4 takeaways from Chiefs’ Week 16 win over Seahawks

Heading into Week 16, the Seattle Seahawks offense was the seventh-best scoring offense within the NFL. You wouldn’t know that primarily based on the defensive efficiency from the Chiefs within the 24-10 win. The protection didn’t permit a Seahawks first down till the halfway level of the second quarter. They allowed simply two third-down conversions on 12 makes an attempt all sport. On fourth down, they have been 3-of-6 towards Seattle.

They completed the sport with 10 tackles for loss, two sacks, 5 passes defended and an interception. Total, it felt like probably the most full defensive efficiency the crew has managed in a number of weeks. The defensive position, linebackers and secondary all performed extraordinarily effectively.

Patrick Mahomes actually summed the defensive efficiency up completely in his postgame press convention.

“For our protection to cease them in so many crucial moments, that’s what we want going ahead,” he stated. “After they play like that, we’re going to be a tough crew to beat.”

This might be a case of the protection getting scorching on the proper time with the playoffs simply across the nook.