How the Eagles beat the Chiefs 21-17 on Monday Night Football in Super Bowl rematch: Reaction and hi -

He walked back to the locker room by himself late Monday night, through the long tunnel featuring the Kansas City Chiefs’ biggest accomplishments — the many banners celebrating divisional crowns, AFC championships and Super Bowls.

Marquez Valdes-Scantling, the Chiefs’ oldest receiver at 29, said only one word, a four-letter expletive. He used his helmet to display his frustration, triggering a sharp, loud noise when he slammed it against a wall. Then Valdes-Scantling bowed his head, his walk to the locker room still requiring several more steps.

A few moments earlier, Valdes-Scantling had an opportunity to help his teammates leave Arrowhead Stadium with a come-from-behind victory, one that would’ve alleviated a dreadful second half for the Chiefs offense. Sprinting toward the end zone and away from the last defender for the Philadelphia Eagles, cornerback Bradley Roby, Valdes-Scantling watched the ball, which was released in a perfect deep pass by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, reach his hands. Three seconds later, after falling to the turf, Valdes-Scantling watched the ball roll away from him and heard a sound no receiver wants to hear when in the end zone: The groan of the home crowd.

Instead of having a heroic moment, Valdes-Scantling’s drop with less than two minutes left encapsulated another second-half offensive collapse by the Chiefs, another 30-minute stretch of failure, this time leading to a 21-17 loss.