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KANSAS CITY Womens Allen Bailey Jersey , Mo. (AP) — rn to the field, Chris Jones piled up some more sacks to match an NFL record, and the Kansas City Chiefs‘ maligned defense finally looked like a dominant force for a while.Or at least, one that wouldn’t hold back their high-powered offense.But all that was wiped away in just more than three minutes Thursday night, when Philip Rivers engineered a dramatic fourth-quarterback comeback for the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chiefs did their part with blown assignments and penalties, and rather than clinch the AFC West title and a first-round playoff bye, they left Arrowhead Stadium with a 29-28 loss and the very real possibility of hitting the road for the postseason.Their defense had once again let them down.“We’ve got to finish. Ain’t no differences. We beat ourselves. That’s how I feel,” Chiefs linebacker Reggie Ragland said. “Only thing that can stop us is us, and we beat ourselves.”Not at the start, when Berry returned from a heel injury that had kept him out since the opening weeks of training camp. Steven Nelson intercepted Rivers’ pass on the second play of the game Cameron Erving Jersey , Kendall Fuller picked off another throw in the end zone late in the first half and Berry was back in the middle of just about everything as he energized a raucous crowd that braved freezing temperatures.Jones finished with 2 1/2 sacks, tying an NFL mark with at least one in 10 straight games.But the plan all along was for Berry to only play a certain amount of snaps, and the Chiefs stuck to it by sitting him most of the second half. And while it might have been purely coincidence, that was when Los Angeles finally hit its stride on offense.After trailing the entire way, and still facing a 28-14 hole with 3:49 to go, Rivers led his team on a drive that fill-in running back Justin Jackson capped with a touchdown. And when the Chargers’ own defense took the field, they did their job by quickly getting the ball back.Rivers started the deciding drive with a 31-yard strike to Travis Benjamin, then hit him again moments later to convert on fourth down. The Chiefs still had a chance to hold the Chargers, but Fuller was called for pass interference to give Los Angeles the ball just outside the end zone.Mike Williams hauled in a touchdown pass with 4 seconds to go. And when it was confirmed by video review, Chargers coach Anthony Lynn sent his team out for a 2-point conversion and the win.The Chiefs’ defense had one more chance to make a stop http://www.chiefslockerroom.com/authentic-damien-williams-jersey , but nobody was within 10 yards of Williams as he made the catch and raced up the field to celebrate.“It’s definitely tough. Any time you get so close and come up short, it’s tough, especially when you know how hard the guys you’ve been putting in the work with,” Chiefs linebacker Dorian O’Daniel said. “It’s frustrating obviously, but it’s part of the game.”Even more frustrating given what was at stake.The Chiefs (11-3) could have clinched their third consecutive AFC West crown, something the club has never accomplished, along with a first-round playoff bye. And they could have earned home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs if Pittsburgh were to knock off New England on Sunday.Instead, their games at Seattle and home against Oakland have taken on real importance.“If you narrow it down, it was both sides of the ball,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “We were in great position to get off the field. We didn’t. We extended a lot of those drives with penalties Womens Chris Jones Jersey , right or wrong. They’re done. So we’ve got to do better. We’re not making any excuses.” Quarterback Josh Rosen and the Arizona Cardinals were at their own 40-yard line in the fourth quarter, trailing by six points on first-and-10 and a little more than 12 minutes left with an opportunity to shock the world.Rosen intended to find running back David Johnson on a screen to his left, but Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Justin Houston, back for his first game in five weeks, snatched the ball out of the air.Houston said after the game he felt a little out of shape from the missed time due to a hamstring injury, but he was comfortable enough to make the game’s key play.“I was bullying the tackle,” Houston said. “I saw the guard and running back pull inside. I pushed out the tackle and saw the ball in the air. I think that helped us as a whole. That was big time because the confidence for Arizona was in it. They were down by a touchdown. It was 20-14, they were driving down to score, you can tie the game or take the lead. To get that interception and then go down and score, that’s big.”Rosen knew at that moment he had made a critical mistake.“It should have been a pretty big play Mitchell Schwartz Jersey ,” Rosen said. “I just needed to put a little more air on it. [Houston] made a great play, but I should not have let him be in the position to make that play.”Houston, who also had a quarterback hit in the game, returned the ball four yards to the Arizona 31-yard line. “We were up 20-14 and one score and we could be down,” Chiefs defensive end Jarvis Jenkins said. “We are getting in crunch and when you get a turnover like that, that changes the momentum of the game. He definitely did that and put us in a position to score.”Houston talks Rams running back Todd GurleyFour plays later, RB Spencer Ware ran for a three-yard touchdown, giving the Chiefs a 26-14 lead in what would be the eventual final score. On a day the Chiefs offense didn’t have its typical output, the defense held the Cardinals to 260 net yards and 14 points—a certain step in the right direction.“We take a lot of pride,” Houston said. “As a defense http://www.chiefslockerroom.com/authentic-ron-parker-jersey , we haven’t been playing well all season. So, we’re trying to turn this around and are trying to get this thing in the right direction because we’ve got goals. As a whole, we know that if we want to win this whole thing, the defense has got to play better, week-in and week-out. “I think it’s a great start, we just got to continue to build on it.”Houston and the Chiefs will have the chance next week against the 9-1 Los Angeles Rams.