OL Donald Stephenson has what has been described as a "basketball sprain," or a rolled ankle.
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid first made a point to thank the fans for their support on Thursday night before addressing what happened on the field.
"Our fans were unbelievable yesterday and we appreciate the support that they gave us," he said. "There's some things that obviously we need to get better on the football field, but I think we've got a good football team. We just have to take care of the turnovers and the penalties. Those are two things we can control and take care of, it's not like you've got to go out there and bring somebody in or that type of thing, to do that. That's something that you can control."
Reid was impressed with the play of rookie cornerback Marcus Peters, who earned his second interception of the year Thursday night.
"He's a competitive kid," he said. "I mentioned this before—you have to have a short memory when you're out on the edge there. You also have to have talent, that helps – and he's got both. He's able to learn from his mistakes and then come right back at it and challenge you again. He did that, even with that last third-and-9 play that Thomas caught. it was contested and he was right there on top of it and the kid made a good play on him. He wasn't shying away against one of the better receivers in the league."
Facts and stats following the Chiefs loss to the Broncos in week two
BERRY'S RETURN: Following an emphatic welcome from Chiefs Kingdom, S Eric Berry returned to the starting lineup for the first time since November 20, 2014 at Oakland. He finished tonight's content with four solo tackles.
HOUSTON NOTCHES 50th CAREER SACK: LB Justin Houston sacked QB Peyton Manning twice tonight for a total loss of 14 yards, giving him 51.5 sacks in his career. This is the 14th time he has had1.5 or more sacks in a game. In those 14 games, Houston has accumulated 36.0 sacks for 213.5 yards. Houston is tied with Dwight Freeney and J.J. Watt as the fourth-fastest player in NFL history to log 50.0 sacks, achieving it in 61 career games.
CHARLES MOVES UP TOUCHDOWN CHART: RB Jamaal Charles finished the game with 21 carries for 125 yards with one TD, marking the 24th time in his career that he's rushed for 100 or more yards in a contest and the first since he ran for 159 yards on 20 carries vs. Seattle on November 16, 2014. His 34-yard TD run marked his 60th career TD, which ties WR Otis Taylor for fourth most TDs in Chiefs history. Charles became the first player in Chiefs history to crack the 7,000-yard rushing plateau and now owns 7,038 yards in his eight-year career.
O'SHAUGHNESSY LOGS FIRST CATCH: Rookie TE James O'Shaughnessy notched his first NFL catch on a 24-yard completion from QB Alex Smith. He finished the game with two catches for 54 yards and was on the receiving end of the longest pass completion by Smith.
DEVITO TAKES DOWN MANNING: DE Mike DeVito sacked QB Peyton Manning for a loss of four yards, marking his first sack since November 11, 2012 at Seattle when he had a sack-strip on QB Russell Wilson. DeVito owns 3.5 career sacks.
SACK CITY: The Chiefs 3.0 sacks against the Broncos tonight is the most sacks against Denver since the club recorded 4.0 sacks in a 10-6 win vs. Denver on December 5, 2010. In their previous five meetings before tonight, Kansas City only registered a total of 2.0 sacks.
PETERS GRABS SECOND INT IN AS MANY WEEKS: Rookie CB Marcus Peters logged his second interception of the season and his first NFL pick-six as he intercepted QB Peyton Manning and returned it 55 yards for a TD in the second quarter. Peters is the first Chiefs rookie defensive back to record an interception return TD since S Eric Berry returned one 54 yards for the score on December 26, 2010 in a game that clinched a playoff berth. Peters finished tonight's contest with five solo tackles and four passes defensed. He becomes just the ninth player in Chiefs history to record four or more passes defensed in a single game and joins Marcus Cooper (four at Oakland, 10/13/13) as the only two rookies in Chiefs history to record four or more passes defensed in a single game.
JOHNSON NARROWS IN ON KC TACKLE RECORD: LB Derrick Johnson recorded two solo tackles in tonight's game. He now has 995 tackles, and is five shy of passing LB Gary Spani at 999 total tackles.
Reid explained that regardless of how last night worked out, he will go back, as he usually does, to review the tape.
"You know how I roll. I'm going to go back, I'm going to look at everything, I'm going to analyze everything," he said. "I'm going to try to find an answer for the ones that don't work – whether it's me, whether it's some other area – I'm going to try to fix it. Inevitably, I'm the one calling the play. So when they don't work, I take a personal responsibility for that. And I do that in wins and losses, that's not something that I just save for the losses, I go back over and over. I can't even give you a number on it, you can take every incompletion, I'm going to go try to figure out why that ball was incomplete. If it's a run, why it didn't work. Did I put the guys in the right position to make that thing happen."
Reid expressed no regret in handing running back Jamaal Charles the ball in the fourth quarter.
"When you have the best running back in the National Football League, I just want to give him opportunities and he's made so many great plays and he will continue to make great plays," he said. "Sometimes things don't work, but listen, that kid is all heart and try-hard. It was a situation where, as I mentioned last night, my thinking on it was you pop one, if you have a shot for a field goal and win the game. That's one thing I'm always going to try to do, I'm going to try to win the game for you there."
Reid provided an update on the status of OL Eric Fisher.
"We'll just see how he feels, that's the primary thing," he said. "As long as he can, the more stable the ankle is and the more he can push off it, there's a chance of [him playing]."
