Between the time Lin Elliott missed his third field goal that fateful day in 1996 and reached the locker room through the minus-15 degree wind chill at Arrowhead Stadium, he’ll tell you, he hadn’t exactly “blacked out.”
Amid the blur, after all, he thought of the “blood, sweat and tears” of his shattered Chiefs teammates that day. He knew his failure had pierced the Hunt family and a fan base whose passion he still admires.
He was cognizant, too, that just as there suddenly was no tomorrow for the team that entered the game 13-3 only to lose to Baltimore 10-7, there would be no future for him with the Chiefs.