Patrick Mahomes ‘would love to win a game not by the very last play’ after Chiefs last-second win in Week 12

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The Kansas City Chiefs hit the Thanksgiving mile marker on the NFL calendar at 10-1, but they are not exactly as dominating as that record would suggest. The defending back-to-back champions have been engulfed in one-score games throughout the season but have come out the other side with a victory each time. Kansas City is 8-0 in one-score games this year, which includes an array of wild finishes ranging from a blocked field goal to kicking game-winners of their own. 

On Sunday, the Chiefs barely escaped Carolina with a win as they nearly were upset at the hands of the Panthers, who were double-digit home underdogs in this matchup. After piling up a 20-6 lead, K.C. saw the Panthers storm back and tie the game at 27 apiece in the fourth quarter with roughly 90 seconds remaining in regulation. It was at that juncture that Patrick Mahomes put on his Superman cape and led the offense 57 yards down the field to set up the game-winning field goal.

“You always want to have some blowouts and be a little calmer in the fourth quarter, but I’ve always said it could be a good thing when you get to the playoffs later in the season knowing that you have been in those moments before, and knowing how to attack it play by play not making it too big of a moment,” Mahomes said of being in these tightly contested games, via The Associated Press. “But I would say this more than anybody, I would love to win a game not by the very last play.”

Mahomes came up particularly clutch during that game-winning drive when he scrambled for 33 yards to put Kansas City within field goal range. 

“It’s not like I pre-plan that stuff,” Mahomes said of scrambling. “It’s just whenever it comes down to it and you’ve got to make the…

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Author : Tyler Sullivan

Publish date : 2024-11-25 15:23:00

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