Super Rally: Mahomes, Chiefs win Super Bowl with late surge

[Omaha Steve]

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Source: AP

By BARRY WILNER

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Uncomfortable and under duress for much of the game, Patrick Mahomes suddenly recaptured his mojo and lifted Andy Reid and the Chiefs to a Super Bowl victory, the team’s first NFL championship in a half-century.

All it took was falling behind by double digits in the postseason again. Then Mahomes, selected MVP, hit two long passes on touchdown drives for a 31-20 victory Sunday over the San Francisco 49ers.

“We never lost faith,” Mahomes said. “That’s the biggest thing. Everybody on this team, no one had their head down. We believed in each other. That’s what we preached all year long.”

The vaunted 49ers defense wilted late, particularly on passes of 44 yards to Tyreek Hill and 38 to Sammy Watkins. The touchdowns came on short throws to Travis Kelce to cut the deficit to three and to Damien Williams for the lead. The first NFL title in Chiefs coach Reid’s two-decade career was clinched by Williams’ 38-yard TD run, sending red-clad Chiefs fan into chants of “Andy!” Andy!”



Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrates his touchdown pass to Damien Williams in the the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)


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Congrats from a Packer fan.

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[hlthe2b]

1. I'm thrilled for them...

[milestogo]

2. Congrats to the KC Chiefs!

I have to admit I enjoy watching Mahomes as much as I do Rodgers.

[muntrv]

3. I was born in 1970. Congrats Chiefs.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

22. With any luck at all

you'll be around to watch their next win in 2070!

Although I sincerely hope it doesn't take that long.

[Leghorn21]

4. That was one terrific game!!!

Congrats from a Saints fan!

[Karma13612]

5. Woohoo!

We are still watching, a few minutes behind.

Won’t tell hubbie!

[Sinistrous]

6. Congratulations and Good Cheer to the KC Chiefs.

Andy Reid is a good man and worthy of this success. A phenomenal assembly of players.

[The Genealogist]

7. I'm in SW Missouri. There are still fireworks going off

Maybe I'll get some sleep tonight sometime. I can't imagine what it is like at Union Station in KCMO tonight.

[Rebl2]

16. Power

And Light district just crazy!!! It filled up early-by noon and couldn’t let anymore people! Chiefs Kingdom❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛!!!!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

23. I gather that streets are gridlocked and a lot of people aren't going anywhere.

My sister who lives in Overland Park tells me that at the very end of the game she could hear cheering in her suburban neighborhood, and when she went outside, she could see all kinds of fireworks going off.

[C Moon]

24. You can hear fireworks coming from the state of Kansas?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

27. Kansas and Missouri are right next to each other.

And the part of Kansas that is next to Kansas City Missouri hugely supports the Kansas City Chiefs.

So yes, there were fireworks in Kansas.

[C Moon]

45. I was joking around. :)

[lastlib]

36. Even Wichita and small towns around it had fireworks!

I'm in eastern Jackson County MO, 25 miles from downtown KC. Jackson County sounded like a war zone with fireworks!

[Shrek]

38. I live in Wichita

Fireworks were going off in my neighborhood well into the night.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

46. And there were so many fireworks going off that they showed up

on weather radar!

[mvd]

8. As an Eagles fan..

I never did like Reid much but I respected what he did for the team. I think if we hadn’t won our own Super Bowl a couple years ago, I would be feeling down about this. It is easier to feel good for Reid now.

[somaticexperiencing]

9. Was that touchdown for real? Please clue me in how the second to last touchdown was real.

[hay rick]

18. No conclusive evidence to reverse the call.

The refs are stuck with limited video information. They have to uphold the call on the field unless there is conclusive video evidence to overturn the original call.

[LudwigPastorius]

20. The official was right there at the pylon.

Until they install sensors on the field, and in the ball, we still have to rely on the judgement of officials.

(I do find it amazingly inept though, that FOX didn't have a definitive angle of the goal line. They use around 100 cameras to cover the game, and they DON'T always have a dedicated goal line shot available? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2020/02/02/foxs-4k-super-bowl-broadcast-isnt-really-4k/)

[somaticexperiencing]

28. Wasn't it the same guy who made the bad call last year?

The official was in a terrible position to be able to see, exactly on the wrong side of everything.

Lamest touchdown I've ever seen.

[LudwigPastorius]

29. "The official was in a terrible position to be able to see, exactly on the wrong side of everything.

Whaaa....? Were we watching the same play?

[somaticexperiencing]

30. My view at the time made him seem more upfield. However....

Using the wonderful picture you have shown me, and considering that "A player is considered to be out of bounds when any part of his body makes contact with the white line. Play stops when that occurs." would you not say it is way clearer in this picture that he is out of bounds than that that football has crossed the white of the goal line in any way?

[LudwigPastorius]

40. No, I wouldn't say that.

While his left foot does appear to be out of bounds at the moment of this picture (hard to say about his right foot. depends on if it is contacting the ground), the ball also appears to be about halfway through the plane extending up from the front of the white goal line.

This indicates, to me at least, that the ball broke that plane earlier than the picture was snapped, which also means that it could have broken the plane earlier than the point his foot went out of bounds...which is what the field judge, who was standing right there, determined.

[Bengus81]

42. Yup....

[muntrv]

37. ESPN has pylon cameras for college football.

Surprised FOX didn't have the same.

[JonLP24]

21. The ball broke the plane of the goaline

All that ball's nose has to do is reach the white line and it is a touchdown. He reached over the white line.

[C Moon]

25. I didn't care who won, and to me it looked like the ball passed the line before he stepped out.

[Hawaii Hiker]

10. As a 49ers fan

That was one choke job by San Francisco...Not as colossal as the Falcons blowing the 28-3 lead, but this one is rather epic....Blowing 10 point lead in 4th quarter, & the WTF clock management moment at end of first half...

Better to lose 51-0 than blow it like this game....

[mvd]

12. Why did the 49ers get away from the run game so much?

KC was weak against the run. I also think the way they played, the 49ers defense was tired at the end.

[Hawaii Hiker]

17. That's good question

It was a complete collapse in the 4th quarter, quick 3 and out drives, giving up a big pass play on the 3rd and 15, the horrible time management at end of 1st half...

Aside from Atlanta blowing the 28-3 lead against NE couple years ago, this is probably 2nd biggest collapse in Super Bowl history

[hay rick]

19. I thought the time management at the end of the half showed a lack of confidence in the offense.

I expected KC to win after that.

[Rebl2]

33. That's what

I think. The 49ers put it all out there the first three quarters and by the 4th they were tired. I’m a Chiefs fan, but those first 3 quarters were hard to watch. I almost went to bed by the 4th quarter, but thought they‘ve been down before-don’t give up on them now. So happy I didn’t!!!❤️💛❤️💛

[FailureToCommunicate]

11. Congrats to the KC Chiefs! (From a Patriots fan)

It was a heck of a game!

[Ishoutandscream2]

13. Dallas Texans! Super Bowl champs!

Way to go, Dallas!

[Gumboot]

14. Hail to the Chiefs!

From a long-suffering Broncos fan... but our neighbours to the east have been so much fun to watch this season.

Third crazy comeback in the last three games, what a gritty performance to win tonight!

[47of74]

15. Cross out Packers and substite Chiefs

[Baclava]

26. 50 years is a long time to wait for another SB win, congrats Chiefs

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. There's a Patrick Mahomes II tweet for everything.

Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted

Now he knows what it feels like.

Link to tweet

I bet it feels amazing to be the quarterback who says "I'm going to Disney World" after winning the Super Bowl #Qbs

Link to tweet

[Blue_Tires]

32. A famous victory

Bravo, well done

[MissMillie]

34. Good for them!

Really. a 50 year drought sucks.... trust me--I'm a Red Sox fan.

I was cheering for the other team, but I'm happy for the Chiefs.

[onetexan]

39. the whole thing seems rigged to me

What were the chances of the Chiefs winning on the 50th anniversary of their last win? Shocking that the Chiefs were able to pull a 4th quarter miracle like that. First 3 quarters were lethargic, and all of a sudden last 10 minutes wam bam.

I didn't watch the game but did catch the half time on youtube. Liked it.

[LudwigPastorius]

41. "What were the chances of the Chiefs winning on the 50th anniversary of their last win?"

According to the Las Vegas bookmakers, the final odds before kickoff that the Chiefs would win were 47.5%.

...so, a pretty darn good chance.

[TryLogic]

44. If you had been watching previous Chief's games... They did what they have done numerous times.

[Bengus81]

43. All of us long suffering Chiefs fans finally got our night. I can easily remember some 4-12 years.

Might have even been a 2-14 season around 2009-2011. It was really a tough time to be a Chiefs fan.