In the Chiefs’ victory against the Bills, tight end Travis Kelce had his first two-touchdown game of the season.
Facing their biggest road test of the Patrick Mahomes era, the Kansas City Chiefs went back to their ol’ well.
The longest-tenured-Chiefs player, tight end Travis Kelce, responded with a game-high 75 receiving yards — his most since a Dec. 10 game, which was also against the Buffalo Bills — and his first two-touchdown game of the year while leading Kansas City to a thrilling 27-24 win at Buffalo.
“We always emphasize getting Travis the ball,” Mahomes said. “He did a great job of getting himself open.”
Kelce stepped up when it mattered most despite some detractors.
It was his first season since 2015, in which he failed to record 1,000 receiving yards, and some said he had lost a step. Retirement rumors have even swirled for the 34-year-old star after longtime sideline reporter Michelle Tafoya’s comments went viral.
But Kelce not only keyed the divisional playoff win against the Bills, he also broke records.
His touchdown to cap the first drive of the third quarter gave him and Mahomes 16 touchdowns — the most between any quarterback-to-receiver combination in NFL postseason history. It surpassed Tom Brady’s 15 touchdowns to tight end Rob Gronkowski.
“Passing anything that has Brady and Gronk in it is special because those are two of the greatest players,” Mahomes said.
