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Jan 24, 2023

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The Chiefs kept their Super Bowl LVII pursuit alive with a 27-20 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC divisional round. The Buffalo Bills also fell to the Cincinnati Bengals 27-10 in the AFC divisional round.

As a result, Kansas City will play host to the AFC Championship Game for the fifth consecutive season, which is the most by a team in NFL history. It’ll also provide the Chiefs an opportunity for retribution against a team that has been a thorn in its side for the past two seasons.

Kansas City failed to defeat Cincinnati in the AFC title game a season ago, despite carrying a huge lead into halftime. In Week 13 this season, the Chiefs had their first opportunity at revenge and fell short with a 27-24 loss. Both games had glaringly similar self-inflicted wounds and blown opportunities. The Bengals were able to capitalize on those mistakes and fight their way back each time.

This time around they’ll hope things turn out differently, but there’s a new challenge ahead with Patrick Mahomes suffering a high ankle sprain in the AFC divisional round. Will the Chiefs be able to overcome that challenge and beat their football Boogeyman? Only time will tell.

Patrick Mahomes II @PatrickMahomes

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KCSN Live Postgame Show - Chiefs to face Bengals in 2022 AFC title game rematch:

KCSN’s BJ Kissel, Kent Swanson, and Matt Lane break down the AFC Divisional Round game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills and give their first impressions on the Kansas City Chiefs AFC Championship game matchup.

Chiefs land on PFWA All-NFL, All-AFC teams:

The Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA) have released their All-NFL and All-Conference teams. The Chiefs had the most players selected to the All-AFC team (6) and tied with the 49ers for the most players on the All-NFL team (4).

2022 PFWA ALL-NFL TEAM
Offense
QB – Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
RB – Nick Chubb, Cleveland Browns*; Josh Jacobs, Las Vegas Raiders
WR – Tyreek Hill, Miami Dolphins; Justin Jefferson, Minnesota Vikings
TE – Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs
C – Jason Kelce, Philadelphia Eagles*
G – Joel Bitonio, Cleveland Browns#; Zack Martin, Dallas Cowboys*
T – Lane Johnson, Philadelphia Eagles; Trent Williams, San Francisco 49ers*
Defense
DE – Nick Bosa, San Francisco 49ers*; Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns#
DT – Chris Jones, Kansas City Chiefs; Quinnen Williams, New York Jets
OLB – Micah Parsons, Dallas Cowboys*; Haason Reddick, Philadelphia Eagles
MLB – Fred Warner, San Francisco 49ers
CB – Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner, New York Jets (r); Patrick Surtain II, Denver Broncos
S – Minkah Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Steelers; Talanoa Hufanga, San Francisco 49ers
Special Teams
PK – Daniel Carlson, Las Vegas Raiders
P – Tommy Townsend, Kansas City Chiefs
KR – Keisean Nixon, Green Bay Packers
PR – Marcus Jones, New England Patriots
ST – Jeremy Reaves, Washington Commanders

2022 PFWA ALL-AFC TEAM
Offense
QB – Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
RB – Nick Chubb, Cleveland Browns&; Josh Jacobs, Las Vegas Raiders
WR – Davante Adams, Las Vegas Raiders; Tyreek Hill, Miami Dolphins#
TE – Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs
C – Creed Humphrey, Kansas City Chiefs*
G – Joel Bitonio, Cleveland Browns#; Joe Thuney, Kansas City Chiefs
T – Terron Armstead, Miami Dolphins; Laremy Tunsil, Houston Texans
Defense
DE – Maxx Crosby, Las Vegas Raiders*; Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns#
DT – Chris Jones, Kansas City Chiefs#; Quinnen Williams, New York Jets
OLB – Matthew Judon, New England Patriots*; Alex Highsmith, Pittsburgh Steelers/Matt Milano, Buffalo Bills (tie)
MLB – Roquan Smith, Baltimore Ravens
CB – Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner, New York Jets (r); Patrick Surtain II, Denver Broncos
S – Minkah Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Steelers; Derwin James, Los Angeles Chargers
Special Teams
PK – Daniel Carlson, Las Vegas Raiders
P – Tommy Townsend, Kansas City Chiefs
KR – Nyheim Hines, Buffalo Bills
PR – Marcus Jones, New England Patriots
ST – Justin Hardee, New York Jets

(r) - rookie
* - repeat selection from 2021
# - consecutive selections from 2020-22
& - consecutive selections from 2019-22

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Transactions:

1/23 - Waived from 53-man roster - CB Chris Lammons

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KCSN Update:

KCSN’s BJ Kissel sits down with ESPN's Matt Miller to get his stock up and stock down reports following the Kansas City Chiefs 27-20 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Divisional Round on Saturday.

Quotable:

“I mean I’m not coming out of a playoff game unless they take me out. I’m just going to play. I love this sport too much; I love this game. I love playing with my teammates and being able to go out there and enjoy it together. We prepare all year to be in the playoffs and to play in these games and I’m glad that I was able to get back in the game and it’s something that I just love competing in this sport and pain is pain and you’re going to have to deal with it either way.” - Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes on why he stayed in the AFC divisional round game on Saturday

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“I knew he was going to be juiced up. (He’s) a rookie, (in a) playoff game (and) with his mentality, I just told him to just be himself (and) set the tone. And that’s exactly what he did from the beginning. Anytime you get him going, I tell the coach, ‘just keep giving him the ball.’ He’s exciting, electrifying, and makes things happen.” - Jerick McKinnon on Chiefs rookie RB Isiah Pacheco’s performance

Quick Hits:

From KCSN: Our Joseph Hefner has some snap count data from the Chiefs’ latest playoff game available.

Joseph Hefner @josephjefe

Defense. Watson has definitely taken back that #3 CB role from Williams. Cook got run at the end of the half and end of game. Chenal got a handful of snaps. Harris got half a drive from Gay. Dunlap didn't get many snaps at all. #nflverse #rstats

A horizontal bar chart showing each defensive player for the Chiefs. Each bar has a tick for every snap played in the game. The tick is either high for a pass or low for a run play. It is also color coded by down. Chart also shows which quarter of the game the snaps were played in, and shows each drive and drive outcome.

From No. 87: Travis Kelce is a big fan of playoff football.

Travis Kelce @tkelce

Nothin better than PLAYOFF FOOTBALL BABY! https://t.co/rHxW1ZxF69

Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow

You're BREAKING records aht there @tkelce #PMSOverreactionMonday https://t.co/19LsaIuYfH

From Wesley Roesch: My colleague at Chiefs Wire made an interesting observation about some changes to the field goal block unit.

Wes Roesch @WesleyRoesch

I didn't notice this during the game but the #Chiefs used Orlando Brown Jr., the tallest player on the team at 6-foot-8, on FG blocks vs. the Jaguars for the first time this season. Also slid in Carlos Dunlap for the first time as well.

NFL championship round schedule:

Sunday, Jan. 29 at 3:00 p.m. ET - Eagles vs. 49ers - NFC Championship Game
Sunday, Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m. ET - Chiefs vs. Bengals - AFC Championship Game

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