We saw something we haven't seen a ton, or at least expect to see a ton, on Saturday against the Seattle Seahawks in the Kansas City Chiefs' big win.

The Chiefs showed up on Christmas Eve, in a way we didn't expect to see based on how the season has gone.

We have talked about this before, but the defense has been pretty average this year but has had huge moments in games where they got stops when they needed them most. They haven't exactly taken that huge jump like we thought they would.

If someone wanted to argue that point, this would be the perfect game to do so, because they were amazing. Actually, amazing doesn't quite describe how good they were against a pretty good Seahawks offense.

Sure, the offense put up the points, but the defense was the MVP of this game. There were several times they got a stop, on fourth down, or forced a punt with great field position for the offense, and they were unable to score.

With around nine minutes left in the second quarter, the Chiefs' defense still hadn't allowed the Seahawks a first down in the game, and that was after four offensive possessions for Seattle.

Not to mention during that time the Seahawks also only had 18 total yards.

The Chiefs forced Seattle to do awful on third down, going 2-14, and 3-6 on fourth down with some huge stops from the rookies.

George Karlaftis had a sack, Frank Clark played well in the run defense, Trent McDuffie had a few pass breakups, and I could keep going, honestly.

The Chiefs held the Seahawks to 4.7 yards per pass, 4.3 yards per carry, and 4.5 yards per play, which honestly isn't great when you are playing the Chiefs.

Oh, and Kansas City held a team that averages 24 points per game, which is the ninth-highest in the league, to just 10 points.

If there was one thing they could have done better, though, it was containing the running game. Kenneth Walker, the dynamic rookie running back, finished with over 100 rushing yards.

However, Walker, and the entire team, still averaged around just four yards a carry on the day.

Now, they are 12-3 and have two games left, both against division opponents. We can only hope this is the start of a defensive run for the Chiefs late in the year that carries over to the playoffs, similar to 2019.

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