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.
After the game, Allen and Mahomes met at midfield for the customary postgame handshake between QB1s. On Wednesday, the NFL released a Mic'd Up video from the conference championships, revealing the messages the two quarterbacks had for one another.
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.
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.
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.
Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy and the BCS national championship as Auburn ’s quarterback in the 2010 season. In the NFL in 2015, Newton won the league’s Most Valuable Award, but he and the Carolina Panthers lost to the Denver Broncos 24-10 in Super Bowl 50.
Cameras caught Josh Allen's awesome message to Patrick Mahomes after the thrilling AFC Championship Game on Sunday.
Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes had yet another epic playoff duel last Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. And once again, the Buffalo Bills came up short against the Kansas City Chiefs when it mattered most.