Kansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos | 2022 Week 14 Game Highlights
STILL GETTING STARTED IN HIS CAREER. IAN: MAHOMES LETS IT FLY. CATCH MADE, JUJU SMITH-SCHUSTER AINGE US OUT OF BOUNDS AND A FIRST DOWN AFTER THE 12-YARD ON FIRST DOWN, DUMP IT OFF, PACHECO TURNS IT UPFIELD, BIG GAIN DOWN THE SIDELINE. THEY LOVE HIS ABILITY OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. THEY TRUST HIM IMMENSELY IN OF HIS RECEIVERS AND BACKS AND LETS THEM MAKE PLAYS. IAN: SECOND AND 4. NOAH GRAY. NICE MOVE. OUT OF BOUNDS. FOR A MOMENT, YOU ASSUME IT’S A TIGHT END, IT’S KELCE. NICKEL PACKAGE FOR DENVER. SHOTGUN FORMATION FOR MAHOMES. DEEP DROP. LINE DRIVE. HANDLED
BISMITH-SCHUSTER AND RIDDEN OUT OF BOUNDS SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN BY PATRICK SURTAIN. CHARLES: THIS IS A NICE JOB OF DENVER UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE LAST WEEK. THIS IS A 35-YARDER IN THE ELEVATION. BUTT DE– BUTKER DRIVES IT THROUGH. KANSAS CITY REQUEST A 3-0 LEAD. DENVER WILL GET THE FIELD GOAL WHEN WE COME BACK. RISNER, HIGHLY RESPECTED MEMBER OF THIS DENVER SQUAD. DENVER TRAILING 3-0. WILSON FIRES ON TIME. CATCH IS MADE ACROSS THE 35 BY KENDALL HINTON. FROM DULCICH. IAN: SO IT’S THIRD AND 10. NATHANIEL HACKETT DOESN’T CALL THE PLAYS FOR DENVER. THOSE DUTY NOW TO
CLINT KUBIAK. WILSON UNHOLD TO HINTON. BATTLES ACROSS THE 45. IT’S GOING TO BE ENOUGH. FIRST DOWN, GAIN OF 11. HINTON OUT OF WAKE FOREST, THE THIRD DOWN
DOWN AND 1. MAHOMES, FAKE IT. STEP UP. LAWRENCE IT DOWNFIELD TO KELCE. TRAVIS KELCE, BIG GAIN. INSIDE THE 35. KELCE LOOKING TO CRACK THE HE PROTECTED IT BIG TIME THERE. IAN: TACK ON FOR KELCE ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE NUMBER. SEVEN SECRETARITIVE 1,000 — CONSECUTIVE 1,000-YARD SEASONS. GLANCES OFF THE HANDS OF BRONCOS WITH THEIR ISSUES IN SCORING. YOU TAKE POINTS WHERE YOU CAN WHEN YOU’RE KANSAS CITY. IAN: TOWN SEND HOLDS IT, BUTKER CONNECTS. 6-0 LEAD FOR THE CHIEFS. LATE STAGES OF THIS OPENING TEAM WITH CHARACTER. THEY’RE POINTING AT THEMSELVES. TRUTH IS OFFENSE STILL DIDN’T DO MUCH IN THAT
GAME. IAN: WILSON SPUN DOWN AND DROPPED BACK AT THE 15-YARD COVERAGE GUYS GET A CHANCE TO HAVE AN EFFECT AND RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE DENVER ON THEIR HEELS. IAN: WILSON, PUMP FAKE. TRYING TO GET THERE, WILL NOT. HE IS OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 30-YARD LINE. SNEAD HELPED HELP — HEM IN HIM GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING THOSE SHOTS HERE IN COLORADO. CHARLES: BY THE WAY, HE CAN DO THE DOUBLE BLACK DIAMONDS HIMSELF. IAN: NO DOUBT. KELCE, FIRST DOWN ROLLING ACROSS THE 35. PICKING UP CHUNKS OF YARDS. THAT’S GOOD FOR 11. ON THIS FIELD, SUN
IS NOT AN IMPACT. RIGHT TO LEFT, YOU REALLY CAN’T SEE DOWN THE FIELD. IAN: MAHOMES CHUCKS IT AHEAD AND IT’S CAUGHT! MCKINNON HAS THAT NEXT GEAR. TOUCHDOWN ON A FULL SPRINT TO DEFENSE THIS WEEK AND SO FAR IN THE EARLY GOING THEY HAVE BEEN. IAN: WILSON IS SACKED! CHRIS JONES ENGULFS HIM. WHEN YOU PLAY HORSE LIKE THAT, GO AHEAD AND KEEP PLAYING. IAN: SECOND DOWN AND 5. PACHECO. A BLAST BY HIM. GETS HIT BUT HE’S GOT A FIRST DOWN. SIX-YARD GAIN. FOR THOSE OF A CERTAIN AGE, WHEN YOU HEAR THE NAME PACHECO, YOU THIRD AND
10. CHARLES: HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN TRYING TO GET THE FOOTBALL. IAN: RUSH COMING. SLING IT UNDERNEATH. MCKINNON, FIRST DOWN! FOR 24 YARDS, THEY CONVERT, AS THE RUSH WAS BEGINNING TO BUILD ON MAHOMES. IAN: JUSTIN SIMMONS SAID WE CALL THEM THE BASH BROTHERS. ON A GIVE, PACHECO. NICE CUSTODY. PACHECO DRIVING, TO THE 26-YARD LINE. MELT BY KAREEM JACKSON. THAT’S A GAIN OF 10. DOESN’T APPEAR THAT WAY ON THIS DOWN. IAN: THIRD DOWN AND 5. MAHOMES. THROUGH THE AIR. OUTSIDE CATCH MADE BY SMITH-SCHUSTER AND HE IS SHOVED OR. ANOTHER KANSAS CITY FIRST DOWN. CHARLES: AND
I THINK MAHOMES DENVER HAS 34. SECOND AND GOAL. MAHOMES. FLIP IT UNDERNEATH. MCKINNON TURNS IT UPFIELD, DIVES, TOUCHDOWN! SECOND OF THE DAY FOR MCKINNON. AND HE GIVES IT UP FOR THE NATHANIEL HACKETT SAID WE’VE BEEN DISTURBINGLY INEFFICIENT. RUSSELL HASN’T HAD ENOUGH STARTERS ON THE FIELD AT THE SAME TIME. WILSON STAYS ALIVE AND TOSSES IT DOWN TO THE SIDELINE. MIKE BOONE. THE FIELD. IAN: MOTION MAN HIDDEN. FAKE IT. WILSON, INTERCEPTED! PICKED OFF BY WILLIE GAY. AND GAY IS GOING TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY! TOUCHDOWN, KANSAS CITY! WOULD BE THE TOP SEED AND THEY WOULD HOST
IN THE A.F.C. PLAYOFFS. CHARLES: THE OFFENSIVE LINE OF KANSAS CITY MAY BE THE KEY TO THE SEASON FOR THIS CHIEFS TEAM. IAN: SECOND AND 7. MAHOMES, INTERCEPTED! JOSEY JEWELL STEPS IN FOR THE PICK. KELCE THE INTENDED RECEIVER. AND DENVER WILL GET THE FOOTBALL DOUBLE COVERED. IAN: PRESSURE FROM KHALEN SAUNDERS FOR KANSAS CITY. THIS IS SECOND AND. WILSON FROM THE GUN, FIRES INSTRIDE AND THIS TIME HITS JEUDY FOR A FIRST DOWN. 17 YARDS ON THE HOOK-UP. ALL COMING UP ON “THE VERIZON HALFTIME REPORT.” DOWN TO 1:38 LEFT. WILSON, A FLOATER, CAUGHT, TOUCHDOWN! JERRY JEUDY! OVER THE
SHOULDER GRAB. AGAINST THE ROOKIE JOSHUA BANG-BANG. IT WAS NOT SEEN DURING THE LIVE ACTION. EVERO IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR HAS DONE TREMENDOUS WORK FOR THE BRONCOS. CATCH MADE, BREAKING AWAY, SMITH-SCHUSTER. FIRST DOWN. SO BEST LAID PLANS FOR THE BRONCOS. STOP THE CLOCK A COUPLE OF TIMES, TRY AND GET THE FOOTBALL BACK. UNDER ANDY REID. KNOWS A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT COLORADO. HE WAS THE O.C. THERE FROM 2011 TO 2012. THAT PASS OFFLINE. DID DENVER GET IT CLEAN? PATRICK SURTAIN? IS AN UNCOMPLETE PASS, THIRD DOWN. CHARLES: COMES IN LOW. NICE JOB BY SURTAIN. DID
THAT BOUNCE OFF INTO HIM OR DID HE GET IF ARM UNDERNEATH? IAN: I THINK HE GOT IT. CHARLES: I THINK WHEN THEY LOOK AT IT AGAIN, HE GOT HIS ARM UNDERNEATH AND THE HAND THERE. IT BOUNCED BUT LOOKED LIKE IT BOUNCED AGAINST THIS BRONCOS OFFENSE? DO THEY HAVE ONE MORE STOP IN THEM HERE. IAN: DENVER HAS ONE MORE TIME-OUT REMAINING, KANSAS CITY HAS TWO. WILSON, WILD-OPEN DULL CHIP AND HE DUCKS OUT OF BOUNDS. GAIN OF NINE. NOT QUITE ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST DOWN. 57 SECOND ON THE CLOCK. CHARLES: A GUY WE HAVEN’T MENTIONED MUCH TODAY
IS ONE OF THEIR BETTER DEFENDERS, SNEAD IN THE SLOT. IAN: KEEPER, WILSON. HE’S OUT AT THE 38. IAN: EXCELLENT RANK. BALL WILL HAVE HAWK MENTALITY. SECOND AND 10 FOR DENVER. 45 SECONDS TO GO. BIG OPENING FOR RUSSELL WILSON AND HE SLIDES DOWN AT THE 19. LINE. THEY PICKED UP BLITZ, FREED UP WILSON. 20 SECONDS TO GO. WILSON FINDS THE OPEN MAN. IT’S HINTON. SPLITS DEFENDERS AND HE’S DOWN AT THE 5. TIME-OUT CALLED, 14 SECONDS LEFT. TALENT THEY HAVE-OUT THERE, EACH WEEK YOUR OFFENSIVE COORDINATORRENED IS SAYING THIS CANNOT BE THE WEEK HE LET THEM GET IT
RIGHT. IAN: WILSON TO THE END ZONE! TOUCHDOWN! JERRY JEUDY! AND THE BRONCOS ARE CLAWING BACK INTO IT. HELD A LOT IN THAT FIRST HALF. CHARLES: THAT’S PROBABLY WHY HE WAS IN THE JOINT — VICINITY OF TRIPP SUTTER AT THAT MOMENT. VERY FORTUNATE HE DID NOT GET A FLAG. IAN: SECOND DOWN AND 15, FROM STRIDE, A BULLET TO JEUDY AND WHATEVER WAS GOING ON WITH JEUDY, HE HAS USED IT AS FUEL IAN: OUT OF THE GUN, WILSON. RELEASES IT AND IT’S MARLON MACK! CHEWING UP REAL ESTATE. COULD MACK GO? HE WILL, TOUCHDOWN, DENVER! THE UNLIKELY STORIES
WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT IN THIS LEAGUE. BROCK PURDUEIVE IN WEEK 14. MAHOMES IS DUMPED! JONATHAN COOPER GETS TO THE QUARTERBACK. AND THE CHIEFS GO THREE AND OUT. CHARLES: SPRINT PASS TO THE AFTER THE LEFT GUARD AND NOW MUTI IS AT LEFT GUARD. IAN: NICKEL PACKAGE FOR K.C. DELL CHIP MAKES TWO MEN MISS AND HE’S GOING TO COME UP SHORT. NICK BOLTEN FROM. CITY. IAN: KANSAS CITY 14-0 WITH MAHOMES AS THE STARTER ON THE ROAD IN THE A.F.C. WEATHER. MAHOMES, TOO HIGH. OVER THE HEAD OF VALDES-SCANTLING. IT’S FOURTH DOWN. CHARLES: HE TALKED ABOUT KEEPING YOUR
WITS ABOUT YOU AND THIS TEAM HAS DONE THAT IN THIS GAME. IAN: RUSSELL TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT. HE CANNOT. THEY WERE COMING IN WAVES. DARIUS HARRIS, FIRST MAN BACK IDENTITY AND BECAME IF BLITZ MAN. IAN: BRANDON WILLIAMS IS IN THERE, THE NEWEST CHIEF, AND THEY GET TO HIM AGAIN! RUSSELL WILSON HAD NO CHANCE. CHARLES: MAHOMES TEXTED THE GENERAL MANAGER AND SAID ARE WE GOING TO GO WITH THIS GUY? IAN: SHOTGUN, MAHOMES. OVER THE MIDDLE TO KELCE AND HE SPILLS OUT RIGHT AT THE FIRST DOWN LINE. TOUCHED BY JOSEY JEWELL AND AN LAST FEW
SERIES, WAS CONTINUING BUT THE CATCH BY TRAVIS KELCE HAS SLOWED THAT DOWN. IAN: FOUR CATCHES, 1 YARDS, KELCE. MAHOMES DELIVERS TO THE OPEN MAN! NOAH GRAY, FIRST DOWN. HIT BY KAREEM JACKSON AND THE CHIEFS ARE IN BUSINESS INSIDE KANSAS CITY DRIVING. SECOND AND 10. MAHOMES TOSSES IT. CATCH, MCKINNON. THE SPEED WASN’T AGAIN FROM JERICK MCKINNEYEN AND HE’S DROPPED INSIDE THE 10 HIT BY JOSEY JEWELL AND JUSTIN THIRD AND GOAL FOR K.C. KELCE IS PART OF THAT BUNCH. MAHOMES. SURVEYING. SPINS, KEEPS IT ALIVE, TOUCHDOWN! JUJU SMITH-SCHUSTER IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. YEAH, REVIVE HIM
BECAUSE HE GOT THE SCORE. KANSAS CITY’S OFFENSE GOT THEIR LEGS BACK UP UNDER THEM AND THAT’S BEEN THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT HERE TO GET IT TO 34-21. IAN: RUSSELL LOOKING. HITS HIS MAN. JALEN VIRGIL. JUST HIS SECOND CATCH OF THE THAT WAS BACK IN WEEK FOUR AGAINST LAS VEGAS. MOVING POCKET. WILSON. HE JUST THREW IT AWAY. TO THE KANSAS CITY BENCH. THE BACKFIELD. JUST UNDERWAY HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. THEY NEED FOUR YARDS. WILSON, SPINS. SETS. THROWS. DEEP SHOT. INCOMPLETE. FLAG DOWN. JERRY JEUDY IN A MATCHUP WITH MCDUFFIE. REFEREE: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 21. BALL WILL
BE PLACED ON THE SPOT OF THE FOUL. AIRPORT IRK FIRST DOWN. CHARLES: THE BIGGEST PART OF IT OF WHAT THEY GAINED ON THE PASS INTERFERENCE. IAN: THEY’VE LOST 24 YARDS ON THEIR LAST THREE PLAYS. WILSON FIRES, POPPED UP AND CAUGHT BY DULCICH! EVERYBODY. FRED THEY WOULD SHOW REEL UPON REEL OF NFL TIGHT ENDS. THIRD AND 111 WILSON AVOIDS IT AND IS GOING TO RUN FOR IT! FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 5. RYPIEN IN HIS FOURTH YEAR FROM BOISE STATE. DEEP DROP. RYPIEN. TOUCHDOWN! JERRY JEUDY HAS THE HAT TRICK! BRETT RYPIEN COMES IN AND TOSSES TO GET
DENVER CLOSER. THEY’RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO BURTON AND HE’S NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE! A LOSS ON THE PLAY. DENVER WAS READY FOR IT. ON THE INTERIOR ON THAT LINE. CITY. PLAY CLOCK IS DOWN TO THREE. MAHOMES LOOKING. INTERCEPTED! JOSEY JEWELL, HIS SECOND OF THE DAY! AND JEWELL GETS POPPED AT THE 45. THE CHIEFS TURNED IT OVER AGAIN. CHARLES: WATCH 47 TO THE LEFT OF ONE, YOU TAKE YOUR CHANCES. SNEAD IN THE SLOT. IAN: THIRD AND 3 FOR DENVER. RYPIEN HIT AS HE THROWS. AND THAT WAS A DUCK. INTERCEPTED BY SNEED! AND HE’S DROPPED
AT THE 30-YARD LINE. CHRIS JONES GETS IN AND AFFECTS BRETT RYPIEN ON THAT PASS THAT GOT POPPED UP IN THE AIR. LATE FLAG IS THROWN AT THE 42. AND 11. FROM THE GUN. MAHOMES TOSSES. FIRST DOWN! MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING WITH THE GRAB. NEXT STEP AND THAT THIRD DOWN PASS WAS ON THE MONEY TO CHARLES: THIS PLAY TAKES ME BACK TO THE SAFIN. VALDES-SCANTLING TO KEEP THIS DRIVE GOING. STUTTER STEP MOVE FROM MCKINNON AND THAT EFFORT WILL GET HIM ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST DOWN. THEY’RE GOING TO USE AS MUCH WIN AND THE CHARGERS LOSE. ON A GIVE,
PACHECO! DISHING OUT PUNISHMENT AND HE’S GOT A FIRST DOWN AND IT’S OVER. KANSAS CITY IS GOING TO WIN IT DESPITE A SCARE FROM THE DENVER IAN: MAHOMES, VICTORY FORMATION AND THAT’S IT. KANSAS CITY HAS BEATEN DENVER IN 14 STRAIGHT MEETINGS.
