Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs Clinch Home-Field Advantage Throughout AFC Playoffs | Bleacher Report

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The highway to Tremendous Bowl LV will run by Kansas Metropolis within the AFC after the Chiefs clinched home-field benefit within the playoffs by advantage of their 17-14 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.   

The battle for the AFC’s No. 1 seed was a two-team race between the Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers for a lot of the season. After 12 weeks, the Steelers held an 11-0 report, and Kansas Metropolis sat one sport again at 10-1.

Nevertheless, Pittsburgh proceeded to lose to the Washington Football Team, Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals to fall to 11-3 whereas the Chiefs improved to 13-1 with wins over the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints.

With the win, no AFC crew can catch the Chiefs, who’ve earned the convention’s No. 1 seed for the second time in three seasons.

Presumptive NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes leads the defending Tremendous Bowl champions, who would be the favorites to hoist the Lombardi Trophy as soon as once more in February. They suffered a Week 5 hiccup in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders in a 40-32 loss however have in any other case dominated whereas posting the league’s high scoring offense.

Kansas Metropolis has been phenomenal ever since Mahomes formally took over because the crew’s beginning quarterback in 2018.

The 2018 Chiefs went 12-4, earned the No. 1 seed and reached the AFC Championship Recreation however misplaced to the eventual Tremendous Bowl champion New England Patriots.

Final 12 months’s Chiefs additionally went 12-4 and outscored a trio of postseason opponents 117-75 en path to the franchise’s first Tremendous Bowl win in 50 years.

Kansas Metropolis will host the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 17 to shut out the common season earlier than internet hosting an AFC Divisional Spherical sport on both January 16 or 17 in opposition to a to-be-determined opponent.