Allen finished with 237 yards passing and two touchdowns but had his Super Bowl hopes come to an end when his desperate pass on fourth down in the final minutes fell incomplete. He has now lost four times to Mahomes in the playoffs.

Josh Allen is in a familiar position, and it's not one he hoped to be in coming into Sunday's AFC Championship. The Buffalo Bills quarterback dropped to 0-4 in his playoff career against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs as his hopes of reaching the Super Bowl have once again come up just short with a 32-29 defeat at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Patriots' Tom Brady won his first two playoff matchups against Peyton Manning before losing the final three in the only QB rivalry with five postseason meetings. Brady split four matchups with Baltimore's Joe Flacco with the Patriots and Ravens alternating wins in those matchups that came in a span of six seasons.

Baltimore's defense has significantly improved since its early season struggles, but slowing Buffalo on its home field will be no easy task.

The Kansas City Chiefs are heading back to the Super Bowl. Andy Reid's club has punched its ticket to New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX after taking down the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship. While any playoff win of this magnitude is impressive,

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Sky Sports NFL's Neil Reynolds and Jeff Reinebold discuss ... the Houston Texans 23-14 on Saturday to reach a seventh consecutive AFC Championship Game, where Josh Allen's Buffalo Bills await.

The near-annual playoff matchups between Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen are hardly unprecedented. The one-sided nature of the postseason rivalry between the two star quarterbacks is more unusual.

Josh Dodson did the unthinkable again. For the third time in the last 14 months, Dodson defied the bowling game by throwing a Brunswick TZone plastic ball — who throws a plastic ball? — and excelling with his second 300 game and third 800 series with an 805 series in ONE FCU of Cochranton League at Cochranton Lanes.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) throws a touchdown pass to tight end Travis Kelce under pressure from Houston Texans defensive tackle Mario Edwards Jr. (97) during the second half of an NFL football AFC divisional playoff game Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. Credit: AP/Ed Zurga

"Year 7 ended like Years 3, 5 and 6, watching Kansas City celebrate as he trudged off the field. Allen will, of course, be back and playing at a high level, but it guarantees nothing for 2025," Ryan O'Halloran writes.

The rivalry between the Bills and Chiefs added another thrilling, historic moment on Sunday in its incredible recent history. But for Josh Allen and Buffalo the result was all too familiar: another heartbreaking playoff loss.