Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, the defending Super Bowl champions, host Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs. Follow along for live updates during the game.
What you need to know
- How to watch: Kickoff is at 3:05 p.m. Eastern on CBS; stream at cbssports.com.
- What to watch for: The top-seeded Chiefs are heavily favored over the sixth-seeded Browns, who advanced to the second round after a decisive win over the Steelers last Sunday. They’ll have to rely on their strong running game to lead scoring drives and keep the ball out of the hands of Mahomes and Kansas City’s high-powered offense.
- Complete NFL schedule and results
Mahomes injured, replaced by Chad Henne, Chiefs get FG and 22-10 lead
By Des Bieler
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes left the game against the Browns in the third quarter, during a drive in which the Chiefs took a 22-10 lead. Mahomes may have aggravated an injury to his left foot that he incurred earlier in the game, but he also may have picked up a head injury on a run in which he failed to pick up a yard on a third-and-one play. Mahomes struggled to gain his balance as he tried to get up after being tackled.
Mahomes was replaced by Chad Henne, and Kansas City was successful on fourth-and-one when running back Darrel Williams, himself playing in place of an injured Clyde Edwards-Helaire, carried the ball for 12 yards. The Chiefs, with Henne, then drove to the Browns’ 15-yard line, and Harrison Butker hit a field goal from 33 yards.
On the Chiefs’ previous possession, Butker had missed from 33 yards, but he is now three of four on field goal attempts.
Mahomes was shown heading back to the locker room, possibly to be checked for a concussion.
Browns get first TD on Jarvis Landry catch, down 19-10 to Chiefs
By Des Bieler
On their second possession of the second half, the Browns made no mistake, and now we have something that looks a lot more like a ball game. After getting a bit of a gift with a short miss on a Chiefs field goal attempt, following an interception by Kansas City, Cleveland drove for its first touchdown and cut its deficit to 19-10.
Baker Mayfield shook off the interception, which occurred on the third play of the second half, and hit wide receiver Jarvis Landry for a four-yard touchdown. The eight-play, 77 -yard drive started with running back Nick Chubb taking the ball twice for 41 yards.
After starting the game with touchdowns on its first two possessions, Kansas City has settled for field goal attempts on its past three drives. That has helped Cleveland stay in the game.
Chiefs miss field goal after interception
By Des Bieler
Already down 19-3 to start the second half, the Browns dodged a bullet when the Chiefs failed to capitalize on a turnover. Kansas City was able to intercept Cleveland quarterback Baker Mayfield, but then Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker missed a 33-yard field goal attempt.
On the third play of the third quarter, Mayfield escaped pressure and rolled to his right, then tried to throw the ball back to his left, into the middle of the field, where safety Tyrann Mathieu stepped in front of wide receiver Jarvis Landry. Mathieu then returned the ball 18 yards to the Browns’ 19-yard line.
On the Chiefs’ first play at that point, a four-yard run by wide receiver Mecole Hardman, Cleveland’s star defensive end, Myles Garrett, left the field with an injury. Earlier in the game, Browns left tackle Jedrick Wills, their first-round pick last year, left the game with an ankle injury and was ruled out.
After getting the ball following the interception, the Chiefs could only get that four-yard gain. Butker missed an extra-point attempt in the first half, but he also made both his field-goal attempts before halftime.
Chiefs get FG just before halftime, increase lead to 19-3
By Des Bieler
Chiefs place-kicker Harrison Butker hit a 28-yard field goal just before halftime to help his team go to the locker room with a 19-3 lead over the Browns. Kansas City was able to drive 70 yards in just nine plays and one minute, 32 seconds of game time to put Butker in position for a chip shot.
If Cleveland goes on to lose, it may well look back on the final play of the drive preceding the Chiefs’ possession. Browns wide receiver Rashard Higgins dived for the end zone on a catch-and-run, but just before he got there he was hit by Kansas City safety Daniel Sorenson, who forced the ball free.
Because the ball then went through the end zone and out of bounds, it was ruled a touchback, and the Chiefs gained possession at their 20-yard line. Add in the field goal for which they proceeded to drive, and the sequence amounted to a six- or even 10-point swing. Adding to the frustrations of the Browns and their fans, officials declined to flag Sorenson for a potential helmet-to-helmet hit on Higgins. However, NFL rules allow for players running with the ball to be hit in the head, provided the defender doesn’t lower his head to do so.
In some ways, the Browns could consider themselves fortunate to be within two scores, given how Kansas City had the better of the first-half action. The Chiefs had major edges over the Browns in total yards (293-144), total plays (37-24) and first downs (17-9).
Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed 19 of 25 passes for 233 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions, and he had a touchdown run, but he also picked up an injury to his left foot that had him limping at times. As usual tight end Travis Kelce and wide receiver Tyreek Hill led the way among Chiefs pass-catchers, with a combined 10 catches for 150 yard and a touchdown.
Cleveland quarterback Baker Mayfield completed 11 of 17 passes for 134 yards, but running back Nick Chubb had just 12 yards on five carries. Cleveland’s other standout running back, Kareem Hunt, who was released by the Chiefs in 2018, was oddly not involved at all in the first half.
Browns lose scoring chance on touchback, still down 16-3
By Des Bieler
The NFL’s somewhat notorious touchback rule — which many observers feel metes out far too harsh a punishment to teams that happen to fumble out of the end zone before breaking the plane — reared its ugly head, at least in the eyes of the Browns. Cleveland lost a golden opportunity to score and trim its 13-point deficit when wide receiver Rashard Higgins lost the ball near the goal line, with officials ruling that the Chiefs would gain possession.
The gaffe negated a six-play drive in which the Browns appeared set to move from their 25-yard line into range for either a field goal or a touchdown. Instead, Kansas City held on to its 16-3 margin, with a chance to tack on some more just before halftime.
Chiefs get 50-yard field goal, 16-3 lead
By Des Bieler
The Chiefs did not get a touchdown on their third drive of the game, but they still ended it on a happy note when place-kicker Harrison Butker banged home a 50-yard field goal for a 16-3 lead over the Browns.
CBS claimed on its telecast that it was the first made field goal of that length in the history of playoff games at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium.
Earlier in the Chiefs’ 13-play, 53-yard drive, CBS’s analyst Tony Romo speculated that an injury to the left foot of Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes may have led to some errant throws. Mahomes had been shown in the medical tent on the sideline for what appeared to be such an injury to his left foot.
For the game thus far, Mahomes has completed 13 of 17 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown, with a 125.4 passer rating.
Two possessions, two TDs for the Chiefs, who have 13-3 lead
By Des Bieler
If the Browns were hoping to be able to pound the ball on the ground and chew up the clock with patient drives, this is not the way they wanted the game to start.
The Chiefs scored their second touchdown in as many possessions, this time on a 20-yard catch-and-run (and leap) by star tight end Travis Kelce. Place-kicker Harrison Butker, who missed his first extra-point attempt, banged home his second to help Kansas City to a 13-3 lead.
Wide receiver Mecole Hardman took a flip pass in the backfield from Patrick Mahomes for a 42-yard gain on the second play of the seven-play, 75-yard drive. Whereas running back Darrel Williams handled the rushing work on the first drive, in place of the injured Clyde Edwards-Helaire, the Chiefs used Le’Veon Bell on the second drive.
Browns get field goal to trim deficit to 6-3
By Des Bieler
The Browns didn’t get the touchdown they wanted to keep up with the Chiefs, but they’ll take a field goal to get on the scoreboard, especially from 46 yards out in windy conditions at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium. That ended a 12-play, 47-yard drive and trimmed the Chiefs’ lead to 6-3.
Tight end David Njoku took a short pass for a 27-yard gain with the help of some good blocking downfield, and quarterback Baker Mayfield converted two third-down plays. However, after the Browns drove to the Chiefs’ 20-yard line, two plays lost a total of 11 yards, including a sack of Mayfield on second down.
Patrick Mahomes rushing TD gives Chiefs 6-0 lead
By Des Bieler
The Kansas City Chiefs got off to a fast start in their playoff game against the Cleveland Browns, scoring on their opening drive for a 6-0 lead after place-kicker Harrison Butker missed the extra point. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes ran into the end zone with little difficulty from one yard out to cap a 10-play, 75-yard drive.
The biggest play on the drive was a 26-yard pass from Mahomes to wide receiver Tyreek Hill, but perhaps of greater concern for the Browns was that the Chiefs were able to run the ball effectively even with rookie starting back Clyde Edwards-Helaire inactive because of an ankle injury. In his place, third-year back Darrel Williams handled the backfield work, including a nine-yard pass from Mahomes on a second-and-11 play in the red zone. Kansas City’s other running back of note, veteran Le’Veon Bell, did not get a snap on the opening drive.
That time Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield had the craziest college QB duel ever
By Adam Kilgore
The numbers in the box score looked fake, the clock ticked close to midnight and the tortillas flying through the Jones AT&T Stadium air were frozen. On Oct. 22, 2016, Oklahoma and Texas Tech played a football game that tested limits and expanded imagination. In an era of boundless offense, it set a new standard. It included nearly a mile of total yards. It could take forever to describe, but only a few words to explain.
“Honestly, it was pretty simple,” Oklahoma tackle Orlando Brown Jr. said. “It was Baker vs. Pat.”
Baker Mayfield has led the Browns to a playoff berth and victory in his third season after being selected first overall in the 2018 draft. Patrick Mahomes is the reigning Super Bowl MVP for the Chiefs, and is entering his third postseason as the team’s starter after being selected 10th overall in the 2017 draft.
But several years ago, before they were NFL stars, Mayfield and Mahomes combined for one of the looniest college football games in recent memory. Mayfield’s Sooners defeated Mahomes’s Red Raiders, 66-59, as Oklahoma and Texas Tech totaled 1,708 yards, which broke the previous record by more than 60. Mayfield passed for 545 yards and seven touchdowns. Mahomes threw 88 times for 734 yards, which tied a record. He also ran 12 times for 85 yards, which gave him a record 819 total yards. And he lost.
From the archives: After son’s death, Andy Reid finds success through second chances
By Kent Babb
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — They stepped out of the cold and into the warmth and uncertainty of a private airport in Philadelphia. Failure was not an option.
In early January 2013, five members of the Kansas City Chiefs organization had traveled east, and when the big man with the familiar mustache walked in to join them, he could smell soft pretzels and — considering the crowd — feel the day’s importance.
“That must’ve been a big plane,” Andy Reid would remember thinking.
Earlier that week, Reid had been fired as the Philadelphia Eagles’ head coach after 14 seasons, most of them good, none of them quite good enough. The last two, for reasons personal and professional, had been downright terrible. But here he was, a man without a franchise for four whole days — Reid had never been out of work this long, and it was excruciating — and ready for a clean slate, a fresh challenge, an escape from the disappointment, and the tragedy, of the previous months. That and another shot at the one thing that had eluded him: a Super Bowl championship.
As it happened, the Chiefs officials were there for largely the same reasons.
Believe it or not, the oldest QB left in the AFC playoffs is Baker Mayfield
By Des Bieler
In fact, the oldest starting quarterback left in the AFC playoffs is … Baker Mayfield?
That’s right, the 25-year-old Cleveland Brown, in his third NFL season, is the senior member of that conference’s quartet. He was born 156 days before Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, against whom Mayfield will square off Sunday. The other AFC matchup featured a battle of 24-year-olds in the Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen and the Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson.
Speaking with reporters Wednesday, Mayfield said his elder-statesman status on the AFC side was “pretty crazy to see.”
No decisions by NFL yet on Super Bowl crowd
By Mark Maske
The NFL has not made final determinations yet about how many vaccinated health care workers will attend the Super Bowl as guests of the league or what the overall fan capacity at Raymond James Stadium will be for the Feb. 7 game in Tampa, according to a person familiar with the league’s planning.
The Super Bowl is only three weeks off, but the NFL continues its deliberations as it works to complete its postseason and stage its signature event amid the pandemic.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced in mid-December that the league would invite vaccinated health care workers to the game as its guests. The plan was subject to the approval of public health authorities, Goodell said at the time, and the NFL did not specify how many workers would be involved.
“As we all know, these front-line workers are true American heroes and we owe them our ongoing gratitude,” Goodell said then. “We also know that we need to rely on them for months to come to distribute vaccines and continue to treat all of those that are ill from covid and other illnesses.”
The NFL previously said it was exploring the possibility of 20 percent seating capacity overall for the Super Bowl as one potential contingency. But it cautioned that no determination had been made and it was possible that number could grow. Raymond James Stadium has a listed capacity of 65,000 that’s expandable to 75,000.
The usual grandeur of the Super Bowl will be largely absent this year. The participating teams are not expected to arrive in Tampa until late in the week, a day or two before the game. Media availabilities for players and coaches will be conducted remotely, even on media night.
Chiefs RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire declared inactive; Browns get healthier
By Des Bieler
Some notable names were included — and excluded — from the inactive lists for Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cleveland Browns. In particular, the Chiefs will be without running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, a first-round pick last year who led the team in rushing this season.
Edwards-Helaire, who sat out Kansas City’s final two games of the regular season, was unable to overcome ankle and hip injuries to participate in the divisional round playoff contest. In his place, veteran Le’Veon Bell and third-year back Darrel Williams are likely to share most of the running back touches.
The Chiefs will also be without another important offensive contributor, wide receiver Sammy Watkins, and rookie linebacker Willie Gay Jr., who started eight games this season, including four of the past five. Other Kansas City players declared inactive: cornerback Rashad Fenton, offensive tackle Martinas Rankin, defensive end Tim Ward and defensive tackle Khalen Saunders.
For Cleveland, it was more about who was not on its inactive list Sunday. By getting back starting offensive tackle Jack Conklin, linebacker B.J. Goodson and tight ends David Njoku and Stephen Carlson from various injuries, on top of seeing several other players and head coach Kevin Stefanski return from the reserve/covid-19 list, the Browns are as healthy overall as they have been in several weeks.
Players declared inactive by Cleveland: wide receivers Marvin Hall and Alexander Hollins, cornerback Brian Allen, safety Jovante Moffatt, offensive tackle Alex Taylor, tight end Kyle Markway and defensive end Joe Jackson.
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