For the first time in the history of the National Football League, a two-time defending champion will head to the Super Bowl with a chance to three-peat as the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bills in the AFC title game,

If the two-time defending champs defeat Buffalo in Sunday's AFC championship and make it to the Super Bowl, it'd be their fifth appearance in the big game since 2020.

For the second time this season and the fourth time in the last five postseasons, the Buffalo Bills will face off with the Kansas City Chiefs, this time on Sunday, Jan. 26 in the AFC Championship Game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

With that being said, the Chiefs have made an intriguing roster move ahead of the game. As shared by Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team, Kansas City elevated wide receiver Justyn Ross for the game.

The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs will play in the AFC championship game in decent weather conditions on Sunday evening. The New York-based Bills and Missouri-based Chiefs are going into the second-most important game of the football season and good weather is important for the teams to perform their best.

It’s a clash of strengths again this week: The Bills win when they can force takeaways, and Kansas City hasn’t had any turnovers since Week 11, the last time they played the Bills. Quarterback Josh Allen sees that and is trying to mimic it for his own team.

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Games since then include the Chiefs’ 42-36 win in overtime in the 2021 AFC Divisional Round, known in Kansas City as the “13-second game,” and last season’s 27-24 escape in Buffalo, sealed when Bills placekicker Tyler Bass missed a 44-yard field goal in the final two minutes.

The Chiefs hosted the Bills in the AFC championship game, and there was plenty to take away from the Sunday playoff contest.

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For the seventh year in a row, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are back in the AFC Championship Game. After knocking out the Houston Texans in the Divisional Round, the defending Super Bowl champs are only one win away from their third straight AFC title and fifth in six years.