Bengals vs. Chiefs live updates: KC leads by 10 in AFC title game

It’s revenge time in Kansas City, as Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals take on Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in the AFC Championship game for the second consecutive season.

The winner will move on to Super Bowl LVII in Arizona (February 12, 6:30 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app), where they will face the Philadelphia Eagleswho removed the san francisco 49ers31-7, in the NFC title game earlier on FOX.

Here are the highlights!

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Clark grabs Burrow

Frank Clark ended the Bengals’ opening practice when he dropped Burrow for a 10-yard loss on third down, forcing Cincinnati to punt.

Travis’ hour

We didn’t know how much impact Travis Kelce would have entered Sunday’s game, as he suffered a back injury during practice on Friday. That didn’t seem to bother him on Kansas City’s first drive, as he grabbed and fought for 16 yards on the Chiefs’ third play of the game.

Too hard

Kadarius Toney came so close to make a touchdown catch during the Chiefs’ opening practice. However, he was unable to secure the hold when he hit the ground, making it an incomplete pass.

Kansas City challenged the play, but the field call was upheld. The Chiefs did manage to get three points on the drive, however, as Harrison Butker connected on a 43-yard field goal on the next play.

Backpacks

The Bengals offensive line ran into trouble early on. After allowing a third sack on the first disc, the unit gave up sacks on consecutive plays on the second disc.

Willie Gay came in with second on second down to make it third and 18. Then Chiefs star defensive tackle Chris Jones came in with the sack on the next play — his first playoff sack.

Deception!

The Chiefs moved the ball upfield again on their second practice of the game. As they headed into Bengals territory, Kelce made another first down. But right after catching, Kelce threw the ball to his left to Jerick McKinnon. The toss wasn’t clean, but the McKinnons fell on it to make sure Kansas City kept the ball.

Isiah Pacheco made his way into the end zone a few plays later, but the touchdown was wiped off the board due to a holding penalty. The Chiefs therefore settled for three again, giving them a 6-0 lead early in the second quarter.

Four is the party!

George Karlaftis had fun sacking the Chiefs, helping them get their fourth sack in the Bengals’ first three game drives.

It hurts

Bengals tight end Hayden Hurst was so close to hitting a touchdown on third down. Burrow’s pass to him in the end zone went through his hands and fell incomplete, forcing Cincy to settle for three and make it a 6-3 game.

MVS in motion

Marques Valdez-Scantling followed a pass from Mahomes as he ran the other way on the ball and netted a 29-yard catch to bring the Chiefs deep into Bengals territory.

Travis TD

The Chiefs opted to go fourth and the decision paid off. After Mahomes bought time by scrambling, he found Kelce 1-on-1 in the end zone for the game’s first touchdown to make it 13-3 at the end of the first half.

Bad pass Terrier

Burrow made a rare costly mistake just before the two-minute first-half warning when he underestimated his intended receiver while under pressure. Jaylen Watson was the beneficiary of the pitch as the seventh-round rookie recorded an interception for the second straight game, putting the Chiefs in Bengals territory.

Stay tuned for updates!

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