There’s a saying in poker…When the game is tight, you play lose. When it’s loose, you play tight.
Andy Reid, Alex Smith, and the Chiefs embodied that tenet on Sunday and won 34-14 with an offensive performance that should not have been good enough to win and did not include a single high-risk offensive play.
Alex Smith was sacked 3 times (all on plays in which he had already tucked the football) and was forced to scramble 4 other times, but he completed 21 of 25 passes with a mix of WR screens, check downs, slants, and by finding gaping holes in zone coverage.