I thought the Chiefs would win, but I didn’t think they were going to win by that much or that easily, it was just an absolute domination from top to bottom. It started off as a fun close game, it was 7-7 after the first quarter, but after that it was all Chiefs.

Honestly just not what I was expecting, Bo Nix throwing a pick on his first throw of the game and the Chiefs scoring right after that. The Chiefs seemed to have read my preview article, because they really committed to the run like they have never done before, all game long. That was something we never see from Andy Reid’s team, I think they rushed for more than 200 yards for the first time since Mahomes was the starter, or something like that. So, I guess adding Kenneth Walker did instantly pay off for the Chiefs because he was absolutely dominant all game and scored a rushing TD and a receiving one as well.

Both defenses looked really good early on, but then the wheels fell of the Broncos defense and they just couldn’t stop the run, it seems like it caught them by surprise. The Broncos have arguably the best secondary in the NFL, but since the Chiefs were running so much, they basically made them into a non-factor for most of the game. Mahomes wasn’t so good throwing the ball tonight, but he managed the game well enough for the Chiefs to be dominant.

We all thought Mahomes might not run much coming back from injury, but he did run, including a 15-yard rushing TD to open the scoring. He did connect later with Travis Kelce on a catch and run that went for about 50+ yards, but other than that big play Kelce didn’t get that many catches, but he did move up on the TE receiving yards list to number 2 all time.

Bo Nix was pretty bad for the Broncos tonight, just very careless with the football. He did have a nice TD pass to Evan Engram on what was their only TD of the game, but other than that, he was awful. As I already mentioned, he threw an ugly pick on his first pass attempt to rookie corner Mansoor Delane, who then was ruled out for the rest of the game with a shoulder injury. And Nix was also having trouble with ball security because he fumbled a couple times, including one where he got lucky that the guy who touched it was out of bounds (which happens to be a rule I hate).

Nix was just not being able to get the ball to his playmakers, including his new receiver Jaylen Waddle who had just one catch for 2 yards all night. Nix threw for a total of only 131 yards, just absolute domination by the Chiefs secondary not giving him any good looks. He was also sacked 4 times, so also a great job by the Chiefs d-line.

All in all, it was just a butt kicking by the Chiefs in every single aspect of the game. Yes, there were maybe some controversial calls like you always have when you play the Chiefs, but nothing that would have changed the outcome of the game, maybe the Chiefs would have scored a couple less points, but it wouldn’t have mattered.

Sean Payton just had no answers for the Chiefs, and his new play caller was having a hard time in his debut. I mean honestly, it’s not easy to make your play-calling debut at Arrowhead stadium, the loudest stadium in the world. Anyway, they just couldn’t get anything going offensively, threw the air or ground, absolutely nothing.

Back to the Chiefs, I think the league should be afraid because I think the Chiefs are back. I know it’s only week one and Mahomes is coming off a torn ACL and he didn’t necessarily have a great game passing the ball, but they just looked so good in every aspect of the game. Mahomes will keep getting better as the season goes, and now he has a real RB to rely on, Keneth Walker is going to be a problem for opposing defenses. It’s going to be really hard stopping this Chiefs offense this year, especially with Eric Bienimey at OC.

I was really high on the Chiefs for this season, but I think they might have exceeded my expectations from what I saw tonight. The Broncos on the other hand disappointed me, I thought they would be better and give the Chiefs more of a battle. It’s obviously only week 1 and I still believe that the Broncos will be a great team this year, I am sure they will figure it out.

In summary only one team showed up to play tonight, and that was the home team. The Chiefs won 31-10, after being favored by only 3 points coming into the game. Mahomes is back, Keneth Walker is amazing, the Chiefs defense is legit, and the league needs to watch out, because the Chiefs dynasty might just be back.

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