St. Joseph Post
The Chiefs and Packers rested most of their starters in their preseason finale Thursday night, which Kansas City won 17-10 behind two touchdown passes from Shane Buechele.
Jordan Love threw for 148 yards with an interception in his final work before Aaron Rodgers takes over for Green Bay for the regular season.
The lasting memory from the game came early in the first quarter, when Patrick Mahomes lined up the Chiefs in a choir-style huddle favored by Len Dawson.
It was a tribute to the Hall of Fame quarterback, who died this week at the age of 87. Mahomes took a delay-of-game penalty and left the field without taking a snap in the game.
Buechele outplayed Chiefs backup Chad Henne, throwing for 166 yards with a pair of TD tosses to journeyman tight end Matt Bushman. Isaih Pacheco capped a strong rookie camp for Kansas City with 52 yards rushing, while veteran Ronald Jones ran for 43 yards in a last-ditch effort at securing a job.
Cornerback Trent McDuffie, one of the Kansas City's two first-round picks, was placed in the concussion protocol in the first quarter. WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling (concussion) and WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee) did not play, though Reid hopes to have both of them available for Week 1.
Kansas City opens their season on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Arizona. Kickoff is set for 3:25 central. The game will be carried on KFEQ Radio (680, 95.3) and Q Country 92.7 FM in St. Joseph.