Kansas City Chiefs stats and milestones for AFC Championship game vs. Buffalo Bills

All season it has been made abundantly clear just how much history the Kansas City Chiefs can make. The deeper the reigning Super Bowl champions get into the postseason, the more attainable a chance at football immortality becomes. In Sunday’s conference title game against the Buffalo Bills, some players and even the organization itself may continue to separate themselves from the playoffs.

Let’s take a look at some of the most exciting stats and milestones within reach for the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.

Despite soon ending his seventh year as Kansas City’s full-time starting quarterback, Patrick Mahomes has done more than most field generals to ever set foot on the field. He can further prove that point this weekend with a win over Buffalo. Should Mahomes lead the Chiefs to an AFC Championship victory, he will pass Hall of Famer Joe Montana for the second most postseason wins by a quarterback in NFL history. With only Tom Brady ahead of him right now, Mahomes’ legend simply never stops growing.

Speaking of legends, Travis Kelce turned back the clock when he hauled in seven passes for 117 yards and a touchdown in the divisional round against the Houston Texans. Entering this weekend’s games, he is just six points behind running backs Emmitt Smith and Thurman Thomas for the third-most postseason points by a non-kicker ever. With Kelce already holding the most 100-plus-yard receiving feats in playoff history and sitting behind Jerry Rice for several other statistics, he is firmly established as an all-time great regardless of the occasion. When the effort is at their highest, the no. 87 even higher.

In the divisional round, Mahomes and running back Isiah Pacheco were in a tight battle for the most postseason rushing yards in team history. Although Pacheco did manage to close the gap somewhat, it was only by four yards as he had a paltry 18 rushing yards and Mahomes had 14. Pacheco likes to help, but he can, even with Kareem Hunt as the preferred piece last weekend, so only time will tell show how many opportunities he will get on Sunday. If it’s a significant workload, however, he can pass Mahomes (who is 10 yards ahead of him).

Of all Super Bowl winners in league history, Kansas City is just the fourth to return to the conference championship the following year. With a win against the Bills, they could become the first of that crop to get back to the biggest excursion of all. There isn’t much talk about a three-peat inside the building, but it’s at the forefront of many people’s minds outside the organization. With a triumph on Sunday, the Chiefs can get one step closer to doing what no one has ever accomplished.

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