Laddie Morse
On Monday Night Football, in front of the whole nation — world — the Kansas City Chiefs lost a big game billed as a Super Bowl Rematch to the Philadelphia Eagles, 21-to-17. The reality is the Chiefs wide receivers dropped way to many passes at exactly the wrong times — when the game was on the line — and now the team stands at 7-and-3, and are still atop the AFC Conference (in the loss column).
Here’s a look at how the game was lost:
The Philadelphia Eagles won the toss and deferred. Each team had a three-and-out and then Patrick Mahomes led his team on a 10-play 80-yard drive resulting in a TD.
Next, the Eagles marched 9 plays for a and kicker Jake Elliott bounced his extra point off the left upright, but it went through.
Chiefs 7, Eagles 7
K.C. then went three-and-out.
Jalen Hurts then threw an INT to L’Jarius Sneed after just 4 plays but the Patrick Mahomes also threw an INT in the End Zone to Kevin Byard after 9 plays.
Next, the Eagles gained one first down but had to Punt three plays later. Kadarius Toney return the Punt 21 yards to the Philly 45. 7 plays later K.C. scored their second TD on a pass in the flat to Travis Kelce.
Chiefs 14, Eagles 7
After a 3-and-out, caused by the Chiefs Defense, their offense drove to the Eagles 25 yard line and place kicker Harrison Butker kicked a 43 yard field Goal.
Chiefs 17, Eagles 7 at halftime
Since Philly won the toss they took the ball first in the second half but they Punted. The K.C. Punted after four plays. The Eagles Punted again after a 3-and-out. K.C. then had a 3-and-out but the Eagles scored on their next possession.
Jalen Hurts then scrambled up the middle for a ten yard TD run. Jake Elliott kicked the extra point and the Eagles came close.
Chiefs 17, Eagles 14
On a 12 play drive, the Chiefs drove to the Philly 14 yard line but Travis Kelce fumbled the ball and Philly recovered.
The Eagles wasted their opportunity and after a 3-and-out, they Punted. K.C. had a 6-and-out then Punted again themselves.
The Eagles then drove for 7 plays and scored the go-ahead TD.
Eagles 21, Chiefs 17.
A Punt by Philly, and a Punt by K.C. and a turnover on Down and that was the end of the game.
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Decisive Plays
Earlier in the game, when K.C. had hopes of winning, Justin Watson scored on a TD pass from Patrick Mahomes (0:08):
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Before anyone had scored in this game, rookie WR Rashee Rice was thrown a ball in the right flat and after he caught the ball, he made one heck of a juke move to get free and pick up more yards down to the ten yard line (0:06):
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Once again, the Chiefs scored ZERO points in the second half of a football game this year. In the first half, Travis Kelce was free in the left flat and scored a TD (0:08):
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Drop-Fumble-INT
Dropped passes by Chiefs Wide Receivers is still a story many will want to write about. Sadly. Rashee Rice, the Chiefs rookie WR had a drop in this game. So did Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Justin Watson to end the Chiefs last possession (0:40):
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Even the fan at Arrowhead Stadium reacted to the dropped passes (0:03):
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Yes, Travis Kelce had a TD — shown earlier — but he also had a fumble after catching a pass from Patrick Mahomes (0:16):
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Although ESPN noted that TE Travis Kelce had his first game since 2014 with a drop and a fumble, it all begins with QB Patrick Mahomes and he threw an INT to help (hurt) the cause (0:06):
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Player of the Game – an Eagle
DeAndre Swift – it seemed that every time the Chiefs were about to get another stop on the Eagles offense, DeAndre Swift came into the picture and had a long run or reception. He had 31 Receiving yards and 76 Rushing yards for a total of 107 all purpose yards. I hate the idea of naming an opposing player the Player of the Game, but no one on the Chiefs side of the ball stepped up and made that happen.
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Tweet of the Game
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Quote of the Game
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“I know everyone is mad right now, but let me tell
you how awesome it feels to take a deep breath
and just let this game go as a fan 1 minute after
it was over. My kids don’t deserve me being
pissed off about a game and neither do
yours. Don’t let this ruin your night.“
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Laddie Morse — ArrowheadOne
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