How bad was the Kansas City offense on Sunday?

Their rookie offensive coordinator didn’t know down-and-distance. Or maybe it was just down.

In any case, the Chiefs offense doesn’t look like it’s going to move th ball any distance … and could be on a steep drop down.

According to the KC Star’s Jason Whitlock, newly-minted Chiefs head coach Herman Edwards was roundly booed after the team ran it up the gut on third and 5 in the red zone. (This play is known to Jets aficionados as the “mini-Walton.”)

You could see the poor performance coming when the Chiefs turned ultraconservative in the red zone on their second possession. The third-and-5 call foreshadowed a miserable day.

“Missed communication on the call,” Edwards said when I asked about the play call. “I’ll leave it at that.”

So I asked Tony Gonzalez what the “missed communication” was.

“Mike Solari came in at halftime and said he messed up,” Gonzalez said. “He thought it was third and 2.”

Another member of the Chiefs said Solari — who left the locker room without talking with reporters — thought it was second down.

How can you possibly not know down or distance? Follow the link for more flayings of Herman Edwards and — if you have any KC Chiefs on your fantasy football team — weep.