Chiefs’ Road to the AFC Championship: Snapping a Six-Year Streak in Kansas City

It will be the first time in six years that the AFC Championship Game will be decided somewhere other than Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY — Isiah Pacheco He spent four quarters dodging the Buffalo Bills and making his way to gain almost 100 yards and a touchdown. Then, he was finally able to celebrate that the Kansas City Chiefs They advanced to another final of the American Conference.

He did it while also dodging some snowballs that the fans threw at him.

The latter would hardly have happened within the friendly Arrowhead Stadiumwhere the Chiefs They had played all of their playoff games the previous five seasons, along with their victory in the Wild Card Round Over the Miami Dolphins at the start of this postseason.

Travis Kelce and the Chiefs were forced to go on the road in the playoffs for the first time in the Patrick Mahomes era. Al Bello/Getty Images

But they were finally forced to go on tour for the Ronda Divisional last weekend and showed they were up to the challenge with a 27-24 victory over the Bills.

“We appreciated them throwing snowballs at us. “It was fun,” he said. Pacheco on Wednesday. “It comes with the game. We love playing in that environment. You have to love that, go there with a goal and leave with the goal accomplished.”

Los Chiefs They will face a similar atmosphere on Sunday, when they visit the Baltimore Ravens for a place in Super Bowl.

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It will be the first time in six years that the AFC Championship Game is decided in a place other than Kansas Citywhere Patrick Mahomes and company have been tremendously successful over the years. And it will be the first time that Chiefs have been on the road for the conference title since January 1994, when Joe Montana was the quarterback and they lost 30-13 in Buffalo.

“I didn’t think too much about how it would be very different playing away. “We do it during the season,” said the head coach. Andy Reid. “There was a great atmosphere to play there (in Buffalo), even though they were against us. That is an ideal environment and they love their team and are passionate. That’s how I see it”.

That is how Mahomes he sees it too.

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One of the most popular stories heading into last weekend was the fact that Mahomes He had never played in the postseason as a visitor.

Now, the headers have been changed and read: Mahomes They have never lost on the road in the postseason.

“I love the Arrowhead Stadium“, he said, “but it’s always fun when you come together as a team and face the ‘it’s us against everyone’ situation and come out with the victory. It’s always great to be in a great environment and find your way.”

Los Chiefs They have found their way before, although you have to go to the history books to find the time they won on the road in the playoffs to reach the Super Bowl: It was January 4, 1970, when they defeated the Raiders 17-7 in Oakland in it AFC Championship Game; Then they defeated the Minnesota Vikings in what would be his only Super Bowl in 50 years, until they arrived Reid y Mahomes.

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