The New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs played one of the most exciting regular season games in recent memory yesterday, a 43-40 thriller that was decided in the home team’s favor on the final play. The contest produced many a memorable moments, and some plenty of standout performances – for better or for worse. Let’s take a look at some of them.
The Patriots gained 500 yards of offense against the Chiefs, with a respectable 173 of which coming on the ground. New England was willing to stick to the running game all night long and a big reason why it worked was the offensive line’s dominance: the unit paved the way for the team’s running backs to run wild over the Kansas City defense, which contributed to the Patriots dominating the time of possession 36:09-23:51.