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Curious Advice: That’s what Andy Reid said to Patrick Mahomes
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Curious Advice: That’s what Andy Reid said to Patrick Mahomes

Munich/Kansas City - The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 42-36 after overtime after one of the biggest thrillers in playoff history.When wide receiver Gabriel Davis gave the Bills a three-point touchdown lead with 13 seconds left in the game, it looked like the 2020 champion might be out of the playoffs early. Chiefs coach Andy Reid was asked after the game what he said to quarterback Patrick Mahomes about the "grim" situation they found themselves in. "If it's gloomy, be the Grim Reaper and get it," Reid explained. Mahomes did exactly what Reid advised him to do. Two completions to Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce covered 44 yards and allowed a field goal from kicker Harrison Butker to send the game into overtime and eventually win."He did it. He made everyone around him bette...
Kicker Evan McPherson, the unsung hero of the Bengals
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Kicker Evan McPherson, the unsung hero of the Bengals

Munich / Cincinnati - There are only four seconds left in the divisional round playoff game between the Tennessee Titans and the Cincinnati Bengals, the time is 16:16.After the Bengals defense intercepted a pass from Ryan Tannehill in the final minute, quarterback Joe Burrow and receiver Ja'Marr Chase put their team within field goal range with a superb pass to the touchline.The pressure was now on kicker Evan McPherson to put the ball between the posts to the roar of Titans fans in Nashville and the eyes of tens of millions of viewers around the world.No doubts about "Money Mac"And that's exactly what McPherson did. No one on his team had any doubts that he would send the Bengals a round further. Immediately after the game, Burrow said on "CBS": "The guy is incredible, he has ice in ...