The Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 12 victory over the Carolina Panthers was marred by late-game drama. The defense gave up the game-tying score, squandering a two-score lead before Patrick Mahomes, and the offense led a game-winning drive in regulation.
Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo wasn’t thrilled with his unit’s performance in the game’s final minutes. He shared his thoughts with reporters during Tuesday’s press conference.
“I never like to finish a game like that and put Patrick (Mahomes) and the offense in that kind of situation. It would’ve been nice to win the fourth down or somewhere along the way get (to) a stop there where – we’ve been through this – we’ve actually practiced this a couple of times on purpose,” said Spagnuolo. “I’ve put the guys in situations in a walk-through where I’ve said, ‘Okay, they just scored. If we stop the two-point play, we win the game,’ because when people score on you, you tend to – now, I think our guys were ready to play the play. It didn’t work out that way, but that’s what kind of got me upset.”
Spagnuolo praised Bryce Young’s performance in leading the Panthers’ drives, but he still realizes some issues with his unit.