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Date: December 30, 2007
Week 17
Scoring:
Team 1 2 3 4 OT Final
KC 0 3 0 7 0 10
NYJ 0 10 0 0 3 13
Visitor playmakers:
DE Tamba Hali, DE
Jared Allen, TE Tony Gonzalez, WR Jeff Webb
Home playmakers:
LB David Bowens, CB Drew Coleman, LB David Harris, S Kerry Rhodes, RB Thomas Jones
Network: CBS (KCTV
Announcers: Ian Eagle, Solomon Wilcots
Pregame: Yes – Chiefs Locker Room Show, Chiefs Kickoff Show
Halftime: Yes
Postgame: Yes – Metro Sports Sunday
Commercials: No
Grade: Excellent
Notes: The Chiefs manage to lose another very winnable game, this time to the witless 3-12 Jets. The game was played in a freezing rain, and to add more misery it had to be decided in an overtime period. Most players seemed more interested in putting the lid on the season, KC’s worst since 1978, than actually winning the game. Brodie Croyle, Herm Edwards’ “quarterback of the future,” was 20-of-43 for 195 yards. Meanwhile, the Jets rushed for 199 yards against a Chiefs defense that had grown progressively worse as the season advanced.
Several Chiefs had big days in spite of the loss. TE Tony Gonzalez recorded his 816th career reception bypassing TE Shannon Sharpe for the most receptions by a tight end in NFL history. Gonzalez finished the season with 99 receptions, the second-highest seasonal total in NFL history by a tight end, bringing his career total to 820.
DE Jared Allen recorded his sixth multi-sack game of the season and the 12th of his career. He finished the season as the leader with 15.5 sacks, the second-highest single-season total in franchise history behind LB Derrick Thomas who led the league with 20.0 sacks in ‘90.
WR Dwayne Bowe finished the season establishing Chiefs rookie records for both receptions (70) and receiving yardage (995).
Thank God that’s over.
Running time: 4:24 (2 discs)
