News: Dallas Cowboys defense shines in win over Kansas City Chiefs

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Dallas Cowboys defense shines in win over Kansas City Chiefs
https://thelandryhat.com/2017/11/05/dallas-cowboys-defense-shines-win-kansas-city/



...Right here, it’s all about a defense that should be gaining respect at a rapid pace following a convincing 28-17 win over the AFC West-leading Chiefs that really shouldn’t have been that close. That’s right – this game was actually a borderline blowout at AT&T Stadium.

Without an embarrassing 56-yard touchdown catch-and-run by the always dangerous Tyreek Hill as time expired in the first half, Kansas City might have never even taken a lead in this game. But with that play, the Chiefs would roll up 14 unanswered points after the Cowboys had earned an 11-point lead with just seconds remaining in that first half, which was dominated by the Dallas defensive front.

Yes, this one got sticky during the middle portion of the game, but after tight end Travis Kelce scored Kansas City’s only go ahead points to begin the third quarter, quarterback Alex Smith was never able to get anything going for the rest of the game. The main reason Smith would toss his first interception of the year to Jeff Heath in the fourth quarter was because the Dallas front seven had zero interest in allowing NFL rushing leader Kareem Hunt to run away with this game – and he didn’t...
 

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...After taking the lead back in the third quarter by a score of 21-17, David Irving picked up yet another sack during his ‘Comeback Tour’ of opposing offensive lines. The Chiefs desperately wanted to keep the pressure on the Dallas offense, but Irving’s sack on 3rd and 11 snuffed out an ugly and short KC possession that ended up costing the Chiefs any chance at another comeback. The other sack came late in the fourth quarter when 2017 first-round selection Taco Charlton finally reached the stat column with his first NFL sack. The very next play, Heath jumped a desperate Smith pass intended for Kelce to all but ice the game with five minutes remaining. Sean Lee posted 12 tackles in this big win, which included a couple of huge tackles for a loss. Without Lee’s performance, there’s no way that Hunt would be held to such a pedestrian day, period. The Dallas defense really is a different unit when Lee is on the field and healthy...

https://thelandryhat.com/2017/11/05/dallas-cowboys-defense-shines-win-kansas-city/
 
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