Kansas City’s superstar quarterback and tight end led Kansas City to its seventh consecutive trip to the AFC title game.
The Kansas City Chiefs again caught a few breaks, but the Houston Texans missed many opportunities to knock off the back-to-back defending Super Bowl champions Saturday.
23–14 victory to advance to the AFC title game for the seventh consecutive season. With the win, Andy Reid also became the fourth coach in NFL history with 300 wins. Mahomes targeted Kelce in the middle of the field to counter the Texans’ dominant pass rushers, which gave them plenty of fits in the first half. Anderson’s number wasn’t called as much after a few chunk plays from Kelce that kept drives alive. Another highlight reel for the dynamic duo occurred after Mahomes was falling forward, but found Kelce in the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown pass to extend the lead 20–12 with 11:52 left in regulation.
It was a different story in the postseason. Thuney and the rest of the K.C. offensive line had no answers for containing Anderson, especially in the first half, as the star edge rusher headed into halftime with a sack and two tackles for loss. The 2023 first-round pick ended with two sacks, four tackles and three tackles for loss.
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