Ironically, the NFL’s best current quarterback rivals were recently teammates not too long ago. In the spring of 2022, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen competed against Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers in The Match, a 12-hole golf competition.
While Rodgers sealed the win with a 12-foot putt on the final hole, he won’t be on the field when Allen and Mahomes square off against each other in Sunday’s divisional round playoff matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills.
Sunday will mark the third playoff duel between the two quarterbacks since 2020. Mahomes’ Chiefs won the first two matchups, but Sunday’s game has a twist. It’ll be the first playoff game between the two teams in Buffalo. In fact, Sunday’s game will be Mahomes’ first-ever playoff game away from Arrowhead Stadium, where his postseason record is a gaudy 9-2.
Prior to Sunday’s game, we decided to see where the Allen-Mahomes QB playoff rivalry currently ranks among other historic rivalries from the Super Bowl era.
This rivalry just beat out Flacco’s three-game playoff rivalry with Ben Roethlisberger. But his rivalry with Brady gets the nod because of historical relevance.
Flacco’s first playoff win came against Brady in the 2009 wild-card round. In fact, that was the last wild-card game Brady and the Patriots would play in until 2019, his final season in New England.
The quarterbacks faced each other in back-to-back AFC title games, with both players getting one win over the other. Brady’s Patriots won the first game after Flacco’s game-winning touchdown pass was dropped. Baltimore got payback the next year en route to winning the franchise’s second Super Bowl.
9. John Elway vs. Bernie Kosar
Elway went 3-0 against Kosar’s Browns in the playoffs from 1986. His first two wins came in two of the most memorable AFC title games in history.
Down 20-13, Elway led a 98-yard drive that included the…
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Author : Bryan DeArdo
Publish date : 2024-01-18 20:16:27
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