The Kansas City Chiefs played the New York Giants on Sunday Night Football, but neither team offered a particularly primetime experience.
The Chiefs survived an offensive slog, winning 22-9 behind Patrick Mahomes’ 224 passing yards and a touchdown.
Those numbers may not jump off the page, but they were downright brilliant compared to Russell Wilson’s moonball-or-bust approach in the loss, as the veteran quarterback threw for just 160 yards, two interceptions and took two sacks.
The most exciting player on the night may have been New York’s rookie running back, Cam Skattebo, who had 10 carries for 60 yards and a touchdown and added six catches for 61 yards. He was basically the team’s entire offense, as the Chiefs largely took star receiver Malik Nabers (two catches for 13 yards on seven targets) out of the game.
So in the end, the Chiefs came away with the win, but it was a rather laborious watch. NFL fans were particularly unimpressed with Wilson, with Giants fans calling for rookie Jaxson Dart mid-game:
The Giants have featured Dart on a few plays here and there during the season but have stuck with Wilson as the starter thus far. That didn’t look like the worst decision in a thrilling overtime loss a week ago against a terrible Dallas Cowboys defense, but he looked pretty rough against the Chiefs.
Everybody knows that Wilson is essentially keeping the seat warm for Dart as the Giants choose to bring him along slowly. At some point, however, keeping Wilson on the field will be hard to justify if he strings together more poor performances.
New York fans, certainly, have seen enough.
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