The Kansas City Chiefs put together their best performance of the season in a winning effort against the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday.
Now set to compete in their third consecutive Super Bowl, the Chiefs are one win away from making NFL history as the first team to ever complete a three-peat.
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid did his best to put his offense, which is quarterbacked by reigning Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes, in a position to defeat Buffalo after Kansas City’s loss to the Bills in the regular season.
Though it may have been hard to see in real-time, Reid’s play-calling was a key part of his team’s win, as evidenced by this extended breakdown of the long-tenured coach’s genius decision by former Chiefs offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz:
The Chiefs waited all season to call a designed run for Patrick Mahomes
They used the entire game to set up the Bills defense for this play.
Here’s three plays, including the two before the touchdown run, that show how the Chiefs set up success. pic.twitter.com/CYTC4NzNui— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) January 29, 2025
Kansas City’s matchup against Buffalo was decided by just three points, and the innovative strategies explained by Schwartz may have been the difference between a win and a loss for the Chiefs.
Stay tuned to see what tricks Reid has up his sleeve when Kansas City faces off against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX on February 9.