![]() ![]() To open the third quarter, the Bengals only took three plays - the third one being a 69-yard touchdown reception to Chase, following a blown coverage by safety Dan Sorensen. After a run on the next play, the Chiefs went to the locker room with a 28-17 lead The wideout got his hands on it over the defender - but the pass was knocked away as he came down. Still looking to score, Mahomes attemped a pass thrown more than 60 yards in the air to Hill downfield. With less than a minute left in the half, the Chiefs appeared to score a touchdown on a kickoff return by Byron Pringle - but a holding penalty brought it back. Cincinnati settled for a field goal, closing the score to 28-17. With two minutes remaining, the Bengals drove into Chiefs’ territory in a good rhythm - but eventually got stopped on a third-down incompletion forced by pressure from defensive end Alex Okafor. A few positive plays later, Williams capped his big drive with his second touchdown of the day - making the score 28-14. Highlights included big gains on the ground by Williams, then a reaching grab by Byron Pringle to gain 27 yards. The Chiefs responded with yet another touchdown drive, this time taking nine plays and 73 yards. From there, Burrow trusted Chase to win a jump ball over cornerback Charvarius Ward - and he did. A third-down pass break up was negated by defensive-pass interference by cornerback Rashad Fenton, which was followed by a 17-yard gain by Tyler Boyd to get into the red zone. A few plays later, the Chiefs punched in a touchdown with a run from Williams, extending the score to 21-7.Ĭincinnati began to answer with good gains through the air and on the ground - advancing into Chiefs’ territory with a quick completion to Mixon. Still leading 14-7, the Chiefs opened the second quarter with a 53-yard completion to wide receiver Mecole Hardman on a deep corner route. On the second play of the ensuing drive, Burrow found wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase on an intermediate route - and he avoided a handful of Chiefs defenders to go 72 yards for a touchdown. On third-and-goal, Mahomes found Kelce to extend the score to 14-0. To get to the two-yard line, running back Derrick Gore broke through an open run lane for 23 yards. ![]() The Chiefs gained chunks of yards through the air on the next drive, gaining 17 yards with Hill on one play then 24 yards to Blake Bell on another. The Chiefs’ defense had forced punts on the first two possessions. However, a sack by defensive tackle Chris Jones set them back on the next play - then a hurried throw on third-and-17 led to a completion short of the sticks. The Bengals looked to respond, starting with a 13-yard run by running back Joe Mixon. On the next play, Mahomes found wide receiver Demarcus Robinson on a deep post to take an early 7-0 lead. They ran into a fourth-and-1, but converted with tight end Blake Bell’s pre-snap motion into a quarterback sneak. The Bengals proceeded to punt.įrom their own 28-yard line, the Chiefs started with tight end Travis Kelce earning a 32-yard defensive pass-interference flag to get into Bengals’ territory. From there, the Bengals got into third-and-5 - where a blitzing Tyrann Mathieu missed quarterback Joe Burrow, who completed a pass just short of the sticks. Kansas City’s defense made a statement with their first play defensive end Frank Clark beat a tight end in pass protection to earn a sack. They punted to the Bengals’ 23-yard line. On their opening drive, the Chiefs quickly got into a third-and-2, but couldn’t convert it with an inside handoff to running back Darrel Williams. The Bengals won the opening coin toss, deferring to the second half. For the Chiefs’ defense, defensive tackle Chris Jones earned two sacks - while defensive linemen Frank Clark and Jarran Reed each added one as well. On the ground, running back Darrel Williams led the team with 88 yards on 14 carries - and scored twice. ![]() The Chiefs’ loss took them out of the AFC’s top seed.Ĭhiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes finished with 26 completions on 35 attempts, totaling 259 yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers. ![]() With the score tied at 31-31, the Cincinnati Bengals drove 79 yards on 15 plays, taking up the remaining six minutes of game time to ultimately kick the game-winning field goal to beat the Kansas City Chiefs 34-31. In the NFL’s most hyped-up matchup of the Week 17 slate, the battle between AFC playoff contenders didn’t disappoint. ![]()
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