Overview
- Kickoff is Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET at Highmark Stadium, airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
- Chiefs ruled out RB Isiah Pacheco and OT Josh Simmons, while OL Trey Smith and OT Jaylon Moore are listed as questionable.
- Patrick Mahomes acknowledged a hostile Buffalo environment, and Josh Allen described a heightened sense of awareness facing Kansas City.
- Sportsbooks list the Chiefs as slight road favorites, with lines around Kansas City -1 to -2.5 and a total near 52.5.
- Buffalo has the regular-season edge in the Mahomes–Allen era, but Kansas City has won all four postseason meetings; separately, ex-Chiefs TE Jody Fortson was reported fully cleared to sign.