KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The hex lives. What in the name of the Orange Crush is going on here?
The Broncos beat Kansas City 31-24 on Thursday in such an improbable way that we must consider two things:
1) Maybe Kansas City should quit playing football. I'm serious. At the very least, the Chiefs should unceremoniously surrender whenever Denver comes to town; the Broncos have forgotten how to lose at Arrowhead Stadium. At least until Peyton Manning retires; he's now 14-1 versus the Chiefs.
2) The Denver defense, which scored its second big touchdown of the season, this time a 21-yard fumble return by Bradley Roby for the winning score against the Chiefs with only 27 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, might be the most unstoppable force of nature to come out of Colorado since Tom Jackson was a young linebacker.