Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson. Getty Photographs (2)
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens competed for a spot within the 2024 Tremendous Bowl throughout the AFC Championship Sport on Sunday, January 28.
The Chiefs finally gained the sport at M&T Financial institution Stadium in Baltimore, with a closing rating of 17-10. They may advance to Tremendous Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, February 11, and can play both the Detroit Lions or the San Francisco 49ers, relying on the end result of the NFC Championship Sport afterward Sunday.
Previous to the playoffs, the Ravens clinched the No. 1 seed within the AFC for the 2023-2024 season, whereas the Chiefs fell to No. 3. Within the postseason, the Ravens defeated the Houston Texans on January 20 to advance to the championship recreation after incomes a bye week, and the Chiefs beat the Miami Dolphins and the Buffalo Payments on January 13 and January 21, respectively, for an opportunity to play the Ravens.
Since Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson grew to become the quarterbacks for the Chiefs and the Ravens, respectively, in 2018, their groups have performed one another 4 occasions throughout the common season, with a file of 3-1 in favor of the Chiefs. Sunday marked the quarterbacks’ first time assembly throughout the postseason.
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After Mahomes, 28, secured the win towards the Payments on January 21, he hinted on the respect he has for Jackson, 27, as they ready to face off on the sector.
“Each time I am going up towards [Buffalo Bills quarterback] Josh [Allen], I do know that it’s going to come back right down to the tip, simply due to the competitor that he’s and the participant that he’s,” Mahomes mentioned throughout a post-game press convention. “Identical once I go up towards [Cincinnati Bengals quarterback] Joe [Burrow], once I go up towards Lamar. … I understand how a lot hearth they’ve, they usually’re not going to surrender till the very finish. You admire that stuff.”
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Mahomes famous that his rivalries along with his fellow quarterbacks reminded him of previous NFL eras he skilled throughout his childhood. “These are the video games I watched rising up — the good quarterbacks going up towards one another with nice soccer groups, nice organizations. That’s what I bear in mind,” he added. “Hopefully we’re making these recollections for different little children which are rising up watching soccer.”
Mahomes has taken the Chiefs to the AFC Championship Sport for six consecutive seasons, yearly since he grew to become the crew’s beginning quarterback. They beforehand gained the sport in 2020, 2021 and 2023, occurring to win the Tremendous Bowl in 2020 and 2023.
Beneath Jackson, the Ravens had but to achieve the AFC Championship Sport till Sunday. By securing the highest seed, the Ravens obtained home-field benefit, making it Mahomes’ first AFC Championship Sport to not happen at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis.
