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Getty Images Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will make his second Super Bowl appearance in four seasons. Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady will make his tenth. So here’s the question: Will Mahomes catch Brady? Brady also had two Super Bowl appearances in his first four seasons, the first of...

Getty Images Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes previously have met four times, splitting the games. The biggest victory in their head-to-head meetings thus far obviously came two years ago when the Patriots beat the Chiefs in overtime in the AFC Championship Game. After that 37-31 Patriots’...

Getty Images The Bills fell to the Chiefs 38-24 in the AFC Championship game, but the game didn’t feel that close. After punting on the first drive, Kansas City scored on essentially all of its possessions through the end of the game. The only exceptions were a kneel down at the end of the...

Getty Images Jack Youngblood has some company. The Hall of Famer who more than 30 years ago broke his leg in the divisional round of the playoffs and played with the injury through the Super Bowl and then the Pro Bowl — back when the Pro Bowl actually was a football game, not two-hand-touch in...

Getty Images When the Chiefs made the Super Bowl last year, they arrived in Miami a week ahead of the game in order to take part in media night and the other availabilities in the days leading up to the game. Things will be different this year. They’ll be traveling as if it were a regular road...

Getty Images Not long ago, Rob Gronkowski created more matchup nightmares than any tight end in football. Now, that title belongs to Travis Kelce of the Chiefs. On Monday, Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians gave some early thoughts on having to deal with Kelce in 13 days. “It’s really hard,”...

Getty Images Josh Allen and the Bills fell short of reaching Super Bowl LV, falling to the Chiefs 38-24 on Sunday. Allen finished the game 28-of-48 passing for 287 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. He was also the Bills’ leading rusher, gaining 88 yards on seven carries. But...

Getty Images The Bills took a 9-0 lead into the second quarter of the AFC Championship Game, but the next two-plus quarters didn’t go nearly as well for them. Kansas City scored its first touchdown early in the fourth quarter and would outscore the Bills 38-6 until the Bills scored nine late...

Getty Images Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman experienced agony and ecstasy during Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. Agony came in the first quarter when Hardman muffed a punt inside his own 10-yard-line. The Bills recovered and scored a touchdown that put them up 9-0 early in the game...

USA TODAY Sports Patrick Mahomes didn’t clear the league’s concussion protocol until Friday. He had to exit Kansas City’s divisional-round win over Cleveland in the second half and didn’t return. But safety Tyrann Mathieu had no doubt through the week that Mahomes would not only play in the...

Getty Images The Buccaneers will be the first team to play a Super Bowl in its own stadium. It wasn’t supposed to be that way. As originally scheduled, Super Bowl LV would have happened at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. However, heavy rains delayed construction of the venue by a year...

USA TODAY Sports Travis Kelce set a tight ends record with 1,416 yards receiving in 2020. He’s kept up that level of production in the postseason, catching eight passes for 109 yards and a touchdown in the divisional round. Then he had 13 receptions for 118 yards and two TDs in the AFC...

Getty Images The Chiefs are on their way to Super Bowl LV, but it looks like they’ll be without left tackle Eric Fisher once they get to Tampa. Fisher left the AFC Championship Game in the fourth quarter and the team quickly ruled him out with an Achilles injury. The team didn’t say it was a...

Getty Images The last time that Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady matched up in a postseason game, a trip to the Super Bowl was on the line. A Super Bowl win will be on the line in their second playoff meeting. Mahomes threw for 325 yards and three touchdowns as the Chiefs took out the Bills for a...

Getty Images Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady played in his 44th playoff game on Sunday. For the fourth time, Brady threw three interceptions in a single-elimination setting. He’s 3-1 in those four games. All of Sunday’s picks came after Tampa Bay had built a 28-10 lead, allowing the Packers...

Getty Images Bills quarterback Josh Allen had a splendid season, but he did not have a splendid AFC Championship Game. Allen went 28-of-48 for 287 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception in the 38-24 loss that sent the Chiefs to the Super Bowl. He also took four snaps and picked up an...

Getty Images Tom Brady was the last quarterback to start in back-to-back Super Bowl wins, but Patrick Mahomes will be trying to change that in Tampa on February 7. Kansas City’s 38-24 win over the Bills put them in the Super Bowl for the second straight season. The Buccaneers and Brady are...

USA TODAY Sports All week long on PFT Live and PFT PM, we made this point regarding Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes: The concussion that removed him from the second half of last Sunday’s playoff win over the Browns may have helped him avoid doing more damage to his obviously injured toe...

Getty Images The pandemic continues to rage out of control. The NFL continues to not flinch in the face of it. Yes, the 2020 season included several outbreaks — in Tennessee, Baltimore, Cleveland. But despite some fairly major surgery to the schedule, including a three-week delay in a game...

Getty Images Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier will square off in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. They may also be squaring off for the head coaching job in Houston. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Texans are expected to request...