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Brooke Pryor
Welcome to the AFC Championship Game, where it’s a showdown of contrasts: the established power faces a resilient challenger looking to finally break through with a victory against its longtime nemesis.
Chasing an unprecedented third Super Bowl title, the top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs are on an eight-game playoff winning streak. Meanwhile, the second-seeded Buffalo Bills have not been to the Super Bowl in more than three decades, and in three of their last four postseason appearances, they have been eliminated by the Chiefs.
The Chiefs have had the Bills’ numbers in the playoffs for the past four years, including an epic 2021 AFC Divisional Round playoff game in which the Bills were within 13 seconds (no, that’s not a egg of Taylor Swift Easter) to move forward. to the AFC championship after a 19-yard touchdown run from Josh Allen to Gabe Davis gave them a three-point lead. But of course, Patrick Mahomes responded, orchestrating a three-play field goal to tie the score, and one overtime possession later, the Chiefs loudly celebrated an improbable 42-36 victory.
Buffalo faced Kansas City again in last year’s divisional round, losing 27-24 after Tyler Bass missed a potential game-tying field goal with 1:43 left. Will this time be different?
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