the top 5 crucial plays (IMHO)

[horseshoepower]

5. #41 A.. Bethea running at full speed catching Dwayne Bowe from behind. It saved a touchdown and ended up being a FG for KC those 4 points saved  were so big!

4. #16 D. Rogers coming up with an insane catch and bringing it down with one arm. Luck was struggling at this point and he needed someone besides T.Y. to make a play.

3. #98 R. Mathis he's been doing this for a while, but just when you need him most he gets the job done stripping Alex Smith, who was on target in the passing game.

2. #12 A, Luck picking up the Brown fumble and stretching it out to make the game really close.

1. #13 T.Y. Hilton from Andrew Luck the game winner

these are my five, btw was that the slowest third quarter ever?, it seemed like even after lucks 3rd interception there was still a ton of time left.

[Mr.Debonair]

D. Bowe not getting that foot down!!!!!!!!

[House]

So many plays worthy of the best. But IMO, it's got to be the Luck rushing TD, fumble recovery.

Situationally if he doesn't get that ball back for us, our shot to win shrinks greatly.

[Smonroe]

D. Bowe not getting that foot down!!!!!!!!

Smith made very few mistakes in the game. That throw was a big one. It was fourth down, you have to give your receiver a chance. What was the worst that could have happened?

[Bluefire4]

5. #41 A.. Bethea running at full speed catching Dwayne Bowe from behind. It saved a touchdown and ended up being a FG for KC those 4 points saved  were so big!

4. #16 D. Rogers coming up with an insane catch and bringing it down with one arm. Luck was struggling at this point and he needed someone besides T.Y. to make a play.

3. #98 R. Mathis he's been doing this for a while, but just when you need him most he gets the job done stripping Alex Smith, who was on target in the passing game.

2. #12 A, Luck picking up the Brown fumble and stretching it out to make the game really close.

1. #13 T.Y. Hilton from Andrew Luck the game winner

these are my five, btw was that the slowest third quarter ever?, it seemed like even after lucks 3rd interception there was still a ton of time left.

Luck's drives were really short in the 3rd quarter. One was 1 minute and 40 seconds.

[MTC]

#1 crucial play was stopping the Chiefs on 4th and 11.

[BlueCollarColts]

Alex Smith had one hell of a game. He can take that team to a superbowl with help. You got Jamaal Charles, and Dwayne Bowe isn't a #1 imo. He can have good games like tonight, but he can't be relied upon, they need to find a true #1 or at least another solid receiver. I like Emmanual Sanders a lot. Also they are missing pieces on that defense

[jmac_48]

We broke a few of the pieces of that team tonight!

[ponyboy]

Sheppard for recovering the strip sack fumble in bounds.

[chad72]

Oh, the busted coverage TD that Alex Smith missed with Cyrus Gray running down the sidelines with no safety help, that was BIG. It would have easily put another TD on the board and the Chiefs would have hit 48 points most definitely instead of 44.

[ponyboy]

By the way, a bit of deja vu on the fumble at the goal line recovered for a TD.   Kind of like Colts v Patriots in 2006.. "He fumbled the ^%$#$ ball... TOUCHDOWN!!!" -- Bob Lamey.     Did anybody happen to catch Lamey's reaction tonight?

[dw49]

5. #41 A.. Bethea running at full speed catching Dwayne Bowe from behind. It saved a touchdown and ended up being a FG for KC those 4 points saved  were so big!

4. #16 D. Rogers coming up with an insane catch and bringing it down with one arm. Luck was struggling at this point and he needed someone besides T.Y. to make a play.

3. #98 R. Mathis he's been doing this for a while, but just when you need him most he gets the job done stripping Alex Smith, who was on target in the passing game.

2. #12 A, Luck picking up the Brown fumble and stretching it out to make the game really close.

1. #13 T.Y. Hilton from Andrew Luck the game winner

these are my five, btw was that the slowest third quarter ever?, it seemed like even after lucks 3rd interception there was still a ton of time left.

 

 

Mine would be 3rd and 5 from our 25 with about 5 minutes left in the game. Luck and Fleener hook up for 11 and a great throw and catch. Pagano probably punts here if we miss and maybe game over

[Boiler_Colt]

The intentional grounding penalty was HUGE! Da'Rick started them momentum train, the Mathis strip sack got that train up to full speed

[dw49]

Oh, the busted coverage TD that Alex Smith missed with Cyrus Gray running down the sidelines with no safety help, that was BIG. It would have easily put another TD on the board and the Chiefs would have hit 51 points most definitely.

 

 

Oh, the busted coverage TD that Alex Smith missed with Cyrus Gray running down the sidelines with no safety help, that was BIG. It would have easily put another TD on the board and the Chiefs would have hit 48 points most definitely instead of 44.

 

 

Maybe the fact that those two guys maybe have never run that play (timing issue)....even in practice ?

[chad72]

Maybe the fact that those two guys maybe have never run that play (timing issue)....even in practice ?

 

Yeah, it is a like a typical wheel route that you find guys who have played together a lot complete easily.

 

Just goes to show you why starter reps are important for a backup. But still, Alex Smith easily played well enough to win.

[Douzer]

Agree and would add that Donald Brown made some brilliant gains and TD runs. He refused to be kept out of the end zone.

[dw49]

Yeah, it is a like a typical wheel route that you find guys who have played together a lot complete easily.

 

Just goes to show you why starter reps are important for a backup. But still, Alex Smith easily played well enough to win.

 

 

Yes Smith made plays with his arm and legs. Those 6-7 yard runs were killing us. 

[backshoulderfade]

I think Mathis' strip sack was the game changer, but the fumble recovery td was a perfect microcosm of the game itself. Absolute dispair followed by delirious joy.