It’s time for a replay in Kansas City as Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals take on Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs for the second straight AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium.
The winner advances to Super Bowl LVII in Arizona (February 12, 6:30 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports App), where he meets the Philadelphia Eagles, who defeated the San Francisco 49ers 31-7. in the NFC title game earlier on FOX.
Here are the highlights!
Cincinnati Bengals with the Kansas City Chiefs
Clark catches Burrow
Frank Clark ended the Bengals’ opening run when he dropped Burrow for a 10-yard loss in third place, forcing Cincinnati to poke.
Travis time
It was unknown what impact Travis Kelce would have on Sunday’s game as he sustained a back injury during Friday’s practice session. It didn’t seem to bother him on Kansas City’s opening drive, however, as he made a hold on the Chiefs’ third play and batted for 16 yards.
Too hard
Kadarius Toney came so close to a touchdown catch on the Chiefs’ opening drive. However, he was unable to secure the grip when he hit the ground, making it an incomplete pass.
Kansas City challenged the game, but the on-field call was sustained. However, the Chiefs managed to score three points on the drive when Harrison connected Butker with a 43-yard field goal on the next play.
Back-to-back sacks
The Bengals’ offensive line struggled early on. After allowing a third-down sack on the first drive, the unit gave up sacks on the second drive in back-to-back plays.
Willie Gay came in second with second to make it third and 18th. Then Chiefs star defensive tackle Chris Jones came up with the sack on the next game — his first sack of the postseason.
trickery!
The Chiefs moved the ball back up the field on their second drive of the game. As they made their way into Bengal territory, Kelce made another first-down dig. But right after catching, Kelce threw the ball to Jerick McKinnon on his left. The throw wasn’t clean, but the McKinnon fell on it to ensure Kansas City retained possession.
Isiah Pacheco made it into the end zone a few plays later, but the touchdown was wiped off the board due to a holding penalty. So the Chiefs went for three again and took a 6-0 lead early in the second quarter.
Four is a party!
George Karlaftis provided the Chiefs with the sacking fun, helping them to their fourth sack in the Bengals’ first three drives of the game.
That hurts
Bengals tight end Hayden Hurst was this close to getting into third place with a touchdown grab. Burrow’s pass to him in the end zone went through his hands and went incomplete, forcing Cincy to settle for three and make it a 6-3 game.
MVS on the move
Marques Valdez-Scantling chased down a pass from Mahomes while running off the ball the other way and pulled in a 29-yard catch to put the Chiefs deep in Bengals territory.
Travis TD
The Chiefs settled for fourth place, and the decision paid off. After buying time by scrambling around, Mahomes found Kelce 1-on-1 in the end zone for the first touchdown of the game to make it 13-3 late in the first half.
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