Patrick Mahomes and his gang defeated the Atlanta Falcons 17-14 Sunday in Kansas City to register a 14th win in 15 games this season. No National Football League (NFL) team will be able to catch up with them by the end of the schedule next weekend.
Chiefs quarterback landed a 25-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Demarcus Robinson in the final two minutes of the game, then Falcons puncher Younghoe Koo missed a 39-yard attempt to tie the game. .
The holders of the Vince-Lombardi Trophy thus won a 7th straight game by 8 points or less, an NFL record, and tied a team mark by winning a 10th game in a row.
Mahomes concluded the clash with gains of 278 yards and 2 passing majors against 1 interception. Travis Kelce smashed San Francisco 49ers counterpart George Kittle’s 2018 record for the most yards in a season at tight end. Kelce has 1,426 with a week of activities in the countryside.
Also in the American, the Steelers put the brakes on their slide, which stopped at three losses, by knocking down the Indianapolis Colts 28-24, in Pittsburgh. The locals had to close a 17-point delay to savor the victory and a first North Division title since 2017.
Canadian receiver Chase Claypool caught 4 passes from Ben Roethlisberger for a 54-yard harvest. He didn’t catch one of the veteran quarterback’s three paying stints, however, as the latter preferred Eric Ebron, Diontae Johnson and JuJu Smith-Schuster.
Other results of the day
- Bears de Chicago 41 – Jaguars de Jacksonville 17
- Bengals de Cincinnati 37 – Texans de Houston 31
- Giants de New York 13 – Ravens de Baltimore 27
- Browns de Cleveland 16 – New York Jets 23
Post-match notes
- The loss of the Jaguars, coupled with the victory of the New York Jets, secures the Jacksonville team the first overall pick in the 2021 draft. This is a first for the organization that entered the league. NFL in 1995.
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- Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert notched the record for touchdown passes in a rookie season, relegating his counterpart Baker Mayfield’s mark to oblivion (27 paying stints in 2018).
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- The Chicago Bears and the Baltimore Ravens will have their destiny in their hands at the end of the season on January 3. Conversely, the Indianapolis Colts and Arizona Cardinals lost their place in the playoffs this weekend.
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