The Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills will add another chapter to their rivalry on Sunday in the AFC Championship game at Arrowhead Stadium.
With the Chiefs into yet another title game and Allen his first since 2020 after a superb regular season, for some, this is Josh’s best chance at slaying Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, having lost in each of the last three playoff games against the AFC West champs.
What Allen can do isn’t lost on Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and he knows what kind of beast his team will be up against at Arrowhead.
“Josh is who I used to dream about being like in the NFL,” Kelce said with a smile. “Big, athletic quarterback, big arm being able to be a dual-threat guy, I just never had the arm talent that Josh had, so they kicked me over to tight end. His ability to do everything, you could tell he’s really took the bull by the horns and really been their leader up front and channeled that, got guys come in and out of the building, and he’s the main piece in there making that thing go week in week out.
“I got so much respect for that guy.”
“So much respect”? That says it all in 3 words.
Some have built this clash up as Mahomes vs. Allen and while most of us know that really isn’t the case as neither play directly against each other, there is a storyline to follow here.
Allen has never beaten Mahomes in the postseason (0-3), and this is another chance to finally get that first win.
However the Chiefs are chasing history with a three-peat very much on the cards, and being at home, and the more rested team, Kansas City will fancy its chances of sending Allen and the Bills home empty-handed yet again.