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The final matchup of divisional-round weekend is a very familiar one: For the third time in four seasons, the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs will meet in the playoffs.
This is the first time that game will take place in Buffalo, though, as the Chiefs are headed on the road for a postseason contest for the first time in the Patrick Mahomes era. The Bills went into Kansas City and beat the Chiefs earlier this season, the first win in what has become a six-game winning streak.
Now these rivals will meet again, with a trip to the conference championship on the line. So, which of these teams will advance to the AFC title game? We’ll find out soon enough. Before we break down the matchup, here’s a look at how you can watch the game.
How to watch
Date: Sunday, Jan. 21 | Time: 6:30 p.m. ET
Location: Highmark Stadium (Orchard Park, New York)
TV: CBS | Streaming: Paramount+
Follow: CBS Sports App
Odds: Bills -2.5, O/U 45.5 ( via Sportsline consensus odds)
When the Chiefs have the ball
The Chiefs finally put together a good offensive game last week against the Dolphins. They racked up 409 yards on Miami, their most since Week 7. They scored on six of their nine non-clock-killing drives, and gained more than 60 yards on four of them. So even while they went just 2 for 6 in the red zone, they won the game pretty handily. And that was against a Miami defense that had been playing really well toward the end of the season.
The Bills’ defense, similarly, has played quite well over the second half of the year after experiencing a lull around midseason, when it was besieged by injuries.
The main difference between the Miami defense that Kansas City moved the ball on with relative ease last week, and the Buffalo defense it will face this week, is that the Dolphins were without each of their top three edge rushers (Jaelan Phillips, Bradley Chubb and Andrew Van Ginkel) due to injuries, and thus were unable to get any…
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Author : Jared Dubin
Publish date : 2024-01-20 17:44:44
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