AFC Championship Preview: Bills @ Chiefs, 3 Things to Watch For

Good Morning Chiefs Kingdom,

Coach Reid was named a finalist for the AP Coach of the Year award. Despite being the fourth-winningest coach in NFL history, Reid has only won the award once in 2002.

Congratulations to Coach Reid on being a finalist!

Today we bring you a preview of the Chiefs’ 7th consecutive AFC Championship game, this time hosting the Buffalo Bills.

Go Chiefs!

— Luke Gromer

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• 🏈 Who: Bills (2) @ Chiefs (1)

• 📆 When: Sun, 1/26, 5:30 pm CT

• 📍 Where: Kansas City, MO

• 📺 Watch: CBS

  • 🎙 On the Call: Jim Nantz & Tony Romo

• 🎧 Listen: 96.5 the Fan in KC

  • 🎙 On the Call: Mitch Holthus and Danan Hughes

• 📕 Line: KC -2

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Andy Reid

• On the game: “We’re fortunate to be here, although, a lot of hard work has gone into it from our guys to be here.”

• On the Bills: “They’ve got two good running backs and a QB that can run… I’m sure they’re going to continue to utilize that.”

• On the Bills defense: “They’re one of the best in the league [at forcing turnovers]… They do a good job of stripping the ball and or intercepting the ball… and they’ve got a good scheme.”

• On pressuring Josh Allen: “He’s tough to get down… You’ve got to stay disciplined and stay in your lanes.”

Patrick Mahomes

• On staying sharp on the sideline: “For me, it’s just stay calm and keep yourself warm.”

• On scrambling: “You play to win. There will be opportunities to run the football. They do a good job of saying the QB… It’s the AFC Championship game, you’ve got to put it all on the line in order to win and make it to the Super Bowl.”

• On winning the turnover battle: “That’s super important for us… It’s extremely important in the playoffs and especially when you go up against some of the best teams.”

• A message for Chiefs Kingdom: “Chiefs Kingdom is always passionate and always loud, but I’d say let’s take it up a notch. Let’s see how loud this place can get! I always appreciate the support and the love they show for us, so I’m excited to have another AFC Championship at Arrowhead.”

Others

• Dave Toub on getting FG blocks: “[Justin Reid] studies a lot of tape. He’s the main reason we get these blocks. He has such a great get-off on the edge that it opens up space for other guys.”

• Steve Spagnuolo on calling blitzes: “Probably a little bit more of a feel than anything else. I know the guys do like that part of it… Every DB and LB will tell you they want to blitz… The things that go into it are how have they protected prior to that, the different looks we gave them before, and how did they react… I’m always talking to the guys upstairs… And I’m usually trying to give the guys a heads up on the sideline.”

• Steve Spagnuolo on Josh Allen: “[Josh Allen] is a premiere threat in this league, not just with his arm but with his legs… Now I know how other defenses feel when they go against Patrick.”

• Steve Spagnuolo on containing Allen: “The best thing that can happen for us is that all 11 function as 11. They need to function as one because Allen finds one little seam [and he’s gone].”

• Matt Nagy on Von Miller: “He’s a hell of a player and his motor is going all the time… We know who he is. These are the kind of games, where you want to prevent those kinds of players from making game-changing plays.”

• Chris Jones on the Bills run game: “We’ve definitely got to be able to stop the run if we want any type of chance of competing in this game.”

• Joe Thuney on playing LT: “[It’s a] different position, but I’m just taking it a day at a time and trying to do the best I can and prepare the best I can.”

All press conferences can be viewed here.

Game Info

• 🏈 Who: Commanders (6) @ Eagles (2)

• 📆 When: Sun, 1/26, 2:00 pm CT

• 📍 Where: Philadelphia, PA

• 📺 Watch: FOX

• 📕 Line: PHI -6

Storylines

• Eagles QB Jalen Hurts injured his left knee last weekend but is expected to play

• Eagles RB Saquon Barkley is having a historic rushing season and ran for over 200 yards last week

• The Commanders are led by rookie QB Jayden Daniels, who has had one of the best rookie seasons ever for a QB

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Worth the Click

• 🎙 Mahomes was mic’d up during the win over the Texans and watching the two-minute video will get you pumped for the game on Sunday

• 📺 Relive the epic 13 seconds game against the Bills from three years ago

• 🏀 Netflix released the trailer for the documentary they made following the Team USA Men’s basketball team at the Olympics last summer

• 🐐 Bill Belichick revealed something surprising about Travis Kelce and how he used Kelce’s film to help Rob Gronkowski get better

• 📈 Travis Kelce is climbing the ladder in another impressive playoff record

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