The Buffalo Bills gave Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs a run for their money. A week ago, the narrative was that this is Mahomes’ first playoff game in the Bills Stadium, and it might be problematic for him to win. Despite the naysayers, the Super Bowl winner did it again and stayed on top of the Bills Mafia-Chiefs Kingdom rivalry.
Now the Kansas City Chiefs are headed to play against the Baltimore Ravens and Patrick Mahomes has a blunt message for naysayers and the opposition. A reporter caught hold of him on the sidelines after the divisional game concluded in 27-24 Chiefs favor. Safe to say that cold weather can’t stop the Chiefs, the only way to stop them is to play good football!
"We can play anywhere." pic.twitter.com/XuRKUO6xdK
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) January 22, 2024
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While the media was making up scenarios about Patrick Mahomes’ road game, he was listening and waiting to clap back at all the apprehensions. Now that Mahomes has won a road game, those fledgling arguments didn’t take long to falter. By the looks of it, Patrick Mahomes seems pretty confident about the game against the Ravens.
Mahomes said to the sideline reporter, “We did hear it all week man about playing a road game and we were here to prove a point man and show that we can play anywhere, and we know we have a heck of a challenge this next week, but our guys are going to get ready to go and go out there and see what we can do”
By the looks of it, Patrick Mahomes and Co. played a very safe and simple game, without trying to jeopardize anything. No flashy plays, no zipping up and down the field, just simple football. Mahomes threw two touchdowns in the game and came out with a 131.6 passer rating and no picks.
How did Patrick Mahomes do to emerge victorious?
For starters, 73.9% of his passes made it to the intended receivers with 17 of 23 completed for 215 yards. This was a zero-sack game and neither QBs took a hit. Patrick Mahomes outdid Josh Allen in every sense this time. In the second quarter, he threw a 22-yard TD pass to Travis Kelce, which put the Chiefs in lead.
KILLA TRAV. TOUCHDOWN. 🏹 pic.twitter.com/aDzXtT6ulm
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) January 22, 2024
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Mahomes other TD was yet another pass to Kelce, but this time, for just 3 yards, again pushing the lead over Josh Allen and the boys in blue. It wasn’t till 14:20 left on the lock that Isaiah Pacheco scored another TD after a 4-yard run, sealing Bills’ fate. The camaraderie by the end of the game was touching.
Real recognize real.
"You know it's all the love in the world baby. Love you brother. Helluva job getting here. That shits crazy that you got here."
Travis Kelce 🤝 Josh Allen pic.twitter.com/MQwUf2Bt54
— Dan Fetes (@danfetes) January 22, 2024
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All in all, the Chiefs didn’t drop the ball much, didn’t get intercepted and didn’t allow their QB’s to get sacked and played simple football, leading to fight for the AFC title against the Ravens on January 29.
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