Sean Payton: To the Chiefs’ credit, they discovered a weakness in field goal protection

After Sunday’s crazy win over the Broncos, Chiefs linebacker Leo Chenal told PFT how he did it to attack his opponent and get the block.

Denver coach Sean Payton talked Monday about his team having a deficit on defense.

“When something like this happens and it’s not the first time – like it could be a trick or whatever,” Payton told reporters. “It’s pretty common that the team that has had success with it will say, ‘Hey, we saw it.’ . . “Credit it to them. They took advantage of an area that we felt was firm and stronger, but not firm enough.

“I read all the comments afterwards and I think it’s hard to lose a game like that. It’s not the player’s fault. This affects us all. That’s up to us as coaches. We have to continue to ask ourselves, “Hey, are we big enough in stature for this?” and understand how the rush would come. It’s disappointing, and yet it’s nothing new when a big move is made at the end of a game.”

Payton added that what the Chiefs did was no different from an offense when you see a corner who has a habit of getting on his heels on an out-and-up route.

“They felt like they had a clue as to how [Alex Forsyth’s] “The weight was balanced,” Payton said. “It’s all game planning, scouting and then we are coaches and take care of the self-scout. It’s nothing new here either.”

Chenal explained that he didn’t notice his blocker being “light on his feet” when studying the film, but rather on extra points and field goal attempts early in the game.

Regardless, the flaw was discovered – and exploited. And the Chiefs are somehow 9-0.