KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)Jon McGraw cradled the pass from Lions quarterback MatthewStafford in Official Jacoby Ford Jersey his arms, turned up field and set his sights on agame-changing interception return that might serve to lift theKansas City Chiefs out of their early season funk.Then the ball was on the turf at Ford Field, Raiders Jacoby Ford Jersey and moments later,it was the Detroit offense rather than the Kansas City offense thatwas huddling up for the next play.The fumble in the first quarter of a 48-3 loss to the Lions lastSunday was one of six turnovers on the day for the Chiefs. Theyalso had three turnovers in a 41-7 season-opening loss to theBuffalo Bills, putting them on pace for 72 this season, which wouldeasily set an Darren McFadden Jersey Womens NFL record.In a season that has already had so much go so wrong, turnoversare near the top of the list.''That's fundamental football since I was playing flagfootball,'' Chiefs wide receiver Jerheme Urban said. ''You can'twin games when you turn the ball over. Unfortunately, we haven'tdone a very good job of protecting it. But you can't do that andexpect to win games. The stats show that.''Indeed, as last season demonstrated.Kansas City was among the best teams in the league at protectingthe football, losing only six of 15 fumbles, tied for second-fewestbehind the New England Patriots. Quarterback Matt Cassel threw 27touchdown passes against seven interceptions, easily the best ratioof his blossoming career, and the team's 14 total turnovers werethe fewest in franchise history in a non-strike season.The result was a surprising 10-6 finish and an AFC Westtitle.Now, the law of averages is beginning to catch up.Cassel has already thrown four interceptions through two games,and was responsible for a fumble against Detroit as well. The restof the team has coughed the ball up four more times, two of them byrunning back Dexter McCluster, for an unsightly minus-7 turnoverratio.The fact that Kansas City's offense, missing Pro Bowl runningback Jamaal Charles and tight end Tony Moeaki after season-endingknee injuries, has been so adept at giving the ball away is a bigreason it has struggled so much in nearly every other facet of thegame.The Chiefs have had the ball nearly 10 fewer minutes per gameand gained 300 fewer yards total against a pair of teams that won acombined 10 games last season. They've allowed 11 TDs and scoredjust one, have converted only 5 of 24 third-down attempts, made 25first downs compared to 46 for the opposition, and average nearly ayard-and-a-half less per offensive play.''If you're turning the ball over in this league, you're goingto end up paying for it,'' said San Diego coach Norv Turner, whoseteam faces Kansas City on Sunday. ''And they're turning the ballover an awful lot and giving teams short fields.''Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers has thrown fourinterceptions, too, so Turner is experiencing a bit of the samething. Kansas City is tied with the Pittsburgh Darren McFadden Jersey White Steelers for theworst turnover margin in the NFL this Jacoby Ford Authentic Jersey season; San Diego is closebehind in third.''It comes back to technique,'' Chiefs coach Todd Haley said.''If you're carrying the ball the proper way, you should Authentic Darren McFadden Jersey not turnit over in most cases, and why that technique suffers sometimes?Just lack of doing it the right way.''Haley said part of the problem comes from players trying to dotoo much. Rather than getting a key interception like McGraw didagainst the Lions, which would have given the Chiefs good fieldposition, the veteran gave it right back to Detroit because he wastrying to make a play.That's an easy issue to have when your team is off to one of theworst starts through two games in NFL history, Permier Jacoby Ford Jersey has lost some of itsbest players to injury and has a difficult stretch still ahead.''That's part of being a smart player,'' Haley said, ''knowingwhen to say when, knowing what your role is, and knowing you can'ttake on everybody on every play.''You hear me say it all the time, just do your job first,'' hesaid. ''The plays then have a tendency to come to you a little moreand then good things happen. It's not pandemonium or panic. We justneed to do things better, and Authentic Jacoby Ford Jersey if we do things better, we can be agood football team.''
