The Chiefs’ defenders know penalties and poor open-field tackling cost them in the first meeting against the Bills this season.

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Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Leo Chenal blocks Houston Texans kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn's field goal try with 1:46 left in fourth quarter.

The Kansas City Chiefs began their pursuit of a third-straight Lombardi trophy with their eighth-straight playoff win beating the Texans 23-14 at Arrowhead Stadium Saturday. The Chiefs led 6-3 at the end of the first quarter and had their initial score set up by a 63-yard return of the opening kickoff by Nikko Remigio.

C.J. Stroud just about had to be scraped off the field inside Arrowhead Stadium by the time the Kansas City ... has his field goal attempt blocked by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Leo Chenal during the second half of an NFL football AFC divisional playoff ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos have fired special teams coordinator Ben Kotwica, who improved a middling outfit in his two years on Sean Payton's staff only to see his tenure blemished by a breakdown in Week 10 that cost the team a vital victory at Kansas City.

Minutes after their first loss this season, the Chiefs’ mood inside the visitors’ locker room at Highmark Stadium was split.

The Chiefs led the Texans 23-12 and had possession with 15 seconds left at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas ... Kansas City linebacker Leo Chenal ever so slightly got a hand on a 35-yard field goal ...

We want to remember this, possibly the next time we play them,” Chenal said. “We’ll definitely remember the feeling and how much it hurts.” The Chiefs will get the rematch — with revenge on the agenda for both teams — Sunday night when the Bills visit Arrowhead Stadium for the AFC Championship Game.

The Chiefs began their dynasty as a high-scoring, overpowering force. This year has been quite different but still could end with a Super Bowl title.

In their regular-season game against the Bills, the Chiefs, who lead the NFL in blitzes at 35%, forced an Allen interception but did not sack him. In their 2023 playoff victory at Buffalo, the Chiefs had their lowest blitz percentage in two seasons (17.8%), held the Bills to 24 points and won the game.

Week 10: Chiefs 16, Broncos 14 - Leo Chenal blocks a 35-yard field ... But then came Sunday's stunning stroke of luck at Arrowhead Stadium. Trailing the Chiefs, 32-29, at the 2-minute warning ...