Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs Game - Highlights - 2026 NFL Week 1

And welcome to NFL kickoff presented by YouTube TV as always a packed house Here at Arrowhead Stadium getting ready to watch the Chiefs and the Broncos go at it I'm very on Alex Smith former quarterback here the man who actually handed the keys to the car And handed the keys of this offense to Patrick Mahomes pounding the drum and getting this crowd all fired up For the start of the game Chiefs won the toss Denver gets the ball And away we go RJ Harvey wisely takes a knee and that means that Bo Nix Will have good field position to start this opening drive of the 2026 season the numbers were Tremendous coming off the two ankle procedures. He says he feels great, and he's about to try and prove it right now Nix has to step up and down he goes and a loss on the play is no Williams On third down over the Middle East Intercepted by the rookie Delane He's trying to work to his right side They double waddle inside and so he comes off it which he should but Delane is just right there He's playing underneath coverage. He's got help over the top and as he Recognizes the in breaking route There's a look at waddle and the double team that they were putting on him expecting the ball to go to him he works back and Delane is right there and is able to pick up the They have big Kyrus Tonga in the backfield and Walker gets it How about four plays four handoffs and Kenneth Walker canine as they call him gets the first down? Confident he'd be ready to go Andy Reed is his head coach, and he's back for another year Quick throw ball comes out fast worthy spinning catch third and one He doesn't want Mahomes to try and beat him, but they're fine. They don't have an answer How about another six carry of the possession in the first down as he gets 12? Not having played the position in college to make him this first NFL start there Time runs out Mahomes able to break one tackle he's in touchdown same old Patrick To the touchdown you go back and take a look at it, and they're not able to get to Mahomes And so he's able to knife his way in the pocket at the end of this play look like Travis Kelsey might have gotten away with a with a hold but Patrick Mahomes He does not protect himself as he thought he might he takes it into the end zone But here's a look at what looked to be a hold by Travis Kelsey at the end of that play Russell York yeah Troy I agree with On first down Knicks fires a bullet the pad is passes caught by Pat Bryant Four man rush passes caught first down Bryant again That's him in motion on first down That's him his third catch on this possession and the big body. He is six three two hundred pounds Back peddling got a man Ingram touchdown Great answer by the third-year quarterback Bo Nix Good for 19 yards out Well a nice design they put waddle in the backfield He runs to the flat and it ties up the corner and then right in behind that is the weakness within that zone coverage There's no indication that it's affected him whatsoever Here's a handoff to the rookie Emma Johnson a young back They love they drafted him in the fifth round out of Nebraska But a good pickup for Kansas City to help take some of the load off Walker They're down and seven throw is nearly picked and that was Macmillan that flashed in front of Xavier worthy Meanwhile Marvin Mims we understand has been in the medical tent on the Denver sidelines second down and ten Play action again and Knicks out to his left Ingram nice catch the pass was behind him and it's going to be That was a very favorable spot so they can he'll afford to lose guys already in this year There's a run with a lot of room to run and it's Nick Bolton on the tackle and RJ Harvey with a six-yard carry in a first down Resume as the play caller if he wishes Here's a screen for Harvey. He's got blocking out in front, but it's fourth down Tranquil in on the stop he was not alone and so a punt up coming from Denver Here he is tries out the left side bends it back good one still going He got nine He's been under center seven plays 18 times at the line so far that one's tipped and because of it the pass is short With Cyrus Allen the rookie from Cincinnati the intended target Even once Denver puts their offensive personnel on the field Before they declare here is a handoff to Tony Franklin or Troy Franklin rather And he is brought down by Bolton not on the edge, but we'd see a little more JK Dobbins Here's Harvey out of the backfield What a good job to keep his feet and turn that into a nice play and bring up third and short a gain of four Legeria Sneed who's been a tackling machine They just get it away and next has to go out to his right looking for help fourth down Last year in the year before Vance Joseph won't be around next year in Denver bad snap catch made Walker trying to dive for it And it looks like he got it he did He had an opportunity if he was able to make a play back to Walker And after breaking tackles into the secondary still rumbling and out of bounds at the 41 of Denver 28 yards for Kenneth Walker and here they are already over a hundred yards rushing And he doesn't have to do as much pass over the middle. That's tight end Noah gray And he stopped right at the marker Here's rice his first catch and where she Could tackle and gets a touchdown He's in a perfect position to come up. He fails to make the tackle see a lot of missed tackles Here in week one, but Jonah Ellis he comes in number 52 and just throws a shoulder on him doesn't wrap them That game was always going to be mixed protected pulls it down and down he goes Mason Thomas the rookie The lane has been out since the first series of the game and his interception strong catch by Brian's extra men on the rush backpedaling and incomplete fourth down Hasn't been asked to do a whole lot Because of the quickness and getting the ball out of his hands. Here's another quick throw and rice is short of first down yardage He's off to the left of Kenneth Walker Snap it fast Walker Got it still going Kenneth Walker Still go touchdown Kansas City on fourth and one 60 yards And Davis Webb was told the same thing second down and six Dobbins stays in Harvey checks out Dobbins gets it Got to find somewhere to go and behind this outstanding offensive line able to turn that into a positive gain of Nobody better disguising a blitz than Spagnola Waddle can't hang on And it's fourth down Yeah, the majority of his success running to Kansas City's left. They fake it to him. They're gonna throw it and a pick Intercepted by Brandon Jones Mahomes threw it right to him and Jones is gonna pick his way down inside the tent But worthy has no idea the balls even being thrown you can see that Jones He feels threatened with the middle But he's able to get his eyes back on the quarterback and then makes a good play a lot of times with that kind of speed Nick swings it completes down to the 10 Dobbins in the backfield with Nick's looking left and now out to his right Back to his left Wins that foot race and now just the ball comes out of his hand Sneed is there And they're gonna they're gonna blow this play dead back at the 16. The ball is back near the 16-yard line Let's take a look the ball just slipped out of his hand just simply fell out of his hand as he rears back to try to throw it and Sneed I believe was out of bounds when he touched the ball Yeah, 38 was out of bounds and he touched the ball before he reestablished to the ball becomes dead by rule That fumble however, the Kansas City player was out of bounds when he touched the football Denver will keep the ball at that spot from outside the 16 Bad snap good catch by Nick's In a foot race looking for waddle and waddle never got away from Christian Fulton the corner It was covering him a lot in the favor of the Kansas City Chief 31-yard try and let's knocks it through They have first and goal from the five Everything we talked about how you benefit running the football has been on display tonight Broncos coming after Mahomes and he finds Kelsey Travis Kelsey Inside the 20 down to the five Well, you see Jason Kelsey as he comes off in the patience. He knows there's a blitz or excuse me Travis You know, there's a blitz, you know, the ball is coming your way your one-on-one and yet you're patient enough to sell that route And then get the defender Tony Gonzalez was in that draft. He went to Kansas City. We picked up David LaFleur and Gonzalez had third down and goal Mahomes tripped up and down he goes He had Kelsey open in the end zone, but did not keep his feet Tucker knocks it through from 28 Yeah, I'll say second down and seven Play action Ingram breaks a tackle and gets a first down It separates the great ones from the good ones and anyone can can put together a game plan Here's Dobbins Chiefs bailout they were showing bridge balls out And it's recovered by Kansas City and Chris Jones Take a look at the pressure. I'm not sure what they were trying to do offensively here Quinn minors is going to be five yards down the field and then you got McClinchy up here doing the same thing and Yet, it's a it's a it's a drop back pass Felix Andy DK Uzama is the one who was there to knock it out. We hit the arm They have really struggled Here in Kansas City is worthy hit in stride and Macmillan made a nice tackle facing third down and five Johnson broke a tackle and gets the first down still going the rookie down inside the five And and yet as you mentioned and as I said around the league tackling has been an issue Fields is in the game. Here's a toss to Walker He's got another Yeah, you know I mentioned North Turner and Ernie Zampezi being good coordinators But they never gave me these easy touchdown passes like this and maybe they weren't so good But that's pretty nice when you can just toss the ball like that To an outstanding Jalen Watson and yet they've held up against this five deep wide receiver for Nick's fine Sutton Second catch and he's brought down immediately good tackle there by Christian for third down and five Nick's flush just throws it into the ground chased by Bolton and Chris Jones Second down and nine here as Walker bends it back and adds to his big night the other piece of that is that it will be a jury trials in situations and This running game with Kenneth Walker has been everything that they'd hoped to be and it's continuing And getting this team prepared And we saw a similar thing from the New York Giants last night. Here's Emma Johnson He's breaking tackle the tackling for Denver's been horrible as Johnson is brought down eventually way downfield by Rosarito Some of the results of having that mindset as opposed to always being concerned about just keeping guys healthy the homes Wrapped up and the second sack of the night for this Denver defense is they played in five of the last seven Super Bowl winning three Who's Harvey? New practice facility that is absolutely gorgeous They're aiming for a new stadium in Denver. Here is a catch by Ingram for a first down Talented there's a another mistake as a ball hits the ground as Nick's I mean they came in and they have just put it on Here's a short throw Harvey And that is now nine straight third down stops For this Kansas City defense led by a Batman and time will tell but I think they got three really good defensive players Nick's run for his life on four down and eight has to throw across his body and it's broken up with Franklin the target Kenneth Walker has been the guy who stepped up tonight Here's a third down carry and that's just effort by Emmett Johnson Kansas City offense outshined Just nine first down