[Direckshun]

First quarter:

• First snap, Gay is of course on the field and he makes a TFL. And people just do not understand how important Chris Jones is to this team. Chris Jones makes a quick cut inside, which sucks the guard out of the play. As a result, there is a canyon sized hole for Gay to blast into and end the play.
• I'm not exactly breaking any news here, but Turk Wharton is amazingly fast for a DT.
• First offensive snap of the game is a reverse to Hardman for a big gain, and credit needs to go to Demarcus Robinson for wiping the DB out of the play, right to where the play was run, and Kilgore for getting out in a hurry and walling a defensive lineman out so Hardman could keep trucking.
• CEH stuffed on the first run of the game; blame goes to Kilgore for whiffing on the LB who ended up making the play. Too bad, because the play design was great; the play was run to Allegretti's space, which he vacated to fake runblocking to the other side of the line, and the DT ran with Allegretti, leaving a huge hole for CEH.
• AJ Bouye is giving Tyreek 10 yards of cushion. Pat hits Hill and he just trots up for a first down.
• I absolutely love the sneaky screens Andy Reid uses to get Kelce the ball up the gut. This time, he motions CEH to the far side, and fakes a bubble screen to the near side. Kelce "hides" by staying in to block a DE then releases him just as Mahomes hits him. You gotta see the All 22 on this play; Mahomes REALLY squeezes it in there.
• This was the game that you saw some chemistry issues of having brand new personnel across the OL. Early in the game, Remmers just lets a guy by thinking Kelce has him, but the guy plows through and flushes Mahomes out for an incompletion.
• That one-handed catch Hardman makes shows that he's growing. In his first career game last year, Mahomes criticized him for cutting his route off too jaggedly. This time he rounds it out and just keeps racing downfield towards the sideline and Mahomes hits him.
• That CEH touchdown run was unbelievable. Underrated was how well the entire left side of the OL blocked. Allegretti and Kilgore wall off the DL, and Fisher absolutely erases the DE.
• Bashaud Breeland has been straight balling since he returned. Jeudy was erased for most of the first half.
• Oh, no! Demone Harris with his first snaps of the season and he gets railed out of a run play by a tight end. C'mon, man! Lindsay sprints his way for 6 yards.
• CHRIS JONES AT DE, SNAP #1: Lock threw the ball in a couple seconds so it wasn't a good look, but Jones gets stonewalled by the LT.
• I don't know how Drew Lock scored that touchdown. Kpass was right there, watching the handoff, had the perfect angle and still bit on it. He has not played well this season, and if he continues to make mental mistakes like this, it's going to be a situation.
• I honestly don't know why we still have Hardman as one of the FG edge rushers. It's not like he even tries.
• LeVeon's first run is gorgeous, not just from him but from the blocking. MVP of the blocking is Kelce, who plays the Anthony Sherman role: he chips the DE to allow Fisher to control him, then slows up the LB at the second level. Kelce playing the Sherman role has been fascinating, and oddly effective.
• Bell's 2nd run is blown up by bad blocking: Allegretti and Remmers can't get their hands on their men, who end up slowing down and tackling Bell for a loss.
• On 2nd and 9, Mahomes rolls out to his right and eventually hits Hardman for a big first down. He received critical blocks on his rollout from... Kelce and Robinson? The Chiefs kept two of their receivers in to block?? This was a max protect call in order to hit Hardman who seemed to be the only one of two route runners (Hill was the other). This play will deserve a deep dive later on.
• I know he gets sacked a few times in this game, but Mahomes is receiving sterling OL protection throughout much of the 1st quarter.
• Bell's 3rd run is only for a couple yards up the gut. DL slipped between Allegretti and Kilgore.
• Lindsay breaks off a huge run once the Broncos double team Kpass and run right at him. Ugh.
• The Broncos try it again later; this time Frank Clark is on the edge they're running to, and he won't back down, and eventually forces the RT to get called for holding.
• Niemann has been so thoroughly benched for his poor play that they often don't even bring him in for nickel looks.
• Clark-Kpass-Wharton-Jones is a fun NASCAR package. Its particularly fun because Wharton is perfectly capable of tracking down a play from behind -- which he did today.