The Kansas City Chiefs may have gone just two-for-nine on third down during last night’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, but that 22-percent conversion rate doesn’t tell the full story, and not just because they also managed to convert on both of their attempts on fourth down, which essentially negates two of the failed third-down conversion attempts.
The reason that it’s bothersome is because the Steelers allowed the Chiefs to have all of their success on third and fourth down in the second half, which directly led to their two second-half scores, starting with a field goal and ending with a touchdown and what was very nearly a game-tying successful two-point conversion.