WATCH: Chiefs’ Mecole Hardman turns on jets for 67-yard punt return touchdown

Just like that the Kansas City Chiefs extend their lead to 18 points with a punt return touchdown.

The game has quickly gotten out of hand for the Miami Dolphins and turned in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs.

After forcing a quick three-and-out in the Dolphins’ first offensive possession of the third quarter, the Chiefs got on the board with a special teams touchdown. Mecole Hardman has been relatively quiet on special teams this season, but he made a splash with a 67-yard punt return touchdown.

Hardman got key blocks from LB Darius Harris and DB Chris Lammons on the play. Harris is playing in his first career NFL game and Lammons was a standard elevation from the practice squad for the second time this season. Those two blocks helped spring Hardman, who streaked up the sideline and into the endzone for the score.

This is Hardman’s first career punt return touchdown and it’s the first punt return touchdown that the team has recorded since 2018. This is the second special teams touchdown on the season, with Byron Pringle recording a kick return touchdown against the Denver Broncos in Week 7.

All three phases are getting involved for the Chiefs in this one, which is something that you like to see after the team faced some adversity in the first quarter.

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