Time didn’t heal the wounds of the Chiefs’ 12-9 overtime loss to the Giants on Sunday.
A day later, coach Andy Reid went directional in explaining what went wrong, especially with an offense that was so potent through the first weeks but went without a touchdown in its fourth loss in five games.
“We’re going backwards at times instead of going forward,” Reid said.
Backwards can be literal. Nine penalties against the Chiefs were the most since the third week, and a 9-yard run by Kareem Hunt in overtime wiped out by a Laurent Duvernay-Tardif hold was the final damaging flag.