Roger Staubach vs. Terry Bradshaw. Steve Young vs. Troy Aikman. Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning.
Those quarterback matchups defined decades in the NFL, and for the eighth time in the past five seasons, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen will face off with the entire NFL world watching. The stakes couldn't be higher, either — at least for a regular-season game.
The Chiefs enter the matchup as the league's only remaining unbeaten team at 9-0, having found just about every possible way to win a game this season, while the 8-2 Bills have a giant lead in the AFC East and have ripped off five straight wins, scoring 30-plus points in the past four games.
Kansas City holds a 4-3 lead over Buffalo in the seven Mahomes-Allen matchups. The Bills have actually beaten the Chiefs each of the past three years in the regular season, but in January of 2021, 2022 and 2024, Kansas City knocked Buffalo out of the playoffs, including in Orchard Park on their way to a second straight Super Bowl title last season.
The Chiefs-Bills matchup gets its own marquee spot this Sunday — a 4:25 p.m. ET national start time on CBS. Fox will show either Falcons-Broncos or Seahawks-49ers, which are both set for 4:05 p.m. ET kickoffs to round out the afternoon slate.
Its not just the 4th down stop, but Buffalo was in field goal range and chose to go for it, and after the return, the Chiefs are set up in plus territory with a chance to put some more points on the board.
This has been the Xavier Worthy game for K.C. on offense, so far. Worthy has four catches for 61 yards and this touchdown which, after the PAT, puts the Chiefs up 7-6 on the first play of the second quarter.
I don't think backup lineman Mike Caliendo is available to add as a W/R/T in Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football leagues, but this was a big one to keep the Chiefs' drive alive.
Got the OL running routes and converting first downs.
Kansas City has run just four plays, and here's the 4th one — a sack by Bernard to force the punt and get the ball back to the Bills, who are off to a blistering start on both sides of the ball.
James Cook cashes in for Buffalo and the Bills take the early lead
The Mahomes interception turns into 6 for the Bills as Cook closes the deal from three yards out. Buffalo has been in this spot before, having beaten Kansas City in the regular season in each of the past three years.
Partick Mahomes tried to make some magic happen on this play, but Taylor Rapp came up with the pick to put Buffalo in business at the beginning of the first quarter.
