FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Seemingly set to sack Tom Brady in the fourth quarter and perhaps turn the game in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs, rookie linebacker Breeland Speaks inexplicably set him free.
Brady instead scored New England's go-ahead touchdown and the Chiefs' final lead in what would be a 43-40 defeat was gone. Speaks later said he turned Brady loose because he thought he had already thrown a pass and didn't want to risk a roughing the passer penalty.
"We're in New England," Speaks said. "Tom Brady's going to get the call.