The Chiefs lost center Rodney Hudson to injury, forcing Ryan Lilja to slide over from his guard position and rookie Jeff Allen to play for the first time. On one play, they had backups Nate Eachus, Shaun Draughn and TerranceCopper on the field with that makeshift line.
This is not a good Saints team. The rubble of the bounty scandal has them playing for an interim coach who is filling in for an interim coach. Drew Brees is saying things like, "We're not even close to talking about the Super Bowl." Once, the Saints gift-wrapped a key first down for the Chiefs by calling consecutive timeouts - which is illegal.
But the Chiefs would not quit. Coaches dream of their teams reacting like this when nothing goes right. Charles jump-started the comeback with a 91-yard sprint down the left sideline that should erase any lingering questions about that surgically repaired knee. Then the Chiefs got a field goal from kicker Ryan Succop. And another one. Linebacker Justin Houston - he took his biggest step yet toward becoming the kind of player opposing teams game-plan for - sacked Brees in the end zone for a safety, and suddenly it was a three-point game.
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