Kansas City Chiefs vs. New England Patriots | 2023 Week 15 Game Highlights

SEASON WHEN GUYS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE GAME-CHANGING PLAYS, AND THEY HAVEN’T DONE IT. >> Joe: MAHOMES LOOKING DEEP ON THE FIRST PLAY, AND HE DROPS IT IN FOR NOAH GRAY! A SECOND TIGHT END BEHIND KELCE GETS 32 YARDS ON THE CHIEFS’ FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE. >> Daryl: JUST ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU’VE GOT GUYS TEAMMATES. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND 10. PATRIOTS TO BRING HEAT. MAHOMES HAS NOT BEEN VERY GOOD AGAINST PRESSURE THIS YEAR. GETS RID OF OUT AND THROWS LOW. McKINNON HAS IT BUT PULLED DOWN SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN.

IT IS JABRILL PEPPERS WITH THE TACKLE, AND THE PATRIOTS’ FIRST WILSON. >> Joe: MAHOMES HAS SAID HE’S SEEN A BIT OF EVERYTHING FROM BELICHICK. HE’S SEEN GAMES WHERE HE’S AFTER HIM THE WHOLE TIME. BUTKER. OH, MY GOODNESS, A UNICORN! THE FLOW OF THE GAME. WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU’LL KEEP THAT KANSAS CITY OFFENSE ON THE SIDELINE. >> Joe: SECOND PERIOD. ZAPPE LETS IT FLY. HENRY AGAIN CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. THE POCKET. >> Joe: PRESSURE COMING HERE ON FIRST DOWN. HE’S BACK TO THROW. IT’S PICKED UP. HE’S GIVEN TIME. STRAIGHT DOWNFIELD TO DeVANTE PARKER FOR

20. WILL WANT TO START TO BRING PRESSURE. THIS IS WHERE POINTS ARE AT STAKE HERE AS YOU GET TOWARDS FIELD GOAL RANGE. >> Joe: ZAPPE

LETS IT RIP. THIRD CATCH OF THE DRIVE AND A FIRST DOWN BEFORE HE’S STOPPED HARD BY JUSTIN REID. HENRY SLOW TO GET TO HIS FEET. CAST START TORS TO STEP UP AND PLAYS FOR YOU. >> Joe: FIRST DOWN AND 10. FACES PRESSURE. DEMARIO DOUGLAS! HE HAS 17 YARDS. ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS FOR THIS OFFENSE. HAS MISSED THE LAST TWO GAMES WITH A CONCUSSION. PATRIOTS WOULD HAVE LIKED. >> Joe: LET’S

SEE HOW AGGRESSIVE THE PATRIOTS ARE ON THIRD DOWN WITHIN FIELD GOAL RANGE. NOT AGGRESSIVE AT ALL. IT IS ELLIOTT. TO START THE GAME. >> Joe: THE OLD MARYLAND TERRAPIN. IT’S NO GOOD. BOTH TEAMS WITH A MISSED FIELD GOAL IN THIS FIRST QUARTER. IT STAYS SCORELESS. PATRICK MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS JOE? >> Joe: THANK YOU, CHARISSA. KANSAS CITY HAVE THEIR EYES ON THAT TEAM. ON SECOND AND 4. SAME LOOK THAT BEGAN THE DRIVE. TO CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE, WHO’S GOT A CONVOY. INTO PATRIOTS TERRITORY. STAYS ON HIS FEET. STAYS INBOUNDS. TAKES IT ALL THE WAY TO THE 15!

ALWAYS A FANTASTIC SCREEN TEAM. HE’S DONE THE SAME AT KANSAS CITY. WHAT A GREAT PLAY DESIGN. EDWARDS-HELAIRE HAS HIS LONGEST CAREER CATCH. >> Joe: MAHOMES RIPS IT OUTSIDE. RASHEE RICE MAKES IZ FIRST AND AN INTERESTING LOOK HERE. DIRECT SNAP TO McKINNON. IT’S RICE COMING UNDERNEATH! TOUCHDOWN! ANDY ROOELDEID STRIKES RIGHT TH. LOOK AT THAT NIFTY DESIGN. RICE HAS THE SCORE. >> Daryl: WE ASKED HIM IF HE HAD THIS AND IT’S ALL COMING BACK TO COACH BELICHICK. >> Joe: AND HIS DEFENSE HAS CONTINUED TO EXCEL, BUT HE’S THE DE FACTO GM, SO ANY ISSUES ON OFFENSE, FLAWED

ROSTER THERE, THAT FALLS ON HIM TOO. ZAPPE LETS IT FLY. HE HAS HENRY BUT A FLAG DOWN. HUNTER HENRY HAVING A BIG FIRST HALF. SEE IF THIS STANDS. IT WILL. PENALTY WILL BE ON KANSAS CITY, AND HENRY HAS 15 YARDS. >> Referee: BEFORE THE PASS WAS THEY’RE ABLE TO PULL THE UPSET TODAY ON THIRD DOWN. >> Joe: CHIEFS SHOWING PRESSURE. THEY’VE BROUGHT A LOT OF IT SO FAR TODAY AND DO IT AGAIN HERE. ZAPPE FOR PARKER. MADE THE ADJUSTMENT FOR A FIRST DOWN! AND DeVANTE PARKER IN HIS FIRST GAME BACK FROM INJURY HAS BEEN THERE

FOR ZAPPE. HE’S GOT 18 YARDS HERE. >> Daryl: REALLY NICE JOB. A QUICK DECISION BY BAILEY ZAPPE HE CAN START TO BUILD HIS CONFIDENCE AND GET IN THE FLOW. >> Joe: SEVEN YARDS ON THREE CARRIES TO THIS POINT. TO HIM IN THE BACKFIELD HERE. ELLIOTT LOWERS THE SHOULDER AGAINST GAY AND MAKES IT THIRD AND SHORT. HE SAID ONE OF THE REASONS HE FEELS A LITTLE MORE DYNAMIC MORE SITUATIONAL DURING THE COURSE OF THE GAME THAN ANALYTICAL. >> Joe: AND NOTHING TO LOSE AT THREE AND 10. LOOKING FOR THE UPSET. ON FOURTH AND 1, IT’S PLAY-ACTION.

ZAPPE THROWS, TOUCHDOWN, HENRY! ON FOURTH AND 1, ZAPPE FINDS HENRY FOR A 16-YARD SCORE. >> Daryl: SO, HE’S GOING TO WORK MORE THAN 100 YARDS. STARTS HIS DRIVE WITH A PLAY-ACTION PASS. OVER THE MIDDLE. INTERCEPTED! RIPPED AWAY! TAKEN INSIDE THE 10! FIRST AND GOAL FOR THE PATRIOTS AS THE ROOKIE FROM SACRAMENTO STATE MAKES THE PLAY OF HIS NFL MIGHT BE STARTING TO. 16 FOR 18, MAKING PLAYS FOR THE PATRIOTS. LOOKING TO MAKE ONE HERE. THIRD AND GOAL FROM THE 13. SCREENED. ELLIOTT. CUTS IT BACK. LOWERS THE SHOULDER AND IS STOPPED. THEY SETTLE FOR THE FIELD

GOAL ATTEMPT. IT LOOKED LIKE ON FIRST AND GOAL HE WAS GOING TO SQUEEZE THROUGH AND SCORE A TOUCHDOWN. INSTEAD, THEY SETTLE FOR THREE. MARTE MAPU’S INTERCEPTION SETTING THIS UP. RYLAND’S GOT THIS ONE. AND THE PATRIOTS HAVE THEIR FIRST LEAD. IT WAS THE INTERCEPTION FROM THE >> Joe: MAHOMES SO OFTEN LOVES TO FIND KELKELCE. THIRD DOWN AND 8. WATSON HAS IT! WHAT A STRIKE FROM MAHOMES! A BULLET, 34 YARDS, AND A FIRST DOWN INTO PATRIOTS TERRITORY. >> Daryl: I THINK THE BIG THING, THIRD AND 9. MAHOMES HAS CONVERTED ONE-THIRD AND LONG ON THIS DRIVE. PRESSURE HERE.

FEELS IT. STEPS UP AND THROWS. ON THE MOVE FOR McKINNON! RASHEE RICE THE CATCH. FIRST DOWN TO THE 21. ON THIRD AND 9, RASHEE RICE GETS END OF THE FOURTH? >> Joe: SECOND AND 8. ANOTHER BLITZ. GET RID OF IT QUICKLY. OUTSIDE, RICE. A TOUCHDOWN-SAVING TACKLE RIGHT THERE BY KYLE DUGGER. RICE WAS OFF TO THE RACES. FINISHING UP HERE. BILLS AND COWBOYS IN BUFFALO. 50 SECONDS LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF. EDWARDS-HELAIRE. INTO THE TEETH OF THE DEFENSE. KEPT THE DRIVE GOING. TIME-OUT TAKEN BY KANSAS CITY. >> Joe: 40 SECONDS. SECOND AND GOAL. MAHOMES INTO THE

FLATS FOR McKINNON. JERICK McKINNON’S GOT A TOUCHDOWN! HE ADDS TO HIS PASSING TOUCHDOWN WITH A TOUCHDOWN CATCH, AND THE CHIEFS ARE BACK IN FRONT. >> Daryl: THEY MADE THAT ONE I THINK BILL IS ON HIS AVERAGE MARK, TWO WORDS, SEASON AVERAGE FOR HALFTIME INTERVIEWS. >> Daryl: ONE PER QUESTION. >> Joe: THAT’S RIGHT. RICE WIDE OPEN. RASHEE RICE, A BIG PLAY TO OPEN THE SECOND HALF. THE BALL COMES OUT! DID HE GET BACK ON TOP OF IT? HE SOMEHOW DID. JALEN MILLS JARRED THAT THING >> Joe: SO GOOD IN THE FIRST HALF AT THIRD AND LONG.

THAT IS CAUGHT BY RICE. IT’S ANOTHER THIRD-DOWN CONVERSION, THE FOURTH IN THE ROW FOR THE CHIEFS. THAT’S BEEN HIS FAVORITE GUY TO GO TO. FROM REALLY TAKING CONTROL. SECOND AND 9. MA MOMENT HOMES GOES OUTSIDE TO JAMES, GOOD FOR A FIRST DOWN, BEATING KYLE DUGGER. ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES FOR THE >> Joe: MAHOMES RETREATS, SETS, FIRES. INCOMPLETE. NO FLAGS. BRYANT THE COVERAGE ON KELCE. >> Daryl: WE’VE SEEN A COUPLE OF FIRST HALF. HARRISON BUTKER MISSED. THIS ONE FROM 29. AND THE CHIEFS GET POINTS ON THE LAST DRIVE OF THE FIRST HALF, THE FIRST DRIVE

OF THE SECOND HALF. THEY LEAD IT BY SEVEN. It’s been so long since I’ve seen you. HALF. NOW, CAN HE SUSTAIN IT AS HE DID IN PITTSBURGH. STRUGGLED AFTER THE BREAK. LOOKS TO THROW. ON THE MOVE. HE’S IN TROUBLE. HE THROWS AND INTERCEPTION! WILLIE GAY! DIFFERENT GAME, SAME STORY FOR ZAPPE. OUT OF THE HALFTIME BREAK, INJURY. ONE OF THE STARS ON DEFENSE. SECOND AND GOAL. MAHOMES. BACK TO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN, KANSAS CITY! SECOND AND 5. OVER THE MIDDLE. HENRY. FIRST DOWN. SEASON-HIGH SEVEN CATCHES FOR THE TIGHT END. >> Daryl: KIND OF FUNNY, RIGHT. YOU

GET INTO THAT OFFENSIVE LULL A PICK AS A “D” LINEMAN? NO. THIRD AND LONG. ZAPPE TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MAHOMES’ THIRD AND LONG MAGIC HERE. CHIEFS BRINGING AN EXTRA MAN OR TWO. THEY’RE GOING TO GET THERE! ALL THE WAY BACK AT THE 32! CHIEFS CONTINUE TO COME AFTER BAILEY ZAPPE, AND THIS TIME THEY HALF. TRUMP CAMPAIGNED AT ONE POINT 1 10-7, 17 UNANSWERED. MAHOMES HAS MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING. ITS GO FOR 16 YARDS. >> Daryl: YOU WONDER IF PATRICK BETTER SPOT AND HAVE HIM BE A BIG PART OF THIS PASS OFFENSE MOVING FORWARD IF WE’RE GOING

TO HAVE THE SUCCESS WE WANT TO HAVE. >> Joe: CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE ON THE GROUND WITH A HOLE TO THE LEFT SIDE. SPEED. DOWN THE SIDELINE TO THE 35. AUSTIN PUSHES HIM OUT AFTER 24 YARDS. YARDS. >> Joe: THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME, THIRD DOWN AND LONG. MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS HAVE BEEN AWESOME. UNDERNEATH. NOAH GRAY. TACKLED BY DUGGER. FOURTH DOWN AND 8 AT THE 35 YARD THIS FROM 54. HARRISON BUTKER RIGHT BACK TO AUTOMATIC. KIND OF FIND A LITTLE BIT OF RHYTHM AS WELL. >> Joe: WE ASKED ANDY REID ABOUT THE DEFENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS. RESPECT

EVERY POSITION THAT YOU HAVE WITH THAT FOOTBALL. >> Joe: THE PICK ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE SECOND HALF. BACKED INTO THE ZONE END. NEARLY GOT PICKED THERE. HENRY GOT SACKED DOWN. L’JARIUS SNEED ANTICIPATED AND DRILLED HIM. LET’S SEE WHERE THEY SPOT HIM. SHOWED YOU THOSE COACHES, DON SHULA, TOM LANDRY, ROGER STAUBACH. THAT’S KIND OF THAT COMBINATION. THE GREAT TEAMS, THE DYNASTIC TEAMS HAVE A GREAT HEAD COACH/QUARTERBACK COMBINATION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. >> Joe: EDWARDS-HELAIRE HAS FIRST DOWN HERE. EXPERIENCE. IS HE READY TO LEAD THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS? >> Daryl: IF HE’S THE

GUY. I DON’T THINK AGE SHOULD BE THE NUMBER. THINK OF SEAN McVAY GOING TO THE RAMS. >> Joe: MAHOMES GETS SACKED. DEATRICH WISE GETS THERE. I DON’T FEEL I HAVE TO BREAK EITHER ONE OF THOSE OUTSIDE GUYS INSIDE. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND 11. ZAPPE. MIKE GESICKI, HIS FIRST CATCH IN A COUPLE GAMES. STOPPED SHORT BY GEORGE SANTA IS READY. >> Daryl: HE HAS A COUPLE MORE DAYS TO REST. >> Joe: FROM THE 24 YARD LINE. OVER THE MIDDLE. TONEY JUGGLES, AND IT’S PICKED! JAHLANI TAVAI! HE THROWS IT AWAY. WHAT IS HE DOING? OUT OF

BOUNDS. PATRIOTS MAINTAIN POSSESSION. THE LATEST KADARIUS TONEY FOUR DROPS, MORE THAN THEY’VE BEEN AVERAGING. PATRIOTS, GOOD FIELD POSITION WITH THE TAKEAWAY. DOUGLAS, A JUGGLING CATCH. SPLITS THE DEFENDERS. STOPPED BY REID. >> Daryl: THAT’S A GUY THEY HAVE BALL NEEDS TO GO. >> Joe: FOUR CATCHES IN HIS ROOKIE RECORD. ROOKIE OUT OF LIBERTY. HANDOFF. HARRIS IS IN FOR A PATRIOTS TOUCHDOWN! HADN’T PLAYED ALL YEAR BEFORE TODAY. HAS HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN RIGHT BACK OFF. THAT’S WHEN YOU’RE WAY OUTSIDE. LAST WEEK KADARIUS TONEY IS WHERE TRAVIS KELCE IS RIGHT NOW. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND 5. MAHOMES WAITING

FOR SOMEBODY TO BECOME OPEN. RICE DOES, AND HE HAS A FIRST DOWN. THIRD DOWN HAS TOLD THE STORY TODAY FOR THE CHIEFS. ANOTHER CONVERSION THERE. HE LED THE COUNTRY, LED THE NCAA IN RECEIVING YARDS LAST YEAR. SECOND AND 9. UNDER SIX TO PLAY. LOW SNAP. HEAVED OVER THERE. CHEST PASS TO KELCE, AND HE HAS A FIRST DOWN. HOW ABOUT A CHEST PASS, A DIFFERENT SPORT? KELCE LOOKS LIKE HE’S IN PAIN, GRABBING THAT LEFT ARM. THERE ARE THINGS THEY NEED TO GET CLEANED UP. THEY’RE NOT THERE YET AFTER THIS AFTERNOON. >> Joe: THAT IS A SACK

FROM MATT WILSON, FIRED ON THE BLITZ AND GOT TO MAHOMES. TIME FOR A “GAME BREAK.” >> Joe: I DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THE PATRIOTS FANS, AS THOSE WATCHING CAROLINA AND ATLANTA JOIN US. CAROLINA BEATS ATLANTA 9-7 ON A LAST-SECOND FIELD GOAL. LOOKING AT A DRAFT POSITION FOR THE PATRIOTS. PATRIOTS CURRENTLY WOULD HAVE THE NUMBER TWO PICK. CAROLINA IS IN THE ONE SPOT. CHICAGO WILL HAVE THEIR PICK, ALIVE RIGHT HERE. 2:39. A FOURTH AND 4. ZAPPE THROWS INCLEAT, TOO TALL FOR REAGOR, AND THAT WILL DO IT. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE JUST TUNED COACHING SPOT

IN NEW ENGLAND? 27-17 THE FINAL SCORE. ANDY REID’S TEAM IN NEW TERRITORY, NOT AS SMOOTH SAILING THIS YEAR, BUT THEY FIND THEIR WAY ON THE ROAD AGAINST A TEAM PLAYING PRETTY WELL LATELY IN PATRIOTS, A GOOD DEFENSE. A TEN-POINT WIN, 9-5 ON THE YEAR.