KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The first time Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to the AFC championship game, back in January 2019, he was a first-year starter who had just guided a long-suffering franchise to a divisional rout of the Indianapolis Colts.

This will be the fourth meeting between Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen in the playoffs, with Mahomes having won the three previous matchups. On Thursday, the Chiefs star addressed the media and told Kansas City fans who would be in attendance to "take it up a notch" to "see how loud" Arrowhead Stadium can get.

The referees are doing their best to call the game as fair and proper as best they can,” Mahomes said. “For me, it's go o