2016 Chiefs @ Broncos

put us to the next level and it's a proven point especially coming off of byway of who we are demarcus thanks so much thank you and the denver defense gets back two key players tonight cornerback akeeb to leave and defensive end derek wolfe the chiefs on the other hand are without three key parts of their defense linebacker d ford who came into the week tied for the league lead and sachs is out along with defensive end jay howard and starting nickelback stephen nelson and offensively the chiefs are without jeremy macklin for the third straight week that's a challenged offense michelle three touchdowns last three games you can see but how michelle is bundled it is cold it was colder before because the wind kicked up coming across the field the wind has died down for now so it's more pleasant than it was when cairo santos the chiefs kicker and the rest of the specialists were warming up cody latimer is inactive for denver so capri bibs is back deep to receive flexed into the best matchup of the week there are seven and threes the chiefs and the broncos and off we go on a sunday night in denver and as with so many kickoffs here at altitude it goes all the way back it's a touch back and we'll meet the denver offense trevor simeon northwestern devonta booker utah andy james nebraska demerious thomas georgia tech emmanuel sanders smu virgil green nevada russell oakland oklahoma state max garcia florida matt paradis boise state michael schofield michigan tyson rylo colorado state and we'll watch some route and that right tackle position could be a rotation of players there they haven't been good and we know the chiefs off the edge are very good civilian starts from the 25 gets it to the fullback janovich and he will not get back to the line of scrimmage as derek johnson the veteran pulls him down well trevor simeon of course you remember the story from the opening night here's the kid out of northwestern who took only one snap last year and then becomes the starter for the super bowl champs he's played a little bit better on the road than he has at home only two of those 12 touchdown passes have come here the big bump in the road was an injury to his non-throwing shoulder his left shoulder in week four missed a week came back after that hasn't been as good but he's feeling better because of that bye week second down and this third complete demaryius thomas will be a couple shot in the first down in front of ron parker and this kansas city defense rakeem new year's draw chest southern miss dontari po memphis chris jones mississippi state justin houston georgia derrick johnson texas jamaica wilson georgia humber highly penn state marcus peters west stockton california eric barry tennessee ron parker beaufort high school phillip gaines ryerson university and on third and short it is houston coming in to make the tackle and the preliminary spot looks like the broncos are gonna be short on third down justin houston coming hard off the edge they are happy to have him back in the lineup makes a play right off the bat here he comes almost hard to believe he could get there before the back did but he did indeed and this is a guy that had 22 sacks on his resume just a couple of years ago and he is feeling much better tyree kill's been a game changer there's a snapper change thomas gaffer who used to be the snapper for the chief snapping for the broncos and sent it back to riley dixon who hit a great kick flag is down as hill is pulled down back inside the five-yard line well covered will parks who was a big part of that two-point conversion we talked about at the end of the game in new orleans there on coverage pete morelli is the referee holding number 35 the kicking team 10 yard penalty repeat fourth down that's a big one to take away that terrific punt to well covered capri bibs the running back [Applause] was the man guilty of the hold kick that baby again yeah right at the tail end of this thing really unnecessarily bibs is going to pull his guy to the ground here looked like he was in good position and then just right there you can see yanking him to the ground no way they were going to come around the edge and block that kick what a big change of field position that could possibly be because that was a great pun riley dixon the rookie punter hill second to jameson crowder of the redskins in terms of punt return average mention the snapper change casey cried who has been the snapper for denver injured his calf on wednesday so they had to dial a snapper to get gafford who has a lot of nfl experience that one was a little high but so too is this punt dixon's hit a couple of boomers he'll retreat sets up blockers he can hit it quick with speed just pulled down at the last second by justin simmons he's the one who jumped over the new orleans deep snapper to block that two-point conversion two weeks ago mike i think they just saved a touchdown on that one tyreek hill earns a 4-2-5 and right at the last second here by his toenails i was looking at the rest of it and there was no way the punter was going to pull him down dixon that was a touchdown saver right there by justin simmons hill has been a player who has changed the scope of this chief's team really giving them a lot of a dynamic look here dixon on that first pump had the pin back to the four but because of that penalty the re-kick the chiefs gained 30 yards of field position alex smith taking over his own 34. spencer where gets the first down carry it'll go for about two yards jared crick the tackle and here's the chief's offense alex smith university of utah spencer ware lsu albert wilson georgia state chris conley georgia travis kelsey cleveland heights ohio demetrius harris wisconsin milwaukee eric fisher central michigan zach fulton tennessee mitch morris missouri [Applause] the big reason that they brought in schwartz impart his performance against von miller last year when schwartz played for cleveland extra offensive lineman here at the vlog for the carry for where we'll only get a couple of more yards tj ward up on the tackle chris a lot has ailed his kansas city offense for andy reid this is one down that's been a tough one yeah and one of the things we're seeing already out of andy reid is he's trying to put his offense in a little better position for third down they had an extra offensive lineman in the game they're going to try and be very patient with this running game tonight but now you're sitting here at third and six and here come the pass rushers miller you got where and even shane ray is a good pass rusher adds to the mix sarcastic quests the back 36. they got a whole bunch of broncos six come smith's throws incomplete he tried to get it to albert wilson but he was well covered by chris harris jr and it's a three and out to open for kc one of the best rushers in the national football league happens to play safety tj ward is going to come right up the middle here and put some pressure on early and just forced alex smith to get rid of the football so as advertised so far here we go with some defense they're both really good at it dustin cole quit remember his brother britain used to kick here in denver he's now kicking with the grounds good job fielding that snap as he's able to get it away 48 on the kick was a tough catcher jordan norwood but he brings it in and the broncos take over inside their own 15-yard line nbc's sunday night football is brought to you by bmw we only make one thing the ultimate driving machine by ge we imagine a better world then make it real by blue cash everyday card from american express and by rogue one the star wars story in theaters december 16th downtown denver all lit up from union station which just had a great transformation to city hall was last night uh friday night i should say grand illumination see only three games i'm losing track of what day of the week it is look what you've done to me each team three and out to start drive two for the broncos front with 13. just a couple of yards on that carry for davonte booker chris we talk about good defense it's pass rushing it's covering this guy's been one of the best corners in the league in his first two years in the league you know it's just amazing how many times he gets his hands on the football five interceptions three fumble recoveries a couple of big moments already but probably takes as many chances in coverage as any quarterback i have ever watched so you will see greatness out of him you'll see him give up some big plays but it's a very exciting watch for marcus peters back to the ground back to hooker to the left three yards there to the 18-yard line you saw the peters has five interceptions it was tied for the league lead to start this week casey hayward from san diego had won today so he has six marcus will need to grab one to get back on top of that list well he has a quarterback rating against him of just 64. which is eighth best in the league but he's also given up over 500 yards receiving which is the 12th most so you're getting a gift with him pops up the defensive coordinator really can do different things when you have peters and getting him back off that game he missed with the hip injury so important for kc 34th city is pressured and he's pulled down by justin houston speaking of getting guys back in the lineup and it makes a difference in your defense well justin houston we talked about him early on and this is going to be a long night for the denver broncos if they don't get better play out of the right tackle position they've been playing donald stevenson there he went to the bench ty sambrello comes in sam brylo has struggled this season trying to get past protection so for justin houston he could end up having a big night tonight and he has already started that way last week first game back after the acl of lcl injuries kept him out this time riley dixon does not hit as good a punch it's a big directional kicking knight that midfield it'll bounce out of bounds so the very good field position for kansas city only 35 yards and put number 50 back in the lineup for the chiefs it's a big difference justin houston with the sack wherever you are don't miss a moment at tonight's game the nbc sports app you can watch the game anywhere live on your laptop tablet and connected tvs the directional kick was not kicked far enough and it gives alex smith of the chiefs in what should be a low scoring game a great advantage field position starting at midfield incomplete to travis kelsey the tight end who couldn't hang on let's meet this very good denver defense derrick wolf cincinnati sylvester williams north carolina jared crick nebraska vaughan miller texas a m brandon marshall nevada todd davis sacramento state demarcus ware troy our kid to lead kansas tj ward morgan they're in stewart south carolina chris harris jr kansas jayhawks corner rankings are so good the pro football focus numbers and they're really good safety play has been solid you can see why this team's carried by defense and this is the guy they're going to stop a lot tonight tyree killed using his speed to get a half dozen on the pass smith it sets up third and four well there's no doubt you're going to see a lot of these short quick passes tonight out of alex smith he does it anyway but when you're playing against this denver broncos defense it's always a good idea to get the ball out of your hand so they're trying to go with some of that misdirection stuff early on now a little better situation here third and four and this is the time now that travis kelsey becomes such a big part of this offense he is the go-to guy in the backfield right now to leave at the top of your screen remember he missed the prior three games lower back injury we'll see if they test him at some point tonight smith will test to leave with hill and to leave is ready blanketed the receiver penalty marker down though in the secondary lighter scrimmage the 45 flag is down at the 35. [Applause] well talib passed the test holding number 25 defense five yard penalty automatic first down other corner chris harris [Applause] well chris hair is clearly one of the best slot cornerbacks in the game right now and they're going to get called for a hold on that one and to leave at the top of your screen running with a guy that runs a 4-2-5 and stride for strides i would say he's healthy but maybe gassed it coming back he'll take a break punch to the top of the screen for the 41. to the left to spencer ware who will get close to the 35-yard line it's a good gain of about four yards there on first down you know spencer wears a guy that was a high school quarterback and a good one and went to lsu to do the same kind of became a running back and i said well what did you have to learn when you were to play running back he said i had to learn to be a whole lot tougher than what i was he had to crank it up a little bit playing running back excellent receiver coming out of the backfield 641 yards of course the chiefs without jamal charles on injured reserve with his knee problems so where has become the main back and he has a kansas city first down right around the 28-yard line yeah i always thought one of the best players on kansas city's team was their fullback anthony sherman he just has a knack for being able to find his way into the gap and you can tell right now that spencer ware just totally trusts him get right behind him get as close as you can and then make that cut and that's when you get that great confidence thing going as a running back when you don't have to think so much you just trust that pullback this guy never carries the ball he worked in the passing game a bit but he has one purpose in the run game and he does it well and to the backfield for smith from the 28-yard line has to get away from the shaq barrett rush and throws it away incomplete well one of the interesting matchups tonight is going to be mitchell schwartz right here this time working against shaq barrett mitchell schwartz when he's playing for cleveland one of the few guys that ever had a good day against von miller and i think it had a lot to do mike don't you with the fact that he's here they said they went back and really studied that tape and mitchell schwartz had his best day or one of his best days against the great von miller and they said well we just got to see him twice a year let's bring him on in they did it was a major money-making day for schwartz that was never missed a snap as he's gone through the first now five years of his nfl career field barrett put the pressure on there and it's second and ten and here's tyree kill underneath getting blocking flag down his hill gets to the 15-yard line so a guilty turn around look from albert wilson the receiver number 12 for kansas city wondering if he was involved maybe in pass interference [Applause] pass interference number 12 offense 10-yard penalty remain second down you're good making contact within one yard but once chris harris backed up and then he stayed on it if that contact had been made within one yard of the line of scrimmage you're allowed to sort of follow through with that block but it was clearly a couple yards beyond that very close tough call but that's one of the techniques i think you just would have to know about harris is he's going to back out of there just a bit is that what you love about football all right so all these receivers are blocking okay fine we're going to use it against you now it's like counter punch that's right niall davis remember he was traded to green bay green bay got rid of him waved him he's back with the chiefs and he's in the backfield on second and 20. smith got kicked he threw for kelsey incomplete and two meeting at the quarterback the pressure came on from von miller and todd davis the inside backer when the pressure came from the linebacker position that meant mitchell schwartz had to block down and that meant nobody blocked bond miller and guess who paid the price for that alex smith anytime you get a holding call or a tackle for loss and you end up in third and along i don't think they're even remotely thinking about the first down they're gonna try and get 10 yards and kick a field goal here great great point third and 20 place going nuts smith tries to cross her incomplete for wilson blanketed by chris harris jr from here a field goal attempt would be 56 yards for cairo santos just a great defensive stand there you get the short punt it looks like kansas city's got a little something going and then they get the hold and move them right back out of field goal range we're going to punt it the career along 54. we did mention the wind a bit of a factor tonight although not as much as it was pre-game but there's a game it's a lot about field position [Applause] [Music] dustin colquitt will try to do his part for the chiefs and so he'll be a net of 18. so kansas city got the ball at midfield had a little bit going penalty set him back and they get nothing out of it remember how great the chiefs were the end of last year they won their last 10 so take it with this year's 10 games they're 17-3 the last 20. best in the nfl and they've got a formula they know who they are 16 points per game best of the league they take it away from you most in the league over that 20-game stretch and they take care of the ball so the turnover margin is in their favor so much is about how do you sell how do you market no who who are you and the chiefs know exactly who they are and andy reid put it best everybody buys into what our style of football is first down for simeon and his pass is incomplete it was intended for emmanuel sanders we had a flag thrown with philip gaines in coverage [Music] [Applause] holding number 23 defense five yard penalty automatic first down they ask a lot of these cornerbacks this time philip gaines going to go one-on-one against one of the quickest wide receivers you will ever see and just a little grab on the top end of that route and that was enough for the flag there and chris that's such an important part of what you're talking about with both of these teams they the offenses are okay because they understand we're playing to the strength of our team the defense and don't you think what denver did winning the super bowl last year confirmed for andy reid i'm good playing this one absolutely three bibs is the back it's first and ten after the flag and it's the second first out of the game one by penalty for denver and one by the pass to sanders working on games you'll see phillip gaines set way outside and look in at the quarterback he's as much looking at the quarterback as he is the wide receiver in that position unfortunately by taking that position you're also leaving open to slant the broncos took advantage taylor [Applause] good run up the middle the 46 yard line big stick by eric barry who came up and vince's hurt he's pushing and shoving behind the play not related to the hit on bibs who is still down and the denver athletic training staff out to see the second year running back from colorado state eric barry came up with the big lick well capri bibs took a really tough hit from eric barry just set up about 30 seconds ago and then they walked him off to the sideline here's the hit yeah you could see he got tripped up first by ramik wilson and then barry was coming up to make the hit and i think he was as surprised as anybody that bibs ended up being that low to the ground and they both just collided to the unaffiliated neurological consultant on the sideline assisting the athletic training staff of the broncos as they assess bibs we have a flag down here before second and three it'll be five yards farther back and bibs false start number 10 offense 5-yard penalty still second down just going to say bibs is was going to get a lot more action here tonight they had done some self-scouting during the bye week and devontae booker they sat called him into the room and said hey we need you to break some more tackles look at this you tell me could you do more and bibs was going to pick up some of that load but now it may end up landing on juwon thompson who's active for the game tonight so on second and eight after the penalty simeon throws their working sanders over on that left side of the offense kenneth acker in there on coverage and it'll be a yard or so short of the first down again all the technology to make sure the players get the best medical care the opportunity to look at the hit just to assess what happened to bibs on the play so they can go into the diagnosis phase and everything else medically with a lot more information available to them it's good stuff they've really advanced that cause a long way from the days when i was playing i'm just telling you the old three fingers thing if you got within five you got back in 32 the run out of the gun with booker and kansas city is there to stop it rakim nunez comes up with the tackle his play has been improving for this chief's defense that will send the punt unit on for denver lunes roaches just basically blew this almost ran right by the ball carrier he got so much penetration able to come out the last minute and max garcia his strength really is his run blocking and what a play by nunez roches garcia right back that's the second time the broncos have been stopped on third and one and riley dixon will try to pin [Music] let's see what jimmy has all new this week fallon's going to welcome jj abrams and the stone natalie portman chelsea handler ice t and john legend it's a great week tonight's show starring jimmy fallon all new all week here on nbc chiefs take over at their own 13 scoreless just over three minutes left in the first and spencer aware with a very good first down run it's the one thing that's a bit troubling about this denver defense they've been giving up more run yards than last year whereas this whole group is put together by the one of a kind wade phillips age 69 almost four decades in the nfl his 25th year as a defensive coordinator and any time you talk to wade phillips you come away learning about a little defense and you come away smiling he's one of the great guys in the league i usually come away laughing he can tell some stories remember back in the day 93-94 was the broncos head coach this is travis kelsey first animal von miller and he kelsey have this thing they have a battle they love going up against one another but the tackle's made after the first down at the 35-yard line to gain a 15. it is pretty incredible to watch von miller get back on a play like this and make a play in the open field against one of the guys that i think is one of the best route runners at the tight end position that i've seen in a long time of course kansas city fans will say there's at least one other one i can think of that's pretty good but he really is very talented even against cornerbacks he makes big plays and gets open out of the hands of the quarterback to albert wilson with a gain of almost four yards as chris harris takes him to the sideline yeah tony gonzalez right a good pattern or two in his day he wasn't too bad but you know we're seeing the formula kansas city chiefs are using the formula that several other teams have used you don't want to face those pass rushers so they're putting in full backs they're putting in an extra tight end they're putting in two extra tight ends they're putting in an extra offensive lineman and trying to play big boy football against them once again here they go with the extra guy brandon marshall the linebacker for the broncos trying to get them organized well those shifts in the formations where comes back in the backfield spencer ware takes the carry and he'll be a couple of yards short of the first down you know this is a defense though with denver that's giving up an extra 40 yards per game on the ground over what they were a season ago and andy reid fully understood how patient gary kubiak was going to be with his running game and his offense he said i have to match that patience i have to stay with my running game even if we have a bad series or two third and two and they will run for it and get the first down with where as he gets across the 45 yard line so that run game has been affected and we have seen teams find a way to move the ball effectively on the ground against denver wade phillips said you know when you have a legendary defense you'd like to keep them all there were some guys who left and for the moment they find some spots to run against this denver d yeah malik jackson being one of them in there danny trevathan a tremendous linebacker i'm sure you would have liked to have had them all but big money comes after you win a super bowl welcome to 2016 in the nfl after one here in denver kansas city nothing denver nothing and sunday night football continues after these messages [Music] tonight's aerial coverage from denver brought to you by geico mike taurico and for al michaels along with chris collinsworth michelle tafoya you get your partner back on thursday al's called the game or two of this guy john elway along the way so many decisions that had to be made around this broncos team everyone talked about the quarterback issue all year but the players who you keep as chris was talking about when you win a championship and others want the pieces that made you a champion quarterback issue is not over yet either there's still going to be plenty of conversation on that one put on the radio it's a you think it's a three and seven team not a seven and three team yeah everyone wants to talk who's gonna be the quarterback smith with a roll looking to take a deep shot it was covered dangerous pass and incomplete for wear with a flag down dangerous because shane ray was over there and got a hand on it the chief's line might have gotten down field a bit too far [Applause] pete morelli coming over to gary kubiak to give him the options on that first and ten play [Music] an eligible man downfield number 75 offense five yard penalty still first step [Applause] big play here was made by brandon marshall right there he's looking at the tight end coming across the formation here and then he falls back on demetrius harris and really saved the day they that was their home run play they bootlegged away from that you saw alex smith take a look it wasn't there and then shane ray got a finger on the ball to the accepted penalty takes it back to first and 15. first downs in the game in that first quarter four for the chiefs two for the broncos let's down to james o'shaughnessy the third tight end and von miller gets out there to make the play on the second year chiefs receiver i'll bet you the kansas city chiefs think there's three of them out there i mean von miller's 20 yards down the field and you think oh boy this is fantastic you've got von miller way out here he's not going to rush your passer and then he just wrecks your quick screen on the outside it's amazing how many times mike that we see him doing something other than rushing the quarterback and yet he gets the number of sacks that he does and he's willing to do it too chris there are a lot of guys who get those sack numbers but why don't you keep you over here he's more than willing to get out there and do it run with where and he will lose a yard here as todd davis joined darien stewart who just got a four-year contract extension on that tackle well and what's happening now is the denver broncos are starting to get it too they're starting to understand that the kansas city chiefs aren't going to take a lot of chances on the offensive side so they're starting to get closer and closer to the line of scrimmage and wade phillips is going to start firing a few shots especially right here need to get to the denver 44 and it's quick to albert wilson and only going to get a yard or two in front of tj ward so i can't see wasn't even thinking about trying to get downfield to get the first down just get something maybe make a man miss is denver defense too good right now i hope people out there can appreciate this game you know i mean this is fantastic defensive football i know people love when they score lots of points but these two teams have so much respect for the other team's defense third 14 that was a give up absolutely here we go in the flat let's punt it let our defense go win it for a while special teams of player two a break or two is gonna be the difference in this game the lefty dustin cole quick kicks it jordan norwood find some space to get it as the anthony thomas was crowding up another long field for the broncos to start the second quarter scoreless talk about a defensive minded game if you have one of these cornerstones they can change your defense into the same draft in 2011 houston and miller both have come and both have made a huge impact to see where their sac numbers rank jj watts the player with the most sacks since 2011 but they have been right up there remember the great justin houston 22 sac season and bond miller top 10 in the league five of the last six seasons and these are guys who get chipped they get double they get back they get everything to stop them and they still change the game [Music] doing that so far well help the broncos cause teams only had two first downs and 38 yards on their first three drives looks like chris jones was early defense encroachment number 95 five yard penalty remains pushed out yeah for quarterbacks they call that self preservation you need that hard count every once in a while those pass rushers come after you all night long but you know don't forget d ford is was at least leading the lead coming in today with 10 sacks and he is not even playing in this one if justin houston gets right look out this is first and five and the run to the left with the devante booker will be short of the first down let's talk a little bit more about houston well justin houston sort of taken over at least in the first half it was an early third down stop that he came up with that brought the punter out then got the pass rush going watch the hands how he's going to work his hands and rip up underneath do you know where we saw that pre-game warm-up got that mask on that cuts the oxygen down a little bit and people wondered they were hoping actually here in denver that the altitude would slow him down not so much second and one in the run up the middle with booker gets from the first down so that penalty put denver in first and five and allows them to get a little breathing room here out to the 32-yard line yeah that's the kind of run they're looking for out of devante booker it was really interesting during the bye week they essentially called him into a room and put on some of his own tape and said you tell me you tell me are you breaking enough tackles out there are you giving us enough and now here he comes out and makes a nice run there from utah tries to get to the edge and he is held on to by houston minimal game the other guy they have in the game right now is aj derby number 83 the tight end and they feel like maybe they've got a guy in derby that can begin to stretch that field a little bit with the passing game virgil green an excellent blocking tight end but they really need that sort of middle of the field threat and they're hoping it's aj derby came up with a couple of big third down conversions for him a couple of weeks ago he also came in as green came off being looked at by the training staff semi tries to slap to thomas it's incomplete with kenneth acker over there in coverage so the nickel stephen nelson is out so they're down a corner a little more time for acker the third year man out of smu tonight yeah knackers gotten a little playing time here lately he took over the start for peters a week ago who was out with that hip injury but can't play it much better than that and that's one thing that is really kind of new to the league i don't remember guys playing corner on slants coming underneath you you think oh man how risky is that because you're going to give up a big play but time after time those guys make that play you just think about that big body of thomas at six foot three how often he's been shielding people you see bibs is back in the game after that big hit capri bibs denver was lined up next to trevor simeon as denver takes the time out we check in with michelle well you guys have been talking about justin houston and it's been about 10 months since he had surgery on his left knee he told us it was a complete repair of his acl along with a tune-up of the ace lcl now the acl is the most important ligament in the knee as it keeps the shin bone directly under the thigh bone and the lcl is the ligament which keeps the outside of the knee stable when changing directions and he began the season on the physically unable to perform list and as you mentioned mike only recently back michelle he was telling all of us no a little rusty in that first game out but uh when you look at the snap count that he had for that game 55 played against tampa starting to knock that rust off pretty quickly he looks good tonight [Applause] 39 for simeon moved off the spot he blows and it's complete to sanders for the first down emanuel sanders with the grab onto the chief side at the kansas city 47-yard line gary kubiak's going to like that one trevor simeon one of the things that they were worried about since he hurt his shoulder in week four was that he wasn't moving around the same way that he was he wasn't picking up key first downs running the football there you see him very comfortably making that move i would too with chris jones coming down at me but that was the kind of play we saw him make the first four weeks he really didn't make in the last three or four 39 they picked up 20. and simulated a first down throw puts it up top incomplete hecker was trying to get back two flags down as the pressure was coming oh man justin houston is killing people out there number 74 offense 10 yard penalty still first down the right tackle sombra yeah and sam brylee was about to go to the bench because he just simply can't handle justin houston he is a guy that tends to catch instead of shooting those arms out into the chest of justin houston using his strength but you've got to believe now it's just a matter of time until donald stevenson gets another shot now stevenson's been struggling too clearly that right tackle position has been the one that they just don't seem to be able to come up with an answer for and chiefs fans know stevenson he was with kansas city his first four years houston right around him again and forced sybian to step up into the rush and a sack for kendall reyes he used to be with the chargers starting the season with washington reyes gets a sack here we go right around the edge one more time for houston and then what does that do it forces simeon to step up into the pocket and max garcia whose strength is run blocking not pass blocking just gets a handful of kendall reyes and we're seeing this going both directions you can't block him one-on-one you got to give him some help at this point well they have been trying they've been chipping on both edges but so far not enough really us russell kung has had a few problems pass protection too on with bibs back in there goes the 47-yard line gain of eight for capri bibs and derek johnson the 12-year veteran made the stop boy derek johnson will flow sideline to silent both these guys ramik wilson is also a guy that can move very well but watch derek johnson right here and when he gets to the point of the tackle a lot of times he takes this low path he's going to go in there at your knees you would better have your head on a swivel and know where he is and sort of fighting off an achilles injury limping around a little bit but fighting through it [Applause] third and 16. houston on the edge again he is wrecking the broncos in this first half justin houston watch sam brylo not extend his arms at all he just catches justin houston there's no extension there's no punch there's no stopping justin houston coming around the edge you either have to chip or take sam brylo out at this point i mean it's just obvious unless you can start coaching them over on the sideline [Music] flag comes down as riley dixon gets rid of that trying to keep it away from hill it's a pretty good kick going to pin him back inside the 10-yard line right at the 10 but let's see what the flag is all about holding number 45 kicking team 10 yard penalty remains fourth down it's on the long snapper thomas gafford just signed by denver what a game we have for you thursday night on full rest because they both played on thanksgiving the dallas cowboys at 10 and 1 taking on the minnesota vikings 7 30 eastern on nbc nfl network and streaming live on twitter best record in the nfl 110 in a row matter of fact you'll see the next two cowboy games here on nbc that one on thursday in minneapolis and then against the giants couple weeks from tonight it is stunning what they've done isn't it what ron marinelli's done with that defense i i can't believe it's stunning enough to see two rookies play like that but i think maybe even more stunning is what they're doing on the defensive side of the ball they don't have the people like racine in this game tonight again the penalty is gonna cross denver field position it's a good tackle in the open field by benny fowler the backup receiver but instead of being back to ten chiefs are going to get it around the 33-yard line you love defense you've come to the right place on this sunday night great institution kansas and lawrence kansas they don't turn out a lot of nfl players but how about for one year they had both chris harris and keep to leave and they are in denver now remember to leave drafted by the buccaneers who's in the league before harris harris undrafted turns out they've got as good a pair of corners as anybody in the league part of the denver defensive story for the championship last year the 7-3 start this year alex smith from the chiefs take over the 34 that pass was deflected as he was trying to get it to terry kill sylvester williams got his hand on him yeah and one thing that i think is interesting is that travis kelsey is one of the great receiving tight ends everybody knows that he's not a real drive blocker in the run game i think that's fair enough to say and so when he now lines up in tight it's almost as more of sort of a chip let's hold bond miller over there let's give him one more thing to think about and then get out in the past round but when you throw incomplete on first down you've got issues now against this defense mile davis is the back they give it to him going left and he gets a yard jared crick got rid of the offensive lineman shed him to make the tackle they all think of demarcus ware is one of those pass rushers i'll draw a skinny circle in there but he is a guy that takes great pride in stopping the run and sometimes just his knowledge you see those veteran guys out there and they'll actually call out where the play is coming it's kind of funny we have some interviews this year with quarterbacks that go he called out a third of our plays out there you know what are we gonna do about it [Applause] third and eight broncos are coming smith has run it for his life and he'll just bench it just got rid of it [Music] enough of the pass rush without tj water you mentioned earlier is so good coming in from the secondary as well yeah they leave derrick wolf in the ball game and as their single defensive lineman i think that's him right there but then they bring in three of those outside linebackers as pass rushers and you can just see that alex smith has no interest in hanging in that pocket whatsoever i mean that thing broke down from the start once again that incomplete pass on first down basically the drive was over dustin cole quit to kick it look out muffs it catches it in a whole mess of trouble they'll be taken down at the five-yard line it's entirely possible that's how this game's gonna be won or lost some kind of play like that anthony thomas and daniel sorensen were all the way down but the mistake was made when norwood muffed it and pins the broncos at the 5. ice is down from the hometown of the abs we remind you that we've got wednesday night rivalry penguins are looking good sydney crosby a terrific run pittsburgh will take on the islanders followed by the sharks and the kings in their california battle you'll get wednesday night rivalry coverage starting at 7 eastern on nbc sn well you saw the problem son brylo had to tackle donald stevenson the former chief is in it right tackle and on first down devante booker runs left for denver and gains three they're trying to get some of those stretch run plays going and one of the key guys for that is their center matt paradis i think probably along with maybe a couple other guys the best center and football so quick off the line of scrimmage he basically doesn't practice during the week he has two bad hips he got a couple of practices in this week because of the bye week and then shows up and just plays lights out week after week after week 58 of their run yardage right around him second and seven everyone out for a civilian that passed incomplete blanket coverage marcus peters didn't give emanuel sanders any space well that's the best block we've seen all night here's donald stevenson right there taking a shot at justin houston at least he got in his way that's pretty rock solid and you've got to think that stevenson who lost his job who was a former kansas city chief he's going to be loaded for bear coming out here tonight and just he just has to load up against that bull rush you've got to make justin houston use some moves use something other than i'm just going to run over you and here's justin over here now on the defensive right side next to tom bahali maybe they got some game going on here on third and seven here comes houston ball is out and it will be a safety if it is and it is recovered finally held on to by russell o'coon so the safety there and chris you said it that must punt in the bad field position houston gets what looks like his third sack and puts kansas city on the board [Applause] two nothing chiefs fitting in this game that houston and the defense score first [Music] last week was his first game in 44 weeks because of the knee injury i'll say the rust has been knocked off first player with three straight multiple sack games and chiefs broncos rivalry the three sacks the force fumble there of course it since 1982 because that's the time the sack became an official stat [Music] doesn't matter official unofficial this guy is having a whale of a first half i'm sure somebody over there is going yeah you got fresh legs nobody is going to love you forever on the bench so after the safety broncos with the free kick and riley dixon the punter will do it he kicks it 65 yards and tyree kill get room to run and look out for hill in the open field he's got an angle hills gonna take this all the way defense special teams kansas city with a big stretch to take the lead it was just a matter of time he was so close on two others and you just have to wonder why anybody kicks the football to this guy because once he gets in the open field it is just over these guys are fairly well positioned but you just can't practice for four to five speed he has already had two touchdowns called back this year that's the and he's one of the leading punt returners despite that it has just been almost every single game that i've watched that either tyreek hill is scoring a touchdown or coming very very close to it what an amazing player he's been an 86-yard return of the free kick by hill and cairo santos on for the extra point and in a dozen seconds it goes from scoreless to nine nothing kansas city with your offense never coming on the field right exactly yeah the better news very good let's go back to what started it all justin houston sack now watch this you're gonna see him go into the tackle russell okung right here to set up this stunt but as he does he gets to the inside edge which allows him a straight path to the quarterback that's called a pick tough my man howie long taught me that back in the day when i was sitting around the studios with him but that is how you end up once you get to that inside edge and get that shoulder there's nothing that tackle can do because once you angle out and then that ball really was on the ground for a little while okun was on it then it squirted free as the two defenders knocked him off and chris on this return riley dixon you want to kick it numbers and to the sideline and he did and so they kind of set it up that way but you talked about hill it's just one guy who gets to the wrong angle and he's gone he got no shot at catching up with him i mean what's really amazing is that kansas city's offense has done next to nothing can we say that no doubt you know four first downs yeah next to nothing and they're they're leading nine to nothing so cara santos will kick this one off and kick it all the way out of the back of the end zone nine nothing here and here's michelle well mike tyreek hill was a controversial pick for the chiefs because in 2015 he pleaded guilty to domestic abuse of abuse of his pregnant girlfriend while at oklahoma state now chiefs gm john dorsey said after the pick quote we've done our due diligence to fully vetting our draft class we would never put anybody in this community in harm's way he'll receive a deferred three-year sentence mike yeah dorsey made those comments michelle usually waits until after the entire draft monday they have a press conference but he knew there was immediate reaction a negative way in that community and he wanted to come out and address those issues and concerns davonte hooker with the carry for about four yards you know firsthand the chiefs more than any team had the experience of domestic violence right in the parking lot of arrowhead remember javon belcher the linebacker in september of 2012 shot and killed his girlfriend before committing suicide so this is something that's been around this franchise there's a sensitivity around the league but certainly there whether it was right or not that's their call their decision but they knew they had to address it going forward i'm sure it was tough for the family of cassandra perkins and as an organization they obviously put him through every program that you can possibly imagine and he's still ongoing and you know it always gets into those fine lines of second chances versus maybe you don't deserve a second chance sometimes but they took a chance andy reed said i was impressed with him i felt like that he was truly sorry and we gave him a chance see the medical staff looking at houston two runs by booker sets up third and one toss to the left they get on the edge and they get the first down at the 40-yard line did the ball come out hooker was holding that ball and they're gonna save down carl johnson who used to be the vice president of officiating for the league is that one full-time official the league has he's back on the field as a line judge in the last four years he was right there and said it was down by contact at first down [Applause] that ball is out and because he fell back over the leg i don't think a knee or anything ever went down do you see a clear recovery though that would be the question andy reed stayed right by the official who torched that flag does not throw it they don't challenge it to sanders who got [Applause] so it's going to be a gain of 29 14 on the play and 15 on the hit from barry presumably personal foul unnecessary roughness you know defenseless player 15 yard penalty automatic first down and as that happens justin houston heads to the locker room for the chiefs boy anytime as a receiver you're getting held up by one guy and take his shot to the other you could see eric barry i don't think it was helmet the helmet contact gave him the whole wagging finger there no it definitely helmets a helmet now that's exactly what it was wow [Applause] with the penalty with houston out frank zombo is the other edge rusher with the momentum here for the denver offensive as he throws sanders has it again and he will gain eight yards on that one it's amazing how the game has changed now that justin houston is out they at least have time and that's the thing about the kansas city secondary they're going to play man coverage they're going to take a lot of chances you think boy we can get some double moves on these guys they try and jump routes marcus peters does problem is you don't have time to do all that stuff there is zombo the former kansas former green bay packer in this fourth year with kansas city capri vips gets to the 20-yard line on the carrots right the first down mark and they'll move the chains here with 316 before half time it's been pretty impressive really what kansas city has been able to do without some of their key guys in here justin march lillard alan bailey jay howard d4 none of those guys that were effectively their starters on this defense are out there playing in this game tonight and yet we see bob sutton time after time come out and put on a great show on the defensive side fowler and virgil green at the top and green the tight end comes into this tight slot simeon on the boot being pursued by chris jones got away good job to find demarius thomas very close to another first down just shy of that first down at the 10. trevor simeon's best play of the night right there because chris jones was all over him chris jones did not go for that fake down the line of scrimmage and he just simply was outrun by simeon ordinarily don't throw back across your body but when it works looks good and i tell you for demarius thomas he had a fantastic game against the saints two weeks ago a couple of one-handed catches and you get the feeling really over the past two or three weeks that he's really starting to find his rhythm he targeted him 11 times these guys had peyton manning throwing him the ball and trying to find the rhythm with a young quarterback two minute warning best possession of the broncos knight ongoing coming up on the toyota halftime what a performance by derek carr out dueling cam newton raiders atop this division the bucks defense siamese stymies the seahawks and bob costas will be here to look ahead to the cowboys vikings game on thursday night all coming up toyota halftime just outside the ten second and one for trevor simeon and the play killed with the flag [Applause] false start number 83 offense five yard penalty remain second down the tight end aj derby here's michelle we saw justin houston go back to the locker room he has just come out back onto the sidelines probable with a shoulder injury but at don terry po to the list of injuries on the list all week on the injury report with a back injury he is questionable not in there at this time guys okay michelle remember go back to that back surgery that he had in 2015 it was a concern with poe [Music] penalty makes it second and six and obsidian drives the middle towards sanders and it's incomplete better be careful with this team philip gaines over there especially this part of the field right in the red zone seven turnovers for the kansas city chiefs and this is the ultimate sort of bend but don't break defense and there they are again it's it's just uncanny how many times this season you know you think oh boy they're just running over this defense and they're marching up and down between the 20s and then they get down in that red zone and they make a play third and six gary kubiak's team kept off the board in field goal range we'd love to get a touchdown get a little bit of momentum going to halftime simian has time it's deflected and it's incomplete see barry put his hands up on his head defensive front got those hands up there kendall reyes who had the sack earlier might have been the one to get a hand on it there or a helmet i couldn't tell this one bounced off for sure kendall reyes just gave a header that kept it out of the goal brandon mcmanus will come on for the field goal 33 yards remember the snapper change this week so thomas gaffford snaps us and riley dixon did a nice job of getting it down man that was mcmanus pretty good patience there too good hands for the holder from syracuse to set up mcmanus 9-3 [Music] sunday night football is brought to you by the 2017 kia sorento learn more at kia.com by samsung pay turn your phone into your wallet by subway try the reuben stacked with corned beef limited time only and by bud light make the right call drink responsibly tip of the cap to the broncos the chiefs the organizations the players contributing and combining to distribute over 4 000 turkeys this past week including justin houston you saw there and you see him back on the sideline three sacks caused that safety he personally delivered thanksgiving dinners to families in need in kansas city kick all the way through touch back can't still take over at the 25 they get the ball to start the second half as well chris we saw what the raiders did with derek carr you can see those highlights again at halftime that only adds to the import of what's going to happen the rest of this half in the second half no question about it i know it's been a bit of a defensive slug fest out here but that's what these two teams are about and you think oh boy are either one of them good enough to go the super bowl well the denver broncos won the super bowl with this exact formula a season ago so you wonder here will kansas city even take much of a chance or be perfectly happy trying to go into the half with a lead they won the toss and deferred see denver's defense has a big play in them drive start for alex smith from the 25 look out got to hold on to the ball all the way down to the ground as von miller came screaming around the edge for the sack watch the way he works his hands coming around so much for the shutout for mitchell schwartz it's amazing how low that guy gets who was it gave us the description that bond miller could run full speed under a table i think that's about right as he turns that corner these big tackles just don't have much of an opportunity to stop him was matthew stafford last year when you guys had denver playing detroit right miller with the sack that's ten and a half sacks on the season and for the moment he has the league lead second and 15 ser kendrick west with the run there with two timeouts denver will slam one here with 61 seconds till halftime chris said it so well kansas city took a nine-nothing lead their offense never touched the field safety and then the return of the free kick by 86 yards by tyreek hill the offense has been four possessions for punts the denver offense field goal drive was the first time an offensive led a scoring drive in this game tonight third and 13. smith stepped up into pressure stepped up into the arms of miller he gets two sacks on this drive timeout denver they'll get the ball back without timeouts so the denver defense does the job get the ball back to the offense without timeouts remember jordan norwood muffed the last punt gave denver poor field position led to the safety he's back for this dusty pull quick kick [Applause] turns it over the altitude 54 yards from the 28 here comes norwood [Applause] 37-yard line the long snapper james winchester and dj alexander the linebacker both down there is it a bad idea to chip with a tight end when you've got von miller come out with demetrius harris he's going to give a little chip and then miller goes right down broadway to get alex smith and that's just one sack here's the other one going right around and turning the corner like some kind of a speed skater or something to get the first of those two sacks shuffled his shoulders a little bit man you said it right at the top who are the stars in this game the defensive stars well houston's giving us three sacks of the safety miller two there no timeouts 44 seconds left for simeon incomplete trying to get it to demaryius thomas who took the big hit at the back end of the play barry has just been laying people out as three big hits with eric barry here tonight you know and this is really an opportunity for trevor simeon there's justin houston i'm sure trevor simeon knows all about that as well but you know sanders and thomas have had exactly one 100 yard game each this year and that is certainly something they're not used to seeing out of this offense he catches in his first half for that combo doing there eric johnson was waiting for devante booker 34 seconds left i'm gonna tell you what this is a violent game here tonight we have seen some unbelievable hits it's almost like these two defenses are playing against each other you can just see the pride on each side of the ball and it's which offense is going to blink of course the kansas city defense and special teams came up with nine points and they are just determined to win the game by themselves i could just hear them on the sideline going guys forget about it we've got nine points we don't need any help from our offense let's win it from here [Applause] third and ten he's got a lane to throw lasers it in there it's caught by aj derby the tight end who was with the patriots got traded here he's a yard short of the first down this is one of those andy reid's gonna take a timeout with 22 seconds left before fourth and two see if he'll force kubiak to punt the ball nfl fans you can order your holiday gifts from nflshop.com do it today get up to 25 off at the official store of the nfl nfl shop.com now what are the odds that you're thinking that they're going to punt this ball to tyree gill i think they've learned their lesson don't you i think below zero is there such a thing can you have odds below zero i'm not the odds guy you're asking the wrong partner up here i'll call alan half time oh he'll have that electrifying one earlier so let me ask what people are saying at home is it bad offense or are these defenses really this good oh it's unbelievable defense i mean you couldn't watch this denver defense a year ago and watch this and go this isn't just unbelievable and what the kansas city chiefs have done so far arguably even better riley dixon set to kick it away hill says get away it's a tumbler toward the sideline don't let him get his hands on it you would think with 13 seconds left and getting the ball to start the second half kansas city will just take a knee and take this to the locker room do i want tyreek hill to have it or the kansas city offense can't city offense well you're up six and you have 50 yards of total offense you don't see those stats very often and the one big play was the 86 yarder that hill took back off the free kick [Applause] denver is one drive coming when justin houston was out of the game [Applause] so this one forecast as expected [Music] that was all about tyreek hill and not the offense absolutely just in case you want to make a mistake we'll gladly help you out at the break here in denver kansas city with the lead and the defending super bowl champs have to come back in the second half or they fall two games behind the afc west lead with five to go toyota the halftime is coming up but first these messages from your local nbc station tonight's first half highlights are brought to you by chevrolet [Applause] justin houston he could end up having a big night tonight he is wrecking the broncos in this first half ball is out and it will be a safety fitting in this game that houston and the defense score first hills gonna take this all the way once he gets in the open field it is just over [Applause] chevrolet the most awarded car company two years in a row back in the altitude and the beauty of the home of the super bowl champion broncos back in denver kansas city leads 9-3 justin houston you saw his work there as we started this second half three sacks the forced fumble leading to that safety they only credited von miller with half a sack on the second one he got in that last drive so here's the second half 11 leads the league and when hill took that back 86 yards on the return of the free kick it's the first time a team has scored on that free kick after a safety since the texans did it seven years ago kansas city chiefs scored nine points in the second quarter they had no first downs and four for the game but they have the lead and as chris said right at the beginning this is a game about defense and a game about knowing who you are vic mattis to kick to start this second half brandon kicks it anthony thomas watches it go over his head [Music] [Applause] well these game wreckers on the outside have been doing exactly that first justin houston just making his way right through nice and brillo make the switch and then of course he's end up at least partially responsible for it all so von miller said if you've got that i've got this coming around the edge there and then coming right down broadway there i guess they may have given derrick wolfe half of that but that was mostly von miller there so kansas city will start from its own 25 their back is spencer ware and he'll go for two yards with the flag down where eight runs 29 yards as long as carrie was seven the longest run in the game has been a 10 yard run by denver's devonte booker [Music] pete morelli tells you we're going that away illegal shift offense five yard penalty remains first down to the sideline michelle tafoya well the chief's just 49 yards of offense in the first half i asked andy reid about that he said we've got to stay out of third along and we gotta just keep swinging as for gary kubiak he said they've tried everything in the book to block justin houston but he said we got to do better but there's a fine line between using guys to help protect and letting those same guys go make plays 43 degree night down there wind is picked up a little bit back up to 10 miles per hour hill gets it from smith good read there and he got hit hard by von miller [Applause] can't catch him send miller after him not on my watch that's not bond miller one or two this is von miller three he's the one responsible for the flat out here you only got one of the greatest athletes in the world he makes a one-on-one tackle with no problem just you know whatever you know i would pay him a lot of money i guess they did they did highest paid defensive player in the league and you can see why the super bowl mvp second at 14. smith thinks about it twice and is taken down on the run by jared crick who's had an active game a couple of yards for alex smith chris last year this was so much of kansas city's game smith was fourth in the league among quarterbacks and rushing yards not so much this year yeah you know he had the concussion and or whatever it was they ended up describing it as and you just wonder if it's in his head a little bit we talked to him about that and the fact that he said when i run from now on i'm not sliding he got his head banged on the turf two times in that ball game and he said from now on all head first slides for me i'm gonna be a football player look at that uh impact only six yards a game there's a couple of first downs a game he would get last year in those third down scrambles play clock running down third and 11. this one's going nowhere intended for demetrius harris denver at everything on lockdown and it's a three and now to open the half for kansas city i mean they are sitting there at third and eleven and the defenders for the denver broncos are sitting down at about seven yards they don't think they're going to throw any pass any farther down the field than that because of the way their defense is playing right now i mean even those passes on third down really aren't intended to try and get first down so you might as well run it dusting cold quick kicks again to jordan norwood i say that a lot tonight tough to catch 42-yarder norwood got it and got plastered that's the third special teams hit for dj alexander on this night denver will take over at the 37 down six well all these guys involved in it you know the story from the off-season peyton manning retires osweiler goes to houston so john elway has to make the decision with gary kubiak where do they go with quarterback is it mark sanchez no they end up with trevor simeon and now sibian's got the opportunity of a lifetime he's sitting on six weeks here five and a half games as he hands the booker for this first down carry of three yards what a chance chris you can ride a great defense if the rest of the offense comes along to the playoffs and make a playoff run this opportunity in your career if everybody can get going injured chief is derrick johnson well i don't know if i were trevor simeon and i heard the guys saying you know this is a great opportunity for you that we're all cheering for you that we have important six games in the playoffs to see about your career i'd be like wait a minute now i'm 7-2 as a starter here does that not count for anything and yet we know that john elway is not shy about pulling the trigger he had tim tebow playoff game that he won and he came back with peyton manning the next year and said that wasn't enough for me so john elway is playing for one thing and one thing only and that's a world championship and if he thinks trevor simeon can get it done he'll be the guy if he doesn't jon will not be shy about pulling the trigger on that one dirk johnson helped to the sideline dj alexander has been big on special teams in his place good cutback run by booker best looking run of the night either way first down for the broncos onto the chief side of the field well there we are again going right up behind matt parrott as the center so many times so many of their yards go right in the a gap right on either side of the center and here we go again once your center can control that nose you have a chance [Applause] we mentioned 57 alexander was in the game for johnston for johnson gotten held by the fullback javitch he couldn't make the play the 47 first down throw for simeon it's houston again uh ladies and gentlemen the defensive player of the week batman well he's on tackle number two at this point in the game now donald stevenson is going to get this inside move here my guys from pro football focus just text me this guy got a 5.5 grade in the first half there are guys that don't get that great in three years of their career that's like off the charts it's ridiculous so is he 49 to backer 49th and vodka don't worry about 49. what about 50. 49's daniel sorensen the linebacker hooker threw one arm tackle and then he's finally stopped tom bahali is over there guys has been to the pro bowl five times who really was very instrumental in houston's development when he came in halle's been in the league 11 years now yeah and they've really been kind of taking it easy on tom bali this year and i think you know you just keep seeing that if this strategy could work you know d4 comes back from that hamstring injury justin houston continues to play like this and tom bali is fresh for the end of the season in the playoffs this could be an unbelievably dynamic pass rushing force on this defensive team as well as important plays your field position is decent it's 35. here come the chiefs picked up simeon buys thomas for the first down just inside the 20-yard line with kenneth ecker there in coverage this time justin houston right over the center gonna try and come right there and they're gonna bring ron parker i believe it was right there so it left one-on-one coverage on the outside if you want to know why teams do not want to bring that much pressure is because these two receivers on the outside are simply too good and remember that steve nelson stephen nelson is not in the game he's their ordinary nickel guy so that put acker in in that situation 24. simeon threw it the only place he could perfectly throwing ball there goodness gracious no game for capri bibs goodness gracious do you even need to say who it is if this were chess you just take your king and lay it over it's like i can see it i'm done i've had enough of this thing virgil green takes his shot watch him try and come out and there's justin houston again just going through the fullback in the tight end what a night i think he's feeling pretty good yeah so much for the rust [Applause] acl and lcl surgery on the knee that michelle told you about the first half and this time it's cj alexander on the other side of the line of scrimmage the second year man out of oregon state with the big hit on bibs this time you're gonna see the center matt paredes almost gets surprised gonna help here and try to get there but it was too late you got dj alexander just going to shoot that gap before fairness could get back [Applause] bibs has taken some shots tonight there have been some huge hits in this game and you know we've had a penalty or two but for the most part they're all legal shots this has just been right an amazing defensive game old school feels old-school like the bears and the packers or something and the snow this was the division where they always put it up in the air and put up a bunch of points time out denver next weekend premier league on nbc and nbc sn three of the top four teams in the table chelsea and man city they're first and third and arsenal's fourth arsenal will take on west ham those london rivals at it you'll see it on nbc and npcsn farmer street lodo lower downtown denver third and 13 here for the broncos rushing for simeon throws the crosser is aj derby in the tight end just like he was in the second quarter about a yard and a half shy of the first down ron parker made the tackle you would think take the point since the game is so close [Applause] the rumbling of the crowd tells you there's no kicker coming out and for the moment kubiak's crew gonna go for it yeah it's just so hard to get down here your quarterback just makes a big play derby makes a big play to get it close and now you're thinking who do i overwhelm on this defensive line and i'm sure not running it to the right i'm running left if i'm running anywhere eric johnson back on the field simian tries to keep it and get there he gets tagged at the end of the play by barry let's see where the forward progress will be marked and then it was late that simeon came popping out there that marcus spears down there eyeballing [Applause] it did he get it there i think that's the ultimate forward progress because after that his knee would hit the ground so let's see in our own minds if we can mark this thing looks like just short does he ever get to that yard line give him a first down they do mark the ball at the front end of the eight yard line i think you've heard plenty of conversation about marking the ball this weekend if you watch the ohio state michigan game and where do you get a spot it's such an inexact science but it was pretty clear there that you could see that eight-yard line i personally didn't think he got to that eight-yard line it has to be so clear that he was shy of it for replay to turn it over andy reid no flag in hand no challenge they pick up the fourth and one on the keeper by simeon and davonte booker gets to probably mark him to the six so here we go here's the eight yard line right here let's see if he gets there remember the ball not his helmet not anything else does the ball get there i don't think so i didn't think it did either and that is not directly down the line that's pretty close to down the line you see where the ball was almost just under his left shoulder abby which had gotten turned the other way second and goal again same thing with that slack round right absolutely here he is back underneath here we go just goes right underneath the route and that is multiple times good throw by simeon just a better play defensively and i tell you gaines is not far away from reaching over there with two hands and grabbing one that was he was in that position remember this defense seven turnovers down here in the red zone be careful for jordan taylor third and goal chased by houston retraces his steps simeon's got room will he run it or throw it gonna throw it enzo taylor touchdown jordan taylor how do you like me now says trevor justin houston had a beat on him he doubles back across the way and then it's jordan taylor look at that move in the back of the end zone he faked like he was going to the back edge and then came back both feet down clean catch and trevor simeon with a trademark play for his early career [Applause] houston thought he had him maybe a little tug there by at the end of that thing by stevenson got away with it big extra point it's not through and denver takes the lead jordan taylor is the receiver that peyton manning gave the nickname sunshine from remember the titans because of the long hair he was helping payton in the rehab process last year this year he's helping the broncos he's given them a one point lead [Music] i hope you can watch a very special episode it's tv's number one news show now nominated for three people's choice awards including best drama you haven't seen this is us you need to check it out tuesday night eastern pacific 8 central right here on nbc i'll be studying dallas at minnesota at that time you can binge watch that show and you will love it all right when you get a chance to catch your breath touch back here uh what a play this was on both ends i'd like to binge watch this one for a little while watch trevor simeon escape here and let's give a little credit to donald stevenson for staying with justin houston over there but then it was sunshine coming out of that late break almost 10 seconds that play took didn't quite approach the donovan mcnabb play in dallas of over 14 seconds but look at that little move and that was the key thing gave him just enough space on the outside to come back and make that play he got his first touchdown of his career in new orleans comes right back with a huge one here teams take over at their own 25 and spencer aware with the run and that's about four yards so we were talking about taylor and sunshine from remember the titans it's such a cool story he was working like triple days where his own practice staying late but he was getting there early as peyton manning was rehabbing from the foot injury peyton would tell you he grabbed jeff heyerman who was a tight end who was on injured reserve with a foot injury taylor who wasn't seeing much action guy from the equipment staff anybody so he can go through those workouts trying to get ready and he did remember manning bought the suit for taylor going to the super bowl and jordan got his own suit but one of the reasons he's on this roster is because of gary kubiak's son klein kubiak who was with him in college and said dad we got to keep an eye on this guy klein's part of this football operations staff and they got taylor and he's giving them 20. kelsey the tight end for the chiefs across the 40. hard hit at the 45 for the first half to pick up a 15. every play ends with a big hit and here comes kelsey across the formation and for once nobody ends up picking him up you'll see him come all the way across the formation and that match zone just got fouled up a little bit then there's the newest millionaire right there darion stewart came up with a new contract you see why he had three turnovers in the game against the saints in new orleans was spectacular in that game first first down since the first quarter for kansas city 6 15 now in the third as ware you know i tell you who else has been big in this game so far in his return as derek wolf you know that was the one defensive element that inside pressure the malik jackson kind of role the guy that gets some push up the middle so those outside pass rushers but also against the run they're rotating him in more and more in this game you see the big elbow brace on him sort of looking like jj watt over there but he's had a nice game so far from the 49 alex smith for kelsey who was followed by todd davis inside linebacker to be third down coming up yeah and for todd davis sort of taking over for danny trevathan in that role we talked so much about von miller and his ability to rush we'll check out what else he can do he just drops back in coverage you remember in the super bowl that was maybe one of the biggest plays in the game him in coverage down the boundary and knocked that one away the problem for the chiefs third down has been a problem again tonight that javon miller is not in coverage this time [Music] he knows it around here he comes the back picked him up and kelsey's got the first down terrific play all the way around will parks the safety the rookie how to make the tackle it's a great job that time by alex smith forcing denver to show this blitz they started moving he knew exactly the offensive line could figure it out they pick it up and then they get their main man travis kelsey out there on the rookie parts and will park should not feel badly about that i haven't seen anybody look at that move by travis kelsey just electric from the tight end position eight completions on the night for smith three of them to kelsey nothing downfield to keep his balance and get to the 25 an 18-yard first down game that was an amazing move it's a deal into that thing looked like he was going down tj ward who's one of the best tacklers in the league just had a direct beat on him and somehow ware was able to do that and let that bullet fly by him it's almost like that hand he was using to not go to the ground gave him a chance to pivot the direction yeah we've seen everything else tonight why not he said before it was a former quarterback his high school days great athlete he is running again for about five inside the red zone as we take it under four minutes third quarter denver ten kansas city nine two very similar teams playing their type of football here here's that inside zone play now and watch mitch morris the center here make the block this is so key because this play is going to fold back behind and then you just sort of move that guy out of there billy nguyen mitch morris a very quick guy very athletic inside as well niall davis now the running back out of the crystal the quick throw to hill trying to get the speedster on the edge chris harris not going to let you get there keep to leave going to make sure that his partner has helped i tell you chris harris is just simply one of the best football players in this league he's a little guy everybody goes yeah big deal he was a slot corner nobody paid much attention to him and then he got about a 50 million dollar contract slot quarterbacks slot receivers people that can make plays like that they're difference makers in this league third and sixth place going nuts smith five in the paddle underneath can thomas get there terrific pursuit a couple yards shy of the first down kansas city will attempt to go ahead field goal here we go let's watch this right here demarcus ware on the outside look at that oh my goodness i mean alex smith we talk about him getting the ball out of his hands quickly he has to and then it was to leave first and then bradley roby with the cleanup hit [Music] it's going to be a 35-yarder for cairo santos third-year kicker out of tulane believed to be the first brazilian-born player in the league he was born in sao paulo perfect execution all the way around by the snapper winchester the holder copeland and kansas city takes a 12-10 lead so the field goal was kicked and then after we went to break a flag was thrown and gary kubiak's gaining the explanation from pete morelli illegal formation on the broncos because in 2013 they put in a rule you can only have six guys on one side of the formation for player safety can't overload denver has seven so the kick went through but the official in the back was counting the players on that side of the snapper said there were seven after they had a consultation you saw the two officials going to talk to each other there clock did not run out during that play again illegal formation defense had seven men on the linus for image five yard pound the result of the penalty is the first down because it was fourth and two at the 17 yard line so obviously kansas city takes the points off the board so instead of being 12 10 chiefs it's kansas city first and 10 at the denver 12-yard line and i think what kubiak was saying was that the the play clock expired so it should have been a five-yard penalty on them and then let them re-kick it alex smith hops out spencer we're going to take a wildcat snap here there is a former quarterback he's going to keep it here and run inside good push from the old line to get down to the seven yard line on first down and this wildcat formation has become some of their red zone and short yardage formation of choice because you have a guy that has experience running that read option play and also your running back obviously running straight through the hole where he probably would have anyway so now they bring in jaw reid the extra offensive lineman to try and just overpower denver at this point best looking drive of the night for the chiefs again it is where he's gonna run to that side and just gain a couple of yards it'll be third down coming up we have a chance to tell you sunday night football is brought to you by southwest yes to low fares with nothing to hide that's transparency by sprint visit sprint.com buy mercedes-benz the best or nothing and by amazon echo information music news and more just ask you ask for snow snow mass nearby aspen colorado delivered got some today tis the season in the rockies derek wolf who mentioned that elbow injury that he came back from being walked off by the athletic training staff chris i just want to go back to that penalty and you wonder why did they make that rule change for players safety three years ago simply put the defensive teams were rushing through the gaps created by the overload when they looked at tape they said too many injuries caused by that formation here go the chiefs back for the second time in this drive with the wildcat with where who gives to tyree kill speed on the edge what a blocky gun from wilton to score the touchdown albert wilson the big block frees tyree kill for his second touchdown and the penalty ends up allowing the chiefs to score a td boy i tell you it takes some nerve to run wide on that one and essentially i think that's von miller unblocked he is this play is going to leave von miller unblocked they're going to read him they thought von miller was going to come down and it was tyreek hill able to get on the edge great blocks on the outside there by wilson and by travis kelsey boy how many times do you design a play that you leave von miller unblocked and it worked it's that whole zone read fights up you're often leaving the best rusher free and it doesn't fit with anything except when it works if you can't block him don't i guess tell your quarterback though right hill two touchdowns kansas city back on top 16-10 a good one here in the rockies tonight tonight's aerial coverage is brought to you by geico turning into a good one here in denver mike dorico and for al michaels with chris collinsworth michelle tafoya half minute left in the third and the chiefs respond to the denver touchdown with one of their own 1610 kansas city santos well we've been talking about these big hits all night long and here we go we'll start off with bond miller early on with that one barry berry's had a few legal and illegal and derek johnson comes up with that one dj alexander and darren stewart here at the end but it has been like this all night long i've been getting messages from some of my defensive friends around the league a little fired up watching some defensive football out here warren sapp he's loving it [Applause] now simeon back to work with 30 seconds left for first down play action the high throw intended for emanuel sanders who was open but simeon couldn't find the target oh there you see clark hunt back there the chiefs family the hunt family has owned the chiefs for 57 years to go back in the alices and the bidwells and the rooneys and of course clark hunter over the year his dad so influential lamar hunt in the start of the afl which is the route to the afc west and all these teams papa was a good guy ditto caught by thomas he'll gain seven and that should spin us down to the end of the third quarter they'll make it six so it'll be third and four on the other side take your take a deep breath here man this is this is gonna be fun and the stakes are high yes they are because if you don't win you're two back in the west with five to go after three kansas city sixteen denver ten sunday night football continues after these messages who to story oakland's right there behind at nine and two we were there a few weeks ago to watch the game against denver that place is alive raider passion is back and one of those great performances by derek carr the pinky injury comes back they end up beating carolina so they are 9-2 if somebody wins if we don't end up in a tie the winner here will be one back the loser two back if you saw those division records keep in mind oakland has to go play the last three division games on the road here down the stretch so there is hope i'll leave with the pressure simeon steps up in the middle jordan norwood couldn't bring it in incomplete it'll set up fourth down at some play on the outside by kenneth acker who's been filling in here tonight they got one against them but when you come up with one like that on third down straight man-to-man coverage is what it's all about just next man up here he is 27 hacker that's a good move right there by jordan norwood but hacker was all over it riley dixon kicks can keep it away from hill good job pushing it towards the sideline gets a good bounce gonna be 55 yards and all net and denver's going to have it back inside their own 15-yard line kansas city is going to have it i should say this is everything we thought it would be but this is a big pressure quarter going both ways here in the fourth yeah and the thing that's been so impressive about this so far zero turnovers right so the offenses are doing their jobs as well and their job was to come out here not lose the game of course they had the you know the sack in the end zone the whole thing out there and that led to nine points out of it but for the most part alex smith and i know everybody wants him to throw it deep and they want him to make big plays but he's given his defense giving his special teams a chance to win the game the dirty word in the quarterback industry game manager oh they hate it but he's been terrific at it it fits what they do i wonder if alex smith hates it probably not i'm going to check him spencer aware with the carry in the game before you think about alex smith and you know he had that carousel in san francisco he had so many different guys and then jim harbaugh came in there and really stabilized so harbaugh comes in 2011 and since then alex smith has turned it around look what he's done the last five years yeah and of course they had pretty good defense over there in san francisco as well and they come over here and build the same thing and you know for andy reid he was always a west coast guy he didn't always have a west coast quarterback so i think this is kind of the essence of who he is and that's a big reason why they've won 17 out of 20 regular season games second and nine the dip of the shoulder trying to get around the edge was miller and the sack comes from the other side the other terrific player demarcus ware and smith went down hard as ware took him to the ground nice shot by schwartz here on the outside as biller comes in schwartz going to push him by but as alex smith stepped up the old high low here comes demarcus ware is going to go underneath eric fisher there and that's how those guys work they actually have signals that says all right you go high i'll go low then the next thing will be i'll go high you go low because that's what you want to do you want to just force him to step up into the other guy steve adanopoulos the long time athletic trainer for the broncos is looking at where even though he's the one who threw smith down so hard third and long alex smith goes do not make a mistake here just take it shane ray will get credit for it the guy in place of demarcus ware forces the three and out for the denver defense [Applause] here's what you're gonna see just zone defenses everybody in a zone just a three-man pass rush and they still flush him out of the pocket but mike you're exactly right alex smith the game manager we just talked about said listen guys we're all right we've got the lead there's nothing wrong with punting the football here we don't want to make a big mistake he made the right play dustin koch went to jordan norwood flag down movement by the chiefs yeah the broncos had a block on they had a play and it made him flinch false start number 14 offense five yard penalty remains fourth down it's the rookie receiver demarcus robinson you'll see both these guys on the outside they were coming in for a block had another guy come up from the outside and they were had a play on and it just made him flinch yeah you saw benny fowler 16 also dove in from the left side the bottom of your screen just back all the way up gets rid of it quick not the distance on this one norwood's got to run out and he couldn't catch it it's freddy who's got it the long snapper winchester down there for kansas city fighting with jordan taylor and now everybody's in the pile and it's chiefs ball [Applause] de anthony thomas was down there and norwood who earlier had the muff that gave the poor field position led to the safety this time can't catch that one and the long snapper winchester comes up with it yeah norwood wanted to go without the fair catch but because thomas was right there in his face and nicely played by thomas to not get there too soon but for jordan norwood it's been a long night already a couple of those and we talked about it from the very beginning right this is a game that may end up being lost instead of one and what a huge flip of field position there thomas was there on coverage skip on first down gets to where offense 10-yard penalty remains first down penalty on duvernay tardif the guard and they're often not in the news unless there's a bad snap or a mistake winchester second year out of oklahoma maybe you heard the story his dad michael worked at the oklahoma city airport was shot and killed two weeks ago by a disgruntled former airport employee he didn't practice that week he came and snapped for the chiefs last week against tampa and the special teams unit the whole team just couldn't believe what a great job he did so you know how heavy his heart is as you're right around thanksgiving in the holiday time and a moment to feel great about uh his accomplishments is he's dealt with so much difficulty and his family as well over the last couple of weeks penalty makes it first in 20. he gets her way got some blocking on the edge got the penalty yardage back and then some 45-yard line [Music] well for norwood he knows that he gave him a chance but now is when you have to hope and this great defense and it is a great defense can stand up the hardest thing in the world is to make a stop go the bench start drinking gator and go what what what and then it's like get your helmet you got to run back out on the field now can they make a stand right here in the middle of the field and get the ball back a second time second and six all the big people on the left over there nyle davis the back thinking to him trying to get to kelsey was covered and hello somebody's waiting my name is von miller [Applause] i'm telling you this is something move on mitchell schwartz here this is like one of those judo guys [Applause] it looks like it's gonna be nothing and then watch the hand movement here just getting those hands off schwartz was probably thinking it's gonna be a quick screen get out of there go the other way von miller just too quick officially two and a half sacks here's what they were looking for he had all three tight ends on that other side two were blocking kelsey was waiting miller changed the timing of it all play clock is out timeout andy from the sideline andy reed got the timeout first prior to the clock running out timeout kansas city first team timeout 32nd time you know that's an interesting time out there you're third and 13 anyway your odds of converting that first down probably pretty slim and who knows what that timeout may mean towards the end of the game took it they'll take a shot and they'll probably hit a touchdown for 62 yards each team has a couple of timeouts left we mentioned earlier if you're with us that there were some issues with the kickers and warm-ups because the wind was blowing and it was difficult you mentioned when we had a win game a few weeks ago that's one of the toughest things for a punt returners to catch a ball in the wind especially the way these guys are kicking it dropping the nose down and norwood's had a really tough time with a couple of kicks and what happened on that kick when the nose doesn't turn over it comes down almost like a frisbee almost like back towards the punter and you feel like you're never going to catch it you just keep chasing it third and 13. smith gets kelsey crossing won't go too far pulled down by chris harris and his name that on the jersey in his hand as he pulled him down it'll be fourth down and norwood's going back again well it's a stroke of confidence he's been so good at this so why not i think it was norwood in the super bowl that had that 60 something yarder right that made a big difference in the game longest punt return in super bowl history the 61 yarder that he had not many other punt return options used thus far this year by denver [Applause] dustin coquitt trying to pin him deep norwood [Applause] but if it wasn't your little sarcastic cheer from the home crowd as well sunday night football is brought to you by verizon it's always a great gift on verizon by navy federal credit union proudly serving the armed forces and their families by bows get closer and by toyota let's go places denver botanic gardens and blossoms of light their display little sound reactive led light animations many ways to enjoy the holiday season kicking off in earnest hope you had a great thanksgiving good way to wrap up the week good one here in denver she's 5-6 it's a carry for the rookie out of utah davonte booker and justin hughes has been everywhere is there again no game well i think these two guys are pretty good players justin you said miller i i did a lot of homework this week i think i could just learn two names and been all right call in this game it's unbelievable how they've just dominated from beginning to end on either side of the ball such good defenses you could take a lot of the afc pro bowl team just from these two defenses no doubt back to afc against nfc the pro bowl this year the 13th simeon taking a shot down field and it is caught by sanders inside the 30 and a flag on the back end will take them into the red zone 64. on the pass of the catch what a route that was i'm telling you what a route that was let's see if this flag is gonna i'm not sure which way this might go i just assumed it was gonna be on denver on the takedown at the end here let's wait a minute a couple of broncos players on the sideline looked unhappy with what they were hearing the call might be [Applause] unsportsmanlike conduct an official college collided with a member of the coaching staff the result of the play is the first down after the 15-yard penalty it will be first and ten again they'll give you a sideline wearing sometimes but if you run into the bench personnel here's gary kubiak and here's the official that entire area right there belongs to the official and the minute he bumps into anybody he may not have even known it was gary kubiak that's it look at this route though by sanders coming down he was so close the line of scrimmage gave that hard inside move and made that huge play it was everybody's booing here but it was absolutely the right call by the officials great throw there by simeon and what a route by sanders [Applause] he's in the way they've barely made contact i'm sure the fans saw that devonte booker with the carry for three yards but like you said that's one of those clear bright line in the rulebook if that happens yeah because you have to give the officials and really in defense of gary kubiak he's sitting there on all the way at the other end of the field and here comes the ball and he just doesn't see the official either and usually the head coach is the one that is the farthest forward on that line and those are often the guys that have to watch out as mike tomlin will tell you as well that's right from thanksgiving night a baltimore pittsburgh game with a kick return it's a dominant quarter for the broncos simeon going up top dragged down sanders got it for the touchdown he beat philip gaines twice on that drive let's check the flag the illegal contact number 38 defense philippines declined resulting the last thing emmanuel sanders said when he left practice show me some love in this game will ya here comes a little love i tell you that's the fastest i've seen two guys and two plays go all the way down the field and there's stevenson on the outside who really has made a difference it hasn't been perfect but it's been better and just enough on that play and for emanuel sanders how about those plays back-to-back mcmanus makes the extra point denver on top 35 yards taking care of your head coach so whatever the 15 yards let's take it back a little bit farther sanders gets a touchdown after six games without and denver back on top by one [Applause] dallas one on thanksgiving minnesota lost to detroit full week arrest what a scene it'll be the cowboys have won 10 in a row we'll have it for you thursday night football on nbc nfl network stream live on twitter see the next two games of the ten and one cowboys right here on nbc two weeks from tonight against the giants the only team to beat them what happened on the touchdown chris well you've got eric barry playing center field and i think as you'll see phillip gaines when he crosses the goal line is going to turn around and he's looking at eric barry who worked his way to the opposite side of the field but generally when you see somebody coming all the way across the formation and your guy's in trouble you're hoping for help you're just never assured of getting it that time eric barry worked the other way i don't know who's hugging who there maybe kubiak should be hugging him well because the 15 yard penalty it meant those two long plays he had 99 yards receiving on that drive it did beat jeff janice remember that in the playoffs he had 101 on that final in the hail mary in the whole thing green bay arizona divisional playoff game you guys had that classic last year in the desert replay mark is wear offsides and throws it it's caught by hill they'll give him space nine yard gain you want first and five or second and one they'll probably take second and one five yards is not a shirt number 94 defense penalty is decline second out i'll tell you what i don't know how many different ways i could get the ball to tyreek hill but i'd sure be trying and you know this is a guy that's strapped together pretty good too we're talking to andy reid about and said you know he could play running back he's not a small guy so you don't have to worry about wearing them out comes around just for the fake to get the first down of the run with spencer ware to the 37 yard line as we approach seven minutes left we mentioned the great night with justin houston von miller as well miller was given a half sack on one we weren't sure about they've credited him with a full sack from the one at the end of the first half so he now has three sacks on the night there you go i tell you what though put that one in your mind that fake reverse because had they handed it off it would have been open they had a lead blocker in front trust me the guys that are sitting up in the coaching booth have that one with a little star next to it niall davis the running back smith had davis to the left trying to get to kelsey in the middle passing complete intended for travis kelsey [Music] really a good route there working against corey nelson inside and a great throw by alex smith even protecting his guy just couldn't come up with it game like this you have to make all those kinds of plays you know those are the ones because now you're second and ten and we've seen it all night second and ten third and long they're not kind to kansas city's offense from the 37 they bring a full back in the run davis up the middle he'll only gain maybe two yards third a long seven coming up he's starting to look at that clock spinning down fast you may only get the ball if you're lucky one more time here on the kansas city side [Applause] i kind of wish this one could go to overtime i'm doing the math here how are we going to get 17 16. watch this one all night it's good football good teams every first downs an accomplishment now on the move smith rolls it through it for kelsey it's incomplete coverage underneath justin simmons that rookie is seeing more and more time in the defensive secondary of denver [Applause] there he goes there's simmons right there and he is a big long lean guy and you exactly right he is the one more and more he was the guy at the combine i remember him they had like seven different events and he was in the top five and five of those so he's one of those freakish kind of athletes and we saw when he jumped over and blocked that extra point for the game winner in new orleans two weeks ago broncos off their buy since pogba has to kick it away under six minutes norwood secures it at the seven flagged down he's down they'll mark him at the 11. good kick 53 to give them space only a four-yard return and that's all dependent on the flat yeah look like kavon webster with a hole they're going to be backed up holding number 36 the receiving team after this to the goal first down timeout denver will have it at their own six they have a one point lead 5 37 remaining in regulation nfc represented in the last three super bowls by either seattle or carolina they'll go head-to-head they've had a couple of very good playoff games the last two years seahawks atop the division desperation for the panthers see up in the great northwest football night america will start seven eastern for seattle time here on nbc the penalty takes denver back to the four to start this draw and it's gonna be a loss of a yard for devante hooker to start the drive you have to be careful here remember holding in the end zone is a safety could another safety in this situation be the difference in this game and there's tomba ali down he made the tackle and requires medical attention here for what a dynamic leader of this organization that guy has been you talk to anybody in kansas city's organization they all say the same thing just follow whatever tombally does such a great player for so long i'll tell you the other guy you better keep your eye on in this situation who's been a bit of a nightmare as chris jones number 95 he has been disruptive many times and you still need about two or three yards just to have a legitimate hunt opportunity here i just can't imagine though they're gonna give trevor simeon too many shots to throw from the end zone because of that possibility of holding in the end zone they could flip this score [Applause] greece starts after halley's off the field so this will take us inside of five minutes with this snap the fullback andy janovich in there in front of booker booker has no place to go absolutely no place rakim nunez roaches derek johnson all stacked it up here comes third down watch derek johnson just slither in here and make this tackle eight men in the box up there basically just daring denver to throw the ball you'll have man coverage take your shot i'll tell you the other guy we haven't mentioned much tonight after that opening little story about it marcus peters apparently he's been pitching a shutout out there he loves to take game let's get demurius thomas up here i really want to be throwing that way third and the level they throw it at all they empty the backfield so here it goes simeon floats throws it's cut for the first down by aj derby the tight end what a huge addition they feel like he could be to bolster that position and that's a massive first down for denver [Applause] look what trevor simeon did he drifts away from justin houston what a good idea that was and then there he is the guy that they got for that specific reason anytime you're trading with the new england patriots you're always a little worried are you doing the right thing or not but for this franchise they needed that middle of the field receiver and they got one in derby what a huge conversion that was 335 kansas city a couple of now it's the two-minute warning trying to get the ball back although he needs a field goal that helps him man behind the line again he has roaches having an outstanding game stops devonte booker at a timeout for kansas city at 3 27 to go attention time endeavor [Music] trevor simeon in the four home games he had played had only thrown two touchdowns chrissy has thrown two here in the second half we talked about the opportunity ahead for him boy he's been very good in this house he's really been brilliant he has that last drive what he just did there clutch player movement there on the receiver they got sanders in the slot to flinch [Applause] false start number 10 offense five yard penalty still second down it's always funny whenever you hear 75 000 people at the same time go oh [Laughter] the five yard penalties you don't think much in this game as we've seen with field positions so huge quick count simeon escaping running diving forward to get as much yardage as he could and he gets to the 23 yard line three yards shy but it's third and manageable now timeout kansas city you just gotta love it when a young kid knows he's playing for his career it's a five-man rush so there's not really room to step up and he just sort of slithers between here but watch him here john elway like we're not sitting down we're not sliding in the game's on the line with one more first down let's go get it you think damarius thomas playing basketball in his time thomas downfield was throwing a little pick there nice job on the outside by donald stevenson has it been perfect no has it been better yes shadows are massive here if you play that position it's elway it's manning osweiler was supposed to be here and he leaves heck what people bring up around here in the last week or so maybe tony romo if he's not with dallas next year this poor kid is everywhere he turns he's hears it but he's performing so well in a big spot right now i haven't heard gary kubiak laughed that hard in a while when i brought that up so denver's out of timeouts there's 312 left this is a kansas city's out of timeouts i should say this is a huge stop for them they bring pressure simeon up top it's [Applause] there's a flag down on the play if it stands it's 76 yards the flag is at the 33-yard line in the denver bench area almost the similar spot to where the bump happened with kubiak before oh it looks like there's no foul on the point somebody just dropped their flag so it's a 76 yard touchdown to make it 23-16 wow i mean what trevor simeon just did they sent the house after him and he pulled a john elway totally under control and what a throw this extra point so now kansas city will need a touchdown a two-point conversion to tie the game with no time-outs and three minutes left you can't block it when they send everybody this is called a zero blitz and gaines has him one-on-one no help anywhere but it was trevor simeon who saw the coverage knew exactly what it was just floated high over the top everybody's blitzing what a play you have to be happy for that young man you just have to be happy for him but the one thing it does do mike is it gives kansas city the ball back and they're just down one score in a two-point conversion benny fowler had a touchdown against the chargers he's the guy who could forever say i caught peyton manning's last pass it wasn't an official pass attempt that fowler caught it was a two-point conversion in the super bowl but that's benny fowler's one line of infamy that's a big one here one that matters a lot as simeon goes over 300 yards 325 which is not what you thought would happen when he watched the first half of this one and only in a game like this you see grown men playing paddy king you know it's just it's like the rawest of emotions out here all the way back and out of the back of the end zone he'll frustrate he could get his hands on it well you can't do it better than this trevor simeon here in the second half has just been absolutely brilliant he starts out with emmanuel sanders once sanders twice third down and 11. gotta get out of your own end zone or you have to punt it back and then this the floater over the top those are gross zero blitz they brought the house after the kid and he had the answer seemed to leave he knows who he wants his quarterback to be they went after philip gaines as you saw and he's paid the price here go the chiefs down eight gotta get a touchdown smith almost lost the ball somehow kept it alive as he's brought down and sacked derrick wolfe with that bandaged harnessed right elbow got in there well we'll say it one more time you get the outside rusher and then you get the inside rusher and then you get a sack in kansas city without timeouts two and a half to go it's chris connolly has been very quiet big stiff arm on chris harris jr got the sack yardage back this denver team has been uncanny in the fourth quarter this year the hot tub or the ice tank or whatever is going to be full with these football players tomorrow they have laid it on the line because you have the 14-0 here to the rest of the season they've outscored their opponents by 90 points in the fourth quarter this season third and ten got two downs to get it out of timeouts the only chances on this drive smith throws kelsey hangs on where will the forward progress be will it be enough he just kept walking forward the floating spot puts it on the line to 35 because it was a touch back touching the line as a first down no need to measure we're gonna get to the two minute warning do they get a play in before that they do just before and it's smith picking up about 13 yards with connolly so kansas city get that first first down in a two-minute drive it always builds momentum and here we go inside of two and the chiefs go down to get a touchdown at a two and give chris his wish for broncos jeeps [Applause] volkswagen post game report coming up michelle will talk to the stars of the game bob will speak with tony dungy mike florio breaking down and we'll look ahead to the cowboys and vikings on thursday and the panthers seahawks on sunday on nbc final two minutes chiefs out of timeouts and first and ten [Applause] sarcastic west is the back next alex smith smith puts it up towards kelsey incomplete with a flag down webster says not me [Applause] holding number 36 defense five yard penalty automatic first down travis kelsey basically just runs right into k von webster and is going to kind of drive him back right here and then maybe a grab at the top of this route not much [Applause] technical term yeah demarcus ware out shane ray rushing off the edge 151 field [Applause] defense five yard penalty still first down [Applause] watch the center's head mitch morrison see if he gives a little snap here there yeah he used to kind of gave it a little snap of the head then i think von miller thought he had a key in the hours that d-line coaches and d-linemen spend looking for just that one edge give me one little tip to the 42-yard line posting five throwing tyreek hill the fast man goes down at the 33 got the first down almost like he felt like he couldn't get any more so let me save some time 90 seconds to go from the 34 smith work in the middle kelsey can't hang on they came by brandon marshall the linebacker i'll tell you i'm so impressed with brandon marshall and the job he's done he's had such a tough job he had to take over for danny trevathan and that straight-up man-to-man coverage roll you get great tight ends you end up getting great running backs coming out and he has just been true to form all season long there's your leader of that defense out there makes all the signal calls well there's the leader but the other guy makes the calls he's out shaquille barrett in the game rotating these edge rushers down the stretch demarcus ware back in smith going kelsey again he hangs on ward makes the tackle yard shy of the first down spinning clock a buck 18 to go well you can just about count on it anytime you get kelsey one on one with anybody it's no insult to anybody on anybody that's where alex smith wants to go third and one four-man rush and throw he knocks down conley but he makes the catch the 19. they've got the first down again no timeouts in kansas city they've struggled mightily in the red zone second worst team in the league in the red zone now they got to punch it in to have a chance for a tying two-point conversion that clock is ticking down to 40 seconds left in time shot for the end zone it's broken up by talib akiv to leave goes high to tip it away intended for conley there's a penalty marker down at the back end and it's in the secondary in the middle of the field [Applause] [Music] illegal contact number 43 defense 5-yard penalty automatic first down t.j ward the safety watch to leave he's got the underneath coverage and because nobody came into flat it allowed him to drop back i think that was justin simmons who almost got there but i'm not sure that conley wouldn't have had that ball otherwise and it would have counted 35 seconds left chiefs at the broncos 14. miller and where both in the game speedy hill in motion smith going the other side looking end zone again out of bounds for albert wilson bradley roby just kind of wrote him all the way to that sideline well defensively you have the advantage now of they don't have all day if they complete something in the middle of the field you make the tackle and now it's scrambled drill time to try and get the next one off same thing happens if you get a sack obviously that puts a great deal of pressure in this situation once again kelsey to the right trips the other way now smith swings the back this way and sure kendrick west can't bring it in it was tipped and incomplete third and ten with 25 seconds left miller had to put one more thing on the resume tonight a tip pass there's still time to complete one in the middle of the field and still get up to the line of scrimmage but remember it's third down here right so if you do that and you don't pick up the first down you can't run up and spike it so you have to have two plays called in the huddle here just in case that happens you see they have to get to the four to get that first down highly low receiver bottom of the screen smith looking middle looking end zone incomplete harris was there in coverage wilson the intended receiver and we're down to fourth down [Applause] here we go [Applause] [Music] i don't know how many games i've done or chris harris was involved but so many times tonight whoever he has covered has just been blanketed and he almost ended it right there chief's got to watch the play clock fourth down bringing five smith gets rid of it it is caught and it's a first down out of bounds with hill with 15 seconds left they needed 10. he got 11 and a couple of cracks at the end zone now and then roby looked like he had a shot to hit him and all he had to do is stop him short of the line right there let's see if he oh cause he was not at the first down marker hill had to turn up here and if roby could have made that hit oh my goodness what a ball game this is fitting it will come down to this first and goal from the three no timeouts for kansas city pressure smith against the blitz inside it is caught by hill just shy he's just shy the clock is running kansas city's got to get up and get the ball everybody thought it was a touchdown they're not going to get a playoff endeavor is going to get the win the officials stop it with one second they're going to look at it upstairs we will review the previous play oh my goodness i thought he got in too when i first saw it they weren't going to get a snap off to clock it [Applause] knee goes down what did you see here we go where's the knee down down there is it down but does he have the ball get chris see he doesn't get possession of the ball to the very end which would work in his favor yes right exactly if this is not possession it actually works in his favor because if he controls it there you have the touchdown oh my goodness there are so many things at work and is it clear and obvious in this situation because the call on the field is short it has to be 100 sure for the replay center to overturn it and remember now because there's one second kansas city is going to have to be ready yes and i'm sure the officials will let them know be that they mark it there they're going to wind the clock and you have to have that play ready and it's going to be on the whatever six inch line at worst is there control i would argue when he got control he was over that line or at least on that line which is the same thing as over that line again when do you have control of the ball and at that moment where is the ball and because of the bobble catching it in his body it seemed like he secured it after the contact of the defender and we could be looking at 24-22 in a two-point conversion coming up yeah and andy reid may have to have two plays ready one if he has to get a touchdown and one if he has to get the two-point conversion that's one thing sometimes they stay with the call on the field because there's not enough evidence you've got all the evidence there i think that's what's going on when the receiver had complete control of the ball he was in the end zone it is a touchdown please set the game up for 12 seconds they put it back at 12 because that's when it happened so it's gonna be a little more time on the clock but of course we have the two-point conversion here which is the most important play coming up and i'm gonna guess they're gonna put tyreke hill in a very important position here so you'll see the bobble just not under control and then when it was on the line kansas city has gone for two once this year it has been healthy and they converted one thing we have not seen tonight is that jet sweep that they like to do to tyree kill where basically he lines up comes in short motion and they turn around and hand him the ball and he's not in the game wow for the two for the time smith will roll it he'll throw it and it is caught for the two by demetrius harris of all people demetrius harris who didn't play football in college was a basketball player in wisconsin milwaukee hasn't caught a ball in three games funny time ties the game they didn't even have basketball under football at the school here we go what's he going to do he's going to play basketball let's go get some rebound position right here box out chris harris and there you go can you believe this game is tied this is sick six seven two thirty using every bit of that space and harris couldn't even get around him okay three catches two years ago seven catches a touchdown last year he's caught ten balls this year but they don't target him much in in the big spots he ties the game at 24. only has 10 catches on the year and let's give a little credit won't we to alex smith at this point right he had to answer that entire drive that went the other way all the momentum going away the denver broncos and here he comes right back to tie it up there was no game manager that was game-winning you know he's like hey what do you want me to do you want me to play with the lead you want me to be safe i can be safe you want me to go get a win go get a two-point conversion you got it you know what i like about you you love football so much you've seen a lot of football the last few weeks and you said i want overtime and you're gonna get your wish in all likelihood it's good by me i'm checking the rest of the booth here everybody okay with that absolutely it's all good you know every once in a while you see a game where just two teams fight their guts out absolutely you know and that's what's happened out here tonight you just can't ask for anything more in a big game denver does have two timeouts 12 seconds left [Music] you'll get the ball at the 25 yard line of course you're at altitudes you have the chance for the long field goal here but reasonably with the two timeouts you'd have to get somewhere near the 35-yard line to get a a crack at it maybe the 40-yard line to try a 58-yard field goal with mcmanus so you're looking at have to cover oh about 35 yards and 12 seconds with two timeouts and what this game means one more time especially with that oakland victory i'm going to lose this and be too bad denver's not even going to think about using those timeouts and taking the shot he's going to take this to overtime you're at home that's probably the right choice that's all you need to do throw it down eric barry let him run it back for a touchdown there he did that to carolina right remember that's how that's how the first matchup between these teams last year ended in that thursday night game you thought the thing was over and then boom the defensive uh score changed the game was that boom in honor of john madden sure of course it was i do that every once in a while talk about a tremendous night for these uh two stud pass rushers off the edge although houston was held in check a bit chris in that second half and allowed denver to get rhythm and success on the offensive end yeah and you just have to wonder how healthy he is you know he went out for a time maybe the shoulder's hurting a little bit but this guy for him to come back this soon the sudden death overtime period each him each team will have the opportunity to possess the football unless the first team that possesses the ball scores a touchdown or there's a defensive score there will be two timeouts each by each team and all replays will be done from the replay booth this is heads this is tails you're the visitor what are you gonna call heads heads is a call tails it is you've won the toss you want to receive welcome do i receive denver wonder toss elects to receive at this end [Applause] so off we go again to overtime on a sunday night and we'll be right back after these messages from your local nbc station [Applause] overtime here in denver all even at 24. the broncos will get it first trevor simeon over 300 yards most passing yards of his brief nfl career terrific second half kansas city response capri bibs is back deep to receive the kick twice overtime has ended with a kickoff return for touchdown in nfl history cairo santos with the kickoff and it'll come out to the 25 star of the game for kansas city has been tyree kill we discussed him earlier in the broadcast scoring and scoring in different ways the first rookie with a rushing receiving and return touchdown in the game since 1965 in the great gail sayers and this was the one in the final seconds not getting possession there until he was at the goal line and that's why the fans were booing pete morelli just anybody who represented that call they were unhappy thinking that it should have been down in front of the goal broncos being over time with devonte booker with a nice run for about seven yards before philip gaines made the tackle yeah and mike they came out with two deep safeties that time because of the fact they've been getting burned in that man coverage so what do they turn around and do here we go we're just going to run the football then in that situation so we'll see kansas city willing to stay with that remember it has been philip gaines that they've been getting after for the big plays touchdown wins the game possession year of overtime try that run again to the left and forget who's going to get credit for the tackle but the penetration of hakeem nunez roaches the second round pick out a southern miss a factor there there's no doubt about it and it's been so impressive to see the kansas city chiefs basically with backups and draft picks playing along that defensive line looking as good as they ever have i mean this is a prideful bunch but these are a bunch of guys that maybe two months ago you would have said they're definitely not playing for the kansas city chiefs jarvis jenkins is in there he's with the jets for most of the first half of this season he'll throw on third and one with simeon and the slack just caught by demaryius thomas right at the 45. barry there along with marcus peters but they work on peters in a big spot and thomas comes through yeah well you better hang on to the football because that's really the first time that we've seen marcus peters giving up a play and it was the carolina game where he basically stole it at the end of the game on a catch very similar to that and turned that game around away from kelvin benjamin reception late in that game as one of the chiefs comeback victories that they've had this year [Applause] from the 45-play action simeon [Applause] complete a lot of chiefs hands were very close to that one intended for jordan taylor oh boy that was ramik wilson listen there's a look at him on the outside here comes taylor going against gaines watch the linebacker it goes right over his hands i thought ramik wilson was going to catch that one you'll see it right down the throwing lane here and just couldn't quite get up high enough to get that one saw the veteran move by gaines tug on the back of taylor's jersey get in front of him gotta get in the way of the pass as well second to ten they will drop in his bibs only two yards third and eight coming up kendall reyes joining tom bahali on the tackle kendall reyes working on max garcia and just sheds the block and makes the play going right there watch this one stand them up extend your arms throw them aside make the play beautiful broncos always been successful over time in fact they have the most overtime regular season wins in league history three last year including the sunday night right around this time of the year against the patriots that cj anderson run a 48-yarder third need here floats it out caught by booker booker makes a madness to the 30-yard line a gain of 23 yards so many times it's when you get your backs on a linebacker as it happened here you've got derek johnson bouncing out there and then you've got the young devonta booker who was an excellent receiver coming out of college making a huge play there and derek johnson you could tell with that achilles still limping around [Applause] officially 22 on the reception he loses two yards on that one i think his quarterback got him looked like trevor simeon tripped him [Music] because as soon as he tapped that left foot well let's take a look here [Music] [Applause] makes [Applause] and 12 simeon looking up top flag is down and the pass incomplete damaris thomas was trying to get open kenneth hacker was in coverage and it'd be against the chiefs passing interference number 27 defense automatic first down anytime you get the one-on-ones on the outside and here's young kenneth hacker watch how much physical presence there is is a huge demarius thomas just kept forcing his way to the outside to get that jump ball thrown and there you go and so now this kansas city defense that gives up a lot of yards but have just been so good and so dynamic in the red zone gotten so many turnovers down here all season long and they do it one more time exhausted [Applause] who was flagged on the last play makes this one in the run game it's amazing when you played at that level of intensity for four quarters and you say i'm just gonna give it everything i have and then here comes this fifth quarter and you can just see it on their faces out there they're all going for oxygen they're all trying to catch their breath they're all still fighting their guns out doing it at altitude little edge of the broncos a little deeper right now because of injuries and also coming off of bye week second and ten simeon escaping look out from behind houston gets him it'll be a run gain of a yard as houston finally ended up making the play yeah they had it set up they were basically going here's justin houston on the outside and they had a double move going to emanuel sanders at the top of the screen and it just didn't work out nicely covered that time by peters who was always a little susceptible to those plays but answered the bell on that one [Music] the two play cards who couldn't find anything first downs were so tough to come by in the first quarter they figured things out as they've gone along protections just a well-coached well-played game third and nine ali pushed his offensive tackle trying to block him right into simeon and comes up with the sack he rode russell o'coon right back to the quarterback when russell o'coon kicks that back left leg back you'll see him set it behind him here and at that point the bull rush you have no chance whatsoever once that foot gets back like that it is just a straight bull rush right back into the quarterback and that takes care of that brandon mcmanus from 44. if you weren't with us earlier thomas gafford the snapper just got here a few days ago perfect big man is kick is good yeah i had it all the way don't worry about it brother so the chiefs touchdown win field goal overtime goes on they don't score the broncos get the win overtime continues in alex smith led a terrific drive at the end of the game trevor simeon was fabulous in the second half in a quarterback town where he had not had those good home games simeon has been really good against an outstanding kansas city defense considering how many times these guys have been sacked and hit and jostled and taken off the spot they stepped up good performances tonight [Applause] tremendous offensive tyre kill has been a big part of the kansas city story oh it's gonna be brought out by the anthony thomas he hesitated he decides to bring it up and thomas comes down the sideline across the 30 he gets to the 34-yard line mcmanus the kicker had to hit him out of his amount of bounds well we found a new star in this league tyree kill starts off with a little 86 yard return of a free kick after a safety and he hit the jets and you could forget about catching him at that point that wasn't enough here we go we're gonna hand it to him on a little jet sweep around the outside some good blocks we'll score it that way and then with one second on the clock controversy maybe but touchdown yes and here we go for one more drive so used to seeing touchbacks here in denver flags down do they have too many men out there defensively before the snap prior to the snap prior to snap we had 12 men on the field defense five yard penalty still first down so instead of getting the drive to start at the 25 yard line you get the kick return which was rare here to the 35 and now the five on this so you're going to start the 40 yard line for kansas city yeah and i think it was kayvon webster who was trying to call for a timeout as he was running off the field but because they don't want you using that as a delay tactic at the ends of games it came up in the super bowl right and forget about it if they have 12 on the field i'll take the penalty and run the clock all those things that's why it was put in so it's first and five for the 40 and spencer ware will only gain maybe a half yard not much [Music] again chiefs touchdown for the win tied to extend the game they don't score they lose kansas city goes three tight ends tyree killing the game as they spread the field on denver second and four smith underneath caught for the first down by hill at the 46-yard line you know mike it was a great strategy there they put three tight ends in the game to make it look like it was going to be a power run kind of formation and then what did they do they spread the whole field and you could see denver scrambling around trying to figure out which one of those linebackers was going to have to go out in coverage and make a play pick up the first down nicely done that time by andy reid remember andy's got a couple of offensive court here's matt maggie good young quarterback coach who shares the job with brad childress the former vikings head coach really good offensive minds action to hill doesn't distract the denver defense as shark tantric west has stopped gain of a couple brandon marshall and demarcus where the [Music] stop know we've about warned you out on bond miller but the things that he does is is really kind of remarkable he was three yards up the field that time stopped circled back and got in on this play this is watch this back underneath it still gets it on the play if the viewer's been worn out what do you think kansas city feels at this point man they're thinking we got to play him again this is the three tight end look again they will play him again on christmas night on nbc where off the edge does he get there the smith throw is caught by kelsey travis kelsey at the 31 yard line pickup of 21 yards in the first down they just do that double end cut here bring the guy inside look at those moves i love the moves by the tight end oh my goodness he had better moves than i did but he just has a little wiggle at the top of his routes they're so clever for a big guy they just aren't just slipping into the wing yeah let's keep it going man let's go ahead and score a touchdown get out of here seven catches tonight john reed is in on the offensive line where left jump cut got away from the would be tackled by stuart and turns what would have been a loss of yardage into a gain to the 25-yard line boy it it is a good thing that shane ray can run because there was nobody else left out there watch this jump cut first of all set it up and now it's just a foot race with shane ray on the outside because there was one safety in the middle of the field and that was about it nice run by ware one of the better looking runs of the night for kansas city they've been doing the same look all night travis kelsey one way three receivers the other way there's six minutes left in overtime they'll run west to the left first down for jar kendrick west at the 20-yard line that miss ray over there again on the stop also watch the clock here in overtime we're down to five and a half left so if kansas city scores a field goal it's not going to be a ton of time left to break the top okay i don't want two ties though you know mike what they're doing though they're starting to at least show that jet sweep now they're using tyree kill almost as a diversion coming across we'll see it sooner or later they give it to him it's nile davis has the running back now dave is in touch stewart doesn't miss that hit darren stewart comes down and tags him after a gain of a yard inside of five minutes left in ot i mean the play is so good darren stewart came from 10 yards deep to make that play basically at the line of scrimmage this just first class defensive play that we've seen all night long bunch formation three receivers and spencer aware heads over there so they have four to that side kelty to the top smith trying to throw it underneath have we heard a whistle yet for any complete pass that would be third down [Applause] von miller may have hit the arm smith here make sure the arm was going forward and right now wade phillips has adjusted as well they are taking kelsey to that one receiver side up there and they are bringing safety help over the top so now they've shifted him down here to the three receiver side and they've left one-on-one with demetrius harris on the other side chiefs taking time out here before third and nine time out kansas city first team timeout 32nd timeout one of the two they have in overtime we look at those hits chris so often the first thing we're worried about did the ball come out we forget about that's gotta hurt well there's no question when your elbow is flexed like that yeah you can see you know you can imagine the torque on that elbow when you're throwing a football or a baseball or whatever and all of a sudden somebody hits that arm i'm sure it's sore and i'm also sure alex smith's not coming out of the game unless it just doesn't work anymore he's going to throw a couple of balls on the side it was a good time out [Music] that's a great play it's such a such a you know veteran coach andy reed he's no no you got the two timeouts in overtime but you can't afford to not be completely ready for this play and if you're a decision maker and the guy's going to throw it for you isn't right make sure spencer aware will be the battle tyree kill is right on that nine in third and nine he's in the slot here in the middle of three to the right broncos bring pressure it's for kelsey couldn't get his head turned around in time there's contact there's no flag as justin simmons is again in coverage and here comes carlos santos to continue the game there's definitely some contact on the tail end of this let's just take a look no no foul really nicely done by the official sometimes those calls are so tough and really well played that time by justin simmons the young player there's pressure numbers this from 37 to continue the game if he misses the broncos way and the game goes on with only 419 left here in overtime 27 a piece next score wins in what has been a terrific one tonight in denver each team two long drives yielding field goals so the next score wins this game and the prospect perhaps of a third tie game in the nfl this season perhaps an unintended consequence or result of the change in the overtime rules where that first possession field goal doesn't win it the other team gets a chance to match it unless we've seen more ties than we had in the past but there's still a lot of time between now and then 419 left in this extra period santos kicks capri bibs 27 all i think the players have had a good game on the offensive end chris this guy emmanuel sanders he's something else he really is not only is he the deep threat he's also that quick guy underneath that can create some space and pick up some easy first downs and i think that just his second 100 yard game of the year and i'm sure trevor simeon's got to be thinking what do i have to do to win this game we keep going down and taking the lead and we're still not winning devonte booker the running back as the second ot possession begins simian drifting and space to run will take off and throttle it down after a gain of eight get out of bounds with 410 left it'll be second to two that's exactly what they were looking for out of trevor simeon we haven't seen him run much but since he hurt that shoulder he just wasn't running at all and for gary kubiak he thought that so many of their key first downs in the first month of the season came from his legs and coming out and making plays and boys second and short sets up some big opportunities you want to take a shot down the field this is always a good time for that [Applause] run by hooker for the first down to the 38-yard line derby who had a big catch earlier he'll clear the path derek johnson slow to get off of the broncos running back [Music] got a good block down and then it was derby coming across block it down right here and then a kick out coming right across here from derby and scofield mention he had a good pre-season derby did with new england you're not going to get a lot of time with gronk and martellus bennett up there but he's factoring in here for the broncos capri bibs the back flips coming semi gets rid of it incomplete extended for demaryius thomas with philip gaines close by yeah and i knew it wasn't going gonna be long bob sutton's not the type to sit back and go okay let's just let him go down and kick a field goal here brought both inside linebackers that time and now they have something to work with here comes the dime defense on the field and this is their favorite look this is what they like [Applause] houston directing the pass rush traffic he'll start from the inside second 10 against that defense though right with bibs who dives forward to be three yards shy of the first down with 320 left in overtime that was some effort that time by kendall reyes because that one had a chance of breaking out of there came from the backside and made a diving stop yeah denver has two timeouts there is a two-minute warning in overtime i think this is exactly why they came up with aj derby it wouldn't surprise me at all here if he's the receiving threat he's 83's on the three in third and three we have a whistle and a timeout taken by the broncos [Music] denver first team timeout 32nd timeout so each team with one time out left you're almost kind of in that old overtime mentality right now get it down in field goal range here go another 20 23 yards or so give mcmanus a shot at it it would be a game-winner what do you think the raiders are cheering for here a tie probably right then they still have a game and a half on everybody at that point exactly so they're cheering for the clock you got broncos plans and you got cheese fans and you got clock fans now at the end of this thing and and the point with the raiders that will reiterate again with these teams down the stretch they have to go on the road to play all these teams and through all of this and we're talking about the three in the afc west somehow someway philip rivers in san diego are going to be right in the mix deciding what happens he wants to play that no nobody third and three simeon for the first down great call chris it's aj derby who keeps this drive going it's all you want you just want the one-on-one match-up that time against the safety daniel sorensen right here here comes derby a little push-off maybe gronk taught him that when he was in new england but those are the kind of conversions that just make huge differences in an offense and especially for a young quarterback who needs that threat in the middle the one spot that trevor simeon has really struggled this year is between the numbers between 0 and 10 yards he's made big mistakes in there and you can just see that comfort now starting to develop with aj derby so we have hit the overtime two minute warning they're at the 44 from here a field goal is 62 yards they need another first down or so to get a realistic shot of the game-winning field goal year five of the league for donald stevenson first floor with kansas city chris he lost his starting job but came back in this game it's had a huge impact yeah he has at least he stopped the bleeding a little bit on the outside and justin houston has to be completely exhausted just playing his second game and for stevenson it's not always pretty he just punching and staying in front and doing whatever he can but his block there gave time for aj derby to get open and knowing houston being a chief you wonder if that knowledge has helped him in this case here needing about six seven yards to get into the mcmanus people range bibs is the back and he is going to be kept right about the line of scrimmage just not behind derek johnson the tackle kansas city only has one timeout with 145 left so it looks like alex smith might not get his hands back on the ball unless denver misses a field goal well and plus you want to run this clock down all you can because if you happen to miss that thing you don't want to leave it there right but you got to get a first down let's get more yardage here at the 44 now 62-yard field goal attempt it would be mcmanus long 57 of course we are at altitude got one-on-one coverage on the outside if you want to throw one deep second intent should be deflected and knocked down incomplete we'll have third and ten coming up [Music] there's chris jones one more time getting that hand up and one of the things they talked about with chris jones is he's a rare guy bob sutton was saying this that can push the pocket and then still be athletic enough to jump he said a lot of times those guys who are just sitting at the line of scrimmage you get no pressure whatsoever they're the ones that block the passes this guy gets pressure and blocks passes this is a pressure play with a lot of decisions to be made if you don't get anything the chiefs are bringing pressure simeon puts it up top it is incomplete for fowler benny fowler with philip gaines who's been beaten a lot here tonight now it is fourth and ten at the 44-yard line do you try a 62-yard field goal because like you said it gives kansas city great field position look at kubiak he's like wait a minute here joe dicamillos the special teams coaches there i don't know if you can take that kind of chance can you as long and his career is 57 almost have to punt this football and again it is cold you know the temperature here is in the low 40s upper 30s michelle well i talked to brandon mcmanus before the game now he told me he could convert 60 yards in either direction going in this direction in the pregame he converted a 55-yarder but again he said he could convert from 60 and the win has really died down here not much of a factor at all mike it has michelle and it would be 62 from here with the ball at the 44 so kubiak takes a time out and this is one of those because if you attempt the field goal from that spot you would give kansas city the ball at the denver 48-yard line i i just can't imagine you can do that so then what do you do do you punch it do you go for it you got to punt it right i think you got upon it because the punt then the scenario is over time oh ty i should say yeah well here comes mcmanus trotting out man the longest overtime field goal in nfl history sebastian janikowski 57 yards all right let me just say this if you have some sort of trick play to try and draw him off sides here maybe when you want to go with this because at that point you lose nothing you still punt the football at least go out there see if they'll jump you know what i think kansas city just talked about that because tyreke hill had come on the field thinking the missed short field goal could be returned by a player then hill went back and they put more of a defensive mode out there to just protect longest field goal nfl history was made here matt prater 64 yards and jason elam 63 this is 62 would be the longest overtime game-winning field goal in league history it's hit hard it is wide left and no good and now kansas city will get the ball at the 48-yard line of the broncos and they're only a first down or so away from winning this game with no timeouts in a minute three left wow this decision is so interesting this kick just hooked too hard he may have had a shot at it had it been nailed straight but now you're giving them the ball on your side of the 50. gutsy move cairo santos hopes now that his team can get a first down santos is long is 54 yards that was made at houston so that would mean get a first down to get in that field goal range and again altitude yet a little bit weather is getting cool right so here we go up to the denver defense 63 seconds remaining in the overtime period west is the back flag down free play for smith if he can get rid of it he scrambles he gets locked oh he's granted he's down at the 42 yard line you're right oh man he had somebody running wide open down the boundary and he just didn't see it number 94 defense five yard penalty still first down weird jump thus it was a free play [Applause] i couldn't tell if he were if he was over the line of scrimmage or not but there was somebody just streaking down the boundary by themselves it would have been a walk-in touchdown all the way on the outside to the left you'll see him come in the background i think if there's nobody back here at all is albert wilson the penalty still makes it first in five 55 seconds left isolated bottom of the screen again smith throws it's caught first down they have no timeouts tyree kill is down on the 32-yard line 47 seconds left from here field goal is 50 yards they're gonna spike it kill the clock [Applause] so wilton there on the end making sure he was on the line of scrimmage there was not a penalty in the last minute with the clock running that would have cost them yards and now the game is completely under the control of andy reid and the kansas city chiefs because of the fact that they attempted that field goal now you run the clock down you're going to try it with maybe five seconds to go you have a timeout left complete control now whatever andy reed chooses to do you may want to take a couple of runs see if he can gain a few more yards and then take the shot to win it thank you they do have one timeout left my mistake denver's out of timeouts second and ten pressure off the edge throw the kelsey underneath he's gonna have 25 first down to the 20 to the 16 yard line the blitz looked like it came offside from tj ward no flag down but a much more makeable field goal now for kansas city and a rare miss tackle darien stewart that time just unable to get kelsey on the ground so good with that run after the catch and now andy reid has has enough but he does leave himself just enough time if in fact this thing were to be bobbled or whatever a first down bad snap could retry the kick if it's thrown away by the holder now just remember this though what happened in that saints game it was justin simmons who jumped over the center and it was will parks who returned it we have seen it multiple times this year i would imagine andy reid has an answer for that one as well but take a little running jump just remember what happened in the overtime game with cincinnati in london against washington looked like hopkins had a very short makable game winning field goal he missed it and the game ended up tied the other guy's a keep to leave coming off the edge he's awfully good at blocking these kicks as well there's justin simmons right over the ball james winchester snaps dustin colquitt holds cairo santos 34-yard attempt [Applause] and in and in unbelievable game winner kansas city you've got to be kidding me [Applause] the only way this game could end holy smokes i didn't know what had happened nope i couldn't tell did it go through or not [Applause] that thing hit that just hard how did it go through oh it just caught the inside of the upright and the fans back there thought it was going out it is good cairo santos you see it passing on this side of the post the kansas city chiefs with an incredible comeback down the stretch this guy's defense started it some nights it's your night this guy had a great night deserved the better fate but the decision to go for the long field goal by kubiak left the short field santos off the upright the chiefs win and the volkswagen post game report is coming up but first these messages from your local nbc station [Music]

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