Bills, Chiefs have produced classic playoff matchups: Will Sunday be any different?
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NFL fans received a late Christmas present on Monday when the Buffalo Bills defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, setting up a matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Playoffs.
The two AFC powers will square off in the postseason for the third time in four years in what has essentially become an annual tradition.
The Kansas City Chiefs offense gets set at the line of scrimmage prior to the snap against the Buffalo Bills defense on December 10, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Ryan Kang/Getty Images)
Buffalo and Kansas City have been the two best teams in the conference over the past several years, with the two organizations holding the longest active streaks of 10-win seasons.
The Sunday night matchup will be for the right to play in the AFC Championship Game against either the Baltimore Ravens or the Houston Texans. It will be the first road playoff game in the career of Patrick Mahomes as Kansas City looks to advance to its sixth straight conference championship game.
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"We've played in a lot of big games," Mahomes said Wednesday, according to ESPN. "I'm excited for the challenge. I grew up watching those [Tom Brady-Peyton Manning] games and remember how many memories I have from that, and hopefully we can play in these great games as well and give memories to the kids that come up behind us."
Let’s take a look at the last two playoff games between the Bills and Chiefs.
The first playoff meeting between two of the NFL’s young star quarterbacks went Mahomes’ way.
In Buffalo’s first championship game since 1994, Mahomes lit up the Bills secondary for 325 yards