Kansas City survives.
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have fate on their side, as they escape the Denver Broncos, 16-14, to remain unbeaten on the season and move to 9-0.
Lining up for a chip shot 35-yard game winning field goal, the Chiefs blocked the Broncos kick to seal the win and remain perfect.
Each win is starting to feel more improbable than the last.
There’s having fate on your side, having luck…and then there’s whatever Kansas City has going for them.
Coming in with the best record in the entire league at 8-0, the Chiefs were rolling.
They were undefeated and quarterback Mahomes hadn’t even been playing his best ball yet.
That was the scary part.
Perfect, with the best player on the planet not playing up to his lofty standard.
Murmurs of the never-been-done-before 20-0 perfect season grew louder with each week, with each passing win.
It seemed like today was finally the day all of those murmurs would officially be laid to rest.
The quest for perfection was going to end.
Mahomes wasn’t going to be able to claim perfection, accomplishing something that Tom Brady never did.
It was going to end with a short FG by Denver.
A moment later, the kick gets blocked and the flawless record remains intact.
And Kansas City survives.
After the game, Mahomes credited all three phases and how much belief they have in one another.
“It just speaks to this entire team,” Mahomes said.
“Obviously, offensively we didn’t do well enough. I missed that throw in the fourth quarter to help us get the lead.
“Defensively they stepped it up in the second half, and the special teams. We’re a full team. It’s everybody and that was a special moment.
“It took everybody and we found a way in the end.
“It’s a team. Everybody believes, no one has any doubts. We just keep pushing and find a way in the end.”
That’s what this team does.
They just keep finding ways to win, even when they don’t have their best.
That’s a sign of a great team.
Nine games into the season, with no blemishes, there’s no betting against Mahomes and Kansas City finding new ways to win, until there aren’t any games left.
And the perfect season is complete.
