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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Midway through this week, Alex Smith was still pondering the misfires that plagued the Kansas City Chiefs in their loss at Houston when he normally would be focused on the upcoming opponent.It was an unmistakable reminder of the enormous price of those missed opportunities.And just how rare they have been.Ive been thinking about it and Id be lying if I said I wasnt, Smith said.We havent had a day like that in a long time. I cant remember the last time. I was going through missed connections -- there were probably seven or eight of them and a lot of yards.Indeed, Smith completed just 20 of 37 passes in the 19-12 defeat, his worst completion percentage since Week 5 last season.But he was even worse when it came to his wide receivers, completing half of his 24 attempts to Jeremy Maclin, Chris Conley, Albert Wilson and Tyreek Hill.Most confounding about that statistic? Hes been working with all but Hill for more than a year, so it stands to reason the chemistry between quarterback and wide receiver should be better.There were a lot of missed connections, a lot of offense and a lot of plays that ultimately changed the day, Smith said.The games are fast, you get going and playing fast and youre not always 100 percent. There were certainly a lot of plays out there that we normally make.Take the 15 passes directed at Maclin, his most sure-handed wide receiver. Not only did Maclin drop a pass -- hes only dropped four the past two years combined -- but he only hauled in just six of them. Three of those completions came on the final drive, the game already out of reach.Two of the missed completions were on third down, scuttling potential drives.In fact, Smith dropped back to pass 11 times on third down last Sunday. One snap over his head resulted in a lost fumble, two more plays ended in sacks and two completions were shy of the first-down marker. Only twice did he hit for a first down, and just one of those was to a wide receiver.It was a big reason why Kansas City was just 3 of 14 on third downs, and why the Chiefs failed to score a touchdown. They had to settle for four field goals from Cairo Santos.It wasnt necessarily accuracy, it was just being on the same page -- the wide receivers and quarterbacks on the same page, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said.Thats something I have to work with. If youre a hair off it can affect things. Thats why we practice so much.Practice can certainly help. But remember, Smith has been working with Maclin, Conley and Wilson the past two seasons, through two training camps and countless practices.I would definitely say its a fluke, Conley said. But it also comes down to the way we practice, so we have to be consistent here. We have to hold ourselves accountable, and we have to do some things better in practice as well.Smith and Co. should have a chance to fix their communication problems on Sunday.The New York Jets have one of the best defensive fronts in the NFL, and will no doubt get plenty of pressure on the quarterback.But when given time to throw, opposing passers have been able to shred their secondary, even beating perennial Pro Bowl cornerback Darrelle Revis a couple of times.The Jets are allowing more than 315 yards per game through the air the first two weeks.You dont panic. You go back to the fundamentals a little bit, Smith said. You go back to the work, communicating, making sure were on the same page and getting those things worked out.Game notes S Eric Berry (knee) and LBs Tamba Hali (knee) and Sam Barrington (hamstring) were back at practice Thursday after missing the previous day. ... There was no change in the status of OLs Jah Reid (ankle), Parker Ehinger (concussion) or Laurent Duvernay-Tardiff (ankle). Reid and Ehinger did not practice Wednesday and Duvernay-Tardiff has been limited this week.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Off White Skor Sverige . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Nike Air Max 97 Sverige . PETERSBURG, Fla. http://www.reaairmaxsverige.com/air-max-90-rabatt.html . The Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, and Texas Rangers all won on Sunday meaning the Rangers will host the Rays in a play-in game on Monday. Air Max 200 Dam . PETERSBURG, Fla. Nike Air Max 98 Sverige . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. That means that Marc Bartra will probably start again in the centre of the defence alongside Gerard Pique. A man arrested in connection with the theft of a duplicate of O.J. Simpsons Heisman Trophy more than 20 years ago from the University of Southern California has been sentenced to three years formal probation, The Los Angeles Times reported.A judge sentenced 57-year-old Lewis Eugene Starks of Apple Valley, California, on June 30 after he pleaded no contest to one count of receiving stolen property.The Times said Starks initially pleaded not guilty to the felony count in September, but changed his plea last month.Police recovered the trophy in late 2014 after Starks tried to sell it, Los Angeles County prosecutors said. It was held by the Los Angeles district attorneys office and police during the case, and then returned to the university on Wednesday, according to the paper.The trophy, a Simpsonn jersey and a plaque were stolen from a display case in a burglary at the university in 1994 while Simpson was awaiting trial in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman.dddddddddddd Simpson was acquitted of murder the following year.The Heisman, awarded to the most outstanding college football player, was a duplicate given to the university in 1968.Simpsons own trophy was seized under a $33.5 million judgment after a civil court jury found him liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Goldman.Simpson is in a Nevada prison for an armed heist in a Las Vegas casino hotel room in 2007.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '