The Kansas City Chiefs vanquished the Los Angeles Chargers in overtime to advance to 2-0 on the 2020 season. It didn’t come easy, but it ended in an all-too-familiar way for many rivals of the Chiefs. Here’s a look at some of the best tweets recounting the game:
A rough start
The game started out ugly for Kansas City. The defense was letting up some long plays, the offense couldn’t get things going. The Chargers pass rushers were all over Mahomes. Everything was going wrong for the Chiefs, but it was only a matter of time before things went right.
[Mahomes drops back] pic.twitter.com/ehZWFpBifl
— Brett Gering (@BrettGering) September 20, 2020
Chiefs-Chargers game is interesting, Chargers defense playing extremely well but I’ve a feeling at some point Mahomes will string together 3 scoring drives in unison 💭
— Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) September 20, 2020
Mahomes and overcoming 10 point deficits, name a more iconic duo. pic.twitter.com/qodXPPqA3Z
— Andrew Whiteside #Wasp (@ou_sas) September 20, 2020
Patrick Mahomes is undefeated in September
Mahomes was under constant duress in the first quarter. After the first few hits, he remembered that he’s undefeated in the month of September. He flipped the switch, turned it on and by the fourth quarter the Chiefs were right back in it to force overtime. He didn’t accomplish the win without some Mahomes magic on the way.
Patrick Mahomes in games played in September in his career: 28 TD, 0 INT and 324.33 passing yards per game.
The Chiefs are 9-0.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 20, 2020
PATRICK. MAHOMES. ISN’T. HUMAN.
— PFF (@PFF) September 20, 2020
Mahomes just converted a 3rd and 20 @brgridiron pic.twitter.com/3gWurZA0Ud
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 20, 2020
Remember when a team willingly gave Patrick Mahomes the ball in a sudden death situation.
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) September 20, 2020
Imagine punting to Mahomes in OT on 4th and 1
— Anthony (@OMGItsBirdman) September 20, 2020
Team from California led by Bosa handles the Chiefs for the first 3 quarters only to watch Mahomes rip their hearts out at the end. Seems familiar.
— Steven St.John (@SSJWHB) September 20, 2020
Harrison Butker is legendary
Some teams can’t find a kicker who can consistently make kicks from 30 yards out, but Harrison Butker made not one, not two, not three, but four 58-yard field goals in this game. Only two of them actually counted, one being the game-winner in overtime. The consistency and poise from Butker are unmatched.
The Chiefs win 23-20 in overtime.
According to @EliasSports Patrick Mahomes has won an NFL-QB record 6 straight games when trailing by double digits, including playoffs
Harrison Butker is the 2nd kicker in NFL history to make 2 58-yard FG in one game (Greg Zuerlein, 2012) pic.twitter.com/XsdgFNpHrL
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 20, 2020
Harrison Butker hit three consecutive 50+ field goals at the end there.
As a Bears fan, that might hurt me worse than not having Mahomes.
— Adam Rank (@adamrank) September 20, 2020
watching harrison butker hit it from 50+ three straight times pic.twitter.com/wDsoTYdPL8
— PFF (@PFF) September 20, 2020
Butker got some swag to him 😂 he know he’s about to drill this kick lol
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) September 20, 2020
Chargers: Let’s make them false start and call a timeout he won’t make a 50+ yarder three times in a row 😂😂😂
Butker: pic.twitter.com/klV6MU43Qp
— The NFL Express (@NFL_Express) September 20, 2020
Butker's like "YOU WANT A THIRD? I'LL GIVE YOU A THIRD"
— Aly Trost (@AlyTrost) September 20, 2020
Butker could have made it from longer too.
Friendly reminder Butker was hitting from 70+ this off-season 🤷♂️#GiveHimTheGameball pic.twitter.com/2ZI3QLHVdY
— Joseph A. Potts, CSCS, RSCC (@TopSpeedLLC) September 20, 2020
A hard-fought victory for Kansas City as they head to enemy territory once again with the Baltimore Ravens on deck in Week 3.
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