NFL world reacts to another slow start by the Chiefs

NFL Week 16: Titans-Packers — Jan 19, 2020; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry (22) shoes a touchdown against Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Charvarius Ward (35) during the first quarter in the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs fell down 24-0 to the Houston Texans in last week’s playoff game.

The rest seemed to be history with Kansas City ultimately coming out on top by the score of 51-31 to earn a spot in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Tennessee Titans.

We knew that a similar slow start against a defensive-minded and run-heavy Titans team likely wouldn’t lead to the same end result.

Unfortunately for Chiefs fans on hand at Arrowhead, that’s exactly what happened. Kansas City fell down 10-0 after just nine minutes of action following a Derrick Henry touchdown run.

This obviously led to some major reactions from the NFL world.

Former Patriots DL coach Brendan Daly, now the Chiefs’ DL coach, sums up how things are going early against the Titans (via CBS broadcast). pic.twitter.com/DgoKKtPQhS
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) January 19, 2020

Chiefs fans after being down 10-0 in the first 6 minutes #AFCChampionship pic.twitter.com/hXGeurn0eF
— Matt Tiso (@matt_tiso) January 19, 2020

It’s ok, the Chiefs were down 72-0 at this point in the game last week against the Texans
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) January 19, 2020

Thanks for coming out, Chiefs
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) January 19, 2020

The Chiefs are 3-0 this season under Patrick Mahomes when falling behind by 10+ points 👀 pic.twitter.com/mjRpzRKvop
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) January 19, 2020

What were the #Chiefs saying about Derrick Henry being no big deal? He’s just big, right?
— Levi Damien (@LeviDamien) January 19, 2020

Chiefs just spottin’ ‘em a 24-0 lead to make it interesting again
— Ty Schalter (@tyschalter) January 19, 2020

By Vincent Frank

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