The actual sports part and storylines are incredible: Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid are in their seventh consecutive AFC Championship Game; the Bills have a lifetime of heartbreak, including Buffalo leading Kansas City with 13 seconds left in a 2021 Divisional Round game before losing.
The Kansas City Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl for a third consecutive year after beating the Buffalo Bills in a hard- fought AFC championship game.
NFL Playoffs continues with the AFC Championship on Sunday, Jan. 26. For the conference championship game, the Buffalo Bills (15-4) take on the Kansas City Chiefs (16-2) at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City,
The NFL's final four teams compete Sunday for a spot in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Here's what to know about both games.
Super Bowl will be the Chiefs' third consecutive appearance in the title game. The Eagles will be looking to win their second championship.
The two teams took each other on in Super Bowl 57 back in the 2022-23 season in Glendale, Arizona. The Chiefs pulled out a 38-35 victory over the Eagles in that matchup, which ended on a controversial pass interference called on Philadelphia cornerback James Bradberry.
This new record for the most-watched AFC Championship game was nearly 58 million, which is an increase of 2 million compared to last year's AFC title game, which previously held the viewership record. It also slightly surpassed last year's NFC Championship, which aired later in the day — typically a time slot that performs better overall.
The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl-bound. The Eagles beat the Washington Commanders 55-23 in the NFC Championship game. The Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 32-29 in the AFC Championship game. The Eagles' 55 points is the most all-time in a conference championship game.
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DeVonta Smith was among the names to show up on the Eagles' initial injury report two weeks out from the Super Bowl.
The difference in the outcome this year just might be Philadelphia's addition of 2,000-yard rusher Saquon Barkley. Barkley has turned the Eagles' run game from a concern for the opposition through the last decade to a downright fear. Fear that Barkley can score from anywhere. Fear that Barkley can shift momentum at any time.