The destructive chain reaction that ended the Kansas City Chiefs’ season

What Was That Overtime Approach?

Here’s the real crazy part about this game: With all of that being said, and with such a lackluster approach to the second half, the Chiefs still found themselves in a position to win the AFC title. I know I was not alone after watching K.C. tie it up in thinking the “Mahomes Magic” had a little left in the tank for a playoff encore.

On top of that, they came out for overtime and WON THE COIN FLIP. I was watching the game with some friends at a local Springfield, MO bar known as “Arrowhead South,” and I can tell you that place ERUPTED when the ref announced tails.  Pretty sure that was the loudest the place was all game.  I mean, we all thought it, K.C.’s offense is just too dominant for any team to win in OT without getting the first possession.

That certainly was a hot topic of debate in national sports media leading up to this game after the Chiefs thriller against the Bills, but yet, in very poetic/ironic fashion, that did not happen.

Even with the offense abandoning the run, it was not like their passing game plan was all that much better, and frankly, that spilled over into the overtime possession. I think any Chiefs fan would call me crazy if I told them before the game that the Chiefs would get the first possession in OT and proceed to throw two straight balls Demarcus Robinson’s way to try and start off the game winning drive. However, that is exactly what happened.

For reasons unknown, the Chiefs appeared to be in some inexcusable hurry to start off overtime. This was the final break in our chain reaction leading to their total demise. That drive would have gone a lot different if K.C. had established a ground game in the second half, and things probably would have been opened up more passing wise in turn. Instead, we were left with the lackluster attempts to Robinson and the ill-advised deep ball to Tyreek Hill that ended in the wrong hands.

When all is said and done, I just find it hard to believe Mahomes did not have a better passing option (Travis Kelce?) to try and get a drive started in overtime. Overall, that overtime possession was the theoretical cherry-on-top of all the things that went wrong with this game and the Chiefs’ season.