Travis Kelce on Chiefs defense: 'This is the best defense I've ever played with'

Heading into Sunday's game in Frankfurt, Germany, between Patrick Mahomes' Kansas City Chiefs and the high-flying Miami Dolphins, few would have guessed a defensive struggle would break out.

Even Chiefs head coach Andy Reid didn't see a first-half shutout and holding Mike McDaniel's offense to two scores in a 21-14 win.

"I'm not going to slight our defense. But I wouldn't have guessed that," Reid said of the low-scoring affair, via the official transcript. "Typically two good offenses, that being the No. 1 offense, the Dolphins, in the National Football League right now. For the things that our defense did right there, that was a tremendous achievement. Obviously we got to keep it going. You're just as good as the next game that you play in. That was a heck of an achievement. (Defensive coordinator) Steve (Spagnuolo) did a great job with scheming it. The players executed very well."

Spagnuolo's defense kept Tua Tagovailoa off balance all game, bottled up Tyreek Hill, and didn't let the Dolphins run game get churning.

K.C. held Tagovailoa to season lows in completion percentage (61.8), passing yards (193), yards per attempt (5.7), and passer rating (87.0), while Miami scored a season-low 14 points. It marked the second-fewest points of the McDaniel era in Miami. The only game with fewer was a Skylar Thompson start last year against the New York Jets in Week 18 (11 points).

The Chiefs D had the offense glowing after the statement victory.

"The fact that they're so good at all three levels, they're deep. Guys rotate in. They can play. It's hard to get everybody snaps, that's how good they are," Mahomes said of his D. "It's got to be the top defense in the NFL. That's a great offense. To hold them to 14 points where I fumbled in