🔐5. Ball security specialists
When it comes to protecting the football, the Bills and Chiefs have done a pretty solid job all season long. Now in the postseason ball security becomes even more magnified as the games typically become tighter.
Patrick Mahomes threw 11 interceptions this season, including a pair against Buffalo back in Week 11. But since then, the Chiefs quarterback has not had a single turnover. Mahomes is just the third quarterback to enter a playoff game on a seven-plus game winning streak without an interception. Only Tom Brady has a longer streak with eight games.
Kansas City’s signal caller currently has the longest active pass attempt streak without throwing an interception (262) of the four starting quarterbacks left in the postseason. In fact, it’s the third longest streak by a quarterback entering a playoff game all-time.
Mahomes doesn’t feel he’s changed his game in any way to avoid turnovers. He maintains he’s still willing to put the ball at risk in an effort to win games.
“At the beginning of the year, I had some interceptions,” he said. “I just had to try to clean those up as best as I can, but I’m going to still take chances. I’m going to give guys chances to make plays and guys have been making plays. I just go out there and play. I don’t worry about that stuff. I try to just put our team in the best positions to succeed, and if that’s taking a chance and giving a guy a chance to make a play, I’ll do that. And if that’s taking care of the football and letting our defense go out there and get a stop to put us in a better position, I’ll do that.”
The Chiefs have gone eight straight games without a giveaway counting last week’s Divisional Playoff game. It’s the longest streak by a team in a season since at least 1950.
Meanwhile the Bills have been every bit as good at taking care of the ball as well. With only eight giveaways all season, including their two…
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