Patrick Mahomes has actually never ever lost in the divisional round of the playoffs with the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Houston Texans still have actually never ever won.
With the Chiefs' star quarterback striking finest friend Travis Kelce 7 times for 117 lawns and a goal and a pass rush that dragged Houston quarterback CJ Stroud to the ground 8 times, Kansas City rolled to a 23-14 success Saturday that sent out the two-time safeguarding Super Bowl champs to the AFC title video game for the seventh successive season.
The Chiefs are the 4th group in NFL history to follow back-to-back Lombardi Trophies by advancing to the conference title video game, and the 3 previous lost. They will attempt to alter that at Arrowhead Stadium next weekend versus the Bills or Ravens, who use Sunday in Buffalo for a chance at dismissing the safeguarding champs.
“It's been an unique run,” stated Mahomes, whose other half, Brittany, brought to life their 3rd kid last Sunday. “I still keep in mind minutes from the World Series my daddy played when I was 5 years of ages. These are the minutes that I'll treasure my whole life.”
The run isn't over yet. Not with the Chiefs (16-2), cheered on again by Kelce's sweetheart Taylor Swift and WNBA star Caitlin Clark, going after an unmatched 3rd straight Lombardi Trophy.
Mahomes, who tossed for 177 backyards and a rating, enhanced 16-3 in the postseason, connecting Joe Montana for the second-most wins by a beginning QB in NFL history behind Tom Brady. That includes his peerless 7-0 mark in divisional championship game.
Mahomes and Kelce assisted Andy Reid end up being simply the 4th coach in NFL history with 300 profession wins.
“I joked to the guys, you understand, you get a number of more and you may be able to equal my weight,” Reid stated.
There was lots of joking in the Kansas City locker space Saturday night. Not a great deal in the Texans' locker space. They still have actually never ever won in 6 divisional video games, two times losing to Kansas City in ravaging style.
Stroud tossed for 245 backyards however was sacked 8 times, while Joe Mixon– who had actually been doubtful to have fun with an ankle injury– ran for 88 lawns and their only goal.
Texans kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn missed out on a 55-yard basket effort, a PAT attempt and had another field-goal effort obstructed with 1:46 left, which would have kept their resurgence hopes alive by making it a one-possession video game.
“Knowing what we were up versus in this video game, we can't make the errors that we made,” Texans coach DeMeco Ryans stated. “We had a great deal of self-inflicted errors that took place, whether it was unique groups not transforming, defensively not being where we're expected to be in protection, offensively not safeguarding our quarterback and keeping him tidy.
“On top of whatever else we need to handle,” Ryans included,
