Chiefs headed back to Super Bowl as defense dominates Ravens in 17-10 win

Greg Auman

NFC South Reporter

BALTIMORE — The Kansas City Chiefs will play in their fourth Super Bowl in five years.

Facing a rare AFC Championship Game on the road, the Chiefs showed they can win away from Arrowhead Stadium, with Patrick Mahomes leading Kansas City to a 17-10 victory over the top-seeded Ravens.

The Chiefs are headed to Las Vegas and in two weeks, will face the winner of Sunday night’s NFC Championship Game between the 49ers and Lions. A win would produce Kansas City’s second straight title and third in five seasons.

Mahomes outdueled likely league MVP Lamar Jackson, leading the Chiefs to long touchdown drives on their first two possessions, then letting his defense handle the rest. 

The Kansas City unit, led by coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, was phenomenal, limiting Jackson all day and forcing three key Ravens turnovers.

“It’s been a heck of a year. We’ve been underdogs the last few games,” Mahomes said. “We never feel like underdogs. We’ve got a lot of guys on this team that know how to win. When the playoffs get around, they’re here to make it happen. And now we’re in the Super Bowl. The job’s not done.”

Trailing by 10, the Ravens got a spark late in the third quarter with a 54-yard pass from Jackson to rookie Zay Flowers, but the receiver was flagged for taunting, costing him 15 yards. 

The two hooked up again, but Flowers made an even larger mistake — as he was going into the end zone to pull Baltimore within three points, Chiefs corner L’Jarius Sneed poked the ball loose inside the 1-yard line, and Trent McDuffie recovered the fumble in the end zone for a touchback.

Midway through the fourth quarter, Jackson found Nelson Agholor for a 39-yard play to the Chiefs’ 25, but he then threw into triple coverage, and Chiefs safety Deon Bush picked it off in the end zone to have another drive come up empty.

Baltimore again drove to the Kansas City 25, but the drive stalled there. They…

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Publish date : 2024-01-28 23:17:01

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