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The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0are looking for redemption and bounce-back on Sunday, November 16, when they take on the defense-heavy\u00a0Denver Broncos\u00a0on the road. The Chiefs are coming out of their\u00a0NFL bye week\u00a0and\u00a0had a loss\u00a0to the\u00a0Buffalo Bills\u00a0on Sunday, November 2, so they\u2019re ready to get a win.<\/p>\n
But, going up against the\u00a0Browns\u00a0won\u2019t be easy.\u00a0Denver has an 8-2 record\u00a0going into the contest, and Kansas City is 5-4. The Chiefs aren\u2019t used to being the underdogs, but they\u2019ve had a few extra losses this season, which puts them in the unfamiliar place of, in a way, being the underdog in contests such as Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
If anyone can motivate this team to get a win done it\u2019s Kansas City Chiefs franchise quarterback\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0and tight end\u00a0Travis Kelce. They\u2019re the heart of this team, but really, every member of the Chiefs is an important piece of the puzzle. Still, Mahomes and Kelce are the franchise\u2019s most high-profile players, so they\u2019re often the face of the message that the team is sending.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, November 13, the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs took to X\u00a0to share a video of Matt McMullen of the team\u2019s reporting staff hyping up Sunday\u2019s game. In it, McMullen makes the point that head coach Andy Reid is 22-4, and 6-1 in the Mahomes era, following a regular-season bye in his career.<\/p>\n
The video features footage of Kelce, Mahomes, Rashee Rice and the team in their element, running, jumping and playing their very best. \u201cGood determination,\u201d\u00a0one commenter said on X. \u201cBack on track sounds like a solid plan,\u201d\u00a0another said.<\/p>\n
, and they\u2019re heading into an\u00a0important game\u00a0against the\u00a0Denver Broncos\u00a0on the road on Sunday, November 16. While the Broncos haven\u2019t been much competition in the past, this is a different season, and\u00a0Denver has an 8-2 record\u00a0heading into the game. The Chiefs are 5-4.<\/p>\n
The Denver Broncos are the real deal. They\u2019re the No. 1 seed in the AFC West, and their quarterback, Bo Nix, is performing at a high level. Even more than the offense, the Broncos\u2019 defense is strong. They have a\u00a0No. 1 red zone defense\u00a0and come in at third in points allowed in the NFL at 17.3 per game. They\u2019ve also allowed the third-fewest yards in the league,\u00a0according to NFL research.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, November 12,\u00a0Mahomes talked about the challenges\u00a0that the Broncos bring, admitting that they are \u201cfirst in the division, and they have a couple games on us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s huge for the division, and that\u2019s always our first goal is win the division,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd so, it\u2019s a really good football team. There\u2019s no way around it, and so we have to go out there and play our best football.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mahomes added that, \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve done that yet. So, after this bye, let\u2019s go out there, put a great week of practice together and find a way to win in a hostile environment against a great football team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jameson Williams didn\u2019t mince words when assessing the Detroit Lions\u2019 offensive performance in Week 10 against the Washington Commanders.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a month of inconsistency and stalled drives, Williams said the difference was undeniable. The offense, he emphasized, was\u00a0\u201cso much smoother\u201d\u00a0with Dan Campbell calling the plays in the Lions\u2019 thrashing of the Commanders.<\/p>\n
For the first time in a long time, Detroit looked like the explosive,\u00a0high-octane offense\u00a0it had been built to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lions racked up a season-high 546 yards and 44 points, scoring on\u00a0eight straight possessions\u00a0and never punting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt felt good with the play-calling and being so much smoother, going out there and just being free and playing. That was a good thing for us,\u201d Williams told reporters Thursday. \u201cWe converted, we had a lot of explosives on our end. Shout-out to the defense, they got us the ball a lot of times. We scored on our possessions, executing is the main thing. So, that was the main thing, we just went out there and executed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Williams himself was a major beneficiary of Campbell taking over the\u00a0play-calling duties\u00a0from offensive coordinator John Morton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0fourth-year receiver\u00a0delivered his best performance since Week 2, hauling in six catches for 119 yards, including a crucial three-catch, 47-yard sequence on the opening drive of the second half. Before returning to the field for the final half of play, Campbell made sure Williams knew his number was going to be called.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe just told me he\u2019s coming to me and that just got me,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI was already ready, but that just gave me, it let me know it was coming and that whole drive he dedicated it to me, he called plays for me and I just went out there and made plays. It was something where I had a great feeling. It felt great getting the ball and moving well with the offense.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams capped off that five-play, 72-yard drive with a 14-yard touchdown reception, stretching Detroit\u2019s lead and further demonstrating how comfortable \u2014 and confident \u2014 he looked in an offense that showcased his blazing speed and\u00a0play-making ability.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a player whose involvement has been infrequent throughout the season, the direct communication from Campbell and the intentional play design carried real meaning.<\/p>\n
Beyond praising the rejuvenated offense, Williams also shifted his focus to what lies ahead: a road contest with the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, in one of the league\u2019s\u00a0toughest home environments.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though he\u2019s never played in Philadelphia, he made clear the Lions cannot allow the crowd to be a factor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve heard it\u2019s crazy,\u201d Williams said of the environment in Philadelphia. \u201cBut, if we go out there and do our thing, make plays, execute, the crowd and the fans will be a non-factor to us. So, we just gotta go out there and do our thing and we\u2019ll be good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Williams added that he rarely hears opposing fans anyway. He\u2019s typically too focused on the next offensive series.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, he did hear the chants of his name in Washington, a moment that reflected how electric his performance was and how strongly Detroit fans responded to it.<\/p>\n
As for the magnitude of the Lions\u2019\u00a0Sunday Night Football\u00a0showdown with Philadelphia, Williams has a simple mindset: \u201cEvery game is (a) must win. We just got to go out there and execute, and we\u2019re gonna come out on top for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
If Detroit\u2019s offense continues to operate with the same rhythm it displayed a week ago, the Lions will have a legitimate shot to escape Philadelphia with a win Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For Williams, Week 10 was a turning point in his season and perhaps the Lions\u2019 season, too \u2013 the week where everything finally clicked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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