While Buffalo’s goal of claiming the 1-seed come playoff time is no longer a possibility, the 12-3 Bills are still in the driver’s seat when it comes to the No. 2 seed in the AFC standings. Read more
Buffalo (12-3) can’t fall lower than the No. 3 seed in the AFC. The Ravens can only snatch a potential home-field playoff game from the Bills with a win against the Browns and back-to-back losses by the Bills to the Jets and Patriots to close out the regular season.
After the Chiefs beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday to lock up the top overall seed over the Buffalo Bills and a first-round bye in the playoffs, Mahomes explained that he wanted to do it for his pregnant wife. Apparently, Brittany Mahomes is due soon, so Patrick wanted to secure the extra time off so they could deliver the baby together.
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Yet, there is not a lot of hope for them to break the trend. The Steelers have not won a playoff since the 2015 season against the Chiefs. That was a game where Chris Boswell used his leg to boot the Steelers into the AFC Championship game where they would lose to the New England Patriots.
While certainly not their prettiest performance of the season, the Buffalo Bills still improved to 12-3 this past Sunday with a 24-21 win over the New England P
The Kansas City Chiefs can clinch the top overall seed in the AFC with a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. However, Wednesday’s Christmas game could have been rendered meaningless for the Chiefs if the Buffalo Bills had lost to the New England Patriots.
The order of the teams that secured their place in the NFL postseason has yet to be defined, but the first favorites in the AFC and NFC are already emerging.
Patrick Mahomes is feeling good after his Chiefs shredded the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road on Christmas Day.
Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones will miss Wednesday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers with a calf injury.