‘An all-time classic.’ Chiefs may have lost, but the nation was captivated
In the final minutes of the Chiefs’ 54-51 loss to the Rams on Monday night, ESPN’s Joe Tessitore had already called the game “an all-time classic.”
It’s hard to argue with that.
Monday’s game was the highest-scoring contest in the history of “Monday Night Football” — and that’s 773 games.
The back-and-forth affair was must-watch television from the start, and viewers who tuned in across the country were riveted by the play of Patrick Mahomes and Jared Goff and their teammates.
On Twitter, fans were sharing their emotions. Here is a sample of what they were saying: