Adam Teicher, ESPN Personnel Essayist
BALTIMORE — The Kansas City Chiefs, who for many of this familiar season appeared extra inclined than at any occasion since Patrick Mahomes turned into their inauguration quarterback in 2018, are going again to the Tremendous Bowl.
The Chiefs led via 10 issues at halftime of Sunday’s AFC Championship Recreation and held directly to defeat the Baltimore Ravens, 17-10. The Chiefs can be heading to the Tremendous Bowl for the fourth occasion within the closing 5 seasons.
The Chiefs scored touchdowns on each and every in their first two possessions. Mahomes used to be 29-of-38 for 209 yards and a 19-yard landing cross to Travis Kelce. Kelce had 11 catches for 116 yards and destitute the NFL document for postseason receptions. The document were held via Jerry Rice with 151.
With an 11-6 familiar season document, the Chiefs misplaced extra video games than they ever have with Mahomes as their starter. They performed some sloppy video games, maximum significantly a While 16 house loss to Las Vegas wherein the Raiders scored either one of their touchdowns on protection off Chiefs’ giveover on back-to-back performs from scrimmage.
Mahomes in lots of circumstances had the worst statistical season of his profession with a QBR of 63, a yards-per-attempt reasonable of seven.0 and a career-high 14 interceptions. He used to be suffering from issues round him. The Chiefs dropped extra passes than any group within the league and had been 2d in offensive consequences. Some of the league’s very best scoring groups in recent times, the Chiefs this time completed fifteenth in scoring at 21.8 issues according to sport.
Next beating the Miami Dolphins at Arrowhead Stadium within the wild-card spherical, the Chiefs needed to play games at the highway for the primary occasion in Mahomes’ postseason profession within the divisional spherical towards the Buffalo Bills. The Chiefs had been underdogs however beat the Expenses 27-24.
They had been once more underdogs and at the highway in Sunday’s AFC Championship Recreation. The Chiefs can be showing of their fourth Tremendous Bowl sport within the closing 5 years. They’ve received two in their 3 fresh appearances, together with in closing time’s Tremendous Bowl LVII towards the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Chiefs can be in the hunt for to be the primary group to copy as Tremendous Bowl champions because the 2004 New England Patriots.
