Chiefs play takeaway … but also giveaway

Former Bear Alfonso Boone wasn't talking. He never does to the media, even in his first trip back to Soldier Field since signing with Kansas City in the off-season.Chiefs backup safety Greg Wesley sat in his locker stall scanning the stat sheet and shaking his head.He, too, had nothing to say.But here's a Chiefs stat that did talk, in fact it screamed: Two fourth-quarter turnovers in the red zone.Not loud enough?How about 3 penalties on one play?Despite all that, the reigning NFC champion Bears still had a difficult time finishing off a team that was a 12-point underdog and mustered just a field goal in an opening-day loss to the Houston Texans.Why all the trouble?The pesky Chiefs just never gave up, that's why.The Chiefs picked off a pair of Rex Grossman passes, and Boone recovered a Bernard Berrian fumble on the Bears' opening series."We took the ball away, and that's what we needed to do," coach Herm Edwards said after his Chiefs lost 20-10. "We did it three times. Problem was, they took it away from us twice down in the red zone."And that didn't include a Chiefs touchdown that was nullified by an illegal shift.On the play, a flea-flicker flung by running back Michael Bennett, Dwayne Bowe hauled in a 35-yard reception in the end zone. At the time, the Chiefs trailed by 10 early in the fourth quarter.On the Chiefs' next possession, after Donnie Edwards' interception gave the visitors field position in Bears territory, quarterback Damon Huard tried to thread a pass to Samie Parker in the end zone. Cornerback Charles Tillman tipped the ball just before it reached Parker's hands, and safety Danieal Manning came up with the interception.Later, Tillman forced a fumble by Bennett, and linebacker Lance Briggs recovered at the Bears' 16."They're a fast defense," said Bowe, whose acrobatic catch in the end zone in the second quarter did count and accounted for the Chiefs' only touchdown. "We're a great offense. We've just to got to eliminate the penalties."Take that one Bears punt early in the second half, for example.The referees littered the field with three flags as Eddie Drummond fielded the ball at the Kansas City 12. Two Chiefs were guilty of making an illegal block above the waist. Another Kansas City special-teamer was flagged for holding.Officially, Kansas City was flagged nine times for 60 yards."We're all on the same page," said Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, who was held to 55 rushing yards on 16 carries. "We all get the same playbook, same plays. We just need to go out and execute and put some points on the board."Added former Northwestern linebacker Napoleon Harris, who had an interception: "We (caused) 3 (turnovers) and we still lost. Maybe we needed to get 5 takeaways."Enough said.