I've seen a lot of people in the media and here state that the Patriots couldn't stop the Chiefs in the 4th quarter and so, had the Chiefs won the toss, they would have easily gone down the field and scored.
In reality - and trust me, I felt at the time that we couldn't stop them, either - the Patriots played well defensively in the quarter. Once you look at the drive logs, you can see what I'm saying.
Firstly, about 60 of the Chiefs around 140 yards came on penalties.
They had 5 total first downs, 3 on penalties.
They ran 16 total plays and only 6 of them actually gained yardage that wasn't penalty yardage.
Obviously there was the fumble recovery that was negated due to, again, a penalty.
Their longest play - the 38 yard pass to Watkins to set up their last touchdown - was an illegal pick play that wasn't called.
Patrick Mahomes was 4 for 14 including incompletions negated due to penalties.
I don't see - after rewatching the game and checking the numbers - how it's reasonable to conclude that the Patriots couldn't stop the Chiefs in the 4th quarter. Oh, they also forced a 3 and out on one of the Chiefs possessions.
The Patriots dominated the game and in reality - not because I'm a homer, as I'm extremely objective - the Chiefs were fortunate to be in the game. Especially considering the two turnovers by the Patriots.