Thrown To The Lions

Chiefs Fall At Home To Detroit In season Opener

To listen to NBC’s Chris Collinsworth (I know, I know, that’s water torture) explain it in pregame, the fact that the Kansas City Chiefs (0-1) were underhanded going into last night’s season opener vs. the visiting Detroit Lions (1-0) was no problemo. You see, the Chiefs have this magician at QB, and according to Collinsworth, one Patrick Mahomes is a one-man band and can do it all. It was only hilarious to hear as the game wore on and both the Chiefs & Mahomes were mostly underwhelming in their 21-20 loss to Detroit at GEHA Field in Kansas City, MO, that Collinsworth would coddle last year’s regular season and Super Bowl MVP as not having all the tools he needed.

 Which is it, Chris: He’s got this, or he needs a helping hand?

 Well, we couldn’t even get to the opening kick off without the sports media immediately jumping on the Mahomes train and doing its gush job. The problem for the fanboy media is that once the ball  kicked off, their ballyhooed hero turned out to be a goat – not The GOAT – a goat. Mahomes’ third quarter pick-6 interception (Brian Branch, 50-yard return for a TD) contributed greatly to the Lions’ comeback win. Collinsworth had the gall to blame the tipped pass on the receiver when clearly the ball was thrown off target. Mahomes (21 of 39, 226 Yds, 2 TDs, 1 INT) and the Travis Kelce-less Chiefs could only muster two field goals in the second half.

 KC did a poor job of imitating Super Bowl champs at home in the place formerly known as Arrowhead Stadium (GEHA Field? For shame).

 The game started out in a mundane manner. Each team traded punts to start out. Detroit would put together a solid 8-minute drive on its second possession. A calculated risk had Detroit’s head coach Dan Campbell gambling with a direct snap to an up man on a 4^th & 2 at their own 17-yard line. The first down conversion led to a 14-play, 91-yard scoring drive that had Detroit QB Jared Goff (22/35, 253 Yds, 1 TD) connecting with Amon-Ra St. Brown for a 9-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown that put Detroit up 7-0 and delivered the first hits of the season for “White Meat” ($100) and the good doctor “DR DER” for $50.

 KC would tie the game up in the second when the “amazing” Mahomes would complete a spectacular scrambling pass to Rashee Rice… Actually it was just a one-yard pop pass to the receiver, but to hear Collinsworth tell it, it was just another fabulous feat of derring-do by Patrick-me-boy. The Lions looked to go ahead with another potential scoring drive. But a red zone fumble recovered by KC, quelled that notion. That allowed the Chiefs to respond and take a halftime lead (14-7) with just 0:34 seconds left on the second quarter clock.

 The late score delivered “86California” & “Leave it To Beaver” the halftime pool hits for $100 & $50, respectively.

 Detroit would bounce back into the game on Branch’s interception return. A pair of KC FGs would give the Chiefs a precarious 20-14 lead that was ultimately overcome by Detroit with a fourth quarter TD (David Montgomery, 8 yd run). Detroit would hold the home team off and run their victory formation offense to put the Chiefs away.

 We had a great start to 2023 in pool action as we had eight (8) separate winners on the night. Spreading that wealth around. No overtime, so the OT kitty each doubles; $100 in the $180pool, $50 in the $90 for Week 2.

 Week 1 winners:

 Week 1 $100 Results

Week 1 $50 Results