Sky Sports activities statistician – and large Buffalo Payments fan – Benedict Bermange breaks down the numbers behind Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ dominance forward of Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans…
3 – The Chiefs return to the Tremendous Bowl looking for to turn out to be the primary group to finish a hat-trick of triumphs. Their opponents are the Eagles, who they defeated 38-35 within the Championship sport two years in the past due to Harrison Butker’s 27-yard discipline aim with eight seconds remaining.
7 – The Chiefs have reached the AFC Championship sport in all seven seasons since Patrick Mahomes took over because the full-time beginning quarterback. That’s one shy of the general file held by Tom Brady’s New England Patriots, with eight appearances from the 2011-2018 seasons.
107 – In these seven seasons, the Chiefs have received a complete of 107 video games, essentially the most by any group in a seven-season stretch in NFL historical past. 105 of these wins have include Mahomes underneath heart, one other seven-year file:
6 – Mahomes has now received a number of video games in six successive postseasons, double the earlier file set by Bart Starr, Brett Favre and Tom Brady.
17 – With their victory over the Buffalo Payments within the AFC Championship sport, Kansas Metropolis have now received 17 successive one-score video games. It additionally represents an NFL file, 4 greater than the earlier benchmark set by the Patriots from 2003 to 2004.
17 – Mahomes is an unimaginable 17-3 as a starter within the AFC playoffs. His solely two defeats to AFC groups each got here in time beyond regulation – to Brady’s Patriots within the 2018 season and Joe Burrow’s Cincinnati Bengals three years later. His different loss within the postseason was additionally to Brady – in Tremendous Bowl LV in opposition to the Tampa Buccaneers, who had home-field benefit. His 17 playoff wins are additionally the second most by a quarterback in NFL historical past, behind solely Brady’s 35.
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4 – The Chiefs will attempt to turn out to be the primary group in any of the 4 main American sports activities to win three straight titles for the reason that Los Angeles Lakers received NBA crowns within the 1999/2000, 2000/01 and 2001/02 seasons. They’re additionally simply the fourth group in NFL historical past to succeed in as many as three Tremendous Bowls in a row:
5 – Having additionally reached the Tremendous Bowl within the 2019 and 2020 seasons, they’re the primary group to play in 5 Tremendous Bowls over the course of six successive seasons.
3 – With a win in New Orleans, Andy Reid and Mahomes will turn out to be simply the third head coach-quarterback mixture to win as many as 4 Tremendous Bowls collectively:
5 – Mahomes is ready to turn out to be simply the third quarterback in NFL historical past to begin in 5 Tremendous Bowls, behind Brady and John Elway.
29 – Mahomes can also be primed to turn out to be the primary quarterback to begin in 5 Tremendous Bowls earlier than the age of 30.
50 – The Chiefs quarterback has 50 complete touchdowns within the playoffs in his NFL profession, second behind solely Brady’s 95 complete postseason touchdowns.
9 – Travis Kelce has posted 9 profession 100-yard receiving video games within the playoffs, most in NFL historical past forward of the good Jerry Rice.
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174 – Kelce’s 174 catches within the postseason are essentially the most by any participant in NFL historical past, 151 of which have arrived since Mahomes took over as starter in 2018.
20 – Kelce and Mahomes’ 20 landing connections within the playoffs are essentially the most by a pass-catch pairing in historical past, with the tight finish’s 20 receiving scores within the postseason second solely to Rice.
100 – Mahomes holds the file for quickest quarterback to succeed in 100 profession landing passes, doing so in simply 40 video games.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles in Tremendous Bowl 59 on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday February 9, dwell on Sky Sports activities NFL and Foremost Occasion from 10pm forward of kickoff at 11.30pm; 17-time Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar headlines the half-time present. Get Sky Sports activities or stream with NOW.
