Fourth time’s the appeal?

The Buffalo Payments secured a spot within the AFC championship recreation with a 27-25 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night time, establishing a fourth postseason assembly between Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen and his Kansas Metropolis counterpart, Patrick Mahomes.

Mahomes is 3-0 towards the Payments within the playoffs since 2020, together with twice within the divisional spherical and as soon as within the championship recreation. Throughout the common season, Allen has crushed Mahomes 4 instances — greater than another NFL quarterback who has crushed the Mahomes-led Chiefs.

At stake is a visit to the Tremendous Bowl, the place the Payments haven’t been since making 4 straight journeys from the 1990 by way of ’93 seasons.

The Payments and Chiefs sq. off at Arrowhead Stadium within the late recreation Sunday, after Washington performs at Philadelphia for the NFC title.

Buffalo narrowly beat the Ravens to finish a 10-0 file at dwelling.

Throughout his postgame interview on CBS, Allen gave a shout-out to his teammates on the opposite aspect of the ball.

“How about that Buffalo Payments protection,” he stated. “All yr this workforce has heard we received no expertise, we’re too small, we are able to’t cease the run, we’re not adequate to compete. We simply put our head down and work onerous.”

The Chiefs, in the meantime, need to grow to be the primary NFL workforce to win three consecutive Tremendous Bowls. This yr, the sport will likely be performed Feb. 9 on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.