The Green Bay Packers shocked the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, 27-19, and quarterback Jordan Love threw three touchdowns to safe the victory Sunday night time.
The Packers, now 6-6, transfer into playoff place within the NFC. The Chiefs would have secured the No. 1 seed within the AFC with a victory, however at 8-4, they’re now the No. 3 seed behind the Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Ravens.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had the possibility to ship one other magical late-game drive down eight factors with lower than two minutes on the clock and no timeouts, however controversy ensued as he tried to cost downfield.
There was a controversial name, and extra importantly, a no-call that may have sports activities personalities speaking all day on Monday about what may have been.
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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (#15) appears to cross throughout the second half in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers at Lambeau Discipline on Dec. 3 in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Pictures)
The primary got here when Mahomes was rushing for 10 yards and Packers security Jonathan Owens got here up and hit him as he was making an attempt to expire of bounds to cease the clock. A referee throughout the sector threw the flag for pointless roughness, however replay confirmed that Mahomes was nonetheless in bounds when Owens made contact with him.
Whereas it should not have been a penalty, the Chiefs moved up 15 additional yards to their 40-yard line with 57 seconds left to play.
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However the greater official blunder got here on the very subsequent play when Mahomes determined to take a deep shot to Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who was clearly contacted by a Packers defender earlier than making an attempt a catch.
NBC Sports activities guidelines analyst Terry McAulay got here on the published to say that it was undoubtedly contact earlier than the ball was catchable and a flag for defensive cross interference ought to’ve been thrown.
The Chiefs would’ve had the ball on the two-yard line with greater than sufficient time to attain and try a two-point conversion to power time beyond regulation.
As an alternative, Mahomes tried for the tip zone on a number of events, together with a Hail Mary on the finish of the sport – however all of them went incomplete.
Mahomes completed the sport 21-of-33 for 210 yards with one landing and one interception.
Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce (#87) runs the ball whereas evading a sort out throughout a sport in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers at Lambeau Discipline on Dec. 3 in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Pictures)
The drives on this sport have been lengthy ones, and to place it into perspective, every staff had simply three of them within the first half.
The Packers cashed in on the primary, which lasted virtually eight full minutes to start the sport. It was a 13-play drive, the place Love appeared locked in as he offered a wonderful play-action to A.J. Dillon to get tight finish Ben Sims huge open for his first profession landing catch from one yard out.
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The Chiefs matched the Packers’ opening drive, however solely in time spent on the sector. They went over seven minutes as properly, however Mahomes, the least-sacked quarterback within the NFL, was taken down twice within the pink zone. Harrison Butker was pressured to kick a 34-yard area objective to get Kansas Metropolis on the board.
Inexperienced Bay’s second drive took half as a lot time as the primary, however the consequence was nonetheless the identical. Love was slinging it, utilizing Dontayvion Wicks to get into Kansas Metropolis territory. A couple of performs later, Christian Watson was streaking throughout the tip zone when Love whipped it to him for the landing.
The Chiefs, as soon as once more, couldn’t discover the tip zone on its second drive, however it wasn’t for lack of making an attempt. They have been on the sector for 8 minutes and 20 seconds of clock, however Mahomes was sacked but once more on third down within the pink zone, forcing one other Butker kick.
Packers tight finish Ben Sims (#89) scores his first profession landing in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs at Lambeau Discipline on Dec. 3 in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Pictures)
With the Chiefs down at halftime, Mahomes & Co. have been trying to set the tone within the second half. A landing drive was the perfect consequence to begin, and that’s precisely what occurred when Isiah Pacheco popped into the tip zone from one yard out.
However Love, showcasing his confidence all night time lengthy, had the response drive the Packers and everybody at Lambeau Field wanted to see. Among the best performs of the night time was Love launching it up on fourth-and-1 to Romeo Doubs, who caught the ball in between three Chiefs defenders for a 33-yard acquire to arrange the Packers within the pink zone.
From there, Love would discover Watson but once more, this time with the younger receiver launching himself within the air to make a catch over a Chiefs defender for a 12-yard landing.
Mahomes, although, wasn’t giving up simply. He went 11 performs on the subsequent drive and threw his solely landing of the sport to his backup tight finish Noah Grey from two yards out to make it a 21-19 deficit.
That landing got here because the fourth quarter started, making it clear this sport was going to return all the way down to the wire. Inexperienced Bay was in a position to kick a area objective to make it a 24-19 sport, however with tons of time for Mahomes to work with, the Chiefs have been in a great place to take their first lead of the sport on the proper second.
Although Kansas Metropolis noticed the precise reverse happen on the following drive.
On the second play, Mahomes was in search of Skyy Moore on a wheel route down the precise sideline. Nonetheless, Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon ran the route higher than Moore, securing a key interception that turned out to be a sport changer.
Inexperienced Bay quarterback Jordan Love (#10) throws the ball in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs at Lambeau Discipline on Dec. 3 in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Pictures)
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Love completed the sport 25-of-36 for 267 yards with three landing passes in certainly one of his finest video games of the season. His main receiver was Doubs, who had 72 yards on 4 catches.
Dillon offered 73 yards on the bottom on 18 carries, taking the lion’s share of speeding performs with the injured Aaron Jones sidelined.
