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| Peyton Manning picked on Marcus Cooper (31) all day, and Eric Decker was locked in to his quarterback as he hauled in a career-high four touchdowns. |
Cory Puffett
After a very poor outing last week in New England, Peyton
Manning got back on track to break a couple of NFL records in a big Denver
Broncos victory in Kansas City.
Manning had a rough start to Sunday’s AFC West rivalry
matchup, throwing two interceptions in the first half. But, like Tom Brady last
week, Manning put together a huge third quarter to help the Broncos take over
the game.
Peyton ended up with five touchdown passes, his eighth career
game with at least five touchdown passes and second this season. He also
recorded his 11th career game with at least 400 passing yards and
third such game of 2013.
In the game, Manning also broke the NFL record for most
passing yards through 12 games in a single season and tied Tom Brady’s mark for
touchdown passes in the first 12 games of the season.
Eric Decker also had a big game, hauling in four of
Manning’s five touchdown passes.
Though the Chiefs’ defense struggled in the second half (and
by Chiefs’ defense, I really mean rookie cornerback Marcus Cooper), Alex Smith
had a solid performance for the offense. Unfortunately, his receivers failed to
hold on to several accurate deep passes. But it did show me that Alex Smith,
when he needs to, can throw the passes needed to compete in a shootout.
With their victory, Denver takes over the top seed in the
AFC playoffs with a fairly easy remaining schedule. They play at home against
Tennessee and San Diego and then close the season on the road against Houston
and Oakland.
The Chiefs will close the season with road games against
Washington and Oakland, then a tough home matchup against an up-and-down Colts
team, and then on the road against San Diego, who beat Kansas City in Week 12.
This was the Chiefs’ third straight loss after starting the season 9-0.
Final Score:
Denver Broncos – 35
Kansas City Chiefs – 28
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