KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It was easy to forget after back-to-back Super Bowl appearances the past couple of years, but the Kansas City Chiefs have a tortured playoff history.
They added another chapter to the sorry list in Sunday's AFC Championship Game, a 27-24 overtime loss to the Cincinnati Bengals at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs led 21-3 in the second quarter but collapsed, with the Bengals running off 21 straight points to take a 24-21 lead midway through the fourth quarter.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw touchdowns on each of the Chiefs' first three possessions, but they didn't score again until Harrison Butker's 44-yard field goal as time expired in the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime.