You could tell this wasn’t going to be the Chiefs day in the first quarter.  With the Chiefs trailing 6-0, Ty Law intercepted a Peyton Manning pass and returned it 42 yards to the Colts 9 yard line.  On a third and goal, Trent Green trips and falls to set up a 23-yard field goal attempt by Lawrence Tynes.  Tynes wound up missing the kick when it hit the top of the left goal post.  That was the only scoring chance the Chiefs would have in the first half as they didn’t record a single first down in the half.  As bad as the Chiefs played in the first half, they still only trailed 9-0 at the half.

The second half started out well for the Chiefs as Ty Law intercepted a pass on the Colts first drive.  But the Chiefs failed to take advantage of it with a 3 and out on offense.  At this point it seemed like the defense was starting to get tired.  It was thought that the Chiefs would run all over the Colts defense, but the Colts totally dominated the line of scrimmage and the Chiefs couldn’t deal with Joseph Addai (25 carries, 122 yards, TD) and Dominic Rhodes (13 carries, 68 yards).  The Chiefs finally got their first, first down in the 3rd quarter with 3:32 left in the quarter.  That drive concluded with an 8-yard TD pass to Tony Gonzalez with 8 seconds left in the 3rd quarter to make the score 16-8.  The 4th quarter was all about the Colts grinding out the win, mostly on the ground.  But Manning’s TD pass to Reggie Wayne sealed the victory for the Colts and ending the season for the Chiefs.

Herman Edwards should have switched QBs at halftime.  Green had been playing poorly since he returned from his concussion and the Chiefs could have used the jolt that teams usually get when a QB change is made.  The Chiefs offensive gameplan was pretty poor.  You can’t expect to run on first and second down all the time if you want to put points on the board in the NFL.  Tony Dungy outcoached him…..think about that for a minute.  Dungy never does well in the post season, but he put together a fantastic gameplan as the Colts held the football for 39:23 of the game.  The Colts also rolled up 435 yards of offense (188 rushing) while the Chiefs only could muster 126 yards of offense!

Larry Johnson had a rough game with 13 carries for 32 carries (2.5 ypc) and he also caught 5 passes for 29 yards.  The reason Johnson had a rough game is because the Chiefs had no worries about Trent Green beating them with his arm.  Green only completed 14 of 24 passes for 107 yards with 1 TD and 2 INTs.  Edwards should have yanked him at the half and he will have the whole off-season to think about it.

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