The Chiefs prevailed in Buffalo, with Patrick Mahomes winning his first career road playoff game.
— The game lived up to its billing.
In the seventh meeting between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs this decade, it was the visiting Chiefs who prevailed, winning a 27-24 thriller in an AFC Divisional Playoff from frigid Buffalo. The Chiefs, playing in their first road playoff game of the Patrick Mahomes era, sealed the game after Buffalo kicker Tyler Bass missed a would-be, game-tying 44-yard field goal wide right with under two minutes to play.
Kansas City returns to its familiar place in the AFC Championship, where Andy Reid’s squad will meet the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium next week.
Here are the biggest takeaways from both teams in the contest.
This season’s AFC Championship Game won’t be another edition of the Arrowhead Invitational, but it will include the Chiefs.
The Chiefs advanced to a sixth straight conference title game after another in their collection of epic playoff victories. The lead changed hands five times before the Chiefs held off the Bills on their final drive.
The Chiefs will play the Baltimore Ravens next Sunday in the conference title game. The game will be played in Baltimore after the last five AFC Championship Games were played at Arrowhead Stadium.
Eye-popping NextGen stat: In an indication of how the Chiefs were being handled by the Bills when Buffalo ran the ball, the Bills through three quarters averaged 3.9 yards before contact per rush. They were hit at or behind the line of scrimmage on just three of 31 rushing attempts to that point. The Chiefs allowed 182 rushing yards, one reason they were at big deficits in time of possession and number of plays run.
