On the play final of a 16-14 win over the Denver Broncos on Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs blocked a last-second 35-yard field goal attempt to seal the game.
The Chiefs stacked six players on one side of the long snapper at the line of scrimmage and overloaded offensive lineman Alex Forsyth, who was overpowered and fell backward, allowing the block.
A seventh player also lined up on the left side of the line, but he was not on the line of scrimmage. Because Kansas City only had six players on the line of scrimmage, it was a legal play.
“I haven’t seen it,” Broncos coach Sean Payton said after the game. “I knew there was penetration on the left side. I will watch the film.”
6 max on either side of the snapper on LOS. #32 is legal. He is off the ball 1yd or more so this is a legal formation by the FG block. https://t.co/bLtNog2xHz pic.twitter.com/26EsqurQmZ
— Lawrence Tynes (@lt4kicks) November 10, 2024
Denver’s offense did everything right leading up to the kick, eating up 5:57 on the game clock to leave no time for KC after a field goal attempt.
“Every team in the world practices your 4-minute offense,” quarterback Bo Nix said after the game. “You know they’re going to blitz zero, they’re going to bring everybody, and they know you’re running the ball. I thought as far as that drive taking five or six minutes off the clock was what everybody wants to do. We gave ourselves the chance. They just made one extra play.
“When we thought it was in our hands, it wasn’t. There’s plenty within the game that you have to avoid to not get in that situation. Don’t get down by two to where you have to have that drive – be up by two scores and you can waste the clock. It’s tough. It’s two good football teams out there playing against each other and one day, it’ll go our way.”
There were some questionable calls on Sunday, but the Chiefs’ blocked field goal was a legal play. The Broncos will now attempt to bounce back at home against the Atlanta Falcons (6-4) in Week 11.
