A final-second discipline purpose sailed towards the top zone.
Because the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ sideline tracked the trajectory of a ball heading instantly for the left upright put up, head coach Andy Reid stored wanting the opposite approach.
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Reid could not bear to look at one other last-second Chiefs contest.
And because the “luckiest staff in NFL historical past” captured a 19-17 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday Evening Soccer, all Reid may do was credit score a third-string kicker who barely made a game-winning 31-yard discipline purpose.
Kansas Metropolis is tied with the Detroit Lions for the very best document (12-1) within the NFL this season.
However with the Chiefs making an attempt to develop into the primary staff in league historical past to win three consecutive Tremendous Bowls, it has been a season of shut name after shut name for the 66-year-old Reid.
On prime of 10 wins by a landing or much less in 2024, the Chiefs have develop into the primary staff in NFL historical past to have three completely different kickers convert game-winning discipline objectives as time expired, per NFL Analysis.
Third-stringer Matthew Wright was simply the most recent kicker to save lots of Kansas Metropolis — and Reid.
“I trusted Matthew, so I used to be good with the place we have been,” Reid mentioned.
“Percentages are fairly excessive. I do know we received a recreation in that very same scenario on the other finish, so I get it, however he’s a stable gamer, so I wasn’t too nervous about it.”
Wright wanted each one of many 31 yards to make the sphere purpose, which was arrange by one other Patrick Mahomes game-winning drive.
The kick bounced off the left upright and remained true, sending the Chiefs into an on the spot celebration.
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Reid could not watch the kick, although, and followers have been left amazed that Kansas Metropolis one way or the other win one other last-second recreation.
“Chiefs are the luckiest staff in NFL historical past,” one fan tweeted.
“I’ve by no means seen something like this,” a second fan posted. “The Chiefs are really the luckiest sports activities staff to ever exist.”
“Chiefs for the win off the upright,” a 3rd fan posted. “Have you ever ever seen a luckier staff in soccer?”
Since barely beating the Baltimore Ravens to kick off the 2024 season, the Chiefs began 9-0 and have relied on a toe being out of bounds, a blocked discipline purpose, a missed snap and a “doink” to enhance to 12-1.
Final week, Kansas Metropolis was set to lose in a stunner to Las Vegas.
However Las Vegas botched a snap and the Chiefs survived once more.
No surprise that Reid cannot even hassle to look at last-second drama anymore.
He did not have a good time on Sunday evening till he heard the group roar.
“You’ll be able to’t make these items up,” one fan tweeted.
“These guys win the lottery each single week,” a second fan posted.
“Regardless of the odds are that the Chiefs will win the Tremendous Bowl by having their opponent’s game-winning FG struck by a bolt of lightning, they aren’t excessive sufficient,” a 3rd fan wrote.
Mahomes accomplished 24-of-37 passes for 210 yards, one landing and an 88.8 score.
Travis Kelce tied for a team-high with 5 catches for 45 yards as he tried to enhance his consistency together with his QB.
Ultimately, a positive doink was Kansas Metropolis’s greatest offensive weapon on the excellent time.
The Chiefs have now clinched the AFC West title for a ninth consecutive season and with Buffalo shedding to the Los Angeles Rams, Reid’s squad now have a two-game lead on the prime of the Convention – though the Payments have the tiebreaker.
Kansas Metropolis finishes with the Browns, Texans, Steelers, Broncos over the ultimate 4 weeks of the common season.
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