"Head coach Andy Reid had his choice of appropriate endings here. One would have felt more satisfying: He could have called some safe run plays and brought the field goal unit out so that it ended on a missed Harrison Butker kick. But Reid either had so little faith in Butker to tie the game or so little faith in Minshew to lead an OT drive that he opted to get it over with in regulation."
"On Kansas City's final drive, Patrick Mahomes scrambled to his right and threw the ball away. When the CBS camera cut back to Mahomes, he was on the ground, surrounded by Chiefs staffers and grabbing his left knee. When he emerged from the blue medical tent, a pair of trainers walked him back to the locker room. Mahomes's postgame tweet pledging to be "back stronger than ever"."
Kansas City trailed 16-13 with 20 seconds and faced a crucial final drive decision. Andy Reid allowed a delay of game that pushed the Chiefs out of field-goal range and then dialed a downfield pass that Gardner Minshew threw into tight coverage and Derwin James intercepted to end the game. Patrick Mahomes left the sideline clutching his left knee, was escorted to the locker room, and the team later announced a torn left ACL. The loss dropped the Chiefs to 6-8 and officially eliminated them from playoff contention. Multiple other key NFL players suffered serious injuries that day.
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