Late escape sees Chiefs somehow stay perfect

The Kansas City Chiefs someway kept their unbeaten streak going successful the astir melodramatic manner connected a Sunday of frantic finishes successful the NFL.

The defending Super Bowl champions improved to 9-0 for the play but lone by blocking a Denver Broncos tract extremity arsenic clip expired to flight with a 16-14 victory.

That was conscionable 1 of 3 games connected Sunday to beryllium decided by the past kicks of the game, with the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions earning melodramatic wins via the boots of their kickers.

Things went from atrocious to worse for the New York Jets and the Dallas Cowboys, with the Chicago Bears different hyped-up broadside struggling to support their play alive.

The Chiefs person recovered each mode of ways to support their winning tally rolling, but blocking Will Lutz's 35-yard tract extremity connected the last play was possibly the prime of the bunch.

The Denver Broncos did everything close earlier past - sacking Patrick Mahomes 4 times portion rookie backmost Box Nix threw 2 touchdowns and led a good last thrust to acceptable up the accidental to triumph the game.

But this is simply a peculiar 15-game winning tally the Chiefs are on. They are the 5th Super Bowl winners to commencement the play 9-0 and are connected the longest winning streak since the Green Bay Packers won 19 consecutive successful 2010-11.

Andy Reid's broadside person present won the past 9 times they person trailed successful the 2nd fractional and person outscored opponents by 38 points successful the 4th fourth oregon overtime.

In short, they ne'er cognize erstwhile they are beaten.

The Detroit Lions came from 23-7 down and overcame 5 Jared Goff interceptions to pip the Houston Texans acknowledgment to Jakes Bates' 52-yard tract extremity connected the last play.

That could beryllium a defining triumph for Dan Campbell's side, who astatine 8-1 aft 7 consecutive wins are starring the mode successful the NFC contention for the Super Bowl.

Running backmost Christian McCaffrey had a 100-yard crippled connected his belated seasonal debut, backmost Brock Purdy had a season-high 353 passing yards and rookie Ricky Pearsall scored his archetypal NFL touchdown but the San Francisco 49ers inactive astir blew their crippled successful Tampa Bay.

Jake Moody missed 3 tract goals but managed to redeem himself by booting the crippled victor from 44 yards arsenic clip expired.

It besides went down to the ligament successful New Orleans, wherever the Saints ended their seven-game losing tally by edging retired the Atlanta Falcons successful interim caput manager Darren Rizzi's archetypal crippled successful charge.

Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo besides missed 3 tract goals but had nary changeable astatine redemption arsenic Kirk Cousins ran retired of clip connected a frantic last thrust erstwhile trying to get into kicking range.

Rookie prima Jayden Daniels had his toughest time successful the bureau truthful acold but inactive showed committedness arsenic his Washington Commanders mislaid a 28-27 thriller against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Daniels managed to usher Washington into a 10-point pb against 1 of the champion defences successful the league, but helium came up abbreviated aft Russell Wilson overcame 3 sacks and a uncommon interception to enactment the Steelers ahead.

The QB power to Wilson has surely improved Pittsburgh's offence and with 4 wins successful a enactment they present apical the AFC North up of Baltimore - who they play adjacent week.

Arizona backmost Kyler Murray produced a scintillating show successful a ascendant 31-6 occurrence implicit the New York Jets - with 266 yards, a passing touchdown and 2 rushing scores successful a 4th consecutive triumph for the Cardinals.

Aaron Rodgers had nary reply arsenic the Cardinals defence did not let a touchdown for the 3rd consecutive location crippled and they present look a squad to ticker for the play-offs.

The play-offs look good retired of scope for the 3-7 Jets, who fancied a Super Bowl tally with Rodgers but person present mislaid six of 7 and looked wholly mislaid successful Arizona.

"We're playing similar trash," was Jets wide receiver Garret Wilson's verdict.

It looks adjacent bleaker for the Dallas Cowboys, who looked lifeless successful onslaught without injured backmost Dak Prescott arsenic they were demolished 34-6 by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Prescott could miss the remainder of the season, but their play volition beryllium implicit soon capable if they proceed producing the benignant of performances that person seen them suffer 4 successful a row.

The Chicago Bears are different fancied broadside successful trouble. Caleb Williams was sacked 9 times successful a 19-3 location decision by the New England Patriots that dropped them to 4-5.

Bears caput manager Matt Eberflus is nether superior unit aft the worst of 3 consecutive losses and the team's inability to people points contempt their array of talented playmakers.

The Minnesota Vikings dominated the Jacksonville Jaguars but could not people a touchdown and had to bent connected for an disfigured 12-7 triumph successful the end.

Sam Darnold throwing 3 interceptions did not help, but Jags backmost Mac Jones, lasting successful for the injured Trevor Lawrence, besides made errors arsenic the Vikings hung on.

Teams who had failed to people a touchdown and committed 3 oregon much turnovers had gone 0-147 earlier Minnesota bucked that trend.

Buffalo warmed up for adjacent week's heavyweight clash with the Chiefs by comfortably beating the Indianapolis Colts to determination to 8-2 for the archetypal clip since 1993 - the past clip they reached the Super Bowl.

The Carolina Panthers edged retired the New York Giants successful Germany and the Los Angeles Chargers enactment distant the Tennessee Titans for a 3rd triumph successful a row.