"Predicciones frescas para los playoffs de la NFL: ¿Quiénes ganarán en la ronda de comodines según los expertos?" - The Athletic

Aunque como el primer sembrado de la AFC, los campeones reinantes de dos Super Bowls tienen la oportunidad de descansar durante el fin de semana de comodines. Los 12 equipos que compiten tienen prioridades más urgentes que los Chiefs, pero el objetivo final sigue siendo el mismo: alzar el Trofeo Lombardi en Nueva Orleans.

It was the year of Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills, Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens, and the Detroit Lions’ dominance over an all-time great NFC North. Other contenders, like the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings, appear ready to handle the big stage. Yet, through it all, the Chiefs remained a quiet constant, storming through the schedule with a 15-2 record despite a number of close calls. The other 13 playoff teams, including the NFC’s top-seeded Lions, have to believe the Chiefs are as vulnerable as they’ve been during their dynastic era, but that’s easy to say before lining up against the NFL’s modern-day juggernauts.

Patrick Mahomes is 15-3 in the playoffs, his three losses coming against Tom Brady (once with New England, once with the Bucs) and Joe Burrow. Brady is retired and Burrow’s Bengals missed the playoffs, so if the Chiefs’ three-peat quest is going to be derailed, an opposing QB is going to have to do something he’s never done before.