The Kansas City Chiefs lost a heartbreaker to the Denver Broncos, 28-24, in a game that came down to the wire on Sunday afternoon.
Kansas City possessed an 11-point advantage with less than nine minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, but a relentless Broncos rally – which included two touchdowns in the span of just 11 plays over Denver's final two possessions – erased that lead with just under two minutes left in regulation.
Notably, the Chiefs were called for 11 penalties on Sunday that provided Denver with 105 yards. Those miscues allowed Denver to hang around and, as the game went on, take the lead.
Kansas City looked poised to rectify the collective errors that let Denver back into the game, however, when the Chiefs drove all the way to the Broncos' 1-yard line on their final possession, setting Kansas City up with three shots to take the lead in the closing seconds. Denver's defense held the Chiefs out of the end zone though, and Kansas City's late heroics came up just short.
The Chiefs actually seemed to have won the game for a moment when Mahomes found wide receiver Rashee Rice for a 1-yard score on fourth down as the clock struck zero, but a false start penalty nullified the touchdown, and Mahomes was sacked on the ensuing, final play.
"We just made too many mistakes throughout the game to win against a quality football team," said quarterback Patrick Mahomes. "We did a lot of good \[things\], but when you make mistakes, you're going to lose when you play a good football team."