They were blanked for the second consecutive second half and fell to 2-2 going into their bye week after victories over the Las Vegas Raiders and Carolina Panthers to start the season and losses to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chiefs. What’s more, it was their 11th consecutive home loss to Kansas City.

How the Chiefs bristled their way back after the bizarre and deflating play on which Rice suffered what figures to be a long-term knee injury, a play that soon left them down 10-0, was fresh testimony to what we should now accept as fact … Both for its reassuring upside and unsettling downside.

In a game that saw the Super Bowl champs lose WR Rashee Rice to a knee injury, Kansas City scored 17 straight points to defeat the Los Angeles Chargers, 17-10, on Sunday at SoFi Stadium. A couple of turnovers left the Chiefs double digits down in the first quarter.