What is it about Chiefs-Bengals games? For the past four years they’ve been nail-biters, and Sunday’s was no different: Kansas City prevailed 26-25 on Harrison Butker’s 51-yard field goal on the final play at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
As is customary when these teams meet, the game was close throughout. The Chiefs’ winning march was extended by a fourth-down pass interference penalty against the Bengals. Here’s our report card and star of the game: KC STAR OF THE
GAME Chiefs safety Chamarri Conner not only scored his first NFL touchdown on a scoop-and-score, he came up with a huge sack of Joe Burrow on the Bengals’ final possession to get the ball back to the Chiefs.
For the second straight week, star QB Patrick Mahomes threw an interception while trying to force a pass to TE Travis Kelce. Mahomes never saw Cincy LB Akeem Davis-Gaither, and his pick set up a short-field touchdown drive by the Bengals. The second interception was just as painful. Cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt ran his mouth about defending WR
Xavier Worthy and — after earlier getting beat on a Mahomes-to-Rashee Rice TD pass — Taylor-Britt backed it up with a one-handed interception on the final play of the third quarter. Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson personally wrecked the Chiefs’ final possession of the first half, when he twice blew past rookie LT Kingsley Suamataia to force a short throw and then a sack.
