New Stadium, Same Result: Chiefs beat the Chargers to get to 2-0

The NFL season just started and for some teams it feels like it's already over. 

Credit to Chargers defense, they pressured Mahomes and made him look downright human in the first half. I was down on the Chargers this year because I thought Taylor would be their QB for a while. Well, he was until his own team doctor punctured his lung. Now that's a bad way to lose your job. 

We got to see Herbert and he showed why he was worthy of a first round draft pick. The Chiefs trailed 17-6 with 23 minutes to go in the game.

In the 3rd quarter, Joey Bosa gets his first sack of Mahomes which leads to 4th and 15 on the LA 40. Not a lot of great options here. A field goal is from 58. A punt doesn't do much good. And 4th and 15 is a lot to ask. Andy Reid sent out Butker to try the 58-yarder. He cleared with 5 or 6 to spare. This would be important later.

Ensuing drive, Chargers are up 8 and driving. Herbert takes off scrambling and is about to pick up a first down and put LA in field goal range, making it a two-possession game. 

If you're Herbert in the moment above you have a few options:

a) run for the first down and safely go out of bounds

b) run for the first down and fight for every yard on the ground

c) chuck it across your body deep downfield into triple coverage

Now you or I might choose a or b, but we are not first-round picks. Herbert chooses c.

The rookie Sneed picks it off for the Chiefs, his second in as many games. 

Next drive, Mahomes does this:

Here's a tweet where you can see alternate angles. Hill is not at all open when Mahomes lets this one go:

That's Hill at the top of the screen, at the 33. He would catch it at the 8.

Tyreek takes his helmet off after the play, which should have been a penalty that moved the 2-pt conversion out of range. The refs don't call it and Mahomes converts that too. 

Then on the biggest play of the game for the Chargers offense, 3rd and goal, 3 minutes to go...Herbert holds the ball out for a handoff or fake handoff to the right side, and the running back is on the left side. 

At the end of regulation, Mahomes converts 3rd and 20 on the ground, and overcomes a bunch of penalties to send the game to OT. 

In OT, the Chargers faced a 4th and 1. They punted and never saw the ball again. 

Butker makes a 53 yard field goal, but there's a flag.

Butker makes a 58 yard field goal, but there's a timeout.

My legs are tired at this point and I'm only watching.

Then Butker makes 58 and that's the ballgame.

Here were the Chiefs possessions on Sunday:

Punt

Punt

Punt

Touchdown (xp blocked)

Punt

--halftime--

Punt 

58 yard Field Goal

Touchdown (2pt)

30 yard Field Goal

58 yard Field Goal

After four punts in the first half, Mahomes ends the game with 4 straight scoring drives. 

Mahomes, uh, finds a way. 

The last six times Mahomes has trailed by 10, he's won all six. Including three playoff games. That streak, is a NFL record by the way. 

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That makes the Chiefs 11-1 vs the Chargers in their last 12 meetings. Beating the Chiefs is so rare for them, they printed up t-shirts the one time they did it.

T-shirts are cool, I guess. But I think the better fashion choice for winning a big game is a ring.