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Chiefs headlines for Monday, November 11
Winner: Andy Reid’s coaching staff
The Chiefs coach isn’t getting typically elite passing production from Patrick Mahomes. Half his top skill weapons arrived off the street during the season. And yet his defensive and special teams staffers are overseeing near-flawless results in crunch time, as evidenced by a walk-off block of a 35-yard Wil Lutz field goal, which would’ve enabled the Denver Broncos to hand the Chiefs their first loss of the year.
NFL Week 10 takeaways: Which teams will challenge for NFC throne | USA Today
1. Despite remaining the league’s lone undefeated outfit, the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs’ average margin of victory this season is just 6.4 points.
2. After surviving the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday afternoon by blocking a game-winning field-goal attempt on the final play to preserve a 16-14 victory, K.C. improved to 9-0 for the third time in franchise history. Only two of the Chiefs’ wins are by more than seven points. Per OptaSTATS, the Chiefs are the first team in NFL history to win nine consecutive games (including playoffs) in which they trailed after halftime.
3. But whether or not Kansas City can go an unprecedented 17-0 in the regular season – or even an unprecedented 20-0 with the first-ever Super Bowl threepeat – is probably a premature question, even if they are currently on cruise control to the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed.
Patrick Mahomes finished with 266 yards passing and a touchdown for Kansas City, which became only the fifth team to follow up a Super Bowl triumph by winning its first nine games. That also matches the best start to a season in franchise history.
The Chiefs’ 15-game winning streak dating to last season is the longest in the NFL since the Green Bay Packers won 19 in a row from 2010-11.
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When you’re trying to go undefeated in the NFL, sometimes you need a little luck and the Chiefs got that on Sunday. Kansas City’s special teams won this game: Not only did Harrison Butker kick three field goals, but Leo Chenal came up with the play of the year when he blocked a Broncos field goal on the final play of the game. There are three phases to the game in the NFL and one reason the Chiefs are so good is because they can be carried by any one of those phases on any...
