Kansas City Chiefs fans packed local sports bars in Wichita on Saturday for the big playoff win over the Houston Texans.
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Most fans at Emerson Biggins admit, they never thought they’d be watching their team in the playoffs after Kansas City started the season on a 1- 5 skid.
On the opening kickoff, Davis got three good blocks around the 10-yard line and then simply outran the rest of the defenders for the second-longest kickoff return TD in post-season history.
“What happened to us a couple years ago, everybody remembers that even the coaches included, so our entire mentality is about finishing”, Smith said. The defence took over after that, harassing Brian Hoyer into a fumble and three of his career-high four interceptions before halftime to help the Chiefs (12-5) take a 13-0 lead at halftime.
Texans fans were headed to the exits after Spencer Ware scampered for another touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter that capped another long drive and put the Chiefs out in front 27-0 before Santos closed out the scoring with his third field goal of the game.
Hoyer, booed all afternoon, was 15 of 34 for 136 yards as Houston (9-8) lost a home playoff game for the first time.
As fans look ahead, they say their team needs to take it one game at a time.
Ben Roethlisberger was 18 of 31 on completed passes for 229 yards and one touchdown and the Pittsburgh Steelers edged the Cincinnati Bengals 18-16 in their AFC wild card round game on Saturday night.
However, as the Bengals endeavoured to run out the clock and secure a first playoff victory since 1991, running back Jeremy Hill fumbled after a hit by linebacker Ryan Shazier and the Steelers recovered deep in their own territory.
“Coach came to me and asked if I could do it. I said I’d give it my best shot”, said Roethlisberger.
That set up a game-winning, 35-yard field goal by Chris Boswell with 14 seconds left.
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With less than two minutes remaining, Bengals QB A.J. McCarron threw a go-ahead touchdown, and the first Steelers play after the ensuing kickoff resulted in Cincinnati getting the ball back with the interception of Jones.
