One foot down, then two, but Harris was falling backwards. Harris went up in the air, put two hands on the perfectly weighted pass from the perfectly weighted quarterback, and came down. He wasn't able to corral it.Īnd anyone who watched that drop and was able to put two-and-two together in Poe's interminable moment of jaw-dropping amazement had to be thinking "don't you dare drop this - for all that is beautiful and good, don't you drop this one too."įor a moment, it appeared that he might. He had cut across the back of the end zone, Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith threw the ball his way, and the second-string tight end allowed the ball to go through his hands and hit his shoulder pads. Harris dropped a touchdown earlier in the game. Seriously, look at that beautiful follow-through. The questions hung up in the air with the ball as Poe came down and made the earth quake with his thunderous step and feather-soft touch. Perhaps no one appreciates a fat-guy touchdown more than Andy Reid. Why would Reid gift us such a holiday miracle? Find Funny GIFs, Cute GIFs, Reaction GIFs and. It takes some gall to call a direct snap to a defensive tackle for a jump-pass on third-and-goal. Explore and share the best Kansas City Chiefs Touchdown GIFs and most popular animated GIFs here on GIPHY. To put the drought into perspective, only three. The Broncos couldn't move the ball in the second half - they ended with 101 second-half yards - and the Chiefs certainly didn't need the touchdown.īut no, Reid busted out the best play on his sheet for this situation.ĭenver is going to remember that for next year, but you know who will remember it too? America, and perhaps even the whole world. The Chiefs, eliminated from playoff contention after a Ravens win, officially finished an entire season without a WR catching a touchdown pass. This whole thing is a big ol' middle finger from Chiefs coach Andy Reid directly to the Broncos bench. You can see the aforementioned down and distance, the score and the time in the video.
Įverything about this play is tremendous, and stupendous, and humungous, but let's list the ways it is the best: They gave us the best play of the 2016 season.Īnd to think you probably turned this game off to spend time with family or sleep. Poe has been used by the Chiefs, on occasion, as a goal-line back - usually as a blocker.īut on Sunday, the Chiefs and Poe whipped up something special, something glorious. Late in the fourth quarter of a game that was well out of reach for the opponent, Chiefs coach Andy Reid put in Poe at quarterback for a third-down play from the Broncos' 2-yard line. You probably don't notice it in the trenches, but the man has elite athletic ability, and he proved it on Christmas night in the Chiefs' 33-10 win over the Broncos. He almost certainly weighs more than that. Chiefs defensive tackle Dontari Poe is listed at 346 pounds.