Sunday evening’s recreation adopted a well-recognized script for the 2024 Chiefs and the reward for pulling out one other last-second win is a well-recognized one for the franchise.
Matthew Wright grew to become the third kicker to make a game-winning kick for the workforce this yr when his discipline objective doinked off the upright and thru for a 19-17 win on the ultimate play. The victory clinched a ninth-straight AFC West title for the Chiefs and gave the workforce a two-game lead within the race for the highest seed within the AFC playoffs, which is one thing quarterback Patrick Mahomes referenced when requested in regards to the significance of the win at his postgame press convention.
“It’s our first objective each single yr to win the AFC West,” Mahomes stated. “It’s a fantastic division. We’re in lots of rivalries the place everyone’s performed one another robust and three groups are going to most likely make the playoffs, that speaks to the division that we play in. To be capable to win this division, to achieve one other recreation within the playoff image — it was an essential recreation for us in opposition to a extremely good soccer workforce. We discovered a technique to get a win, however now we acquired to maintain constructing if we wish to get to our final objective.’’
The Chiefs have appeared susceptible all through this season, however their report is 12-1 and it’s onerous to really feel assured that any workforce goes to have the ability to discover a technique to maintain them from a 3rd straight Super Bowl so long as they maintain discovering methods to drag the rabbit out of their hats within the closing moments.
