Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City chiefs face the ‘different’ Josh Allen, but they know how to survive, says Phoebe Schecter | NFL news
Patrick Mahomes against Josh Allen. Kansas City Chiefsi against Buffalo Bills. Another Humdinger in the playoffs. There is another appearance on the Super Bowl. The last sequel to the best NFL rivalry of the current era.
We were here before. We are here again. And we will be here in the future, no doubt.
For the fourth time Mahomes and Allen will meet in postseason, where Bek Chiefsa has a score of 3-0 compared to her most loved rival. Allen, meanwhile, has 4-1 against Mahomes in a regular season, knowing too well how little that means at this time of year.
Buffalo was thrown out of Kansas City in a 27-24 defeat in a division round last year, and was 13 seconds away from victory over Chiefs in their infamous Divisional round match 2021. Just to make Mahomes equalize the game from the game. Travis Kelce achieved Touchdown in extension.
“Almost seems like ‘who cares who wins in a regular season?’, This is what you do in postseason,” said Phoebe Schecter of Sky Sports NFL in the last episode of Inside The Huddle.
“We’ll still see Billi overcome the Chiefs Mountain.” I’m worried about this game for Billse. These Chiefs are stronger than they have been throughout the season – Hollywood Brown has returned, all these active recipients, Travis Kelce has the best point in his year, he is a superstar in postseason.
“It will be a really difficult challenge. This Chiefs team knows how to survive.”
If Mahomes – despite the statistically speaking out of his least fertile campaign – still considers the NFL consensus number 1 quoterbek in the middle of his period of superiority in Super Bowl, then Allen has undoubtedly strengthened as his closest candidate.
Allen’s 313.9 offensive yards per game is mostly for the back in the history of the NFL playoffs, followed by Mahomes with the second largest average of 307.9 Jardi per game. The Bills man has also been at the top of all players with 262 offensive Touchdown since he entered the League in 2018, three more than Mahomes 259 during that period since he took over the place of the permanent starter Chiefs.
Both in the meantime showed the need for success – clean football.
“Every team that won last week didn’t turn the ball back,” Neil Reynolds from Sky Sports NFL said. “Every team he lost got a winning team.
“Chiefs did not turn into eight games. Buffalo extorted three lost balls, so that battle will be reduced to the magic of Mahomes, Celcea and Allen, but the basics of football care are much of this game.”
Allen has shown one of the most drastic cases of the development of backs in modern times between the first and second years with the Bills, smoking exhausting problems with precision to become one of the most delayed hands in the league under the then offensive coordinator Brian Daboll.
Since then, he continued to develop by eradicating cheap bags and expensive traffic in the midst of his search for a long -awaited place on Super Bowl, learning the importance of good margins in a harder way against Chiefs. Buffal’s attack entered in 2024. Without the main star like Stefon Diggs on the outside, instead of relying on a joint work burden and brilliance of James Cook runner.
“This is where the game of running is so important in post -season, they did not have that option before and had to be Allen before that monstrous game began,” Schecter said.
“It was a big moment of growth to watch Allen on the fourth and short game against Ravens where they do not understand it, there is a moment of old Josh in which he is considering moving to James Cook and then withdrawing it, but in the past he would try those superhero games .
“Now doesn’t have to, there are so many patience and development. It’s a completely different Josh than the one we’ve ever seen.”
Allen ended the regular season with 307 of the 483 additions for 3731 for 28 Touchdown up to six interceptions, while chasing for 531 Jard and 12 points as the first player in history with five consecutive seasons with 40 Touchdown. He was barely invited to the action through the air during the division round, although he threw only 127 Jardi as he ran for two Touchdowns in 27-25 victory over Baltimore, who turned the ball three times.
Another meeting with Steve Spago is waiting for him, who gained the number of every Beck in the NFL in the middle of a team of teams where Chiefsi evolved from a high-octane attacking fireworks in a stubborn defensive puzzle changing shape. .
“I think they will find different ways to create simulated pressure, try to apply to his face, make him keep the ball a little longer as he collects his pocket,” Schecter said of Chiefs defense.
“You don’t want to let him out of your pocket, he was so clean in the sense that he didn’t take a bag, but he’s not sensitive to it.
“There is really no real number 1 recipient, Shakir is probably closest, but you have nine players with over 200 yokes for receiving, where it will be inconvenient because Chiefsa’s defense is subject to tight games.”
The Chiefs won 11 games with one result this season on the way to the 15-2 record and the first holder, despite the rarely enjoying the dominance period in the attack. But no one, at least since Mahomes arrived, had better manage Playoff football.
Sunday will mark their seventh consecutive AFC Championship game.
“I will say that Kansas City continues with the playoffs of the playoffs,” Reynolds said.
“Part of the aura is huge for me, Chiefs win, that’s why they did what they did a year after year, Andy Reid will come up with something, Spags will come up with something.
“But I was more afraid of Buffalo against Baltimore last year from the XS and OS perspective – I am more concerned about Derrick Henry than for Kareem Hunt. In fact, I think tactically and playing, Buffalo has a better blow – but these are Chiefsi!”
Allen: Mahomes is one of the biggest in that
Allen overcame Mahomes and Chiefs at the 11th week of the campaign when he pulled his superhero robe to achieve a winning Touchdown 26 yard in a fourth place. For this time, the side of Andy Reida couldn’t evoke the answer.
The Chiefsi, however, remain a ladder to which the rest of the league strives to reach as Jure is a historic third consecutive victory in Super Bowl. Allen knows better than anyone about the post -season monster that stands in his way.
Although less comfortable for the eye compared to earlier years under Mahomes, they became a winning machine.
They control the ball extremely well, Allen said. “They don’t make bad decisions. Obviously, Patrick is one of the biggest playing games, and they are one of the best teams ever gathered, going to three-peat.
“And that is what everyone wants to be in this league is to have a continuous success they had. But again, they play great situational football.
“They understand when it’s time to leave, and when it’s time to defend against someone. So, again, that’s what we want to be.”
Mahomes: Chiefs must be at best
The rivalry of Mahomes and Allen has withdrawn comparisons with that of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning as two leading NFL backs fighting for the sovereignty of AFC.
Kansas City just watched Buffalo eliminates probably MVP Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry and the League leading attacker in the total number of Jardi, who ended up as the second most productive striker in the NFL. One -result wins were the topic of the Chiefs season, but they will know that Sunday could be a real burst.
“I think when you look at the big rivalry in NFL, it comes with this,” Mahomes said. “He comes with playing each year every year in a regular season, comes with playing in the playoffs.
“You have to fight, you have to look at your weaknesses and try to improve those strengths, and then your strength, make them even better because you know that they will go out there and try to take away these things.
“It’s a great football team, as I said, great players, well trained and we know we will do our best to find a way to get to win.
“I played against Josh (Allen) enough times to know that he would go out there and play great football, especially in those big moments. For me, I have to play my best football whenever I get the opportunity and try to put our team in the best position for success. “
Watch the Philadelphia Eaglese against the Washington Commander at the NFC Championship LIVE at Sky Sports NFL from 8:00 pm on Sunday, followed by Chiefs against Bills at the AFC Championship match of 23:30.
