Joe Burrow helps Bengals punch Super Bowl LVI ticket, separates himself from other NFL QBs
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Joe Burrow has arrived and he is here to stay.
Burrow completed 23 of 38 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Cincinnati Bengals to an improbable 27-24 overtime victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC title game at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) calls a play in the huddle during the second half of the AFC championship NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
After Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw his second interception of the game during the overtime period, Burrow engineered a methodical 9-play, 42-yard drive to set up an Evan McPherson game-winning 31-yard field goal to lift Cincinnati to its first Super Bowl appearance since Super Bowl XXIII in 1989.
Burrow and the Bengals matched the biggest comeback in an AFC championship game when they rallied from an 18-point deficit to reach their third Super Bowl in franchise history.
The Bengals hadn’t won a postseason game since 1991 before they beat the Las Vegas Raiders in the wild-card round of the playoffs earlier this month, and they earned their first road victory in the playoffs for the first time in franchise history when they defeated the top-seeded Tennessee Titans in the divisional round.
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Quarterback Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals throws a first half pass against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 30, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Jamie Squire/Getty