The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Buffalo Payments will sq. off within the NFL Playoffs for the third time in 4 years.
The 2 groups have produced a number of traditional video games, however Sunday evening’s sport will likely be a primary for Patrick Mahomes.
Patrick Mahomes, #15 of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, appears to be like on from the sideline earlier than an NFL soccer sport towards the Buffalo Payments at GEHA Subject at Arrowhead Stadium on December 10, 2023, in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. (Ryan Kang/Getty Photos)
Mahomes will play in his first street playoff sport and Kansas Metropolis will play for simply the second time at Highmark Stadium with Mahomes below heart.
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The one different time Mahomes has performed on the street at Buffalo was through the 2020 NFL common season, when followers weren’t allowed within the stadium because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Buffalo left sort out Dion Dawkins addressed Kansas Metropolis having to play in entrance of “Payments Mafia.”
“He’s [Mahomes] solely been right here as soon as? So, he’s by no means been right here. Easy as that. Pat has by no means been to the Payments stadium in full impact. He has no thought what our followers seem like in individual. Nicely, that’s not true. Within the dwelling stadium in individual. So, the those who don’t at all times journey,” Dawkins mentioned this week.
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Dion Dawkins, #73 of the Buffalo Payments, reacts whereas leaving the sphere following the sport towards the Dallas Cowboys at Highmark Stadium on December 17, 2023, in Orchard Park, New York. The Payments received 31-10. (Wealthy Barnes/Getty Photos)
“I’m excited, as a result of the surroundings will likely be totally different,” Dawkins added. “And to not say it’s in our favor, however stadium is our favor. Stadium is us. That helps us. I don’t care what no person says. That is essentially the most dopest feeling I’ve ever had. We’re having two back-to-back playoff video games [at] dwelling. Come on now, like we get to depart and go eat wings. It’s cool. So good luck.”
The 2 earlier playoff matchups between the 2 groups each went Kansas Metropolis’s means, with the Chiefs successful an exciting sport at Arrowhead Stadium within the 2021 AFC Divisional spherical.
Kansas Metropolis defeated Buffalo in time beyond regulation, scoring on their first possession and never permitting the Payments to the touch the soccer.
The general public outcry was overwhelming, with most upset that the sport was determined by a flip of a coin.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs offense will get set on the line of scrimmage previous to the snap towards the Buffalo Payments protection throughout an NFL soccer sport towards the Buffalo Payments at GEHA Subject at Arrowhead Stadium on December 10, 2023, in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. (Ryan Kang/Getty Photos)
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In March 2022, NFL house owners authorised new time beyond regulation guidelines to permit each groups to have possession of the ball. The one means the sport ends with out each groups getting the ball is thru a security by the receiving staff on the opening possession of time beyond regulation.
Buffalo is on a six-game successful streak, together with a Week 14 victory over Kansas Metropolis through the common season.
