The Patriots beat the Chiefs 27-20 on Saturday. After Wilson failed to get out of bounds, the Chiefs didn’t get a play off until there was just 2:33 left on the clock when they ran for a one-yard loss. Instead, the Chiefs made a decision to take their time getting plays off and let the clock tick off way too many seconds that turned into minutes.
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The Chiefs could not get another possession – although they came close when the Patriots tried passing for a first down, and Tom Brady’s pass deflected off two players and into the hands of wide receiver Julian Edelman for a first down.
“We wanted to maintain our timeouts the best we could”, Reid said on Sunday, one day after the loss. “It would have put us in a ideal situation to do that”.
“When you’re down there at the 5, you want to score”, Reid said.
The KC Chiefs played a pretty good game against one of the best teams in the National Football League and as a dynasty, one of the best of all time. “Now you’re sitting there at the two-minute warning with a touchdown and an opportunity to kick an onside kick”.
The Chiefs did not have two plays called in the huddle in the event West didn’t score with 2:29 left or when Avant was stopped short of the goal line, requiring them to re-huddle. “We wanted to make sure we got our best personnel on the field for that play, and we didn’t get that done”.
“You have anywhere from a minute on, after an onside kick, you have time to tie the game”.
However, Kansas City’s poor clock management cost the team more than a minute at a point in the game when every second was crucial.
“I could tell the Philly media was up in the booth”, Reid said with a smile.
“We went hurry-up offense”, he said. Reid’s mismanagement of the clock has been a glaring problem throughout his career.
“The foundation of this team-the toughness, the resiliency there-they know there are things they can overcome when their backs are against the wall”, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said.
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“We potentially would’ve had three timeouts and an opportunity to drive the field, which I thought was huge”, Reid said. So I thought that part was handled right. “It would’ve been nice to get a score before the two-minute warning”.
