The AFC Championship game is upon us and it’s the Bengals vs the Chiefs. Join us as we give you all you need to know about how and where you can watch!
Paul RudderEnglish_ASUpdate: Jan 30th, 2022 14:32 EST
Having recently witnessed perhaps the best playoff weekend for many years with four Divisional Round games that all ended in walk-offs, the question has got to be whether or not the Conference Championship games can top them. With the AFC Championship game between the Bengals and the Chiefs, we intend to find out, so here is everything you need to know and how you can watch!
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The Bengals are back
Joe "Comeback Player of the Year"Congrats to @JoeyB on being named the Pro Football Writers of America's Comeback Player of the Year! pic.twitter.com/eLSNL6u3id
— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) January 28, 2022
When quarterback Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals take the field on Sunday, it is surely going to be a moment to savor as it will mark the first time since 1988 that the franchise has made an appearance in the AFC Championship game. Burrow himself had to endure a playoff record of nine sacks during his team’s 19-16 upset win over the No. 1 seeded Tennessee Titans last Saturday, which is to say it was no easy task. On that night, Burrow finished 28-of-37 for 348 passing yards, zero touchdown passes, and an interception. In the end it was rookie kicker Evan McPherson whose four field goals – including the game-winning 52-yard field goal at the whistle – won the game for Cincinnati. McPherson will surely be called upon again when they face off against Kansas City on Sunday evening.
The Chiefs are a class act
Lol what is wrong with you? https://t.co/JyLGEN4SVc
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 29, 2022
Watching last weekend’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills it was hard not to feel like one was watching the likely 2022 Super Bowl Champions in action. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs put on a show in Sunday night’s 42-36 win at home against the Bills. Incredibly, both teams managed to combine for 25 points in the last two minutes of the game, which lead to overtime, where the Chiefs put the final nail in Buffalo’s coffin with an 8-yard touchdown pass from Mahomes to TE Travis Kelce. On the night Mahomes passed for 378 yards with three touchdowns and if that wasn’t enough also ran for 69 yards with another touchdown. In case you were wondering, that made him the first quarterback in NFL history with a 107.2 passer rating in the postseason.
