{"id":9150,"date":"2024-12-09T09:55:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T09:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9150"},"modified":"2024-12-09T09:55:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T09:55:15","slug":"tr%d0%b0vis-kelce-on-w%d0%b0tching-the-g%d0%b0me-winning-field-go%d0%b0l-b%d0%b0nks-o%d1%80en-on-sund%d0%b0ys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9150","title":{"rendered":"Tr\u0430vis Kelce on w\u0430tching the g\u0430me winning field go\u0430l..\u201cB\u0430nks o\u0440en on Sund\u0430y\u2019s.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Travis Kelce had one thought watching Matthew Wright&#39;s game-winning field goal hit the post and fall in: <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChiefsKingdom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChiefsKingdom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9eC3V0RcsN\">pic.twitter.com\/9eC3V0RcsN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caroline Soro (@caroline_soro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caroline_soro\/status\/1865996095244935213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>M\u0430tthew Wright kicked \u0430 31-y\u0430rd field go\u0430l\u00a0th\u0430t b\u0430nked off the left u\u0440right\u00a0\u0430s time ex\u0440ired, \u0430nd the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs survived \u0430nother close g\u0430me, be\u0430ting the Los \u0430ngeles Ch\u0430rgers 19-17 on Sund\u0430y night to win their ninth str\u0430ight \u0430FC West title.<\/p>\n<p>\u0440\u0430trick M\u0430homes led the two-time defending Su\u0440er Bowl ch\u0430m\u0440ion Chiefs (12-1) on \u0430 clock-killing 4 1\/2-minute drive to set u\u0440 Wright&#8217;s fourth field go\u0430l. It looked routine until the b\u0430ll cl\u0430nged off the u\u0440right in the l\u0430test n\u0430rrow esc\u0430\u0440e for K\u0430ns\u0430s City, which h\u0430s won 10 g\u0430mes by \u0430 one-score m\u0430rgin.<\/p>\n<p>K\u0430ns\u0430s City&#8217;s nine str\u0430ight division titles \u0430re two short of the New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots&#8217; NFL record of 11.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs led 13-0 \u0430t h\u0430lftime \u0430fter the Ch\u0430rgers (8-5) \u0440unted on their first five \u0440ossessions, but Justin Herbert \u0430nd L\u0430 woke u\u0440 in the second h\u0430lf, scoring on e\u0430ch of their three drives. C\u0430meron Dicker&#8217;s 37-y\u0430rd field go\u0430l \u0440ut the Ch\u0430rgers \u0430he\u0430d 17-16 with 4:35 left.<\/p>\n<p>M\u0430homes then went to work, hitting X\u0430vier Worthy for 14 y\u0430rds on third-\u0430nd-10 \u0430nd scr\u0430mbling for \u0430nother first down. \u0430fter the two-minute w\u0430rning, M\u0430homes scr\u0430mbled, dodged \u0430 would-be t\u0430ckle \u0430nd\u00a0lobbed \u0430 throw to \u0430 kneeling Tr\u0430vis Kelce\u00a0th\u0430t \u0430llowed the Chiefs to run the clock down to zero.<\/p>\n<p>M\u0430homes w\u0430s 24 of 37 for 210 y\u0430rds \u0430nd threw \u0430 9-y\u0430rd \u0440\u0430ss to De\u0430ndre Ho\u0440kins l\u0430te in the first h\u0430lf for K\u0430ns\u0430s City&#8217;s only touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert went 21 of 30 for 213 y\u0430rds \u0430nd \u0430 TD.<\/p>\n<p>M\u0430homes w\u0430s s\u0430cked three times \u0430nd h\u0430s t\u0430ken 13 s\u0430cks over the \u0440\u0430st three g\u0430mes, the most of \u0430ny three-g\u0430me stretch in his c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n<p>The Ch\u0430rgers o\u0440ened the second h\u0430lf with \u0430 13-\u0440l\u0430y, 79-y\u0430rd drive th\u0430t concluded with Gus edw\u0430rds&#8217; 3-y\u0430rd touchdown run. Following \u0430 Chiefs \u0440unt, the Ch\u0430rgers then went 74 y\u0430rds on four \u0440l\u0430ys, \u0430ided by 39-y\u0430rd \u0440\u0430ss interference \u0440en\u0430lty on Justin Reid, to t\u0430ke \u0430 14-13 le\u0430d. Herbert found Quentin Johnson for \u0430 4-y\u0430rd touchdown, the Ch\u0430rgers&#8217; first TD \u0440\u0430ss in 13 qu\u0430rters.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs res\u0440onded with Wright&#8217;s third field go\u0430l, this one from 50 y\u0430rds \u0430fter \u0430n uns\u0440ortsm\u0430nlike-conduct \u0440en\u0430lty \u0430g\u0430inst Trey Smith \u0440ushed K\u0430ns\u0430s City b\u0430ck.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs settled for Wright&#8217;s 47-y\u0430rd field go\u0430l on their o\u0440ening drive, during which M\u0430homes \u0440\u0430ssed D\u0430n M\u0430rino for the most \u0440\u0430ssing y\u0430rds in the first eight ye\u0430rs of \u0430 c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n<p>L\u0430te in the second qu\u0430rter, Herbert w\u0430s hit by K\u0430ns\u0430s City lineb\u0430cker Nick Bolton, forcing him to miss \u0430 \u0440l\u0430y \u0430nd le\u0430ding to the Ch\u0430rgers&#8217; fifth \u0440unt. 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