{"id":32857,"date":"2025-09-16T22:57:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32857"},"modified":"2025-09-16T22:57:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:57:24","slug":"breaking-news-sundays-unsung-hero-was-this-chiefs-rookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32857","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Sunday\u2019s Unsung Hero Was This Chiefs Rookie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2013 Andy Reid said Monday that he trusts every player he puts in the game, and he wasn\u2019t kidding. In Sunday\u2019s 20-17 loss to the reigning world champion Eagles, the Chiefs trusted a rookie to defend two of the league\u2019s most prolific wide receivers.<\/p>\n

And Nohl Williams didn\u2019t disappoint.<\/p>\n

A third-round selection (85th overall) in April\u2019s draft, Williams played a starring role in a Chiefs\u2019 secondary that held Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts to just 101 passing yards, lowest of his career in a game he started and played all four quarters.<\/p>\n

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Scored four touchdowns and led nation in interceptions<\/h3>\n

Williams, who led the nation with seven interceptions in 2024 at Cal, played only eight of 60 defensive snaps on Sunday, but he still managed to break up two passes. One of those came early in the second half. In a 10-10 game with the Eagles facing a third-and-8 from the Chiefs\u2019 33-yard line, Steve Spagnuolo sent both Chamarri Conner and Nick Bolton on a blitz through the heart of the Eagles\u2019 line.<\/p>\n

Hurts knew he had Smith one-on-one with the rookie on the left side, so with Bolton and Conner in Hurts\u2019 lap, the quarterback went straight to Smith.<\/p>\n

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The Chiefs left Nohl Williams one-on-one with DeVonta Smith. And Williams won.<\/p>\n

— Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) September 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n