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The 25 Best NFL Games of the Past 25 Years | SI
3. 13 Seconds
Date: Jan. 23, 2022 | AFC divisional round
Final score: Chiefs 42, Bills 36 (OT)
My fiancé isn’t much of a football fan, but I remember how much she enjoyed watching the final minutes of this epic battle between Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. Maybe that was the moment she realized football isn’t so bad and she can tolerate being around a football writer for the rest of her life. So thank you for that, Chiefs and Bills.
On a different note, she now knows whenever I say there are only two minutes left in a game, that really means there’s another 30-or-so minutes to go. For Bills fans, 13 seconds must feel like a lifetime.
Allen (329 yards) found Gabe Davis (201 yards) for his fourth touchdown and a 36–33 lead with 13 seconds left in regulation. That was enough time for Mahomes to deliver the game-tying drive, which included a 19-yard pass to Tyreek Hill (150 yards, 1 TD) and 25-yard completion to Travis Kelce (96 yards, 1 TD) to set up Harrison Butker for the 49-yard field goal. After winning the overtime coin toss, Mahomes (378 yards, 3 TDs) connected with Kelce for the winning touchdown in overtime.
This game changed the NFL forever, leading to a rule change in which both teams would be guaranteed a possession in overtime of a playoff game, even if the first drive resulted in a touchdown.
Ranking the top 50 NFL offseason signings, trades, draft picks | ESPN
3. Joe Thuney, G: Traded to Chicago Bears
A culture-setter in the offensive line room, Thuney upgrades a critical need for the Bears on the interior of their front. With a pass block win rate of at least 98% over his past three seasons, Thuney is still viewed as one of the top guards in the league after a brief stint at left tackle for the Chiefs last season. And his presence will keep the pocket firm for second-year quarterback Caleb Williams.
Kansas City Chiefs · OT
Calling Moore a first-stringer might be a matter of some semantics. But when the Chiefs signed the free agent to a two-year, $30 million deal this offseason, it put him in the top 15 average salaries for NFL left tackles. That’s the position he was signed to play, even though he’s only started 12 career games. But this is a starting LT salary we’re talking about, regardless of Moore’s experience.
Things may have changed when the Chiefs took Josh Simmons in Round 1. There were questions about Simmons’ health and availability for the offseason program prior to the draft,...
