Resilience defines Chiefs’ Week 2 hero, rookie CB Jaylen Watson

Jaylen Watson did n’t know when and admitted he was still surprised by the moment but he'd a feeling he ’d block a Justin Herbert pass

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Thursday as the Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Los Angeles Dishes at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

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“I woke up knowing I was going to get a pick, actually, ” said Watson, a novitiate seventh-round pick from Washington State.“

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I just knew, being a seventh- rounder and having my first launch, that I was going to get tested a lot and early. But I just felt I was going to get one moment.”

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Watson’s presentiment proved true beforehand in the fourth quarter, when he stepped in front of tight end Gerald Everett at the thin line and

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dashed 99 yards to the other end of the field for the go- ahead touchdown in Kansas City’s 27- 24 comeback palm.

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“Jaylen has been on the right line since he got there, ” safety Justin Reid said. “ He’s continued to get better.

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His confidence is growing continuously. We trusted him to go out on the field and make a play, and he did that. ”

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