KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach has a favorite play from the Super Bowl, but it may not be the one you think.
It wasn't "Jet-Chip-Wasp" nor was it a Patrick Mahomes touchdown pass. It wasn't Mahomes' touchdown run either.
Veach said it was actually the final touchdown of the game — the clinching score when Damien Williams ran around left side, sprinted to the end zone and sealed a 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV.
"When I looked up and I saw Damien hold the ball up in the end zone, to me that was something I'll never forget," Veach said.
He almost never saw it. Veach was in the tunnel during his unforgettable moment — too superstitious, too anxious to move.
"I refused to go on the field, because I wanted to make sure we not only got the ball, but I wanted to make sure we got a first down," Veach said of his anxiety as the Chiefs tried to protect a 24-20 lead in the fourth quarter.
Of course, the Chiefs got a first down all right — because a touchdown counts as a first down in the NFL.
But Veach knew something special had happened before he knew it.
"The TV is on a 1- to 2-second delay," Veach said. "I'm watching it on a big screen now and before Pat hands the ball off I could hear the crowd roar, so I knew something big happened."
That "something big" was the Chiefs' first Super Bowl win in a half-century.
