Henry McKenna
AFC East Reporter
It felt like a game of anything-you-can-do-I-can-do-better.
Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes put their tremendous physical tools on display in their divisional-round matchup on Sunday night at Highmark Stadium. It was a joy for everyone to watch. The only disappointment was that the season had to end for one of them.
And yet again, it was Allen. The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 27-24.
And while many folks compare this rivalry to that of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, it isn’t quite like that. It’s something new. And — maybe — it will turn out to be something even better.
The game was an up-close look at the evolution of football, with two quarterbacks playing both in and out of the structure of their system. With two quarterbacks making throws that Brady and Manning weren’t allowed to attempt. With two quarterbacks pushing football’s frontier.
That’s what makes the rivalry between Allen and Mahomes special.
“Every time I go up against Josh, I know it’s going to come down to the end, just because of the competitor that he is and the player that he is,” Mahomes said postgame Sunday. “Same when I go against Joe [Burrow], against Lamar [Jackson] — all these guys. You appreciate that stuff. These are the games that I watched growing up: Great quarterbacks going against each other with great football teams, great organizations. That’s what I remember.
“Hopefully, Josh and I — we’re making memories for the kids growing up watching football.”
You’re probably thinking: Scoreboard. Allen has yet to beat Mahomes in the postseason. But that doesn’t make their rivalry any less interesting. Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice saw what everyone else could see after Sunday night’s game. When I informed him that Mahomes had won all three of his playoff games against Allen, Rice put that into simple context.
“What would you think about that? He’s better than Josh,” Rice said.
He added: “In…
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