Isiah Pacheco sealed the Chiefs’ victory at Denver with a clutch angry run
Sunday’s game in Denver started about as well as the Chiefs could have hoped, but then things turned ugly as the Broncos turned a laugher into a nail-biter in the second half.
Fortunately for the Chiefs, the defense stopped the Broncos on their last two offensive possessions. The Chiefs offense got the ball back on their 15-yard line with 4 minutes, 21 seconds left in the game.
The Chiefs picked up three first downs as the clock ran down to the two-minute warning and the Broncos exhausted all their timeouts.
Denver knew the Chiefs would be looking to run on second-and-10 at the Broncos’ 44-yard line on the first play after the two-minute warning.
However, Chiefs rookie Isiah Pacheco wasn’t going to be denied from picking up a game-clinching first down. Pacheco ran over Broncos safety Kareem Jackson and dragged safety Justin Simmons with him to the first-down marker.
This was a classic angry run (and celebration) as Pacheco picked up the needed 10 yards and closed out a 34-28 victory.
Pacheco finished the game with 70 yards rushing in 13 carries, an average of 5.4 yards per rush. All three were team bests.
This story was originally published December 11, 2022 at 7:47 PM.
