Chiefs finally have the defense they hoped for when they overhauled
After falling to the Patriots on the final play twice last season, the Chiefs got a stop when it counted most Sunday.
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9-4, 1st in AFC West
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Chiefs win West despite 'bang' to Mahomes' hand
The Kansas City Chiefs clinched a fourth straight AFC West championship at a most unlikely place, New England's Gillette Stadium.
KC survives mistakes, take AFC West with 23-13 win over Pats
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Tristan H. Cockcroft ESPN Senior Writer
Patrick Mahomes' 13.9 fantasy points today are his fewest in any game in which he has played at least 50% of the Chiefs' offensive snaps since his NFL debut in Week 17 of 2017 (10.4, 94% of snaps).
Brian Burke ESPN Analytics
Near the end of the 3rd quarter in the Patriots-Chiefs game, New England has only a 24% Pass Block Win Rate. League averages are north of 50%. Kansas City's PBWR is currently at 71% so far this evening, well above-average.
Patriots, Chiefs exchange trick plays in first half
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady connected with Julian Edelman for a 37-yard touchdown before Travis Kelce scores on a direct snap for the Chiefs..
Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer
Patriots are familiar with Mecole Hardman. He took a pre-drafr visit to New England. He told me this week he thought Patriots would draft him.
Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer
Chiefs got two stops on the opening drive of the game but cost themselves with two unnecessary pass interference penalties on third down. Then they were fooled on the flea-flicker for the TD. So they're in a hole right away.
Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer
The Chiefs will have DE Frank Clark, who had an interesting week. Between an ailing shoulder and being sick, he practiced only on Wednesday.
Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer
Chiefs inactive players for today's game against the Patriots: RB Damien Williams, QB Chad Henne, T Jackson Barton, C Nick Allegretti, TE Deon Yelder, CB Morris Claiborne, CB Rashad Fenton.
Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer
The missing equipment has arrived and is being rushed to the Chiefs locker room
Chiefs get gear after it's mistakenly sent to N.J.
Roughly 35 Chiefs players' equipment has arrived in Foxborough, Massachusetts, in time for Sunday's game against the Patriots after it wasn't unloaded by the team in New England and mistakenly went on to Newark, New Jersey.
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Chiefs' Legion of Zoom has clear advantage over Patriots' pass-catchers
The Chiefs have recorded 14 plays on which their ball carrier reached 20 mph this season. The Patriots have recorded none.
Chiefs down 2 top RBs with Williams ruled out
The Chiefs are down to three running backs for their game against the Patriots after Damien Williams was ruled out with a rib injury.
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2019 AFC West Standings
| TEAM | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 371 | 281 |
| Oakland | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | 258 | 366 |
| Denver | 5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | 236 | 261 |
| Los Angeles | 5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | 289 | 251 |
2019 Team Leaders
- Offense
- Defense
Passing Yards
Rushing Yards
Receiving Yards
Tackles
Sacks
Interceptions
Team Stats
Passing Yards288.74th
Rushing Yards93.027th
Points For28.54th
Points Against21.6
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2019 Draft Picks
| RD(PK) | PLAYER | POS | SCHOOL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2(24) | Mecole Hardman | WR | Georgia |
| 2(31) | Juan Thornhill | S | Virginia |
| 3(20) | Khalen Saunders | DT | Western Illinois |
| 6(28) | Rashad Fenton | CB | South Carolina |
| 6(41) | Darwin Thompson | RB | Utah State |
| 7(2) | Nick Allegretti | C | Illinois |