Arrowhead Pride
NFL Week 12 grades: Chiefs earn ‘A-‘ with season-saving win, Lions get ‘B-‘ | CBS Sports
A- Chiefs
The Chiefs essentially needed this win to save their season and they got the victory by taking over in the second half. With the Chiefs trailing 20-9 in the fourth quarter, the defense took over by surrendering just 11 yards in the final quarter to allow Patrick Mahomes and the offense to get back in the game. Mahomes responded by totaling 145 yards in the fourth quarter that allowed the Chiefs to tie the game (He threw for 352 in the game). The Chiefs haven’t been clutch at all this year, but that changed on Sunday and it came against one of the best teams in the NFL. For the first time all season, they won a one-score game, and knowing the Chiefs (6-5), this could be the win that sends them on a run deep into January and possibly even February.
Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs are most dangerous wild cards of all in NFL playoff race | The Athletic
And that’s why the failure of Jones and the Indianapolis Colts to put away Mahomes and the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium could have huge ramifications across the league as it barrels toward Thanksgiving Day and the unofficial start of the playoff push. According to The Athletic’s NFL playoff simulator, Mahomes’ ability to overcome a 20-9 fourth-quarter deficit and deliver a 23-20 overtime victory left Kansas City (6-5) with a 64 percent chance to return to the postseason.
A loss to Indianapolis, on the other hand, would have left Kansas City with a 31 percent chance to advance, according to Next Gen Stats.
Though the Chiefs are not the two-time defending champs this time around, it’s still clear the rest of the NFL is a much safer place when the league’s Freddy Krueger has a 31 percent chance to get you rather than a 64 percent chance.
Dismiss This Flawed Edition of the Chiefs’ Dynasty at Your Own Risk | SI
To me, the significance of Kansas City’s 23–20 win over the Colts wasn’t really that they beat an 8–2 team that came into Arrowhead, like everyone does, looking for validation. It’s how this victory happened—in a way that delivered a clear message: Dismiss this flawed edition of the Chiefs’ dynasty at your own risk.
Bolton and the Chiefs responded to that critical fumble by sticking to their script of completely suffocating a great operation that was determined to show how far it had come. Here is a breakdown of the numbers after the Hunt fumble, through the 14:48 remaining in regulation, and all 8:03 of overtime leading up to Harrison Butker’s 27-yard game-winning field goal.
NFL Week 12 winners, losers | Yardbarker
NFL Week 12 winners
Kansas City Chiefs playoff chances. There was perhaps no win more meaningful in Week 12 than the Chiefs’ win over...
