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I love Arrowhead, but it’s cool getting a win on the road

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes hasn’t been in the NFL that long, but there aren’t a lot of unchecked boxes for a two-time MVP with two Super Bowl rings. One of the only ones was winning a road playoff game because Mahomes never had the opportunity to play in one until Sunday. He’d played in 12 games at Arrowhead Stadium and …

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13-3 record, 4,561 yards, 38 touchdowns, 7 interceptions

The AFC Championship Game will be the 17th postseason game of Patrick Mahomes’ career, meaning that Mahomes has effectively played another full season in the playoffs. And in that other full season, Mahomes has put up MVP numbers. In the 16 postseason games that Mahomes has started so far, the Chiefs are 13-3. Mahomes has thrown for 4,561 passing yards …

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The curse of wide right came back to haunt the Bills against the Chiefs

Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images For some Bills fans of a certain age, the ghost of Scott Norwood’s wide right 47-yard field goal in Super Bowl XXV and the three further Super Bowl losses that followed in successive years had begun to dwindle. After all, it’s a new era in Buffalo. They have a frequent shopper card to the NFL playoffs. …

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Buccaneers benefit from missed call, score touchdown on next play

A big missed call went against the Lions late in the third quarter today. Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield was sacked for what should have been a loss of 11 yards, but the officials incorrectly ruled that Mayfield had thrown the ball away before he was down. Replays clearly showed that Mayfield’s leg touched the ground while he was still in …

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As Josh Allen’s Bills fall to Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs for third time in four playoffs, what’s next for Sean McDermott and Buffalo?

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Thirty-six minutes after the clock had expired, Josh Allen was still in uniform. Allen’s season was over, the Kansas City Chiefs (yes, them again) having outlasted his Buffalo Bills 27-24 on Sunday in a divisional-round playoff game at the Bills’ Highmark Stadium. The quarterback sat on the wooden stool by his locker. He alternated between staring …

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Lions hold off Bucs, set up NFC championship game vs. 49ers

The Detroit Lions are one win away from playing in the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski) The Detroit Lions are going to San Francisco. Detroit built a late two-touchdown lead, then held off a late Tampa Bay Buccaneers rally with an interception of Baker Mayfield to secure a 31-23 win in the divisional round of the playoffs on Sunday. The …

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Bills go up 10-3 on Josh Allen touchdown

The Bills running game is in high gear in the first half at Highmark Stadium. Quarterback Josh Allen ran five yards to cap an 11-play, 75-yard drive with a touchdown that put the Bills up 10-3 with 13:32 left in the first half. The Bills ran for 55 of the 75 yards on that drive and they have 94 rushing …

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Joe Thuney to have MRI on pectoral injury

Chiefs left guard Joe Thuney wasn’t around for the end of Sunday’s 27-24 win over the Bills and his status for the AFC Championship Game will be determined by further medical testing. Head coach Andy Reid told reporters at his postgame press conference that Thuney suffered a right pectoral injury. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Thuney will have an …

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