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NFL official explains apparent extra down for Chiefs in AFC championship win over Bengals

Sunday's AFC championship game featured one of the most bizarre, controversial sequences of the NFL season.

With the game tied at 20-20 early in the fourth quarter, officials awarded the Kansas City Chiefs what appeared to be an an extra down following a failed third-down effort that normally would have led to a punt. Here's how it went down alongside the NFL's postgame explanation.

Chiefs get a second shot after failed 3rd down

With 10:29 remaining, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw an incomplete pass targeting Jerick McKinnon on second-and-9. On the ensuing third-and-9, officials paused play to correct the spot and for referee Ronald Torbert to make an announcement.