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Couple of takeaways regarding the defense:
1. Run defense looked adequate- not dominating but definitely held their own.
2. I thought Steven Nelson had a real nice game. I was worried how Nelson, Scandrick and everyone not named Fuller was going to perform but I thought Nelson was strong for most of the game.
3. Hitchens had some up and downs- he did a real nice job of sniffing out a few screen passes and absolutely blowing them up. Struggled a little bit on some of the plays where he was man on man with Gordon though.
4. Nice to have Parker back in the fold- played well and gives us more stability at the safety position until Berry returns.
The defense doesn't have to be dominant for this Chiefs team to be successful but holding the Chargers to 12 points in the first 3 quarters is a real good start. It would have been interesting to see how the defense was going to react if the Chargers didn't muff that punt, that was a game changer.
Good start.
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