There was absolutely nothing pretty about it, but Kansas City has it’s first win in nearly a year after beating the Washington Redksins 14-6 on the road. This was a game that featured nothing but field goals until the final seconds of the game .
The Chiefs put the first points of the game on the board with 5:39 to go in the half on Rookie Ryan Succop’s 39 yard FG. In fact, Succop was the Chiefs offense with four field goals for the game.
Kansas City lead 3-0 at half after forcing two first half Washington turnovers and four punts. Jason Campbell was picked off by Brandon Flowers on the final play of the half as the Skins tried to get something on the board after driving to the KC 36.
Former Chief Todd Collins took over for Campbell in the second half, but didn’t do any better against the kansas city defense, which held Washington to 265 total yards and seven first downs.
The game was tied 6-6 early in the fourth quarter when KC blocked a punt at midfield but couldn’t produce points. They did game field position and that proved pivotal when Succop hit a 46 yard FG to give KC the lead with 3:36 to play.
While the Kansas City offense did little in this game, QB Matt Cassel continued to not turn the ball over and running back Larry Johnson had his best day of the season with 83 yards on 23 carries.
The Chiefs still couldn’t convert on 3rd downs going 4 of 17 for the game. After tacking on a filed goal for a 12-6 lead with 41 seconds to play, Tamba Hali sacked Collins for a safety and gave Todd Haley his first win as an NFL head coach and the Chiefs their first win since Nov. 3rd of last year.
Now that a win is out of the way, KC gets to go for two in a row next week at home against San Diego.
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