KC Overcome Bills

The Kansas City Chiefs inflicted yet another knockout blow to the Buffalo Bills’ Super Bowl dreams as they booked their spot in a sixth consecutive AFC Championship Game with a 27-24 victory in Orchard Park on Sunday night. 

Bills kicker Tyler Bass squandered a chance to draw the sides level inside the final two minutes when he fired a 44-yard field goal wide to leave the Bills staring at another gut-wrenching playoff exit.

For Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, victory continues the defense of their Super Bowl crown after a game in which their offense looked as effective as it had all season amid its well publicized struggles. Buffalo’s six-game winning streak meanwhile comes to an end after they had fought valiantly to turn their campaign around having found themselves sitting 6-6 and out of the playoff picture at the end of November.

Rarely does a matchup between the two AFC powerhouses disappoint, as much remaining true as the sides offered up five lead changes in the latest instalment of their rivalry – the final one proving decisive as Isiah Pacheco’s touchdown run put Kansas City on top for good in the fourth quarter.

Mahomes finished the game 17/23 for 215 yards and two touchdown passes to tight end Travis Kelce, with the pair making NFL history by surpassing Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski for the most postseason touchdowns between a quarterback-receiver duo.

Bills quarterback Josh Allen rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another, while star receiver Stefon Diggs was quiet once again as he managed just three catches for 21 yards.

The Chiefs will now face Lamar Jackson’s Baltimore Ravens on Championship weekend for a spot at Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, where the winner will meet one of the San Francisco 49ers or Detroit Lions from the NFC.