{"id":21020,"date":"2022-01-22T04:34:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T04:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=21020"},"modified":"2022-01-22T04:35:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T04:35:45","slug":"afc-divisional-round-2-buffalo-bills-at-kansas-city-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/afc-divisional-round-2-buffalo-bills-at-kansas-city-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND 2: BUFFALO BILLS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFirstMan\">BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the preseason, this was pretty much everyone\u2019s AFC Championship pick, but thanks to some early stumbles from the Kansas City Chiefs and some midseason tumbles from the Buffalo Bills, we get it in the Divisional Round instead. It\u2019s still happening at Arrowhead as we get a rematch of last year\u2019s AFC Title game when the Bills take on the Chiefs to wrap up the Divisional Round playoffs Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Short Point Spread on Bills vs Chiefs | NFL Playoff Predictions | BetOnline All Access\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FRCTuikM5Sk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Buffalo shows up red hot, having unleashed one of the greatest playoff performances of all time in the Super Wild Card Round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kansas City, not used to playing in the Wild Card Round with the plebes, needed a quarter to wake up in their game, before winning in blowout fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the 52<sup>nd<\/sup> all time meeting between two of the original AFL franchises and the fifth to occur in the playoffs. Buffalo holds a 27-23-1 advantage in the all time series and is 3-1 in playoff pairings. Kansas City has won five of the last seven meetings, but the Bills took this year\u2019s regular season contest 38-20 back on Oct. 10. Josh Allen threw for 315 yards, three touchdowns with no interceptions and rushed for 59 yards in the victory. Dawson Knox caught three passes for 117 yards and a score. Patrick Mahomes was 33 of 54 for 272 yards, two touchdowns and two picks. He also led his team in rushing with 61 yards, Mecole Hardman had nine catches for 76 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BUFFALO BILLS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (-1.5, O\/U: 53.5)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Broadcast:<\/strong> CBS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kickoff:<\/strong> Jan. 23, 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BUFFALO<\/strong><strong> BILLS (12-6)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buffalo laideth the smacketh down on the New England Patriots in the Divisional Round, putting up a perfect performance on offense in a 47-17 win over the hated New England Patriots. Allen Fished 21 of 25 for 308 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions. He added 66 yards on the ground. Devin Singletary rushed for 82 yards and two TDs and Knox caught five passes for 89 yards and two scores. The Bills defense sacked Mac Jones three times and picked him off twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KANSAS CITY<\/strong><strong> CHIEFS (13-5)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chiefs, playing in their first Wild Card game of the Patrick Mahomes era, had no trouble at all ending Ben Roethlisbeger\u2019s career with a 42-21 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mahomes finished 30 of 39 for 404 yards, five touchdowns and one pick. Jerick McKinnon rushed for 61 yards and caught six passes for 81 yards and a TD. Travis Kelce had five catches for 108 yards and a score. KC\u2019s defense sacked Roethlisberger twice and held the Steelers to 56 yards rushing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE PICK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of reasons to pick Buffalo here and I see them. As I mentioned in my other Divisional Round previews, nothing in any of these games would surprise me other than a blowout. Buffalo has earned its shot and will give its best one, but until someone proves they can beat Kansas City in the AFC playoffs, I\u2019m picking them. Especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/nfl-playoffs-and-super-bowl-predictions\/?fbclid=IwAR1l-T_058iqdA6zp-wRfZuqf9n_FylE4C-Rst7crfLS61ch7ybHwXoGiss\">since I took them in the preseason as my AFC Championship pick<\/a>. <strong>Chiefs 38, Bills 31<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Last Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Straight up:<\/strong> 5-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Against the spread:<\/strong> 3-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Playoffs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Straight up:<\/strong> 5-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Against the spread:<\/strong> 3-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Season<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Straight up:<\/strong> 175-102-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Against the spread:<\/strong> 146-132<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Follow Adam Greene on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFirstMan\">@TheFirstMan<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NFL posteason is upon us and the Divisional Round Schedule is up and <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/football\/nfl\">taking bets at BetOnline.AG<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Connect with us our socials on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/betonline_ag\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/betonline_ag\/\">Instagram<\/a> for the latest sports news, viral moments, betting odds and the occasional memes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY ADAM GREENE In the preseason, this was pretty much everyone\u2019s AFC Championship pick, but thanks to some early stumbles&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":17758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21029,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21020\/revisions\/21029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}