THE KANSAS CITY Chiefs' team charter was in its descent when Nick Lowery looked out into the darkness and saw a long, glowing red ribbon down below -- a massive line of cars on Interstate 29, backed up near the Kansas City airport. It resembled the final scene in "Field of Dreams."
"I never in my life saw what I saw when we were flying home that night," recalled the former Chiefs kicker, who played 18 years in the NFL on three different teams.
The Chiefs were returning home from a 1993 AFC divisional-playoff win over the Oilers in Houston, where a quarterback by the name of Joe Montana -- in his first season with the team -- had rallied them to a 28-20 victory with a 21-point fourth quarter.