The Chiefs win the AFC West for the 9th straight season after the game-winning field goal went wide

Kansas City Chiefs are your AFC West winners for the ninth consecutive season, defeating their division rival, the Los Angeles Chargers, with the game-winning field goal.

The 19-17 win moved the Chiefs to 12-1 on the season, which was a huge win to not only clinch the division, but to pull away from the Buffalo Bills for the top seed in the AFC. meanwhile, the Chargers they are now 8-5 on the season as they continue to chase a playoff spot with four games remaining.

The low-scoring affair led to a long drive by Justin Herbert and a Chargers offense that chewed up 8:29 of the fourth quarter, but resulted in a field goal to make it 17-16.

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There was more than enough time to Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense to respond, and as we’ve seen too many times to count, that’s exactly what happened at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

On 3rd-and-10 on the ensuing drive, Mahomes escaped the Chargers’ pressure and found rookie receiver Xavier Worthy for a 14-yard strike, where he returned to the ball and secured it to extend the drive.

A Mahomes scramble and a couple of runs from Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt would continue to rack up the yards and clock as the Chiefs edged closer to the end zone for kicker Matthew Wright, who was perfect with three field goals, including a 50-yarder, before step into the game winner.

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On 3rd and 7 from the Chargers 20-yard line, it was imperative that Los Angeles stop the Chiefs from forcing a field goal and give Herbert another chance to get the game-winning drive on his own.

But Mahomes’ magic happened again, when he rolled outside the pocket, made a scrimmage and flipped the ball to Travis Kelce for a first down.

That allowed the Chiefs to run down the clock late in the fourth quarter, where Wright threw the ball wide left from 31 yards out, but it was just inside just long enough to hold true for three points and the win.

“Doink for the division!” NBC play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico shouted from the broadcast booth.

It took a while for anyone to find the end zone in this game, but it finally happened near halftime as DeAndre Hopkins caught a short pass from Mahomes and took it nine yards to make it 13-0.

The Chargers, who had to play without Herbert’s reliable rookie Led McConkey, couldn’t go on five consecutive first-half drives.

However, they turned it around in the second half with back-to-back touchdown runs to make this a true battle of the AFC West.

First, it was the opening act of the second half, as Herbert dissected the Chiefs defense on 13 plays where Gus Edwards, who took over the starting role with the injured J.K. Dobbins, scored from three yards.

Then, after forcing a three-and-out on the Chiefs, Herbert needed just four plays to end up finding Quentin Johnston for a four-yard score to make it 14-13.

But when Mahomes and the Chiefs have the ball at the end of a tight game this season, it just hasn’t worked out for the opposition.

Mahomes was 24-for-37 for 210 yards with his one touchdown pass while rushing for 17 yards in the win. Pacheco, who has had a more leadership role while recovering from injury.

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Kelce had the most yards by any Chiefs player with 45, while Worthy finished with 41 and Hopkins with 32.

For the Chargers, Josh Palmer had a game-high 78 yards on six receptions, while tight end Stone Smartt, who saw a bigger role with Will Dissley injured during the game, had 54 yards on three catches. Johnston also finished with 48 yards on five receptions.

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