Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.
At this moment, every second is extraordinarily precious, and time should even be measured with a stopwatch—a single millisecond might become the key to changing the outcome of the game.
Just now, Mahomes and Li Wei completed an astonishing thirty-yard pass connection, pulling the Kansas City Chiefs back from the edge of the abyss. However, playing the role of bait in the middle lane, Li Wei went down near the 20-yard line, failing to get out of bounds or stop the clock.
The game clock was still ticking—
The Kansas City Chiefs had no timeouts left.
Eight seconds. Seven seconds. Six seconds.
The relentless ticking seemed to be signaling the end of the defending champions' season journey.
Bill Belichick started arguing fiercely: The game was over.
