Redskins Lose to Chiefs, 28-21

The Washington Redskins defense gave-up a Priest Holmes' 60-yard short pass and run touchdown early in the fourth quarter that ended up being the difference in a 28-21 Kansas City victory.
The Redskins had a chance to force overtime, but after driving to the Chiefs' 33 in the final minute, four straight incompletions ended their chances and dropped them to 3-2, a half-game behind 4-2 Dallas in the NFC East and tied with the Giants and Philadelphia. The good news for the Redskins is they next play host to 1-4 San Francisco.
On a day that saw receiver Santana Moss continue to build his No. 1 receiver portfolio (a career-high 173 yards and a 78-yard touchdown), Mark Brunell throw for 331 yards and three scores, the defense holding Holmes to18 rushing yards and the special teams keeping Dante Hall in check, the turnovers were the story. Brunell fumbled at the 7-yard line on the Redskins opening drive, which Kansas City turned into a field goal. A second-quarter Brunell fumble happened at the Redskins 40. And running back Rock Cartwright's third-quarter fumble was returned by Sammy Knight for an 80-yard touchdown
Through five games, the Redskins are a combined minus-8 in turnover ratio. They haven't forced a turnover since a pair of takeaways against Chicago in Week 1. "On the road against really good teams, you can't afford mistakes," coach Joe Gibbs said. "We made a bunch of good plays, but it wasn't enough." "We've dug ourselves into a little bit of a hole, but we'll fight back," quarterback Mark Brunell said. "We'll find out what kind of character we have, but I'm confident this team will clean up the mistakes."
The Redskins took possession with no timeouts and 1:46 left at their own 22 and used Brunell completions of 11, 19 and 15 yards to get to the Chiefs 33 with 39 seconds left. Brunell overshot Cooley on first down, missed an open James Thrash over the middle on second down, threw it away under pressure on third down and, on fourth down, had Moss momentarily open down the left sideline, but the pass was deflected by Knight.