Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
NBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A familiar script was playing out again Sunday afternoon in Denver.
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script → play → Denver
Trailing 28-24 with 4 seconds to play and the ball at the 1-yard line, Kansas City put the ball in the hands of quarterback Patrick Mahomes expecting the type of late, comeback victory on which he has built a career.
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he → trail → career
Mahomes threw for a go-ahead touchdown — until a flag for a false start was thrown just as his receiver, Rashee Rice, caught the would-be game-winning pass.
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receiver → throw → pass
Backed up five yards and given a final play to decide the AFC West showdown, Mahomes dropped back to pass but this time was sacked to send the Chiefs to 5-2 and the Broncos to 6-2.
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Mahomes → back → 6
The ending was particularly nail-biting.
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ending → bite → ?
It marked the 71st game of this season decided by one score or less — tying the record for the most through Week 8 since the 1970 merger.
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It → mark → merger
Before the game-ending sack, Denver stuffed star Chiefs running back Kenneth Walker III on a short attempt from the 1-yard line, leading to the play on which a flinch by offensive tackle Jaylon Moore earned a false-start flag and negated Kansas City’s go-ahead touchdown.
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flinch → end → touchdown
“I didn’t see it,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said.
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Reid → see → it
“I saw him move his head, but I didny’t see” a penalty.
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I → see → penalty
The narrow outcome also will spark more debate about the job security of Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker.
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outcome → spark → Butker
When Butker, Kansas City’s kicker since 2017, signed a four-year contract worth more than a reported $25 million in 2024, he’d made 89.1% of his field goal attempts while helping the Chiefs win three Super Bowls.
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Chiefs → sign → Bowls
In three years since, his accuracy had fallen to 82%, including just 9-of-19 on attempts of 50-plus yards.
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accuracy → fall → yards
This season, he’d made 11 of his 16 tries overall, and was 2 for 6 from 50-plus yards.
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he → make → yards
His accuracy was concerning enough that Kansas City last week signed veteran kicker Justin Tucker to its practice squad as a not-so-subtle way to increase the competition on Butker, even though Tucker hadn’t played in more than a year following suspension for his off-field conduct.
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Tucker → sign → conduct
Butker had made a 45-yard attempt earlier in the game, but with Kansas City leading 24-21 with 2:36 left in regulation, he missed a 54-yard attempt that would have padded the lead.
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that → make → lead
Denver then drove 56 yards in just two plays to go ahead, 28-24, leaving Kansas City 116 seconds for a comeback.
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Denver → drive → comeback
When Denver’s goal-line stand held firm after sacking Mahomes on the final play, the game became the 35th of this season with a game-winning score in the final four minutes of the fourth quarter or in overtime.
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game → hold → overtime
Perhaps the ending, as wild as it was, should have been expected.
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it → expect → ?
“It has to come from we’ve done it before,” Broncos coach Sean Payton said.
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Payton → have → it
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