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Former Buffalo Bills assistant coach Phoebe Schecter is an NFL pundit and plays for Great Britain’s flag football team.
The Kansas City Chiefs came into the 2024 season hoping to become the first team in NFL history to win three straight Super Bowls.
They have started the season with a 9-0 record for just the third time in franchise history – but that only tells half the story.
If you look back as far as week one, almost every week something’s happened so they’ve somehow avoided defeat. They just seem to find a way to win all the time.
Look at this run:
Week one: If it wasn’t for Isaiah Likely’s toe being out of the end zone, the Chiefs would have lost against the Ravens.
Week two: Against the Bengals, the Chiefs’ win probability was 15.5% in the fourth quarter, before Harrison Butker won it with a field goal as time expired.
Week three: The defence stepped up against the Falcons and forced two turnovers in the fourth quarter, deep in Chiefs territory.
Week four: Against the Chargers, the Chiefs never led until the final six minutes, with the defence again stepping up.
Week nine: The Chiefs won in overtime, when in hindsight maybe the Buccaneers should have gone for two points rather than kicking the point after their late touchdown.
Last week: The Broncos had a 35-yard field goal to win it, yet the Chiefs became just the third team in 10 seasons to win on a blocked field goal.
These are not small stats that the Chiefs are putting together.
Including the post-season, the Chiefs have 15 straight wins – the longest streak since the Packers in 2010-11. If they beat the Buffalo Bills on the road on Sunday, it will be a franchise record of 12 straight regular season wins.
People may want to see the ‘Patrick Mahomes magic’ but it hasn’t been pretty, it hasn’t been flashy. It’s mainly down to their defence, which has now held 30 straight opponents under 28 points. That’s crazy.
I know a lot of people are bored of seeing the Chiefs win, but I’m not. How can you get bored of…
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/nothing-boring-9-0-chiefs-110414315.html
Author : BBC
Publish date : 2024-11-15 11:04:14
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