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The Kansas City Chiefs take on Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC championship game Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS.
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs have hosted an NFL-record five consecutive conference title games and are the AFC’s No. 1 seed. But the surging Bengals have won 10 games in a row dating back to the regular season, and Cincinnati’s defeated Kansas City in its three most recent meetings.
All eyes will be on Mahomes’ right ankle. The star quarterback sustained a high ankle sprain last week during the team’s divisional win over the Jacksonville Jaguars but practiced all week leading up to Sunday’s conference championship game at Arrowhead Stadium.
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Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker kicked a 24-yard field goal, and helped Kansas City take a 6-0 lead on the first play of the second quarter.
This was the second field goal of the game for the Chiefs, who have been unable to capitalize with touchdowns offensively.
Well, the Bengals are certainly lucky the Chiefs haven’t capitalized as much as they could.
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was sacked three times, and the offense accounted for zero net yards in the first quarter.
The Chiefs nearly took a 10-0 lead as running back Isiah Pacheco got into the end zone, but a holding call by Chiefs offensive lineman Andrew Wylie negated the touchdown.
