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Prevailing under pressures makes Super Bowl champions. Case and point: the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n
Whether it\u2019s a game-winning 51-yard field goal by\u00a0Harrison Butker\u00a0as time expired in Week 2, a six-point overtime win in Week 9,\u00a0Leo Chenal\u00a0blocking a potential game-winning 35-yard field goal in Week 10 or defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo dialing up a timely blitz on fourth-and-5 late in the fourth quarter in the\u00a0AFC championship game, the Chiefs have thrived in late-game situations.<\/p>\n
Andy Reid’s squad has been victorious in 12 one-score games this season. Furthermore, Kansas City\u2019s won the last 17 one-score games that they\u2019ve played in, which is an NFL record.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we had six or seven games where it was one possession. We could continue to build off that throughout the year,\u201d Chiefs defensive tackle\u00a0Chris Jones\u00a0said. \u201cThese games are very familiar to us, we\u2019re used to being in these types of situations. We feel very calm, we feel very at peace with what we\u2019re running \u2013 the speed of it, the pace of it \u2013 and the play calling.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Patrick Mahomes\u00a0is, of course, the Chiefs\u2019 engine. The\u00a0three-time Super Bowl champion has an uncanny ability to achieve whatever is required to be victorious. His 43 rushing yards and playoff-high two rushing touchdowns in the AFC title game are a prime example. But Kansas City\u2019s defense routinely makes game winning plays when it matters most.<\/p>\n
The Chiefs had a top-10 defense and was fourth in points allowed during the regular season.<\/p>\n
Houston Texans quarterback\u00a0C.J. Stroud\u00a0was sacked eight times in the divisional round. Cornerback Trent McDuffie and safety Justin Reid\u2019s blitz on fourth-and-5 late in the fourth quarter forced\u00a0Josh Allen to make a desperation throw that fell incomplete, paving the way for Kansas City to reach Super Bowl 59.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have this personality where they know how to bear down,\u201d Chiefs head coach Reid said. \u201cThey know when to have fun, but they also know when to bear down.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Chiefs\u2019 experience and comfort in late-game situations is an advantage as the team prepares to face the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans,\u00a0a rematch of Super Bowl 57.<\/p>\n
SUPER BOWL 59:<\/strong>Everything to know about Chiefs vs. Eagles<\/p>\n It\u2019s not luck that the team\u2019s prevailed in 17-straight one-score games. Nor is it favorable calls\u00a0from referees. It\u2019s a two-time defending Super Bowl champion squad that understands how to close out games.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all year, building that. We\u2019ve worked on situations throughout the year in practice of late game situations and two-minute situations.\u201d Jones said. \u201cFor us, it\u2019s just another play. We\u2019re very comfortable in it and we trust in (defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo) to put us in the right position to make a play.\u201d<\/p>\n The Chiefs reached the AFC championship game for the seventh-consecutive season, they\u2019ve won nine straight postseason contests and are now vying to becoming the first team in NFL history to win three consecutive Super Bowls.<\/p>\n JARRETT BELL:<\/strong>Chiefs learned to love living on edge in Super Bowl run<\/p>\n \u201cThese are historic moments. These are moments you’re going to remember for a long time,\u201d Chiefs linebacker Drue Tranquill said. \u201cYou’re going to tell your grandkids about. We got an opportunity. We got a great team in front of us. They got great coaches, great players, offense, defense, special teams, and so it’s gonna be another battle.\u201d<\/p>\n The Chiefs beat Philadelphia by three points in Super Bowl 57. Super Bowl 59 might be decided by one possession. A one-score game, based on recent history, favors Kansas City. If it comes to that, like Jones said, they’ll have \u201cpeace\u201d in that situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" usatoday.com wants to ensure the best experience for all of our readers, so we built our site to take advantage of the latest technology, making it faster and easier to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"\n