Chiefs block Broncos' FG to win fourth game on walk-off play - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes wasn't optimistic the Kansas City Chiefs would block the field goal attempt with one second remaining that would have given the Denver Broncos a victory on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

But Mahomes was comforted by one fact: The Chiefs this season had won three different games on the last play, so he didn't close his mind to the possibility.

«If anyone's going to do it, this team's going to have a designed rush or designed way to get a hand on it,'' Mahomes said. „You're obviously worried. It's out of your control, but at the same time, I've trusted my teammates that they're going to go out there and make a play.''

Sure enough, linebacker Leo Chenal got a hand on Wil Lutz's 35-yard try, blocking it to give the Chiefs a 16-14 win and preserve their undefeated season. The Chiefs will take their 9-0 record to Buffalo for a game against the Bills on Nov. 17.

The Chiefs weren't surprised it was Chenal who came up with the big play. He blocked a point-after-touchdown try in Super Bowl LVIII, a game the Chiefs went on to win in overtime.

In some ways, Chenal said, Sunday's block was bigger with the result of the game depending on it.

“The moment is heavy,'' he said. „You feel the weight of the moment.''

He said the Chiefs crashed the middle of Denver's line thinking the Broncos would give a lot of attention to teammate Justin Reid, who was rushing from the edge. Chenal was one of a gang of Chiefs who broke through up the middle to get a hand on the ball.

“A lot of times they'll go out there and leave openings down the middle,'' Chenal said. „We've been talking about it for awhile and we did it in a big moment.''

Andy Reid, in his 26th season as an NFL head coach, said he has never won a game