FOXBOROUGH – Déjà vu. Super Bowl XXXIX. Bad clock management by Andy Reid.
The problem is that on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium, it almost worked.
But for a miracle catch by Julian Edelman late in the game, the Chiefs might have gotten the ball back with one minute left, no timeouts, but plenty of time to wind his way through a Patriot defense that did everything well except defend on third down and tie the game. Reid, who was the head coach of Philadelphia eleven seasons ago when his Eagles lost to the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX, bled more than five minutes off the clock on the Chiefs’ final offensive possession of the season.