The street to the Tremendous Bowl within the AFC will run by way of Kansas Metropolis and Arrowhead Stadium as soon as once more.
After a 29-10 thumping of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Kansas Chiefs improved to 15-1 and clinched the AFCs No. 1 seed for the playoffs.
The 19-point victory for Kansas Metropolis was its largest margin of victory this season, simply forward of a 14-point victory of the Browns two weeks in the past.
Patrick Mahomes was wonderful, throwing for 320 yards and three touchdowns. He related with star tight finish Travis Kelce eight instances for 84 yards and a landing.
The landing for Kelce moved him into first place all-time in receiving touchdowns for Kansas Metropolis, passing Corridor of Fame tight finish Tony Gonzalez.
The most important story of the day was the Kansas Metropolis protection. With out star defensive deal with Chris Jones, the Chiefs held Pittsburgh to simply 10 factors and compelled two turnovers.
Kansas Metropolis did enable 202 yards dashing however nonetheless stored Pittsburgh out of the endzone for a majority of the sport, and Kansas Metropolis expects its run protection to certain up as soon as Jones returns in both Week 18 or the playoffs.
An early turning level within the recreation got here with Pittsburgh first turnover.
After a Jaylen Warren dashing landing was known as again because of a holding penalty, Justin Reid intercepted Russell Wilson‘s subsequent move try. Wilson struggled, throwing for simply 205 yards and an interception.
With the victory and clinching the No. 1 seed, Kansas Metropolis can have the choice of resting its finest gamers in Week 18 towards the Broncos.
If the Chiefs determine to relaxation their gamers, will probably be over three weeks earlier than they play their first playoff recreation on Jan. 18 or 19.
