Game of inches.
Chiefs squandered too many chances and were pretty sloppy. Pacheco runs hard and is easy to root for and will probably have plenty of important runs in crunch time games but he’s not a bell cow and I think the Chiefs will struggle again this year to pound the rock outside of schemed-up plays. That said, the weapons at Reid and Mahomes’ disposal this year are much better, clearly, and Hollywood isn’t even back yet.
Lamar had one of those games where he was both single-handedly doing everything and in the end maybe not quite accurate enough but I find it hard to fault him. Likely and Flowers are studs. You could see it coming with both by the end of last year. I think people expecting Henry to be his vintage best are in for a rude awakening though.
No reason to suspect based on this outing that either team will not be competing deep again this year. First week games are bound to have their share of sloppiness especially with the limited use of pre-season now but it was a great showcase to kick-off the season.