Mexico City.- The American Conference Final has for the second consecutive year the same protagonists: Cincinnati and Kansas City.
The Chiefs have a chance at revenge after last season the Bengals led by just three points on Evan McPherson’s 27-24 overtime field goal.
However, the outlook for Kansas City, which will make its fifth straight Championship Game appearance, is somewhat complicated by Patrick Mahomes spraining his right ankle in Saturday’s 27-20 win over Jacksonville.
According to the latest information, the Chiefs’ star quarterback does not show major bone damage according to the MRI he underwent on Sunday. But the team’s head coach, Andy Reid, quoted by the AP agency, called for caution in the evolution of Mahomes, although he has played important games in pain. And he surely won’t want to miss next Sunday’s game.
The Bengals have a winning record over the Chiefs in recent games, having prevailed in the last three games, including Week 13, and coincidentally by the same Conference Final score last season, that is. 27-24.
Mahomes seeks his second ring after the one achieved in 2019 at the expense of San Francisco, while Joe Burrow longs for the first.
Cincinnati wants to make it to the Super Bowl again after losing last year to the Los Angeles Rams.
