Kansas City Chiefs win playoff game against Buffalo Bills
Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen.
Getty Images (2)The Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills battled it out in a divisional playoff game on Sunday, January 21 to determine who will advance to the AFC Championship Game.
The Chiefs ultimately won the game, with a final score of 27-24. Sunday's divisional game marked the first time the Bills played a home game against the Chiefs at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, since the rivalry between their quarterback, Josh Allenand Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes began.
The Chiefs will next take on the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, January 28 at M&T Bank Stadium in Maryland. The winners will then play the Detroit Lions or San Francisco 49ers – depending on the results of the NFC Championship Game – in Super Bowl LVII in Las Vegas on February 11.
The Chiefs and the Bills were due for a rematch after their controversial regular season game in December 2023. While the Chiefs were on the verge of winning after Kadarius Toney scored a touchdown on a sideways pass thrown through Travis Kelce, the referees called a penalty for attacking offside, reversing the points. The Bills went on to beat the Chiefs, with Mahomes, 28, becoming visibly angry on the sideline, yelling at the officials and throwing his helmet.
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Mahomes later took out his frustration on Allen, 27, telling him after the game, “The wildest f–king call I ever saw.” Offensive offside on that play, man, terrible.'
Shortly after his outburst, Mahomes apologized for his interaction with Allen and his behavior on the sideline. “I regret behaving the way I did,” he said on Kansas City's 610 Sports Radio in December 2023. “But most of all, I regretted the way I behaved towards Josh after the match because he had nothing to do with it.”
He added: “I was still hot and emotional, but you can't do that, man. It's not a good example for kids watching the game, so I was more upset about that than myself on the sidelines.
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Mahomes acknowledged that his passion for the game got the better of him in the heat of the moment. “I care, man,” he explained. “I love it. I love this game, I love my teammates, I want to go out there and risk everything to win. But obviously that's not possible. That can't be the case with officials or really anyone in life.”
Mahomes noted that he learned his lesson in the aftermath of the ordeal. “It's hard when you're playing a hard-fought game and the game comes down to things like that,” he said. “But it's part of it, man. It's part of the game. You just have to learn from it and try to get better from it, be better as a person and better as a player. It is something I will learn from in my career and try to be better the next time the situation arises.”
As for Allen, he had no hard feelings about his post-game conversation with Mahomes. “He contacted me and I thought: 'It's football, it's a game of emotion.' I know he didn't mean anything by it,” Allen told reporters in December 2023. “I know the cameras caught the last few seconds of what we were talking about. But he's an ultimate competitor. He wants to win and that's why him who he is.”
The Chiefs have won two Super Bowls in 2020 and 2023 since Mahomes became their quarterback, while the Bills have yet to reach the Super Bowl with Allen.