NFL – The AFC conference final was held this Sunday between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills. The stake? A place at the Super Bowl Lix
Jan 26, 2025; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) reacts after holding the Lamar Hunt Trophy after the AFC Championship game against the Buffalo Bills at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images
After the victory of the Philadelphia Eagles, the AFC conference final stood to designate the opponent of Philadelphia during the Super Bowl Lix. On the ground, the Kansas City Chiefs, double reigning NFL champions, were opposed to the Buffalo Bills. The Bills who were the only ones to beat the team holder of the chiefs during the regular season. But as often in recent years, it is the troop led by Patrick Mahomes which will go to the Super Bowl.
(2) Kansas City Chiefs 32 – 29 Buffalo Bills (3)
It is therefore a date that has become a classic that awaited us for this AFC conference final! A new meeting between the chiefs and the bills that will have kept us in suspense until the end of the night.
Untouchable chiefs in this AFC conference final?
Kansas City Chiefs are soon to be taken into action in this AFC conference final. Based at the start of the match on an effective racing game, the defending champions opens the scoring from their inaugural drive on a nice work by Kareem Hunt who spins at Touchdown. For their part, the Bills are put under pressure and must be content with only three small points not to let the players of Andy Reid spin.
This is the moment chosen by the defense of Buffalo to ring the revolt! Twice during the next drive, Buffalo will cause a fumble of Patrick Mahomes. If the first will be canceled due to a defensive penalty, the second will allow the Bills to recover the ball without collecting additional points. A balloon recovery which will be immediately improved by a touchdown thanks to a game on the ground of the Bills becoming more and more effective.
This AFC conference final then enters a dimension that we know only too well. The two teams will go back! Xavier Worthy, excellent throughout the game, will restore control of the scoring to his team before Patrick Mahomes in person comes to register the first of his two evening touchdowns. The chiefs therefore seem to control the game with a first station wagon made but the Bills react thanks to a pass from Josh Allen to Mack Hollins to restore hope to the Bills.
-Top chiefs during decisive moments
A hope that will become bigger at the start of the second period of this AFC conference final! On their first two offensive possessions of the second period, Patrick Mahomes’ teammates are forced to pump and do not seem to find solutions. The Bills continue to make long drives thanks to their racing game. James Cook is again at the conclusion for a second personal touchdown in this AFC conference final.
Back to the wall and less than 15 minutes from elimination, the Kansas City Chiefs will then react! Defensively first by stopping a 4th attempt by Josh Allen who had only one yard to go. Then offensively with the duo Kareem Hunt – Patrick Mahomes who will be effective in the race to put the double champion NFL champion in charge. The match gets carried away again and the Bills are tied before Harrison Butker gives the advantage to the chiefs. For the last time of the evening …
Now that the attack of the chiefs has done the work in this conference final, it is at La Défense, spearhead of the success of Kansas City throughout the season, to prove that she has lost none of her superb . A defense that will succeed in maintaining bills in their own camp. The last pass from Josh Allen to his Tight End Dalton Kincaid will not find takers! The chiefs prevail and fly to the Super Bowl Lix with some more arbitral controversies which will flower in the coming hours.
For the 5th time in the last 6 seasons, the Kansas City Chiefs won the AFC conference final and spin towards the Super Bowl. The dream of a tripled never realized in NFL seems more and more accessible. For the Bills, this is a new Crève-Coeur defeat against the Playoff chiefs. Again and again …
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