Patrick Mahomes will get a chance to make history as the first NFL quarterback to ever win three Super Bowls in a row. Josh Allen will get the chance to beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs for the first time in four tries and bring his Buffalo Bills back to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1994.
It’s a showdown that seemed inevitable back in the regular season — so inevitable, in fact, Mahomes and Allen effectively predicted it back in November.
That’s when the Bills ruined Kansas City’s undefeated season with a 30-21 Week 11 win. After the game, Mahomes and Allen had the same message: let’s run it back.
“We’ll see you guys soon,” Allen remarked as a complimentary Mahomes strode toward him for a postgame handshake.
“We’ll do it again, baby,” Mahomes responded before walking back toward his locker room.
Lo and behold, their intuition held up (even if that hunch needed some help from the Baltimore Ravens to get there). Allen will get a chance to face the team that’s ended his season three of the last four years with a trip to Super Bowl 59 on the line. Mahomes will try to keep his perfect playoff record against Buffalo — a team that’s beaten him four straight times in the regular season — when the two teams meet in the AFC Championship Game January 26.
