Chiefs mauled in Philly 34-14

The Eagles thoroughly dominated KC on both sides of the ball on the way to a  34-14 victory in Philly.  Despite missing Donovan McNabb and Brian Westbrook, the Eagles mixed the use of QB Kevin Kolb and a wildcat offense run by Michael Vick and LeSean McCoy effectively.  

Philly’s first score came on a 48 yard drive as the rookie McCoy pounded in from 5 yards out on a direct snap from the wildcat formation. 

Next possession, Kolb hit DeSean Jackson, who had a huge day, for a 43 yard gain to the KC 20.  Three plays later Kolb sneaked in from the one and it was 14-0 Philly.  It was the 7th time in 7 tries the Chiefs opponent had scored a TD when reaching the red zone. 

The Chiefs couldn’t do anything against the Eagles in the opening quarter, producing zero total yards, but don’t put it on QB Matt Cassel, he had no time to think in the backfield as the line was repeatedly overrun and committed penalties and it didn’t stop there.

KC finally got on the board thanks to Mark Bradley.  First, he threw his first career pass to Jamaal Charles for a 26 yard gain.  Then he out leaped Ellis Hobbs in the end zone for a 13 yard score on a perfect throw from Matt Cassel. 

The momentum lasted one play.  Desean Jackson went 64 yards on a slant pass from Kolb, beating Jerrod Page and it was 21-7 Eagles.

David Akers added a pair of field goals to stretch the lead to 27-7 in the second half.

Michael Vick wasn’t a real factor in the game.  He was 0 for 2 passing and had seven yards on one carry, but Kolb was solid with 327 yards through the air. 149 of that went to Jackson and eight other passes went to tight end Brent Celek who had a 35 yard TD reception in the fourth quarter to make it 34-7. Celek had 104 yards receiving.  

The Chiefs defense was repeatedly burnt with passes over the middle and the offense rarely gave Cassel any time to pass and committed seven penalties, Cassel finished with 90 yards in the air, but was 14 of 18 with two TD’s and no interceptions.  He was sacked three times.

Cassel finally got a 9 yard TD pass to Bobby Wade with 1:54 to go for the 34-14 final.  The Chiefs now comes back home to KC to face a Giants team that dominated Tampa on the road 24-0.  It’s going to get worse before it gets better.