Greg Auman
NFC South Reporter
BALTIMORE – The Kansas City Chiefs will play in their fourth Super Bowl in five years.
Facing a rare AFC Championship Game on the road, the Chiefs showed they can win away from Arrowhead Stadium, with Patrick Mahomes leading Kansas City to a 17-10 victory over the Ravens.
The Chiefs are headed to Las Vegas and in two weeks, will face the winner of Sunday night’s NFC Championship Game between the 49ers and Lions. A win would be Kansas City’s second straight and third in five years.
Mahomes outdueled likely league MVP Lamar Jackson, leading the Chiefs to long touchdown drives on their first two possessions, then letting his defense handle the rest.
The Kansas City unit led by coordinator Steve Spagnuolo was phenomenal, limiting Jackson all day and forcing three key Ravens turnovers.
Trailing by 10, the Ravens got a spark late in the third quarter with a 54-yard pass from Lamar Jackson to rookie receiver Zay Flowers, but he was flagged for taunting, costing him 15 yards. The two hooked up again, but Flowers made an even larger mistake — as he was going into the end zone to pull Baltimore within three points, Chiefs corner L’Jarius Sneed poked the ball loose inside the 1-yard line, and corner Trent McDuffie recovered the fumble in the end zone for a touchback.
Midway through the fourth quarter, Jackson found Nelson Agholor for a 39-yard play to the Chiefs’ 25, but he threw into triple coverage and Chiefs safety Deon Bush picked it off in the end zone to have another drive come up empty.
Baltimore again drove to the Kansas City 25, but the drive stalled there. They settled for a Justin Tucker field goal with 2:34 left to make it a one-score game. The Ravens couldn’t get the stops, as Mahomes threw deep to Marquez Valdes-Scantling for a key first down at the two-minute warning.
Kansas City didn’t score in the second half, but didn’t need to. The Chiefs opened the game with two long…
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Publish date : 2024-01-28 23:17:01
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