{"id":395296,"date":"2022-12-19T00:49:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T05:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=395296"},"modified":"2022-12-20T08:06:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T13:06:11","slug":"chiefs-clinch-7th-straight-afc-west-title-after-30-24-win-over-texans","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/chiefs-clinch-7th-straight-afc-west-title-after-30-24-win-over-texans\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs clinch 7th straight AFC West title after 30-24 win over Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs claimed a seventh consecutive AFC West title after coming back to defeat the Houston Texans, 30-24, on Sunday in a wild game that came down to veteran tailback Jerick McKinnon&#8217;s touchdown run in overtime.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Got it done in Houston <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LOTAzWfAqA\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/LOTAzWfAqA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs\/status\/1604586113594712065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Patrick looked at me and said, &#8216;Two hands on the ball. Let&#8217;s go.&#8217; I said, &#8216;I&#8217;m about to score,'&#8221; McKinnon said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(Wide receiver) JuJu (Smith-Schuster) looked at me and said, &#8216;I got your block, bro. Find me when you get out there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It worked out exactly like that. I made it to the second level, I literally ran off of JuJu&#8217;s block and was able to score. It&#8217;s just crazy it worked out like that, man. It&#8217;s crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JET FOR THE WIN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qJwEjvRV3Z\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/qJwEjvRV3Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs\/status\/1604592087558668289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".2ewb2pimsxc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0\">Only the Patriots, with 11, have a longer streak of divisional wins than Kansas City&#8217;s current dominant run, but with Patrick Mahomes at quarterback the Chiefs have found a rare level of consistency as they make yet another bid for the Super Bowl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The thing I was proudest [of] about our guys was that they kept playing,&#8221; Chiefs&#8217; head coach Andy Reid said. &#8220;They didn&#8217;t let anything hinder them \u2013 whether it was calls, fumbles or whatever. They kept playing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guess who&#39;s back &#8230; again \ud83d\ude24 For the 7th consecutive season, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Chiefs<\/a> are your AFC West Champs! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLPlayoffs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NFLPlayoffs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/budlight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@budlight<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CellyClinched?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CellyClinched<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZvZQF6UcPV\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ZvZQF6UcPV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1604587190322749441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Both teams remained tied at 24 points apiece when Chiefs&#8217; quarterback Patrick Mahomes was sacked by Texans&#8217; linebacker Blake Cashman on third down to force a Kansas City punt with just over six minutes left in overtime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2ewb2pimsxc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14\"><span data-reactid=\".2ewb2pimsxc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.0\">&#8220;I think one of the most difficult things in the National Football League is consistent success,&#8221; said Chiefs owner Clark Hunt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2ewb2pimsxc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15\"><span data-reactid=\".2ewb2pimsxc.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15.0\">&#8220;The rules are designed to make that difficult, whether that&#8217;s the draft or the salary cap. So, it&#8217;s a real testament to the job that general manager Brett Veach and coach Andy Reid have done over the last several years.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs claimed a seventh consecutive AFC West title after coming back to defeat the Houston Texans, 30-24, on Sunday in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":395298,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17162,16919],"news_category":[16703],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"Kansas's title is tied for the second-longest streak in the Super Bowl era","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/395296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/395296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395296"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=395296"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=395296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}