA — Charles Goldman (@goldmctNFL) August 9, 2018 Follow along as the Chiefs Wire staff and other media members tweet during the game. Get the absolute latest updates on our twitter list down below. Chiefs’ 2018 preseason schedule Week Opponent Time (CT) | Date (2018) Channel 1 vs. Houston Texans 7:30p.m. | Thursday, August 9th KCTV5 2 at Atlanta Falcons 7:00p.m. | Friday, August 17th KCTV5 3 at Chicago Bears 12:00p.m. | Saturday, August 25th KCTV5 4 vs. Green Bay Packers 7:30p.m. | Thursday, August 30th KCTV5 Chiefs’ 2018 schedule<doc-sep>
The Kansas City Chiefs are trailing the Houston Texans by 7 points at halftime in their first preseason game of 2018. The score is 14-7. Check out our first half takeaways below. Chiefs run defenders look stout The first Texans drive of the game ended in a punt because the Chiefs defense was able to stop them on third-and-short. Keep in mind this happened without the teams two starting inside linebackers. The defensive line looks extremely stout. Xavier Williams, Allen Bailley and Chris Jones all had plays where that ended in a tackle for loss against the Texans. The second team defensive line looks like it has some pieces as well. Justin Hamilton and Jarvis Jenkins stood out among that group. Penalties could be a problem David Amerson got caught on two separate pass interference calls that ultimately led to a touchdown for the Texans. Neither looked particularly egregious on the part of Amerson, but it’s clear that the officials are going to call more penalties when there is any sort of contact down the field. That poses a problem not just for Amerson, but for a Chiefs defensive system that is extremely reliant on press coverage and physical cornerback play. This is definitely something that we’ll want to keep any eye on throughout the rest of the preseason. Chiefs offensive line may have regressed The Texans defense absolutely got the best of the Chiefs starting offensive line. They were ok during the first series, but they could not protect Mahomes at all during the second series. Mahomes was trying to hit a deep pass all night long, but he couldn’t make it happen because he had no protection. It wasn’t just the weak links either. I saw Mitchell Schwartz, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and Mitch Morse get beat. This is not what the Chiefs have come to expect out of these guys. I’d like to hope it’s simply a matter of getting back in the swing of things, but if the Chiefs can’t rely on the best offensive linemen, things are going to get ugly quickly. The second team defense got scorched by BRANDON WEEDEN Is there any other way to put it? The Chiefs second team defense and some of the first team, got beat up by Brandon Weeden. The Chiefs defense made the guy look like Tom Brady out there. You just can’t do that against a backup quarterback, under any circumstance. Sure this defense has a lot of new pieces that aren’t yet used to playing together, but someone has to be able to make a play. Guys like Breeland Speaks and Tanoh Kpassagnon almost got to Weeden a few times. But almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. There was one play at the end of the first quarter where it was 3rd & 3 and the closest Chiefs defensive back was seven yards off the line of scrimmage. I don’t know if this is a communication issue, a Bob Sutton issue, but the Chiefs need to get it fixed in the second half and give Matt McGloin and Chase Litton a chance to get the Chiefs back in this game. No there isn’t a QB controversy in Kansas City Chad Henne threw a touchdown pass against a 2nd string corner named Dee Virgin. Simmer down. Follow along the game with us here as we provide live tweets and scoring updates.