"Todd Haley's theory made sense as the Chiefs wobbled beginning their season. His team, Haley said, would have to win ugly if it won at all because it had a razor-thin margin of error. Then the Chiefs destroyed that notion as so much myth in walloping San Francisco 31-10 on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. They moved to 3-0 for the first time since 2003, but this win was vastly different from the others. The Chiefs delivered one big play after another on both offense and defense until the 49ers could no longer keep pace. Quarterback Matt Cassel completed four passes of more than 20 yards, a number that doesn't sound impressive except that the Chiefs had just one in their first two games combined. "To finish like that and not put the defense out there to have to make the big stop … Everybody made plays, everybody stuck together from the quarterback to the line to the running backs to the receivers," rookie Dexter McCluster said. In the season's first two games, the Chiefs did what was required, but nothing more in order to win. They were certainly more opportunistic than dominant and had no reason to expect anything else against the 49ers "That wasn't scorewise what I was necessarily expecting," Haley said. "But I'll take it." His theory on winning ugly was undermined by Haley himself. He showed uncommon confidence in a team that supposedly had to do everything right to win. "That definitely gave us a jolt of energy," Cassel said. "You could see it throughout the sideline. From there we were just having a party out there." It's been some time since a Chiefs victory could be described as a party, but this one certainly qualified. The offense came alive with not only more than 200 rushing yards but also Cassel's biggest game of the season. The Chiefs weren't merely adequate but dominant on defense, getting five sacks in a game for the first time in three seasons. The 49ers scored their lone touchdown against a lineup full of Chiefs reserves on the final play of the game." http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/26/2253040/chiefs-dominate-49ers-in-31-10.html
