KC used a similar concept to clinch the game just a few weeks earlier. In a Week 16 victory against the Houston Texans, the Chiefs freed up Perine on a late third-and-4, running two receivers across the field as diversions to gain 16 yards on a similar run-out-the-clock drive.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes felt as though he needed to apologize after he helped Kansas City beat the Buffalo Bills in the AFC championship game, punching their ticket to the Super Bowl for the third consecutive season. Not for the outcome, but for quite possibly the worst spike in NFL history.