Final score looks much better on paper than reality for Chiefs

This game wasn't as close as the final score indicates.  I'm not sure what the bye week did for the Chiefs, but it didn't improve their offense.  It wasn't any worse without Larry Johnson, but two weeks didn't make it any better.

The Chiefs got on the board for just the third time this season in the first quarter as Ryan Succop hit a 45 yard FG on Kansas City’s first possession, but the lead didn’t last.

The Jaguars drove 79 yards on nine plays with rookie Rashad Jennings breaking through the defense for a 28 yard touchdown run and 7-3 Jacksonville lead.

For a guy that was going to get his first real chance to play thanks to Larry Johnson’s suspension, Jamaal Charles had just two first half carries and Kolby Smith had four.

DaJuan Morgan recovered a Jags fumble on the Jacksonville 20 but the Chiefs could only manage another Succop FG to cut the deficit to 7-6.

The defense did get pressure on Jags QB David Garrard, but not enough to keep him from being effective against a makeshift secondary with Jerrod Page and Jon McGraw out.  With just over a minute to go in the half the coverage broke down as Mike Sims Walker was wide open for a 61 yard TD pass and a 14-6 lead.

The second half would have been better had I been sitting in the sun taking a nap it was so boring.  The Jags Josh Scobee kicked a 27 yard FG for a 17-6 lead and Maurice Jones Drew closed out the Jags scoring by carrying better than half the defense ten yards into the end zone.  He ended with 97 yards on 29 carries. 

Kansas City did nothing offensively until Matt Cassel hit Chris Chambers who just signed with the team this week for a 54 yard TD with just over two and a half minutes to go.  A recovered onside kick and another TD pass to Chambers from five yards out and a two point PAT made it a 24-21 game.

KC didn’t convert a third down situation until the fourth quarter, which as Todd Haley has said all season is unacceptable.

Charles averaged six yards a carry but only had six carries.  Kolby Smith had 4 carries for 17 yards in his return, all in the first half.

Cassel’s passing numbers look decent with 262 yards and two TD’s, but over half of the yardage came in the final two and a half minutes.  The loss drops KC to 1-7 with Oakland up next on the road.