Following a win on Sunday over the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Divisional Round, the Buffalo Bills will make their return to the AFC title game for the first time in four seasons when they take on the Kansas City Chiefs.

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce denied that the team intentionally lost its Week 18 game to ensure that the Cincinnati Bengals were eliminated from playoff contention.

"Everybody knows how it is playing (in Kansas City)," Joe Mixon said after Saturday's playoff loss. "The whole world sees, man."

With the Cincinnati Bengals needing the Denver Broncos to lose to the Kansas City Chiefs, some NFL fans thought that the Chiefs deliberately tanked their Week 18 game to eliminate the dangerous Bengals.

The Chiefs showed off their dominant defense in a 23-14 win over the Houston Texans on Saturday, hounding quarterback C.J. Stroud. Tight end Travis Kelce, who had some uneven performances this season, also returned to dominance with seven catches for 117 yards and a touchdown.

Tight end Travis Kelce talked about Cincinnati fans saying the Chiefs threw the season finale to block the Bengals from the postseason.

Kansas City Chiefs' star tight end Travis Kelce angrily dismisses talk that his team purposefully lost a game to avoid playing the Cincinnati Bengals in the playoffs.

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The Cincinnati Bengals have been on the receiving end of some heat here and there for the trade that sent Joe Mixon to the Houston Texans. Never mind that the Bengals were ready to move on and trying to do right by Mixon while shipping him to a contender instead of cutting him.

For what it's worth, Kelce and the Chiefs defeated the Bengals in January 2023 en route to winning Super Bowl LVII. Cincinnati beat Kansas City in the AFC Championship Game back in January 2022. "The Bengals were a [expletive] fun team to watch ...

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