Mecole Hardman recovers from early mistake with big first half for Chiefs
By Andrew Olson
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Mecole Hardman got off to a rough start in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game, muffing a punt that set up an easy score for the Buffalo Bills.
Oh no, Mecole Hardmanpic.twitter.com/VjfYMOmlF3
— Sporting News (@sportingnews) January 25, 2021
The former Georgia standout, however, recovered in a big way. He scored Kansas City’s first touchdown on a 4-yard reception and had another highlight play on a later Chiefs’ scoring drive with a 50-yard run.
Mecole with the @Chiefs first TD of the game. pic.twitter.com/G0bX4Xlw3c
— DawgPost (@Dawg_Post) January 25, 2021
Hardman again! What muffed punt? pic.twitter.com/YcOdtQeLFV
— UGA Football Live (@UGAfootballLive) January 25, 2021
Despite Buffalo’s 9-0 start, Hardman’s Chiefs lead the Bills 21-12 at the break.
All four touchdowns have involved former SEC players. Kansas City’s other two scores belong to former LSU running backs Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Darrel Williams. Josh Allen threw to former Ole Miss tight end Dawson Knox for Buffalo’s TD.
The game is airing on CBS.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
