***Chiefs vs Bills: AFC Championship Official Game Day Thread***

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The Kansas City Chiefs (15-2) (7-2 @ Home)



vs.

The Buffalo Bills (15-3) (6-2 Away)



Sunday, January 24th, 5:40PM CT
at
Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri


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St. Louis


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Stats & Stuff

Weather forecast: 38 degrees fahrenheit. Overcast, 9mph NE winds

Line: Chiefs -3, Over/Under: 54.5

Trends:
Chiefs:
Kansas City are 0-8-1 ATS in their last 9 games.
Kansas City are 11-1 SU in their last 12 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games against Buffalo.
Kansas City are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games at home.
Kansas City are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games when playing at home against Buffalo.
Kansas City are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games this season.
Kansas City are 18-2 SU in their last 20 games against an opponent in the American Football Conference conference.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games against an opponent in the American Football Conference East division.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games played in January.

Bills:
Buffalo are 9-1 ATS in their last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Buffalo's last 18 games.
Buffalo are 8-0 SU in their last 8 games.
Buffalo are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against Kansas City.
Buffalo are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games against Kansas City.
Buffalo are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games on the road.
Buffalo are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Kansas City.
Buffalo are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games this season.
Buffalo are 9-0 SU in their last 9 games against an opponent in the American Football Conference conference.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Buffalo's last 13 games against an opponent in the American Football Conference West division.

Against the Spread:


Last 10 Games Head-2-Head:


Notable Quotables:
Chiefs:

"Talking to all of the doctors and going through all of the testing, we have the belief that I'll have no lingering effects and I'll be able to go out there and be who I am."

--Cheifs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes

Bills:

"This is the AFC championship, this is the game to go to the Super Bowl; we know all their best players are going to be out there. We're preparing for Mahomes to be there, which we know he will."

--Bills Cornerback Tre'Davious White

OddsShark Super Computer Prediction:

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Schedules/Results:

Date Opponent Time/TV Tickets Thursday Sep. 10 HOU Texans Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 8:20pm ET NBC W 34-20 Sunday Sep. 20 at LA Chargers SoFi Stadium Inglewood, CA 4:25pm ET CBS W 23-20 (OT) Monday Sep. 28 at BAL Ravens M&T Bank Stdm Baltimore, MD 8:15pm ET ESPN W 34-20 Monday Oct. 5 NE Patriots Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO 7:05pm ET CBS W 26-10 Sunday Oct. 11 LV Raiders Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO 1:00pm ET CBS L 40-32 Monday Oct. 19 at BUF Bills Bills Stadium Orchard Pk, NY 5:00pm ET FOX/NFLN W 26-17 Sunday Oct. 25 at DEN Broncos Empower Field Denver, CO 4:25pm ET CBS W 43-16 Sunday Nov. 1 NY Jets Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 1:00pm ET CBS W 35-9 Sunday Nov. 8 CAR Panthers Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 1:00pm ET FOX W 33-31 Sunday Nov. 15 . BYE . Sunday Nov. 22 at LV Raiders Allegiant Stdm Las Vegas, NV 8:20pm ET NBC W 35-31 Sunday Nov. 29 at TB Bucs R. James Stdm Tampa, FL 4:25pm ET CBS W 27-24 Sunday Dec. 6 DEN Broncos Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 8:20pm ET NBC W 22-16 Sunday Dec. 13 at MIA Dolphins Hard Rock Stdm Miami Gardens, FL 1:00pm ET CBS W 33-27 Sunday Dec. 20 at NO Saints M-B Superdome New Orleans, LA 4:25pm ET CBS W 32-29 Sunday Dec. 27 ATL Falcons Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 1:00pm ET FOX W 17-14 Sunday Jan. 3 LA Chargers Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 4:25pm ET FOX L 38-21 AFC Wild-Card Round Saturday Jan. 9 . BYE . AFC Divisional Round Sunday Jan. 17 CLE Browns Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 3:05pm ET CBS W 22-17 AFC Championship Game Sunday Jan. 24 BUF Bills Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 6:40pm ET CBS Buy Tickets

Date Opponent Time/TV Tickets Sunday Sep. 13 NY Jets Bills Stadium Orchard Pk, NY 1:00pm ET CBS W 27-17 Sunday Sep. 20 at MIA Dolphins Hard Rock Stdm Miami Gdns, FL 1:00pm ET CBS W 31-28 Sunday Sep. 27 LA Rams Bills Stadium Orchard Pk, NY 1:00pm ET FOX W 35-32 Sunday Oct. 4 at LV Raiders Allegiant Stdm Las Vegas, NV 4:25pm ET CBS W 30-23 Tuesday Oct. 13 at TEN Titans Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN 7:00pm ET CBS L 42-16 Monday Oct. 19 KC Chiefs Bills Stadium Orchard Pk, NY 5:00pm ET FOX/NFLN L 26-17 Sunday Oct. 25 at NY Jets MetLife Stadium E Rutherford, NJ 1:00pm ET CBS W 18-10 Sunday Nov. 1 NE Patriots Bills Stadium Orchard Pk, NY 1:00pm ET CBS W 24-21 Sunday Nov. 8 SEA Seahawks Bills Stadium Orchard Pk, NY 1:00pm ET FOX W 44-34 Sunday Nov. 15 at AZ Cardinals State Farm Stdm Glendale, AZ 4:05pm ET CBS L 32-30 Sunday Nov. 22 . BYE . Sunday Nov. 29 LA Chargers Bills Stadium Orchard Pk, NY 1:00pm ET CBS W 27-17 Monday Dec. 7 at SF 49ers State Farm Stdm Glendale, AZ 8:15pm ET ESPN/ABC W 34-24 Sunday Dec. 13 PIT Steelers Bills Stadium Orchard Pk, NY 8:20pm ET NBC W 26-15 Saturday Dec. 19 at DEN Broncos Empower Field Denver, CO 4:30pm ET NFLN W 48-19 Monday Dec. 28 at NE Patriots Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA 8:15pm ET ESPN/ABC W 38-9 Sunday Jan. 3 MIA Dolphins Bills Stadium Orchard Pk, NY 1:00pm ET CBS W 56-26 AFC Wild-Card Round Saturday Jan. 9 IND Colts Bills Stadium Orchard Pk, NY 1:05pm ET CBS W 27-24 AFC Divisional Round Saturday Jan. 16 BAL Ravens Bills Stadium Orchard Pk, NY 8:15pm ET NBC W 17-3 AFC Championship Game Sunday Jan. 24 at KC Chiefs Arrowhead Kansas City, MO 6:40pm ET CBS Buy Tickets

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Injury Report:

P. Mahomes QB Concussion
Probable
B. Breeland CB Concussion
Probable
L. Bell RB Knee
Questionable
S. Watkins WR Calf
Questionable
R. Fenton CB Ankle
Questionable
C. Edwards-Helaire RB Ankle
Questionable
D. O'Daniel LB Ankle
OUT
W. Gay Jr. LB Ankle
OUT
M. Schwartz T Back
IR
K. Osemele G Knee
IR
T. Charlton DE Ankle
IR
B. Pringle WR Ankle
IR
A. Brown CB Knee
IR

C. Beasley WR Knee
Probable
D. Johnson DE Knee
Probable
V. Butler DT Quad
Questionable
G. Davis WR Ankle
Questionable
Z. Moss RB Knee
OUT for season
C. Ford T Ankle
IR
I. Hodgins WR Shoulder
IR

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Depth Charts:

Chiefs

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

Bills

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

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Expert's Picks:


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6 Stats to Know

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Chiefs vs Bills: Game Preview
From Chiefs.com

Matt McMullen Community & Digital Media Producer Chiefs.com @KCChiefs_Matt

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Game Preview from The Associated Press


Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Chad Henne, right, chats with quarterback Patrick Mahomes
(15) before an NFL preseason football game against the Green Bay Packers in Kansas City,
Mo., in this Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, file photo. If Patrick Mahomes is unable to play in the
AFC title game following his concussion, the Chiefs have the utmost confidence in Chad
Henne. After all, the 35-year-old journeyman already proved he could rise to the occasion on
Sunday, helping Kansas City hold off the Cleveland Browns in the divisional round of the
playoffs. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, FIle)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Ten years after firing Sean McDermott as his defensive coordinator, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid will stare across the field inside Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday and see his protege trying to spoil his hopes of a Super Bowl repeat.

Funny thing: Even after firing him, Reid suspected deep down that McDermott was destined for big things.

"Very organized, very smart and very tough," he explained this week. "He came from a coaching family - his dad was a heck of a coach. Sean just kind of picked up right from there. Very solid, very good."

In fact, downright exceptional.

McDermott has the long-suffering Buffalo Bills playing in their first AFC championship game since beating Kansas City on Jan. 23, 1994, when they advanced to their fourth straight Super Bowl. They have won 11 of their past 12 games since losing to the Chiefs in Week 6, beating the Colts in the wild-card round and the Ravens in last week's divisional round.


Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski, left, talks with Kansas City Chiefs head
coach Andy Reid after an NFL divisional round football game, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in
Kansas City. The Chiefs won 22-17. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

"He deserves coach of the year, man. He's taken a franchise there, both he and his general manager, have put this thing together with some bold moves and production now," Reid said.

"I think he's done a tremendous job. What a great thing for the NFL and for Buffalo. They love football in Buffalo and he's really done a nice job with that whole program."

Not surprisingly, the job McDermott has done with the Bills neatly parallels the job Reid has done in Kansas City.

Both took over downtrodden organizations and quickly built them into juggernauts. Both have bright young quarterbacks in the Bills' Josh Allen and the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes. Both have surrounded them with playmakers, such as the Bills' Stefon Diggs and the Chiefs' Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce. And both have built defenses to not only complement two of the best offenses in the NFL, but capable of clinching wins under pressure, as each did last weekend.


Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) celebrates after an NFL divisional round football
game against the Baltimore Ravens Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Bills
won 17-3. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Mahomes, who sustained a concussion last week against Cleveland, has been cleared to play after practicing all week.

McDermott never harbored any animosity toward Reid when he was fired from the Eagles on Jan. 15, 2011. Instead, he went to Carolina and over the next five years honed his craft and built his reputation to the point the Bills - who at the time had not made the postseason since 1999 - were willing to give him a shot in charge.

Buffalo reached the wild-card round in 2017 and again last year before reaching the brink of a Super Bowl this season.

"It's always an honor to go up against great coaches, and Andy will be a Hall of Fame coach here in the future sometime down the road," McDermott said. "I've learned a lot from Andy in my time with him in Philadelphia, so I have a tremendous amount of respect for him and his family, the way they helped guide me then and still do today."


Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, left, talks to Buffalo Bills head coach Sean
McDermott before an NFL divisional round football game Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Orchard
Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

MOMENT ON MAHOMES

The Chiefs' quarterback, who was knocked out of last week's game against Cleveland with a concussion, took first-team reps all week. He was finally cleared to play by team doctors and an independent neurologist on Friday.

"You have to take it day by day. I think that's the biggest thing," Mahomes said. "You can only control what you can control. Try to come in with a positive attitude, make myself better, prepare myself like I was going to play and luckily enough, I didn't have any symptoms and now I can play."

OTHER CHIEF CONCERNS

Chiefs cornerback Bashaud Breeland, who also sustained a concussion last Sunday, practiced this week while awaiting clearance from doctors. Running back Le'Veon Bell was held out Thursday and Friday because of a swollen knee.

On the flip side, Clyde Edwards-Helaire is expected to play for the first time since a high-ankle sprain in Week 15 and Sammy Watkins could be back from a calf injury that he sustained the following week. The rookie running back and the veteran wide receiver both practiced this week and moved around well in the portion of practice open to reporters.

GROUNDED GAME

The Bills don't run often - in fact, they called just one running play in the first half against the Ravens last week. They finished with 16 carries, including four kneel-downs by Allen, for 32 yards in their lowest rushing output since a game in Minnesota in 2002. The Bills' total of 1,482 yards this season was their fewest since 2014, which they balanced out by setting a franchise record with 4,786 yards through the air.

"We're not going to change who we are," Allen said. "It's the biggest game because it's the next one, but we understand that we don't have to be anyone different that who we are."

STAR STRUCK

Though the Bills would love to have Star Lotulelei enjoy this playoff run with them, cornerback Tre'Davious White and several teammates continued backing the starting defensive tackle's decision to opt out because of COVID-19 concerns.

"You can't make a wrong decision in this thing," said White, who contemplated opting out before signing a $70 million, four-year extension in September and earning second-team All-Pro honors. "Obviously he chose his family over a game and the things that he had going on. I don't think that he's necessarily missing out on anything."

SLEEPING ON BIENIEMY

One of the hottest names on the coaching carousel was Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, who interviewed with just about every team with an opening. But the only job left after the Eagles hired Nick Sirianni on Thursday was with the Houston Texans, where the Bills' Leslie Frazier is also among the front-runners for the job.

"It's always good to be mentioned and have an opportunity to pursue your dreams," Bieniemy said. "I want to be a head coach, but when it's said and done, I have to make sure I'm not taking away from the goals were trying to accomplish."