Tag: Patrick Mahomes

Chiefs have played in 4 of the 5 most-watched NFL games this season

According to statistics shared by the NFL on Wednesday, the #Chiefs have played in four of the five most-watched games this season.

The Kansas City Chiefs are among the NFL’s most exciting teams, and according to metrics released by the league on Wednesday, fans around the country can’t get enough of the defending Super Bowl champions.

In a post by @NFLMedia on Twitter, the league indicated that the Chiefs’ Week 11 matchup against the Buffalo Bills averaged 31.2 million viewers, and was the most-watched game of the season to date.

It was also revealed that Kansas City has played in four of the five most-watched games this season.

Check out all of the latest viewership numbers and factoids about the NFL’s presence on television below:

While the Chiefs’ Week 11 loss to the Bills may have stymied Kansas City’s momentum, the team’s brand remains as strong as ever.

Expect all of the Chiefs’ stars—including head coach Andy Reid, quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and tight end Travis Kelce—to “get right” in front of a massive audience when they face the Carolina Panthers in Week 11.

Super Bowl champion Sony Michel discusses Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes’ evolution

Super Bowl champion Sony Michel discusses Kansas City #Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ evolution since first season w/ @EdEastonJr

This week, Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to Sony Michel, a Two-time Super Bowl champion and former New England Patriots running back.

In his interview with Easton Jr., Michel—who recently teamed up with Kingsford to host the ‘Kingsford College Football Tailgate Tour’ at the Georgia vs. Tennessee tailgate at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia— revealed his go-to grilling meals and his thoughts on Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’s growth after facing off with him twice during his first MVP season in 2018.

“I won’t say I have a specialty or a go-to; it’s all about what I’m feeling at the moment,” said Michel of his grilling preferences. “Sometimes you can be so versatile, throwing some wings on a grill. I’m a big wing guy; last night, I just decided, man, let me throw some burgers and hot dogs on for the kids, and myself and that’s what I did. The cool thing about it is that it is super easy and super simple; it’s just that it makes cooking so easy.”

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Michel faced off against Mahomes and the Chiefs twice during the quarterback’s MVP season in 2018, including the memorable AFC Championship overtime game at Arrowhead Stadium. He witnessed his evolution and its effect on the team becoming a dynasty today.

“I did (see the Chiefs’ growth), especially having a good quarterback,” Michel explained. “I’m a big believer that you gotta have a good quarterback to win football games. They have one of the best in the game, and he can continue to do great things. We’re seeing that today. So we all knew it. We were all prepared for it, like just seeing it back then. We knew how effective he was, so it’s no surprise where they are today.”

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Bills’ Terrel Bernard breaks down matchup vs. Chiefs’ Travis Kelce

Bills’ Terrel Bernard breaks down matchup vs. Chiefs’ Travis Kelce

The Bills beat the Chiefs 30-21 at home on Sunday.

The contest that saw the teams’ final scores roughly on average for the season so far also had significant takeaways on and off the field.

But the biggest one belonged to Buffalo linebacker, Terrel Bernard.

With 1:07 left to play in the fourth quarter, the Bills’ defensive captain and play caller took away a Patrick Mahomes pass intended for Kansas City tight end and MGMT “Electric Feel” fan Travis Kelce for an end-game interception.


The entire Buffalo defense ran down to celebrate with him in the end zone after getting in front of Kelce to grab the ball out of the air.

“The main thing is just having awareness of him, “ Bernard said about covering the Chiefs TE to WIVB. “Pre, post-snap, trying to get guys around him as much as possible, playing within our scheme and our system still but understanding he’s going to be one of the first options every pass play.”

It was the second interception for KC’s Mahomes, whose first and last throws in Sunday’s game were caught by Buffalo.

Bernard, who was out during the last meeting between the clubs in January’s divisional round of the playoffs, also had eight tackles and a sack on the day to go with the big-time turnover.

“I think having that awareness, [defensive coordinator] Bobby [Babich] did a great job in the gameplan, all the coaches did, putting him in our minds all week and knowing where he was at and where he was going to be, what he likes to do in certain spots. I think that was a huge factor, and everybody playing to the details of the defense.”

Everything has changed for Kelce since his last matchups against the Bills in which he seemed unstoppable.

He may just want to shake it off, knowing all too well that Bernard and the Bills defense held him to only two catches for eight yards receiving.

But with the win the Bills now have a better shot at a No. 1 seed and a first-round bye, the Chiefs do as well although they are not out of the woods yet.

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid was complimentary of the Bills when asked what his takeaways off the field were from the loss.

“Things you can learn, the main thing is that they’re a good team and, if you have a few mistakes in there, they can capitalize on them,” Reid said.

The teams could face off again in the postseason, and time will tell which club will play host to the other if they do.

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Chiefs TE Noah Gray isn’t celebrating career game after Week 11 loss: ‘Doesn’t really matter’

Kansas City #Chiefs tight end Noah Gray isn’t celebrating career game after Week 11 loss: ‘Doesn’t really matter’ | @EdEastonJr

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Noah Gray was a prime target for Patrick Mahomes in Sunday’s loss to the Buffalo Bills. In his postgame press conference, Gray explained to reporters that his accolades were second to the team’s success.

“I mean, it doesn’t really matter because the only thing I think that does matter is the win, but that was a great Buffalo team out there. Played us extremely hard.” said Gray. “All the guys on our side played extremely hard and grind it out from the O-Line receivers to Pat (Patrick Mahomes). Yeah, and, unfortunately, we lost, but you know, that was a really good Buffalo team, and unfortunate that we lost, but we’re looking forward to next week.”

In the first half, on a third-and-two, Patrick Mahomes found Gray for a two-yard touchdown reception to give the Chiefs the lead, 14-13. Gray caught a one-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to pull the Chiefs within two of the Bills, 23-21.

The scores marked Gray’s first touchdowns this season, registering his first-career multi-touchdown performance. His two touchdown receptions on the season match his single-season career high from the 2023 season. He ended the night by tying a single-game career-high with four receptions for 23 yards and two touchdowns.

Bills’ Josh Allen plays it cool after Chiefs: ‘It’s another Week 11 win’

Bills’ Josh Allen plays it cool after Chiefs: ‘It’s another Week 11 win’

Buffalo beat Kansas City in exciting fashion on Sunday.

The club topped the Chiefs 30-21 at home in Orchard Park in front of Bills Mafia on the same field where KC ended its postseason run last year.

Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen put his superhero cape on for the Bills offense when it mattered most, breaking tackles and shaking off defenders for a 26-yard touchdown run on 4th-and-2 with 2:17 left in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach.

After the game ended thanks to a win-sealing interception by Terrel Bernard on defense, Allen was asked about his scoring play by CBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson.

“Yeah, appreciate Coach McDermott for trusting the offense going out there,” he said. “We had a man play, they dropped out to zone and they had something good for it. I was just trying to make a play and help our team win a football game. You know, some things we need to clean up, some throws I wish I had back, but we’re going into the bye week 9-2…we’ll take it.”

Allen was sacked zero times for the first time against Kansas City since the 2021 regular season, and the team put up their 30 points without key players on offense in receiver Keon Coleman, tight end Dalton Kincaid, and offensive tackle Spencer Brown.

He finished the day Sunday 27-for-40 with 262 yards, a touchdown, and an interception passing to go with another 55 ground yards with the TD.

The scoring rush was his latest in a career highlight reel of making little-to-no/probability plays.

In fact, per NFL Next Gen Stats, there was only a 1.2% chance of scoring a touchdown on the play once he tucked the ball to run.

The Bills hosted their AFC rivals for their fifth regular-season meeting with the QB under center.

The club is now 4-1 in those matchups, becoming the only team in the NFL to log four victories against Chiefs QB and State Farm insurance enthusiast, Patrick Mahomes.

The squad improves to 9-2 overall headed into their bye week. It’s the franchise’s first time at 9-2 since the 1992 NFL season.

The Bills have treated division games as “counting double” but had previously struggled to translate that in conference matchups that could have a bearing on No. 1 seeding and a first-round bye come playoff time.

But not this time.

The final points were roughly on average for what the two teams have put up throughout this season thus far, and it was the Chiefs’ first time giving up more than 28 points in 31 games and the first time allowing 30 points on offense since 2022.

And while Buffalo continues to have success against Kansas City during the regular season, Allen knows they need to beat them in the playoffs and spoke to that while answering whether it was just another Week 11 win for Buffalo.

“It is, it’s another Week 11 win,” he added. “Knowing how things usually play out we’ll probably see this team again at some point. We’ve got to get there first so like I said, we’ll enjoy this bye week and go into the next week after that and put together a good game plan and try to go 1-0.”

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes reacts to first loss of the season: ‘You can use it as fuel’

Kansas City #Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes reacts to first loss of the season: ‘You can use it as fuel’ | @EdEastonJr

The Kansas City Chiefs are no longer undefeated, but that wasn’t the goal, says quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who addresses reporters during Sunday’s postgame press conference.

“You can use it as fuel. I mean, like I said, it’s a good football team, so nothing to hang your head out head on losing to them, but we feel like we can play better,” said Mahomes. “So we’ll get back to work and try to use this as a spark so that we can be a better football team in the end. The undefeated thing was cool, but that’s not our ultimate goal. So we’ll keep building towards that.”

Mahomes began the game with an interception but settled down to throw three consecutive touchdown passes. He threw his second on fourth down of the Chief’s last drive as he faced constant defensive coverage downfield. The loss was crushing but not nearly as bad as their last defeat on Christmas the previous season, according to the reigning Super Bowl MVP.

“No, not in a sense,” said Mahomes. “I mean, you hope you have the same result to end it, I’ll say that, but at the end of the day, that’s a really good football team. It’s gonna take your best football to beat great football teams. And we didn’t play our best football today, and they went out there and beat us. That’s how it rolls in the NFL, so I give them all the respect. That’s gonna be a good football team that we’ll probably see again.”

The Bills are only a half-game behind the Chiefs for the top seed in the AFC, adding more fuel to their reasons to finish the year strong and hold on to the coveted first-round bye in the postseason.

The Bills have perfected the recipe to beat the Chiefs. Now they just have to do it in January

Josh Allen’s Bills can beat Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs in the playoffs … with better luck.

Because of the incandescent Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, there is nothing quite like the Buffalo Bills’ and Kansas City Chiefs’ rivalry in today’s NFL. Every time these two match up, we can expect an instant classic.

But more than most, it seems like the Bills have the Chiefs’ number … in the regular season. There’s no other reasonable conclusion after watching Allen cruise in for an awesome clutch touchdown run to salt away the Bills’ fourth straight regular-season win over their biggest rivals, ending their once-undefeated season.

The Bills have perfected the recipe to beat Kansas City better than anyone. It’s just that beating Patrick Mahomes when he still has more medium-stakes games to play as opposed to beating him with his team’s season on the line feels like a different animal:

Sunday’s Buffalo game-plan was no different from any of its previous wins over Kansas City.

The Bills relied on a technically sound defensive performance that forced Mahomes to play a dink-and-dunk game and play within himself rather than take meaningful chances downfield. The Chiefs averaged just five meager yards per play, while Mahomes averaged less than six yards per pass attempt. His longest pass completion of the day was a 31-yard dart to Xavier Worthy in the first quarter.

Mahomes is arguably the greatest quarterback of all time. But any time you force an electric maestro like him to play at a slower, more methodical pace with more patience, you’re asking for perfection. You’re asking him to work harder against some of the finest athletes on the planet. When it comes to the Bills, it also happens against some of the brightest defensive coaches in the sport. It’s a volatile mix. You’re asking for trouble without the consistent capability to create chunk plays. And the Bills know this.

While the Chiefs were undefeated entering Buffalo, Mahomes hasn’t done well with this kind of responsibility in 2024. Mahomes is tied for the league lead in interceptions with 11 (he threw two more on Sunday), and he has seen the highest interception percentage (2.9) of his career since his rookie season in 2017 (where he started just one game). It’s starting to seem like he can’t help himself, which the Bills know how to optimize.

Buffalo knows that if you keep the Chiefs’ receivers in front of you, Mahomes will give you a chance at a turnover because of his generally aggressive mentality:

Beyond the Bills’ timely defense usually taking over against the Chiefs in the regular season, it’s Josh Allen’s signature heroics that elevate his team over the top. Against the team almost always standing in Buffalo’s way en route to a potential Super Bowl, Allen is simply nails. This is especially the case when playing on the road in one of the NFL’s toughest environments for opposing teams.

On the road in Kansas City in 2021, Allen created nearly 370 yards of offense by himself and four touchdowns (three in the air, one on the ground) in a blowout victory. In 2022, once again in Kansas City, Allen was masterful from start to finish in a tight game. He threw the game-winning touchdown to Dawson Knox in the final minutes. In 2023, in a defensive road battle, Allen took the Bills on a game-winning field goal drive.

And now, you had Allen putting his team on his back in the fourth quarter with that mentioned magnificent fourth-and-short touchdown run to clinch another win over the other best team in the NFL:

So, if the Bills have the recipe to beat the Chiefs in the regular season — timely defense combined with a top-three quarterback doing his thing — what goes wrong in the playoffs?

Well, during the 2021 AFC title game, the Bills frankly didn’t belong on the same field as the Chiefs in a 38-24 blowout loss that wasn’t all that close. That was the end of the first year of Buffalo’s ascension. They needed that kind of lesson to learn how to compete with the NFL’s big dogs.

During the 2022 AFC divisional round, Allen played a perfect game from start to finish and even gave the Bills the lead with just 13 seconds remaining. To this day, it’s still one of the most remarkable performances I’ve ever seen from a quarterback, win or lose. Somehow, the Chiefs managed to create a game-tying kick at the end of regulation anyway before winning in overtime thanks to a fortuitous coin toss based on archaic possession rules that were later changed.

And in 2024, after Allen and the Bills put their hearts on the line for nearly 60 minutes, kicker Tyler Bass missed a 44-yard game-tying attempt in the waning moments … “wide left.” (Bills fans, I’m sorry for the double trauma.)

In other words, Allen’s Bills didn’t necessarily do anything wrong in each of the three times they’ve lost to Mahomes’ Chiefs in the playoffs.

It’s that they couldn’t be more snakebitten if they tried. Football is a cruel game, dearest readers:

Nothing is a given in the NFL. Nothing guarantees we will see Allen and the Bills square off with Mahomes and the Chiefs again this January in a game that would likely decide the AFC representative in Super Bowl 59. But there’s something cosmic about the way these two teams’ fates seem forever intertwined. Another rematch between two of the best quarterbacks we’ve ever seen feels inevitable. It feels written in the stars.

Whether that rematch takes place in Buffalo or Kansas City, the Bills should feel good about their chances. All they have to do is hope the football gods finally smile upon them and give them a break.

Mics picked up the classy message that Patrick Mahomes had for Josh Allen after the Bills’ win

So much respect.

There aren’t many rivalries in the NFL better than what we’ve seen from Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. The two quarterbacks continually battle in classic games, and it’s a rivalry that is fueled by respect rather than animosity.

That was clear once again on Sunday.

In an absolutely electric scene at Highmark Stadium, the Buffalo Bills handed the Chiefs their first loss of the season. And while Kansas City showed signs of rallying in the fourth quarter, it was Allen who closed the door with his touchdown run to stretch the game to two possessions.

And if we’ve learned anything from Chiefs-Bills games in the Mahomes-Allen era, it’s that we’ll probably get more of it in January. Mahomes was thinking that when the two players met at midfield after the Bills’ 30-21 win.

Mics picked up Mahomes saying to Allen, “We’ll do it again, baby.”

Let’s hope so. These games almost never disappoint.

Update: The NFL posted the full exchange, and we could hear as Allen had a similar message.

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Final score: Bills end Chiefs’ perfect season with 30-21 win over Kansas City

The Buffalo #Bills defeated the #Chiefs 30-21 in Week 11 to break Kansas City’s undefeated record.

The Kansas City Chiefs had their hopes for an undefeated season dashed by the Buffalo Bills in Week 11.

The Bills, who entered the game with an 8-2 record, ended Kansas City’s nine-game winning streak in a game that ended in a 30-21 final score in Buffalo’s favor.

Bills quarterback Josh Allen put together an impressive performance, throwing for 262 yards and one touchdown against the Chiefs’ outstanding defense.

Patrick Mahomes threw two interceptions in the game but threw three touchdown passes in the game that kept Kansas City within striking distance of Buffalo.

The matchup’s most consequential play came late in the fourth quarter when Allen ran for a touchdown to put the Chiefs down by two scores.

Though this game didn’t end the way fans in Kansas City had hoped it would, the Chiefs showed outstanding effort on both sides of the ball and may get their chance for revenge against the Bills in the AFC playoffs.

Chiefs vs. Bills: Noah Gray scores toe-tap touchdown vs. Buffalo

Kansas City #Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes found TE Noah Gray for a second touchdown against the Buffalo #Bills in Week 11.

The Kansas City Chiefs are looking to keep their undefeated season alive as they try to earn a come-from-behind against the Buffalo Bills.

The Chiefs have not played their best game of football against the Bills in arguably the most important game of the season, but with just under eight minutes to go, the reigning Super Bowl champs only trail by two points.

After lackluster gameplay by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, as well as the defense’s inability to keep Buffalo’s offense off the field, Kansas City was able to drive down the field near the end of the fourth quarter to find tight end Noah Gray in the back of the endzone.

Take a look at Gray’s back-corner touchdown catch, which was posted by the Chief’s official account on Twitter:

If Kansas City wants to keep its perfect season intact, Mahomes will need to continue spreading the ball around to various receivers.

Keep an eye out for the veteran tight end in the final few minutes of Sunday’s game.