The Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, will be squaring off against Bills quarterback Josh Allen in this championship game. Mahomes and Allen have developed a rivalry during the years they've led their respective teams—and with each passing season, that competitive dynamic seems increasingly intense.
Josh Allen has had more roughing-the-passer and unnecessary-roughness penalties called in his favor than Patrick Mahomes over the past two regular seasons.
Bills 38, Chiefs 20 Allen's talents as a runner were on display as he rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown. He threw for 115 yards but three of his 15 completions went for touchdowns. Mahomes was 33-of-54 with two touchdowns and two picks.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes apologized to Josh Allen after the ending the Bills quarterback’s season in the playoffs for the fourth time since January 2021.
Josh Allen is in a familiar position, and it's not one he hoped to be in coming into Sunday's AFC Championship. The Buffalo Bills quarterback dropped to 0-4 in his playoff career against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs as his hopes of reaching the Super Bowl have once again come up just short with a 32-29 defeat at Arrowhead Stadium.
No matter how high Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills get, the story always ends the same way. Doesn't matter if he is in the MVP conversation, or a Pro Bowler
The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills duked it out in classic, nail-biting fashion in the AFC championship game on Sunday night, but it was K.C. that walked away victorious and one step closer to a historic Super Bowl three-peat.
Patrick Mahomes and company were able to outlast Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills on Sunday at Arrowhead in the AFC championship, holding on to win 32–29. The matchup was just the latest in a series of thrilling showdowns that Mahomes and Allen have already had in their careers.
The rivalry between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs will add a chapter to its story this Sunday in the AFC championship at Arrowhead Stadium. These two teams are very familiar with one another.
This was the fourth time in the last five years in which the Chiefs and Mahomes spoiled the Bills and Allen's chances of reaching a Super Bowl.
Each of Patrick Mahomes’ prior postseason bouts with Josh Allen played out differently, yet the outcome was the same every time.