![]() A play later, a 21-yard pass to Reynolds took Detroit inside Chiefs territory to the 45-yard line. Brown for a 13-yard gain to the Lions 34-yard line. Two plays later, Goff found star wide receiver Amon-Ra St. The Lions gained the remaining two yards on a fake punt, however, continuing the drive. Narrowly avoiding a safety, Goff found Marvin Jones on third down, but fell two yards short of the first down, seeming to set up a second three-and-out. Goff’s second down pass was batted down by Mike Danna. Montgomery was not as effective on first down this time, only gaining three yards. Receiver Kalif Raymond fair caught a 53-yard punt by Tommy Townsend at the Detroit 9-yard line to begin the second Lions drive. Mahomes attempted to scramble for the first down, but was tackled three yards short of the line to gain. Kelce’s replacement, Noah Gray, then caught a pass on first down for five yards, before Mahomes threw the ball away on second down, setting up third-and-5. On third-and-2, Mahomes found Jerick McKinnon on the run for 10 yards, setting up a new set of downs. Richie James fielded the punt, returning to the Chiefs’ 13-yard line to start Kansas City’s first offensive drive.Ĭlyde Edwards-Helaire carried on first and second downs, totaling eight yards. On third down, Goff was incomplete deep to wide receiver Josh Reynolds - and a Chiefs defense down it’s best player started the season with a three-and-out.įormer Chief Jack Fox punted 61 yards to the Chiefs’ 10-yard line. Under heavy pressure from George Karlaftis, Goff threw the ball to the ground on second down. On first down, running back David Montgomery carried to the 32-yard line for seven yards. ![]() The Chiefs began their repeat championship bid with Harrison Butker’s kick sailing into the end zone, bringing quarterback Jared Goff and the Lions’ offense out to their own 25-yard line. The Chiefs won the opening coin toss, and customarily chose to defer. But in the end, Kansas City turned in a 21-20 loss. Even so, before kickoff, NBC announcers said that nationwide, two-thirds of NFL fans believed the Chiefs would win the game. For the first time, a Black woman coach was on the sideline and the pre-game military fly-over included all women pilots.The Kansas City Chiefs opened their Super Bowl LVII championship defense on GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium against the Detroit Lions on “Thursday Night Football” while missing two superstars: defensive tackle Chris Jones - still holding out for a contract extension - and tight end Travis Kelce, who was kept out of the lineup after hyper-extending his knee during practice on Thursday. The game featured another first: two brothers squaring off against each other. It was the first time the title game had two Black starting quarterbacks. There were a number of firsts in this Super Bowl. In his post-game comments about Mahomes, Chiefs Coach Andy Reid was succinct. Mahomes is just the 11th player to win a Super Bowl and MVP in the same year (and he's the first to do it since 1999). Philadelphia dominated the first half and Kansas City owned the second half (scoring on every possession: 24 points). The Eagles tried to let the Chiefs score a touchdown (to give them maximum time to try to score a touchdown of their own) but Kansas City ran the clock the down and kicked a field goal with 8-seconds left to go up 38-35. A mix of throws, runs and his own 26-yard yard scramble, got the Chiefs close to the end zone. With the Chiefs starting at their own 25-yard line, their MVP worked his magic. Patrick Mahomes knew what needed to be done. It didn't take long for Mahomes to throw another touchdown pass, this time to Skyy Moore to extend the Chiefs lead to 35-27. Kadarius Toney ran the kick 65-yards - the longest punt return in Super Bowl history to the Eagle five-yard-line. The Eagles punted on their next possession (just their second of the game) and the Chiefs capitalized. For the first time in the game, with 12-minutes left, Kansas City was leading: 28-27. Mahomes began the fourth quarter in his usual dominant way - leading the Chiefs down the field for yet another touchdown, a short pass to Kadarius Toney. On the next drive, the Eagles booted a field goal to extend the score to 27-21 and that was the tally at the end of the third quarter. And, after ten plays and five-and-a-half minutes, he guided the Chiefs to the end zone, slicing the Eagle lead to 24-21. He dashed and ran a bit, seemingly not slowed by his ankle injury. So it was no surprise that as the Chiefs opened the second half, Mahomes was back leading his team. Mahomes came into the Super Bowl as a two-time NFL MVP in his third Super Bowl appearance (won in 2020 and lost in 2021). Rihanna performs during the halftime show of Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles in Glendale, Ariz., on February 12, 2023.
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