Close games in the NFL are typically like coin flips with one or two key plays often the difference between a win or a loss. When Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City have been in those tight games of late, the coin always seems to end up Chiefs.
UpdatedNEW ORLEANS — Close games in the NFL are typically like coin flips with one or two key plays often the difference between a win or a loss.and Kansas City have been in those tight games of late, the coin always seems to end up Chiefs.
The Chiefs' last loss in a close game came on Christmas Day in the 2023 season when they were upset 20-14 at home by the Raiders in a game when they never had the ball in the second half with a chance to tie or take the lead. Mahomes has had the ball in the fourth quarter of a playoff game 16 times when trailing by between one and eight points and has been nearly perfect. The Chiefs have five game-tying field goals, 10 go-ahead touchdowns and one punt on those possessions.
While those both seem likely with Barkley easily topping those marks in every game he played this season, he also has an outside shot at breaking John Riggins' single-season playoff rushing record. That trend has changed the last two months. Philadelphia scored 45 first-quarter points in the final four games of the regular season — including 21 against Washington in Week 16 — and 37 more in the first quarter in the three playoff games.
The 12.5% success rate on long field goals would be the worst for any team that has had at least five attempts since 1994, when New Orleans went 0 for 6 and Detroit was 0 for 5.has an NFL-record six made field goals from at least 50 yards in the postseason with just one miss. He set a Super Bowl record with a 57-yarder last year against San Francisco and converted a game-winning 27-yarder two years ago against the Eagles.
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