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Detroit Lions film review: What went wrong on Chiefs' game-winning TD drive

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Analysis: Lions look like playoff contender vs. Chiefs, but can't finish and lose 34-30 at Ford Field, Sept. 29, 2019. Carlos Monarrez, Dave Birkett and Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press

Give the MVP credit.

It’s always easier to assign blame than award accolades when things go wrong, but in the case of the Kansas City Chiefs’ game-winning touchdown drive Sunday, that’d be the wrong thing to do.

Yes, the Detroit Lions made some mistakes on the final drive, and surely Matt Patricia would make a different defensive call on Patrick Mahomes’ clutch fourth-down conversion if he could do it over again.