Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes (15) goes down in the grasp of Houston Texans defensive tackle Mario Edwards Jr. while he throws a touchdown pass to tight end Travis Kelce in the fourth quarter during the AFC Divisional Round playoff game on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Dominick Williams [email protected]

Brittany Mahomes was on the field at Arrowhead Stadium Saturday and sent her husband off into action against the Texans with a pregame kiss before Patrick & company won, 23-14. She appeared unperturbed by the freezing temperatures, much less the fact that she just gave birth to their third child, Golden Raye, last Sunday.

Each week, we take a closer look at arguably the biggest play from the Houston Texans' game. The difference maker in Kansas City's 23-14 win: The situation: Chiefs’ ball, third-and-11 at Houston's 11-yard line.

Texans defensive tackle Mario Edwards Jr. disengaged from his blocker and attempted to bring Mahomes down as he stepped into the pocket. Before being taken down for a sack, Mahomes flung the ball into the end zone, where Kelce stood between two defenders.

With the Chiefs' star quarterback hitting best buddy Kelce seven times for 117 yards and a touchdown, Kansas City rolled to a 23-14 victory Saturday.

On third-and-goal, Mahomes experly navigated a collapsing pocket as Houston Texans defenders looked to bring him down. Mahomes was eventually tripped up by Mario Edwards Jr. while he attempted to make a throw. While falling to the ground, Mahomes put a throw right on the money for Kelce, who was open in the end zone.

Six players on the Kansas City Chiefs’ active roster are still around from January 2019, when they lost to the Patriots in overtime in the AFC championship game.

The near annual playoff matchups between Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen are hardly unprecedented. The one-sided nature of the postseason rivalry between the two star quarterbacks is more unusual.

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After being a decoy for most of the Chiefs' season, Kelce is back in the spotlight because of another impressive postseason performance.

The Kansas City Chiefs are back in the AFC championship game for the seventh consecutive season, and trying to spoil their pursuit of a record third straight Super Bowl title