PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. >> MCPHERSON TRYING TO KICK THE BENGALS INTO THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP. >> HE'S GOT IT! CINCINNATI WINS! THEY ARE GOING TO THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME! JIM: DOWN THE MIDDLE, OH, MY GOODNESS. IT'S GOING TO BE 49 YARDS. TONY: I'M SO NERVOUS. JIM: THE KICK IS GOOD! WE'RE GOING TO OVERTIME. TO THE END ZONE, FOR THE WIN -- BALLGAME! CHIEFS TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME! JIM: WELCOME BACK TO THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PRESENTED BY INTUIT TURBOTAX LIVE. WE'VE GOT GENE STERATORE UP AT THE BOOTH WITH US, JAY FEELY, DOWN ON THE SIDELINE ALONG WITH EVAN WASHBURN AND OF COURSE TRACY WOLFSON. TRACY, IT'S ALL YOURS BEFORE KICKOFF. TRACY: JIM, WE WERE THERE, WEEK 17, JOE BURROW, 446 YARDS, FOUR TOUCHDOWNS. JA'MARR CHASE, 266 YARDS, THREE TOUCHDOWNS. EXPECT DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR STEVE SPAGNUOLO TO CHANGE THINGS UP THIS TIME AROUND. HE TOLD ME THE THREE KEYS. LIMIT THE EXPLOSIVE PLAYS. WIN THOSE CONTESTED BALLS. AND NOT ONLY PRESSURE BURROW, BUT FINISH HIM OFF. NOW, FORTUNERY, THEY WILL GET THEIR -- FORTUNATELY, THEY WILL GET THEIR STAR SAFETY TYRANN MATHIEU BACK. HE HAS CLEARED CONCUSSION PROTOCOL. AND HE WILL BE OUT HERE, JIM? JIM: IN FACT, THAT DEFENSE, THANK YOU, TRACE, WILL BE OUT THERE TO BEGIN BECAUSE THE CHIEFS WIN THE TOSS AND ELECT TO DEFER. SO HERE WE GO. THE BENGALS TRYING TO GO TO A THIRD SUPER BOWL IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. FIRST TIME SINCE 1988 SEASON WHILE THE CHIEFS ARE GOING FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR TO THE SUPER BOWL. [CAPTIONING FUNDED BY CBS SPORTS DIVISION] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] JIM: EVAN WASHBURN A QUICK WORD BEFORE THE FIRST SNAP. EVAN: JOE BURROW TAKES THE FIELD TO A WELCOME FROM THIS ARROWHEAD STADIUM AND MADE IT CLEAR ALL WEEK WHILE HE ARC NUDGES THE CHALLENGE OF THIS VENUE -- HE ACKNOWLEDGES THE CHALLENGE OF THIS VENUE CONCERN IN CROWD NOISE BUT ZAC TAYLOR CONCERNED WITH THE GUYS IN FRONT OF HIP. THEY STRUGGLED LAST WEEK AGAINST NASHVILLE. THREE PRE-SNAP PENALTIES. THEY WORKED ON IT ALL WEEK. NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. AND SILENT COUNT WILL BE KEY. THIS PLACE IS ROCKING, FELLAS. JIM: OH, MAN. IS IT EVER. SO BURROW, FIRST SNAP, COMES FROM UNDER CENTER. BUT TWO TIGHT ENDS, UZOMAH AND SAMPLE, CHASE GOES IN MOTION. GOING TO RUN IT TO THAT RIGHT SIDE. MIXON, THIRD BEST IN THE LEAGUE THIS YEAR RUSHING THE FOOTBALL AS MIXON, HE'S GOT A GAIN OF FLEE. SO JOE BURROW, TONY, HE'S TIRED OF THAT UNDERDOG NARRATIVE. SAYS WE'RE A GOOD TEAM. WE GOT GOOD PLAYERS. GOOD COACHES. AND WE ARE COMING FOR IT ALL. TONY: HE'S EXACTLY RIGHT. I THINK THEY HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THAT AND THEY'RE HERE FOR A REASON. THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT NOW IS NERVES. HAND THE BALL OFF ON THE FIRST PLAY A GREAT THING FOR HIM. AND CAN BARELY SWALLOW RIGHT NOW GOING OH, SOME WATER. CATCH MY BREATH. AND JUST MAKE IT EASY ON HIM THIS FIRST COUPLE. JIM: GET IT TO CHASE. SHAKES OFF A HIT AND THROWN DOWN BY HITCHENS AT THE 30. IT WILL BE A THIRD AND 5 FOR THE BENGALS WHO HAVE SCORED THIS POSTSEASON ON THE FIRST DRIVE OF EACH HALF. BOTH HALVES AGAINST THE RAIDERS. BOTH HALVES AGAINST THE TITANS. AS YOU SEE THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE, THEY GOT BATTERED AND BRUISED LAST WEEK AS THEIR QUARTERBACK WAS SACKED NINE TIMES AS ANOTHER BIG STORY TO WATCH. CHASE AS A ROOKIE MAKES ALL PRO. PERINE IS THE RUNNING BACK. THIRD AND 5 FOR CINCINNATI. TONY: HERE'S CHASE ALL THE WAY AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. IF HE'S ONE-ON-ONE, HE'S GOING TO GET THE BALL. HE LYRICS AT HIM OVER AND O OVER -- LOOKS AT HIM OVER AND OVER. JIM: HERE THEY GO. THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE. IT'S KNOCKED AWAY BY WILLIE GAY. HE WAS TRYING TO CONNECT WITH UZOMAH. AND THE BENGALS ARE THREE AND OUT. TONY: YOU'LL SEE GAY RIGHT THERE FLYING OUT AND KNOWS HE'S GOT HELP ON THE OUTSIDE. BUT THAT'S A HUGE PERFECT TECHNIQUE, PUT THAT HAND OUT THERE AND SEES HIS EYES GO OUT AND A GOOD START FOR THIS KANSAS CITY DEFENSE. THE LAST TYPE THESE GUYS PLAYED IN WEEK 17 KANSAS CITY GOT UP 14-0. SO CINCINNATI WON THAT GAME 34-31. JIM: THEY HAD A 14-POINT LEAD AT THREE DIFFERENT TIMES IN THAT GAME. DID KANSAS CITY. AND THE BENGALS CAME BACK TO BEAT THEM. 34-31. THE HUBER PUNT GRACIOUSLY RUNNING OUT TO THE 15-YARD LINE. SO THAT'S A 55-YARD PUNT. AND PATRICK MAHOMES AND COMPANY START AT THE 15. THIS IS WHAT HE'S DONE IN THESE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCES. THE ONLY LOSS WAS THE FIRST ONE WHEN THEY LOST IN OVERTIME TO THE PATRIOTS. THAT WAS ANOTHER WILD ONE OF THE 37-31. THREE YEARS BACK. BUT HE'S NEVER THROWN AN INTERCEPTION IN AN A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. NINE TOUCHDOWNS, NO PICKS. THE BRILLIANT NUMBERS JUST HARD TO IMAGINE. OVER AND OVER AGAIN. TONY: A BRILLIANT PLAYER WHO'S PLAYING RIGHT NOW AT A HIGH -- CRAZY HIGH LEVEL. JIM: MCKINNON GETS THE HANDLE AND BURSTS UP AHEAD FOR A QUICK EIGHT. HE'S BEEN AN EMERGING STORY FOR THEM DURING THE POSTSEASON. AND THIS OFFENSIVE LINE FOR KANSAS CITY, THEY HAD TO FIX THIS IN THE OFF-SEASON. AFTER LAST YEAR'S SUPER BOWL. AND THEY'VE COME TOGETHER. TONY: IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND GREAT JOB BY THE ORGANIZATION. BECAUSE WHAT -- THE GENERAL MANAGER BRETT BEACH AND ANDY REID DID WAS THEY GOT MORE PHYSICAL UP FRONT. EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT TAMPA BAY AND THE SUPER BOWL. BUT RIGHT NOW, PATRICK MAHOMES IS ACTUALLY NOT PUSHING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD. THE LEAST AMOUNT. THE LAST TWO WEEKS FOR FIVE YARDS IN THE AIR BECAUSE THEY CAN RUN THE BALL, JIM. HE JUST TAKES WHAT THE DEFENSE GIVES THEM AND THROWS IT UNDERNEATH. JIM: THERE'S AN EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE. MCKINNON WITH THE FIRST DOWN. AND ABLE TO TAKE IT UP CLOSE TO THE 40-YARD LINE. TONY: AND THAT'S -- A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF PATRICK MAHOMES ADJUSTMENTS. HE'S GOING EACH GUY. TO THE RIGHT KELCE AND COMES BACK INSIDE AND WORKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROGRESSION -- THROUGH THE PROGRESSION. WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER HE WOULD GET OUT OF THE POCKET BUT RIGHT NOW ALMOST UNDEFENDABLE BECAUSE HIS ABILITY TO GET THROUGH THESE PROGRESSIONS. HOW DO YOU STOP THIS TEAM? IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THIS CINCINNATI DEFENSE. JIM: THERE YOU SEE MCKINNON'S PRODUCTION. ALREADY WELL AHEAD OF HIS REGULAR SEASON TOTAL. AND KELCE IS GOING TO MOVE OVER INTO A SLOT ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE LAST PLAY WENT FOR 14. A LITTLE SIDEARM THROW TO HILL. SPLITS THE DEFENDERS AND HE'S UP AHEAD FOR ANOTHER SEVEN. BROUGHT DOWN BY LOGAN WILSON. LOU ANARUMO THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE BENGALS. THEY SAW IMPROVEMENT THIS YEAR AS FAR AS THE RUN GAME. BEING ABLE TO STOP THE RUN BETTER THAN THEY HAVE. SCORING DEFENSE. THERE'S WILSON AND PRATT BOTH WITH LATE GAME INTERCEPTIONS IN THE PLAYOFFS SO FAR. TO SECOND AND 2. AND IT'S MCKINNON TRIPPED UP AFTER A YARD. TONY: YOUR EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE. THEIR IMPROVEMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE AND JUST SOME OF THEIR -- YOU KNOW, STYLE OF THE WAY THEY PLAY. CONDENSING THE FRONT, GETTING MORE BIG PEOPLE RIGHT DOWN AROUND THAT CENTER. MAKES IT DIFFICULT. YOU'LL SEE THE GUY UP TOP. HE'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RUSH. IT'S A FIFTH DEFENDER. PRATT OFF THE EDGE. AND THAT ALLOWS GUYS TO GET IN THERE AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. YOU HAVE TO GET THEM INTO THIRD DOWN. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STOP THIS TEAM BUT YOU CAN GET OFF THE FIELD IN SITUATIONAL FOOTBALL. JIM: IT'S A THIRD AND 1. FROM THE 47. THEY GO WITH BURTON. THE FULLBACK. AND PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST DOWN WITH THE FORWARD PROGRESS. PRATT TRIED TO PULL HIM BACK. LET'S SEE THE SPOT. TONY: WELL, BURTON IS 9-9 THEIR FULLBACK ON THIRD AND 1 OR FOURTH AND 1. IS THIS THE FIRST ONE? JIM: I THOUGHT THE SPOT IS -- JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE -- HAVE HIM SHORT. TONY: IF YOU'RE A CINCINNATI FAN LIKE WOW, BROKE ONE RECORD. BURTON DIDN'T GET A FIRST DOWN ON THIRD AND 1. I DO AGREE WITH YOU. IT LOOKED LIKE HE GOT THERE EASILY, DIDN'T HE? LOOK AT THAT. THERE'S THE BALL RIGHT THERE. JIM: I THINK REID -- TONY: CHALLENGE IT. JIM: I THINK HE'S THINKING ABOUT IT. HE HAS. HE'S CHALLENGED IT. JUST THREW OUT THE RED FLAG. RIGHT THERE, HE'S PAST THE 48-YARD LINE. TONY: THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THIS CHALLENGE. HE GOT IT. HIS PERFECT RECORD. REFEREE: TIME-OUT. KANSAS CITY. JIM: SO A KANSAS CITY CHALLENGE. AND THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION HERE. WAS THERE A TIME-OUT CALLED FIRST? REFEREE: KANSAS CITY IS CHALLENGING THE RULING ON THE FIELD. THE RUNNER SHORT OF THE LINE TO GAIN. TIME-OUT. JIM: WORD FROM DOWN THERE ON THE SIDELINE IS THEY MIGHT HAVE ALREADY BEEN HIT WITH A TIME-OUT IN ADDITION TO IT. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO CHALLENGE THE SPOT JIM: SO KANSAS CITY HAS WON THE CHALLENGE. THEY'VE REVERSED THE FIELD ON THE CALL. GENE STERATORE, SORT OUT THAT WITH THE TIME-OUT THAT WAS CALLED BEFORE IT. GENE: YEAH, JIM. TWO PIECES. ANDY REID CALLED A TIME-OUT PRIOR TO CHALLENGING. SO PI -- BY RULE HE HAS BEEN CHARGED A TIME-OUT BECAUSE THAT PRECEDED HIS CHALLENGE. YES, HIS CHALLENGE IS SUCCESSFUL. BUT ON A BASIC PLAY LIKE THAT, EVEN THOUGH SUCCESSFUL, BIG CHALLENGE BECAUSE HE HAS TO GET THE NEXT ONE RIGHT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR A THIRD. JIM: GOT IT RIGHT. LOST THE TIME-OUT. FIRST DOWN, MCKINNON. UP THE MIDDLE. RUNNING HARD. LOOK AT HIM GO. MCKINNON FOR EIGHT OR NINE. TONY: YEAH. I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO CHALLENGE THERE. YOU'RE AT MID FIELD AND DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN. GENE'S POINT IS WELL MADE. IF THEY DON'T GET IT YOU'RE OUT OF CHALLENGES THE REST OF THE DAY. IF THEY DON'T GET THE NEXT ONE. JIM: AND HAD THEY LOST THAT ONE. YOU GOT TO WIN TWO OBVIOUSLY TO GET THE THIRD. AND THEY'VE WON THE FIRST CHALLENGE. SO IT'S A SECOND AND 1. PRESSURE. EASILY GIVING IT AWAY TO KELCE. AND ANOTHER FIRST DOWN AT THE 35. TONY: YOU SEE THE BALL CONTROL OFFENSE? THIS IS WHAT MAKES THEM MORE DANGEROUS IN MY OPINION. EVERY THROW HAS BEEN FIVE YARDS MAYBE. GET THROUGH THE PROGRESSION. THROW IT OUT TO THE FLAT. BUT THIS IS WHERE TEAMS, THEY'RE STARTING TO PLAY THEM. THIS WHOLE YEAR, RIGHT? SOFT. DEEPER SAFETIES. AND MAHOMES HAS ADJUSTED. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS, THEY START TO GET ANTSY AND THEY START COMING DOWNHILL AND MAHOMES TAKES THEM OVER THE TOP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE IN THAT -- WHERE LOSING NO MATTER WHAT WE DO GAME. >> ALREADY WITH THREE FIRST DOWNS ON THIS OPENING DRIVE FOR KANSAS CITY. HAS TO TAKE OFF. HAS TO TAKE OFF AND HE HAS A FIRST DOWN AND HE RUNS IT FOR ABOUT 13. TONY: WELL, I GOT A LITTLE REPORT HERE. AND WANT TO KNOW ONE OF THE BIG POINTS OF EMPHASIS IN THIS GAME FOR THE BENGALS, KEEP MAHOMES IN THE POCKET. THEY DO A GOOD JOB THERE, JIM? I DON'T KNOW. NOT QUITE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED THERE. BUT WE ALSO TALK ABOUT PATIENCE. TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE YOU. IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE ON THIS DRIVE. PATRICK MAHOMES TAKING WHAT THEY'RE GIVING HIM. BUT YOU GOT TO MAKE THEM KICK FIELD GOALS. THAT WAS THE BENGALS' PLAN COMING IN. AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHUT THIS OFFENSE NO ONE DOES BUT COULD HOLD THEM TO FIELD GOALS. JIM: HERE'S THE HANDOFF. AND AGAIN, LOOK AT MCKINNON. HE HAS BEEN GIVING IT GREAT EFFORT ON THIS OPENING DRIVE. AND EVERY CARRY SO FAR FOR HIM HAS BEEN LIKE SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT YARDS. TONY: I REALLY FELT THE INTERIOR OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND D-LINE WOULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS GAME RIGHT HERE AND IF THE CHIEFS ARE ABLE TO DO THIS AND COME OUT AND RUN THE FOOTBALL, IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY FOR THE BENGALS BECAUSE IT KEEPS THEIR OFFENSE ON THE SIDE. AND MAHOMES, HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO LIKE DROP BACK MORE THAN 25 TIMES IN A GAME THEN. GOING TO BE A SLOW DEATH IF THIS CONTINUES. JIM: IN THE RED ZONE, SECOND AND 4. CHIEFS IN THE POSTSEASON HAVE SCORED ON ALL LINE TRIPS IN THE -- NINE TRIPS IN THE END ZONE INCLUDING SEVEN TOUCHDOWNS. HERE'S TO HILL. STEPS UP AHEAD, AND ABLE TO GET THE FIRST DOWN. THAT WAS APPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH DIRECTION HE WAS GOING TO GO. THAT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTAIN. BUT HILL HAS THE FIRST DOWN. TONY: YARDS AFTER CATCH, WATCH. THIS IS WHO IS GUARDING TYREEK HEADLINE OUT HERE ON THE RIGHT. THAT'S TOO MUCH RIGHT THERE. THAT'S LIKE EIGHT YARDS OFF. AND YOU HAVE SAFETY HELP. YES, YOU HAVE THE SIDELINE THERE. BUT THAT'S ABOUT TWO SECONDS AWAY FROM JUST GOING FOR A TOUCHDOWN. YOU GOT TO BE CLOSER. YOU SEE HIM AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. THAT'S HOW YOU GOT TO DEFEND HIM AND YOU GOT TO HAVE A GUY OVER HERE HELPING HIM. JIM: IT'S A FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 10. PLAY-ACTION INTO THE LINE AND MAHOMES IS GOING TO SLIDE AND THROW, TO THE END ZONE -- OH, WHAT A CATCH! IT IS CAUGHT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! TYREEK HILL COMES ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND PULLS IT IN. 10 YARDS OUT FOR NUMBER 10. AND A TOUCHDOWN. TONY: WELL, THERE'S A REASON HE'S THE MOST TARGETED. WATCH UP TOP. TYREEK HILL IS GOING TO GIVE THE WIGGLE, THE BALL DOESN'T COME RIGHT THERE. BUT HE DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB OF CONTINUING IN THIS GAME. YOU GOT TWO OF THE BEST. LOOK AT THAT THROW, JIM. WOW. THE BULLET. ONE FOOT, TWO FOOT, TWO OF THE BEST RECEIVERS AT RUNNING ROUTES AND THEN RUN AFTER CATCH. THEY'RE SO FAST AND EXPLOSIVE. YOU SEE THEIR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING TO RUN THE ROUTE. EVEN AFTER THEY DON'T GET THE BALL RIGHT AWAY. THEY GET A LOT OF YARDS LIKE THAT. JIM: BUTKER OUT FOR THE EXTRA POINT. HILL IN HIS CAREER, WHEN HE HAS SCORED A TOUCHDOWN, KANSAS CITY IS 21-0. TONY: OH, NO! LET'S GO HOME. JIM: I GUESS IT'S OVER. WHAT TIME IS YOUR FLIGHT? TONY: THE BENGALS ARE NOT OUT OF JIM: THE NFL ON CBS IS SPONSORED BY TACO BELL'S DELIVERY MEAL FOR TWO. BECAUSE CRAVINGS ARE BETTER SHARED. AT&T. 5G. FAST. RELIABLE AND SECURE. AND BY PROGRESSIVE. SAVE WHEN YOU BUNDLE AUTO, HOME, OR MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE. FIRST TIME IN PATRICK MAHOMES' PLAYOFF CAREER THAT HE'S THROWN AN OPENING DRIVE TOUCHDOWN PASS. IT WAS AN 84-YARD OPENING DRIVE WITH NO PLAY LONGER THAN 15 YARDS. TO YOUR POINT WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THIS OFFENSE THIS YEAR. TONY: AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM SO MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE OTHER YEARS. BECAUSE YOU COULD ALWAYS GET HIM WITH THEIR IMPATIENCE BECAUSE THEY'RE SO GOOD. BUT NOW THEY'RE PATIENT. AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO WIN. JIM: ANOTHER TOUCHBACK. A CHANCE TO TELL YOU THAT JUSTIN HERBERT, KYLER MURRAY, JUSTIN JEFFERSON, JUST A FEW OF THE NFL ALL-STARS GOING TO BE IN LAS VEGAS AT THE 2022 PRO BOWL PRESENTED BY VERIZON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 3:00 P.M. EASTERN. YOU CAN BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY AT PROBOWL.COM OR WATCH THE EXCITEMENT ON ABC, ESPN AND ESPN DEPORTES. JIM: UNDER CENTER AND AGAIN, A FIRST DOWN HANDOFF IT IS TO MIXON. AND PRETTY MUCH LIKE IT WAS TO OPEN THE GAME, IT'S A THREE-YARD CARRY AS WE SET STEVE SPAGNUOLO'S DEFENSE, DEFENSE, WELL, SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE DONE THIS YEAR, THE WAY THEY TURNED IT AROUND MID-SEASON, CHRIS JONES PLAYING INSIDE. BOOST THEY GOT FROM PICKING UP MELVIN INGRAM IN A TRADE FROM PITTSBURGH IN NOVEMBER. SPAGS PUT IT TOGETHER AND A SECOND LOOK AT THIS TEAM IN A MONTH AND HE'S DANGEROUS A LOT OF TIMES IN THAT SITUATION. TONY: 100%. FOR A YOUNG QUARTERBACK LIKE JOE BURROW, HE DOESN'T PLAY IN THE DIVISION. SO HE DOESN'T SEE HIM A TON YOU'LL HAVE A LOT DIFFERENT LOOKS AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO DOUBLE-TEAM CHASE RIGHT THERE AS HE COMES OUT OF THE SLOT. JIM: LOW SNAP, HAD TO GET IT AWAY QUICKLY. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A TWO-YARD COMPLETION AND AGAIN, SEQUENTIALLY, THIS IS SETTING UP JUST LIKE THE FIRST DRIVE. A THREE-YARD PLAY AND A TWO-YARD PLAY AND THEY'LL HAVE A THIRD AND 5 COME UP. TONY: RIGHT THERE, THEY GOT OFF TO A REALLY BAD START THIS YEAR. AND THEN THEY STARTED PLAYING GREAT FOOTBALL. NOT AS GREAT IN THE LAST FEW GAMES. BUT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER JOSH ALLEN CAME INTO TOWN IN THAT DYNAMIC OFFENSE AS WELL. BUT TODAY, THEY -- SPAGNUOLO KNOWS JA'MARR CHASE CAN'T BEAT US. HE ALMOST BEAT THEM SINGLE-HANDEDLY IN THE LAST GAME. LAST WEEK THEY TOOK OUT DIGGS AGAINST THE BILLS. SOMEONE HAS TO STEP UP. THAT GUY LAST WEEK, GABRIEL, WHO'S GOING TO DO TODAY FOR THE BENGALS? THEY NEED HIGGINS OR SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT. JIM: THIRD AND 5. BURROW, SEES AN OPENING. GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST DOWN. THE BENGALS MOVE THE CHAINS FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO AGAIN THE POCKET WAS COLLAPSING QUICKLY. AND HE SMARTLY TOOK OFF AND PICKED UP EIGHT. TONY: WELL, YOU'LL SEE THE FIVE-MAN POCKET COLLAPSING. BURROW VERSUS THE BLITZ. BEEN FANTASTIC. IN THE PLAYOFFS, 8-8, 147 YARDS AND ALSO RUNS, CHRIS JONES, ONE OF THE KEYS TO THIS GAME. ETERNAL PRESSURE. THE CRAZY THING IS BURROW IS DOING THIS WITH A BELOW AVERAGE OFFENSIVE LINE. THEY WORK HARD. THEY FIGHT HARD. BUT BY NO MEANS ARE YOU SITTING HERE SAYING WOW, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OFFENSIVE LINE. HE GETS A TON OF TYPE. HE'S DOING IT UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE. JIM: FIRST DOWN. A RUNNING PLAY. AND YARD, MAYBE TWO FOR MIXON. HERE YOU GO. THE DIFFERENT SEASONS IT SEEMED TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BALL FOR KANSAS CITY. THEY STARTED OUT WITH THAT HORRID START AS A TEAM OVERALL. 3-4. THEY GOT INGRAM, THINGS CHANGED. NOW YOU LOOK AT THE LAST FOUR GAMES, THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE UP BECAUSE OF THAT FIRST GAME AGAINST CINCINNATI. AND AGAIN, AS YOU SAID, THE NUMBERS BY BUFFALO LAST WEEK. AND THAT WHILED 42-36 -- WILD 42-36 SHOOTOUT. TONY: KEEP WATCHING CHASE. THIS IS A GUY. THEY HAVE TO COMMUNICATE. HE'S IN THE SLOT HERE. I BET MATTHEW COMES OVER AND HELPS OUT RIGHT THERE. JIM: SECOND AND 9 BURROW DUMPS IT OFF. MIXON TRIES TO GET AROUND GAY. AND HE IS PUMMELED BY THE ROOKIE NICK BOLTON AFTER A PICKUP OF SEVEN. TONY: THIS IS A GREAT JOB. SO WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THIS. A LOT OF THESE COVERAGES OVER HERE WHERE CHASE IS, YOU GOT TO GO AHEAD AND LET THEM DOUBLE-TEAM HIM. SO YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD AND SEE A LOT OF "PEOPLE" OPEN AWAY -- A LOT OF PEOPLE OPEN AWAY FROM DHAIS. AND THAT'S A GOOD JOB BY BURROW NOT TRYING TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. JUST ACCEPT THEY'RE GOING TO DOUBLE HIM EARLY AND GO OTHER PLACES AND THEN YOU'LL FIND YOUR CHANCES TO HIT HIM. JIM: THEY NEED TWO FOR A FIRST. OUT OF THE GUN, THEY GOT THE FIRST BY JUST A HALF A YARD AS IT'S CAUGHT BY TYLER BOYD. SNEED WAS ON THE COVERAGE. AND AGAIN, YOU COULD TELL THAT BURROW IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY TIME. DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO. UNLOADED IT QUICKLY. AND BOYD ABLE TO PICK UP THE FIRST. TONY: YEAH. CHRIS JONES JUST GOT RIGHT IN THE BACKFIELD. DIDN'T EVEN GET BLOCKED. BUT BURROW DOES A GREAT JOB. YOU'LL SEE 95, AND JUST SWIM MOVES. ADENYINGI RIGHT THERE. JIM: AN EIGHT-YARD SCRAMBLE THE LONGEST BY BURROW. PLAY-ACTION. DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, UP IN THE AIR, AND IT'S INCOMPLETE. THE PASS WAS INTENDED FOR UZOMAH WHO IS SHAKEN UP. TONY: AND HE'S DOWN. AND HE'S A REALLY BIG-TIME WEAPON. THIS IS A HUGE MOMENT RIGHT HERE. JIM: HE HAS TO HOBBLE -- TONY: UZOMAH, HE'S GOING TO GO UP AND STOP RIGHT IN THAT ZONE RIGHT THERE. AND THAT BALL COMES OUT. HE JUST ALMOST DIDN'T JUMP CORRECTLY -- OH! WOW. THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW UZOMAH IS BIG, ATHLETIC. JIM: AND HE'S CAUGHT IN THE LAST TWO GAMES IN THE PLAYOFFS SIX BALLS AGAINST THE RAIDERS. SEVEN LAST WEEK AGAINST THE TITANS SO HE'S BEEN A BIG PART OF IT IN THE POSTSEASON. DREW SAMPLE COMES IN FOR HIM. TONY: HE'S A REALLY GOOD PLAYER AND GET BETTER AND BETTER HIS CEILING IS HIGH. ARE THEY GOING TO PRESSURE SORENSEN? IF YOU DO, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AGAINST THE BLITZ. JIM: HERE'S THE SECOND AND 10. IT'S BOYD AGAIN. AND HE'S WRESTLED DOWN QUICKLY BY TYRANN MATHIEU. BACK FROM THE CONCUSSION SUFFERED ON THE OPENING DRIVE LAST WEEK. AND BOY, WAS HIS PRESENCE MISSED LAST WEEK. MATHIEU. TONY: YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. GOING TO BE HUGE. BECAUSE ALL THE DOUBLE-TEAMING EXPEFERG YOU GOT GOING INTO THIT GOING INTO THIS GAME. COVERAGES AND BREAKDOWNS AND PEOPLE RUNNING WIDE OPEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN HE'S BACK THERE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH COMMUNICATION, JIM, AND HIS INSTINCTS AND TALENT. HE'S GOING TO BE A BIG FOCAL POINT. JIM: THIRD DOWN AND 5. THEY PICKED UP TWO THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS ON THIS SERIES. BURROW HAS ANOTHER ONE. AND SNEED WHO TAKES HIM DOWN. BUT AGAIN, CINCINNATI KEEPS ON MOVING. A GAIN OF NINE. TONY: YEAH. JUST A SIMPLE GO UP AND OUT. GOOD THROW. TIMING. WATCH THIS RIGHT HERE. CHASE IS ON THIS SIDE. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP HAMMERING IT BUT THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB BY BURROW. THOSE TWO ON THE BACK SIDE DON'T EVEN LOOK THERE. THIS IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE RIGHT NOW FOR HIM NOT TO AT LEAST PEEK OVER THERE -- HE ALREADY KNOWS AS IF HE'S A VETERAN. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. JIM: FIRST DOWN. FROM THE CHIEFS' 37. KEEP RUNNING IT ON FIRST DOWN AND THIS TIME THEY BREAK ONE. MIXON, HIGH STEPPING AND STILL GOING. DOWN TO ABOUT THE 15. RUNNING BEHIND HAKEEM ADENIJI. AND THE BENGALS BREAK THEIR BIGGEST PLAY OF THIS FIRST QUARTER. 23 YARDS. TONY: YEP. GOOD JOB BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE. THE RIGHT SIDE. ADENIJI THE FIRST TIME DID NOT DO A GOOD JOB IN PASS PROTECTION ON JONES. BUT HE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB THERE CREATING A BIG HOLE AND MIXON DOES THE REST. JIM: BALL SPOTTED AT THE 14. TONY: THIS IS A BIG DRIVE. JIM: AND THEY'RE ANSWERING ON THIRD DOWN. TONY: YOU KNOW KANSAS CITY, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET BEHIND EARLY. LAST TIME. THEY HAD TO COME BACK AND HAVE EVERYTHING GO THEIR WAY. JIM: AND AT HOME. TONY: YES. JIM: FIRST DOWN. THEY FAKE GOING TO CHASE. LOOK DOWN THE MIDDLE AND NOT THERE AND NOW HE TRIES IT. END ZONE, INCOMPLETE, THREW IT AWAY. SO THEY HAD SOMETHING SET UP THAT THEY THOUGHT MIGHT BE OPEN. RIGHT AROUND THE GOAL LINE BUT THE CHIEFS HAD IT WELL COVERED. TONY: WATCH THIS. IT'S GOING TO BE A FAKE SCREEN TO THE LEFT. THEN A FAKE SCREEN HERE. BUT AT THE END, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND COME RIGHT BACK TO THE TIGHT END. FAKE, FAKE OVER THERE. BUT GUESS WHAT? THAT SAMPLE, UZOMAH IS NOT IN. AND THAT RIGHT THERE IS WHY. HE GOES TOO FAR DOWN THE FIELD. YOU RUN THAT PLAY ALL WEEK WITH SOMEONE, YOU KNOW AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NEXT COMES IN AND -- HE NEVER PRACTICED IT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S OFF IN HIS SPOT AND HAVE TO THROW IT AWAY. JIM: SECOND AND 10. LOFTS IT. END ZONE. AND FOR A MOMENT HIGGINS ALMOST HAD IT AND FENTON STUCK A HAND IN THERE AND KNOCKED IT LOOSE. BENTON HAS BEEN OUT THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES WITH A BACK. AND HE RETURNS AND MAKES A PLAY HERE WITH THE LEFT HAND. TONY: WOW. I THOUGHT HE CAUGHT IT ONE-HANDED. FENTON GETS AWAY WITH THE HOLD AND GRABBING HIS RIGHT HAND AND WHY ARE YOU ONE-HANDING THIS, HIGGINS? BUT HE KIND OF HAD TO. ALMOST AN INCREDIBLE CATCH. THIS IS A BIG PART OF WHAT HAPPENED IN GAME ONE. THE CONTESTED BALLS WENT CINCINNATI'S WAY WHEN THEY THREW THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD IN THESE ONE-ON-ONE SITUATIONS, CINCINNATI CAME DOWN WITH LIKE ALL OF THEM IT FELT LIKE. K.C., BIG POINT OF EMPHASIS, DON'T ALLOW THAT. WIN THOSE MATCHUPS. JIM: THIRD AND 10, END ZONE BOUND AND CHASE, INCOMPLETE. THAT'S THE EXACT TYPE OF PLAY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THEY WERE PULLING THOSE IN IN THAT FIRST MATCHUP JANUARY 2. WARD ON THE COVERAGE. TONY: YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THEY WERE -- THESE WERE THE PLAYS THAT WENT THEIR WAY AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF CONTACT THERE. DID HE -- PASS SPHERE, DID HE -- PASS INTERFERE, DID HE NOT? CHIEFS, YOU SAY NO. BUT WELL DONE BY THE CHIEFS TO HOLD THEM TO A FIELD GOAL BUT STILL A PRETTY DID DRIVE FOR THE BENGALS. JIM: 32 YARDS COMING UP FOR EVAN MCPHERSON. BEEN A HERO IN THESE PLAYOFFS. THE ROOKIE FROM FLORIDA. AGAIN, JUST 32 YARDS. HUBER ON THE HOLD AND THE BENGALS ARE ABLE TO PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD IN THE LAST MINUTE OF THIS OPENING QUARTER. TONY: I CAN'T WAIT TO TALK ABOUT HIM. YOU HAVE SO MUCH ON HIM SO COOL JIM: C.J. UZOMAH IN TEARS AS HE IS NOW TAKEN TO THE LOCKER ROOM IN A CART. HE LOST HIS SEASON A YEAR AGO WITH A TORN ACHILLES. DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INJURY IS HERE. BUT AN EARLY LOSS FOR THE BENGALS. UZOMAH YOU SAW HIM TRYING TO GET OFF THE FIELD NOT PUTTING ANY WEIGHT AT ALL ON HIS LEG. ONE LEG. TONY: THAT'S SUCH A BIG ONE RIGHT HERE. HE'S SMOOTH. HE'S GOT RAW ATHLETIC ABILITY. HE'S COMING INTO HIS OWN. AND HE JUST HAS A LOT OF FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT FOR HIM. BUT GOING TO BE A BIG LOSS THERE. BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THE LAST DRIVE, JIM. PATIENCE WAS THE KIWI SAID. NO -- WAS THE KEY WE SAID. SECOND KEY, CINCINNATI, KEEP HIM IN THE POCKET. WHEN HE GETS OUT OF THE POCKET ESPECIALLY WHEN HE ROLLS RIGHT. MIGHT AS WELL BOOK IT. A TOUCHDOWN. AND YOU GOT THE FASTEST GUY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD COMING ACROSS. THE TWO KEYS, KEEP HIM IN THE POCKET, DISRUPT THAT TIMING, AND NOT ABLE -- JIM: COMPLETED HIS LAST NINE THROWS LAST SUNDAY. FIRST FIVE TODAY. SO 14 COMPLETIONS STREAK. AND ONE WEEK TO THE NEXT AND DOWN THE FIELD HE'S GOT HARDMAN. MECOLE HARDMAN ALL THE WAY TO THE 30-YARD LINE. AND A GAIN OF 45. TONY: WELL, WATCH HARDMAN IS GOING TO COME RIGHT INSIDE HERE AND GO UP. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT GUY THERE, WATCH HIM GO WIGGLE OUT AND THEN UP:AND THIS THROW. WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB OF SETTING THIS PLAY UP ON THE FIRST DRIVE. WE TALK ABOUT THE VIGNETTES OF SETTING THINGS UP AND ANDY REID, ERIC BIENIEMY, DID A GREAT JOB. THEY GOT OUT OF SHELL DEFENSE. JIM: THAT'S THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER WITH KANSAS CITY IN PRIME CHANGES EVERYTHING. THIS MONTH, THE CHIEFS STARTED A DONATION DRIVE COLLECTING HYGIENE PRODUCTS FOR STUDENTS IN NEED AND EARLIER THIS WEEK, TEAM PRESIDENT MARK DONOVAN HELPED DELIVER SOME OF THOSE ITEMS TO LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WE BEGIN THE SECOND QUARTER. THERE ARE THE NUMBERS FROM THE FIRST. CHIEFS HAD THAT 44 YARDS AND TWO PLAYS TO SET UP A TYING FIELD GOAL SUNDAY NIGHT. THAT LAST THROW WAS ACTUALLY 44 YARDS ON ONE PLAY. TO HARDMAN TO PUT THEM IN CINCINNATI TERRITORY. AND THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER NICE RUN. RIPPED OFF BY MCKINNON FOR ANOTHER SIX OR SEVEN. EVAN, LET'S GO DOWN TO YOU. EVAN: BIG BLOW FOR THIS BENGALS OFFENSE. C.J. UZOMAH DOUBTFUL TO RETURN WITH A LEFT KNEE INJURY. YOU SHOWED THE VISUALS AND AN EMOTIONAL UZOMAH COULDN'T PUT ANY WEIGHT ON THAT LEFT LEG. SO AGAIN, HE'S DOUBTFUL TO RETURN. JIM: OK. THANK YOU, EVAN. FIRST TIME BY THE WAY THAT MAHOMES IN THE FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES HE'S PLAYED IN HAS HAD THE LEAD AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER. THEY'VE ALSO HAD TO COME FROM BEHIND. TONY: YEAH, HE HAS. THIS IS A TREAT FOR HIM. HE FEELS JUST SUPER OK RIGHT NOW. THAT'S SO BAD FOR UZOMAH. AND COMPLETED 80% OF HIS TARGETS HIGHEST IN THE LEAGUE. JIM: A SECOND AND 3 THROW. AND IT'S INCOMPLETE AT THE 10-YARD LINE. THAT'S THE FIRST INCOMPLETION FOR MAHOMES GOING TO HILL. HE HAD SOME PRESSURE. HENDRICKSON WAS ON HIM IN THE BACKFIELD. TONY: AND THAT'S THE KEY RIGHT HERE. THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A TOUCHDOWN IF NOT AT LEAST A BIG PLAY. BUT WHAT A PICKUP HENDRICKSON, 14 SACKS THIS YEAR. DOES A GREAT JOB. HE'S GOT ALL THE TOOLS IN THE SHED. GOOD, LEAN, STRONG CLUB, POWER RUSH. JIM: SIGNED IN FREE AGENCY BY WAY OF NEW ORLEANS. HEFULLY SACKED A YEAR AGO WHEN THE CHIEFS PLAYED AT THE SAINTS AND GOT TO MAHOMES A COUPLE OF TIMES AND FORCED A FUMBLE. HERE'S THE THIRD AND 3. GOOD TIME. JUST DUMPS IT OFF. NO ONE NEAR MCKINNON. HE'S GOT A FIRST DOWN. SPOT IT AT THE 13. TONY: PATIENCE. PATIENCE. PATIENCE. MAHOMES PLAYING WITH INCREDIBLE POISE RIGHT NOW. AND THEN JUST GOES RIGHT THROUGH AND GETS IT DOWN. THAT'S THE THING WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE DEEP, YOU GOT LESS PEOPLE UNDERNEATH. THREE-MAN RUSH, GOOD BLOCKING HERE. AND EVEN WHEN YOU'RE ON TOP OF SOMEBODY OVER AND OVER AGAIN. JIM: ORLANDO BROWN ON TOP OF HENDRICKSON. TONY: OH, MAN, THAT WOULD HURT. JIM: A GAIN OF 11. LET'S SEE WHAT ANDY COMES UP HE AND ERIC BIENIEMY. THERE'S MAHOMES. TO HILL. WIGGLE AND GOES AROUND HIM. AND HE IS TACKLED DOWN INSIDE OF THE 10 BY GERMAINE PRATT. PICKS UP SIX. TONY: JUST SO GOOD AT DESIGNING PLAYS. ANDY REID DOES AS GOOD OF JOB OF GETTING TYREEK HILL HIS BEST PLAYER OPEN. COULD HE GO THIS WAY? COULD HE GO AT THAT WAY? HARD TO COMMUNICATE ON DEFENSE WHEN YOU SNAP IT AFTER HE GOES UP AND TAKES THREE STEPS. AND NOW YOU'RE LIKE, LET'S RUN BACK ACROSS THE FIELD. >> WATCH THE CORNERBACK, NICKEL CORNER COMING. JIM: SECOND AND 4. MCKINNON. SWARMED UNDER A COUPLE OF TACKLERS. JUST INSIDE THE 5. AGAIN, THIRD AND SHORTCOMING UP. THERE'S BIENIEMY. LOS ANGELES NATIVE WENT TO COLORADO, PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE WITH THE CHARGERS, JUST LIKE ANDY REID. RAISED IN L.A. TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET TO SUPER BOWL LVI IN LOS ANGELES IN TWO WEEKS' TIME. WATCH KELCE ON THE LEFT SIDE. PRINGLE WHO'S BEEN BIG IN THE PLAYOFFS SHIFTS TO THE LEFT. HERE'S THE THIRD AND 2. MAHOMES DANCING AROUND, SPINNING AROUND TWICE. FINDS FREEDOM. AND IN THE END ZONE, HE FINDS KELCE! THEY CONNECT AGAIN FOR A TOUCHDOWN! TONY: WELL, THE DABS DANCE MOVES FOR MAHOMES -- THE DANCE MOVES FOR MAHOMES, ALL THAT OFF-SEASON DANCING, SHOWS YOU THE BALLET AND ALL THIS. LET'S JUST TWIRL AND N-PLACE, JIM. NO. NOT THERE. NOT THERE. COME ON THIS WAY. THANKS, GUYS. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. JIM: AND AFTER ALL THAT -- TONY: WENT THROUGH HIS HEAD THE WHOLE TIME. JIM: LIKE MUSIC. TONY: IT WAS. JIM: THE DANCE STEP. TONY: SIXTH SENSE. JIM: AFTER ALL THOSE MOVES YOU KNOW SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE OPEN. AND WHO BETTER THAN TRAVIS KELCE? RIGHT AND PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SPOT WHERE HE CLOSED OUT THE GAME SUNDAY NIGHT IN OVERTIME. TONY: WOW. GREAT START. KANSAS CITY COMES OUT SHOWING YOU THEY'RE ON FIRE. JIM: WHAT DID KELCE TELL US WHEN WE SPOKE TO HIM ON FRIDAY? HE SAID WE HAVE TO COME OUT AND PLAY VIOLENTLY FAST. TONY: OH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE. JIM: AND T JIM: TWO POSSESSIONS, TWO TOUCHDOWN DRIVES FOR KANSAS CITY. BEGINNING THIS DRIVE WITH A 44-YARD PASS TO HARDMAN AND THEN KELCE WITH HIS 12TH CAREER POSTSEASON TOUCHDOWN TYING JOHN STALLWORTH FOR THIRD MOST IN THE PLAYOFFS. TONY: WOW. JIM: AND THEY HAVE NOW SCORED GOING BACK TO THE BILLS GAME ON SIX STRAIGHT POSSESSIONS. BUTKER TO KICK IT OFF. THIRD TIME NOW HE'LL SEND CINCINNATI OUT TO THE 25. THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE SUPER BOWL LVI, THE NFL'S BRIGHTEST STARS WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE BEST PLAYS AND MOMENTS FROM THE SEASON, TUNE IN TO NFL HONORS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 9:00 P.M. EASTERN ON ABC, ESPN+, AND NFL NETWORK. NFL HONORS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY NICE EVENT SETTING UP THE SUPER BOWL. SOMETHING THE COMMISSIONER IS EXTREMELY PROUD OF TO SEE HOW THAT HAS GROWN. AND THAT'S FEBRUARY 10. BENGALS IN A BIG JAM EARLY. AND BURROW JUST UNLOADS IT AS DANNA AND OTHERS WERE ON HIM. TONY: DANNA GETS THE PRESSURE. A SCREEN, THOUGH. SO YOU'RE ALLOWING THESE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN TO COME IN. BUT THEY'RE ALL OVER IT. YOU UNDERSTAND VERY QUICKLY STAY BACK ONCE YOU GET THREE OTHER D-LINEMEN IN THERE AND HAS TO THROW THE BALL AWAY ANDNESS A HUGE PLAY AND THIS IS ABOUT TO GET REALLY LOUD HERE. YOU'RE GOING AGAINST SPAGNUOLO A GREAT DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, TOOK DOWN BRADY IN THE SEVEN CERTAIN SUPER BOWL. 11, DID BETTER THE SECOND TIME. AND YOU'RE GOING AGAINST THIS CROWD AND MAHOMES. THIS IS A TOUGH ONE FOR HIM. JIM: SECOND AND 10. THEY'RE ABLE TO GET A BIG RUN OUT OF MIXON. THAT WILL QUIET THINGS FOR JUST A MOMENT. THAT'S A GAIN OF 12 BY MIXON. TONY: A GREAT DESIGN. PUT CHASE IN THE BACKFIELD. MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE. YOU SEE RIGHT THERE, HERE COMES CHASE GOING RIGHT BEHIND. AND MAKES EVERYONE A STEP SLOW. AND MIXON GETS THE BALL. JIM: IN THE WORDS OF OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR BRIAN CALLAHAN, MIXON HELPS THE WHOLE ENGINE GO. AND HE'S A TOUGH TACKLE. WE'VE SEEN THAT ALL SEASON. 1,200 YARDS RUSHING AND ALSO BIG IN THE PASSING GAME. CHASE GETTING THE FOOTBALL AND HE'S GOT A THREE-YARD RUSH. HE'S GOT ONE CATCH FOR JUST TWO YARDS. AND THAT ONE MINIMAL CARRY, MAYBE THREE. UNIQUE SHOTS FROM THE GAME BROUGHT TO YOU BY PARAMOUNT PLUS. TONY: AND EVERYONE WANTS TO GET YOUR STAR PLAYER THE BALL BUT WHEN HE HAD THE GAME HE HAD LAST TIME, 266 YARDS, THREE TOUCHDOWNS, HE WAS TARGETED 12 TIMES AND CAUGHT 11 OF THEM. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET HIM WIN. BEAT YOU. HE'S NOT GOING TO BE THE REASON YOU WIN THIS FOOTBALL GAME. THAT'S WHY I LIKE THE GAME PLAN RIGHT NOW BUT IF YOU DON'T SLOW KANSAS CITY DOWN, YOU HAVE TO GET THESE THIRD DOWNS. YOU CAN'T HAVE A TURNOVER. AND YOU GOT TO FINISH WITH TOUCHDOWNS. JIM: AT THE 40, IT'S A SECOND AND 7. THERE'S MIXON. OH, LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT GO FOR SOMETHING. BUT THEY COLLAPSE ON HIM QUICKLY INCLUDING NICK BOLTON. HOLDS THEM TO ONE. MIKE DANNA ALSO. TONY: NICK BOLTON, WE TALKED ABOUT HIM LAST WEEK:HE'S HAD A GREAT START TO HIS CAREER. THAT WAS DANNA RIGHT THERE. PUSHES IT OUTSIDE. BUT REALLY BOLTON WITH THAT PUNCH, HE'S SO STRONG FOR A LINEBACKER. HE'S REALLY HELPED THIS TEAM. AND STORE UP, SHORE UP THE RUN GAME AND COMES IN THERE AND HE PLUGS THE HOLE. PHYSICAL. THIS IS GOING TO GET LOUD. JIM: PERINE IN AT RUNNING BACK. THIRD AND 6. THE PASS INCOMPLETE. PERINE THE TARGET. AND THIS CROWD HELPS STIR THAT DEFENSE TO GET INTO THE BACKFIELD IN A HURRY. TONY: INGRAM COMES FLYING IN. JONES, YOU PUT THEM BOTH ON THE SAME SIDE. AND REALLY BURROW HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO CHECK THAT BALL DOWN. BUT WATCH. THIS LOOKS LIKE THE TWO SAFETIES, RIGHT? WHO ARE GOING TO DOUBLE-TEAM, NO. SORENSEN IS THE GUY. SO THAT'S A NEW DISGUISE RIGHT? THAT SAFETY IS COMING DOWN. I CAN THOUGH OUT THERE BUT SOMEBODY ELSE THROWS BACK TO THAT POSITION AND GOING TO BE DOUBLE-TEAMED AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO THROW BACK SHOULDER TO HIM IF YOU'RE THROWING TO THROW TO HIM. JIM: BURROW HAS MISSED HIS LAST FIVE THROWS AND NOW ARROWHEAD IN FULL CHANT. HUBER JUMPS UP TO CATCH THE SNAP. AND THE TIMING WAS OFF OF THE GET-GO. AND IT WAS CAUGHT BY THE PUNTER ON THE OTHER SIDE. TOMMY TOWNSEND OUT OF JIM: COMING UP AT HALFTIME THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES "HALO." STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON PARAMOUNT PLUS. THIS MARCH. TONY: THAT'S A VIDEO GAME. WHY ARE YOU PLUGGING IT AS A SHOW? OR A MOVIE OR A SERIES? JIM: IT'S FOR ALL SEASONS, MY FRIEND. ALL SEASONS. TONY: THERE'S A TON OF PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE. THAT'S GOING TO BE COOL. JIM: FIRST AND 10, CHIEFS. HAVEN'T BEEN STOPPED THE FIRST TWO TIMES. AND THEY HAND IT OFF TO EDWARDS-HELAIRE FOR A GAIN OF THREE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT NEXT GEN STATS POWERED BY A.W.S. TONY: ANDY REID SO SPECIAL. WE KNOW ABOUT HOMES AND -- MAHOMES AND HILL. 469 YARDS AFTER THE CATCH. MOST, RIGHT, IN THE NFL. BUT THE ADJUSTMENT HERE IS HE USED TO BE THE GUY RUNNING THOSE DEEP ROUTES VERTICAL. ONCE TEAMS PUT ALL THOSE SAFETIES BACK, ANDY REID, ERIC BIENIEMY, THEY SAID LET'S MAKE HIM RUN STUFF UNDERNEATH AND THROW IT TO HIM SHORTER AND HE'LL JUST GO GET THE YARDS AS IF HE THREW IT TO HIM DEEP. THAT'S BEEN A HUGE ADJUSTMENT THIS YEAR AND THAT'S WHY TEAMS ARE STRUGGLING TO STOP THIS TEAM. JIM: SECOND AND 7. WE GOT OUR FIRST FLAG OUT AS THE PASS IS THROWN DEEP. AND ALMOST CATCHING UP TO IT WAS HARDMAN ON ANOTHER DEEP BALL. UP TO THIS POINT NO PENALTIES. REFEREE: OFFSIDE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 90. FIVE-YARD PENALTY, REPEAT SECOND DOWN. JIM: NO NEGATIVE PLAYS IN THE GAME. NO SACKS, NO TURNOVERS. TONY: IT'S BEEN A CLEAN GAME. BUT GOING TO BE TOUGH RIGHT HERE. PATRICK MAHOMES USING HIS VOICE TO GET YOU TO JUMP OFFSIDE. THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT. JIM: SECOND AND 2 AFTER THE FIVE YARDS. EDWARDS-HELAIRE GOT THE FIRST DOWN. HE BOUNCES OUT TO ABOUT THE 43. SO MAHOMES ALREADY WITH TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FIRST HALF HERE. WHICH GIVES HIM NOW 11 IN HIS FOURTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. TIED FOR THIRD MOST WITH BART STARR WHO HAD SIX CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, MONTANA HAD 13 AND SEVEN. AND OF COURSE BRADY, 21 IN 14 POSTSEASON GAMES. A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME -- CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. TONY: HE'S GETTING BETTER AND GOING THROUGH THE PROGRESSIONS. CHANGE PLAYS AND HE'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET TO THE RIGHT PLAY HERE. THEY LOVE -- PLAY-ACTION IS HERE, FAKE IT TO HIM. JIM: WANT TO GO LONG AGAIN. INSTEAD THEY FIND KELCE. SPINS AROUND AGAIN. TAKES IT TO THE 38. TONY: THE EFFICIENCY OF THIS OFFENSE IS A SIGHT TO SEE. THAT'S WHY THE BILLS, THEY WERE UNBELIEVABLE LAST WEEK AND GOING TO WATCH JUST THIS MOTION, A LITTLE FAKE. STUFF HERE. BUT KELCE IS GOING TO COME -- INTO THE MIDDLE. AND THEN GO BACK OUT. AND ALL THAT MISDIRECTION. JUST TO GET KELCE ONE-ON-ONE. JIM: PICKS UP 19. KELCE ALREADY IN THE END ZONE, FORMER UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI STAR. AND WAS RECRUITED OUT OF CLEVELAND HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS A QUARTERBACK AND WENT DOWNSTATE AND PLAYED FOR THE BEARCATS. HERE IS EDWARDS-HELAIRE. FINDING AN OPENING AND TAKING IT TO THE 23-YARD LINE. JOE THUNEY HELPED OPEN THAT FOR 14. TONY: THIS IS HOW SIMPLE THE GAME HAS GOTTEN. RUNNING BACKS IS -- RUNNING BACK IS GOING TO COME IN. NO ONE RUNS WITH HIM SO A ZONE COVERAGE. TWO SAFETIES ARE HIGH. LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST RUN THE BALL RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. BECAUSE WE HAVE NUMBERS. AND THEN YOU SEE THE HOLES ARE HUGE, JIM. THIS IS -- YOU HAVE TO PLAY THESE GUYS, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT TEAMS HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS. BUT NOW THAT THEY'RE RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, OH, OH. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET OUT OF THIS AT SOME POINT. BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT WORKING. AT WHAT POINT DO YOU GET RID OF YOUR PLAN? I KNOW IT'S EARLY. JIM: SOON. TONY: BUT GETTING CLOSE. JIM: SOON. AND IF YOU THOUGHT OUT THERE THAT THE CHIEFS MIGHT BE IN FOR A LITTLE LETDOWN AFTER LAST SUNDAY NIGHT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ANY LONGER. TONY: NO. THE SAFETIES ARE HIGH. JUST KEEP WATCHING THEM. THE MORE THEY STAY HERE THE MORE THEY'LL THROW IT UNDERNEATH AND HAND THE BALL OFF. JIM: THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. EDWARDS-HELAIRE 24 YARDS ON THE GROUND ALREADY THIS DRIVE. HE'S GOT FOUR BENGALS AROUND HIM. INCLUDING LOGAN WILSON. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM FIVE YARDS. TONY: THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING OFF TO A -- YOU KNOW, A GOOD START FOR-THE-FOR THE BENGALS. MAKES -- GOOD START FOR THE BENGALS. MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR KANSAS CITY TO PATIENT. WHAT AN EXCELLENT RUN. BACK AND FORTH. I THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAVE GOT UPFIELD RIGHT AWAY. BUT YOU SEE THE ROOKIE CENTER HELPING OUT RIGHT THERE. HUMPHREY. REALLY COMING ON. SEVENTH-ROUND PICK THIS YEAR. AND THE SIXTH-ROUNDER RIGHT GUARD. HAS A FUTURE. JIM: SECOND AND 6, MCKINNON IS BACK INTO THE GAME. MAHOMES, TIME TO SURVEY. MCKINNON, TRYING TO TAKE THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS. HE HOLDS ON. HE'S WITHIN A YARD OF ANOTHER FIRST. BE THIRD AND 1 COMING UP. TONY: MAHOMES IS GOING TO SCAN THE FIELD DROP EIGHT GUYS AND GO RIGHT, NO. COME LEFT. AND THEN COME RIGHT BACK. SEE HOW -- WHEN HE DECIDES TO COME OVER, HE TURNS HIS HEAD AND FIRES IT RIGHT AWAY. AND ALWAYS HARD TO GET A BEAD ON WHERE HE'S LOOKING. JIM: AT THE 15. BURTON IN THE BACKFIELD. TONY: GAVE IT TO HIM LAST TIME. HE'S 10-10 NOW ON THIRD AND 1 SUSPECT FOURTH AND 1 BUT TO USE IT AGAINST YOU? JIM: GOING TO THROW FOR IT. WHO ELSE? KELCE. SIDESTEPS, TAKES OFF, DOWN TO THE 3. HE WAS ABLE TO GET AROUND JESSIE BATES ON THAT FIRST MOVE. AND HE'S GOT A 12-YARD GAIN, FIRST AND GOAL FOR KANSAS CITY. TONY: THEY USE IT AGAINST YOU. LAST TIME THEY'RE GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO HIM AND LIKE YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO THINK WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN. BUT MISDIRECTION. PLAY-ACTION. AGGRESSIVE PLAY CALLING. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GUARD KELCE. AND THAT'S A GREAT JOB. IT'S HARD TO GET HIM THE BALL, RIGHT? ON THIRD AND 5 OR 6 AND A DOUBLE-TEAM BUT NOT DOUBLE-TEAM ON THIRD AND 1 THAT'S THE TIME TO GET HIM THE BALL EXPEL WIN ONE-ON-ONE MATCHUPS 100% OF THE TIME. JIM: FIRST AND GOAL. THE FAKE TO EDWARDS-HELAIRE. THEY TOSS IT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! HARDMAN TURNS AROUND AND THE FOOTBALL WAS WAITING FOR HIM. CHIEFS, 3-3 DOWN THE FIELD. TONY: OH, MAHOMES, THIS WAS SO RIDICULOUS HIS EYES AND BODY AND MOMENTUM. THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU JUST DON'T SEE. BUT IF YOU WATCH MAHOMES, HE'S GOING TO GET BACK OUT HERE. LOOK AT HIM INSIDE. HIS BODY, WEIGHT, MOMENTUM AS IF HE'S THROWING ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND JUST FLICKS IT ALL THE WAY TO THE SIDELINE. THE CORNER 20 RIGHT THERE? THE REASON HE'S LATE IS BECAUSE MAHOMES ACTUALLY ELI APPLE THERE ACTUALLY JUST LOOKED HIM OFF WITH HIS BODY. JIM: HARDMAN HAD A RUSH TOUCHDOWN LAST WEEK AGAINST BUFFALO. NOW HE'S GOT A RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN:AND IT'S 21-3. FIVE MINUTES TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF. TONY: YOUR POINT ABOUT THEM BEING GREAT COMING IN,M: THE NFD BY WHAT'S APP. ALWAYS MESSAGE PRIVATELY. THE BATMAN. ONLY IN THEATERS MARCH 4. RATED PG-13. AND BY PEPSI. TUNE IN FEBRUARY 13 TO CATCH THE PEPSI SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW. MIXON, BURROW AND THE BENGALS SO FAR IN THIS GAME HAVE MANAGED 82 YARDS OF OFFENSE AS MAHOMES HAS THROWN FOR THREE TOUCHDOWNS, HAS ONLY ONE INCOMPLETION. TONY: JEEZ. THE ONE THING, TOO, I GET IT. YOU HAD TO GET OFF LIKE A SAFE START FOR BURROW, RIGHT? GET THE NERVES A LITTLE BIT. BUT YOU KNOW, I REALLY THOUGHT AFTER THE WEEK 14 LOSS TO SAN FRANCISCO, THE BENGALS SWITCHED. THEY STARTED TO THROW THE BALL A TON ON FIRST AND SECOND DOWN IN NEUTRAL SITUATIONS. [CAPTIONING FUNDED BY CBS SPORTS DIVISION] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] TONY: THEY NEED TO GET BACK TO THROWING THIS. STEVE SPAGNUOLO, IN WEEK 17 HERE, CHASE GOT ALL THESE CONTESTED BALLS AND HE WAS ONE-ON-ONE A LOT LONGER. SO TODAY SAME THING, RIGHT? NO. NOW HE WILL GET OUT OF THERE. AND YOU CAN BE WAY MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH YOUR HANDS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, SPAGNUOLO UNBELIEVABLE AT ADJUSTING COMING BACK A SECOND TIME. AND I REFERENCED THE 2007 PATRIOTS, RANDY MOSS HAD OVER 100 YARDS, TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE REGULAR SEASON GAME. AND REALLY HURT HIM. AND THE 2007 SUPER BOWL. FIVE CATCHES, 60 YARDS. JIM: YOU SAW ZAC TAYLOR, THIRD-YEAR COACH. WHAT DOES HE COME UP WITH HERE? AND COME OUT THROWING IT TO CHASE. ABLE TO DUCK AWAY. AND BREAK A TACKLE. I. UP SIX. WARD FINALLY FINISHES HIM OFF. TONY: THAT'S THEM RIGHT THERE. THEY HAVE TO THROW ON THESE SITUATIONS. YOU CAN'T DOUBLE HIM EVERY SINGLE DOWN, RIGHT? SO YOU STACK RELEASE HIM. FIRST DOWN, THEY GOT TO PLAY THE RUN A LITTLE BIT. AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET HIM THE BALL AND THAT'S WHY THEY'VE HAD SUCCESS AND GONE THROUGH BURROW AND CHASE. YOU HAVE TO DO IT ON EARLY DOWNS AND EASIER TO DOUBLE-TEAM THEM ON THIRD DOWN. JIM: TWO CATCHES FOR EIGHT YARDS. THAT'S ALL. SECOND AND 4. IT'S MIXON AGAIN. THEY GOT HIM BEHIND THE LINE. THAT'S THE FIRST PLAY FOR A LOSS IN THE GAME. AND IT'S SNEED WHO HELPED MAKE IT HAPPEN AND HITCHENS WHO WAS THERE AT THE END. CLARK ALSO PART OF THAT. TONY: CLARK, 55, IS GOING TO DISRUPT THIS. YOU'LL SEE HIM RIGHT THERE AND GOING TO PUSH INTO THE BACKFIELD. AND HE MAKES THE PLAY BECAUSE HE MAKES MIXON HAVE TO BOUNCE OUTSIDE. YOU TALK ABOUT BULL RUSHING AND THE PASS, HE DID IT IN THE RUN GAME THERE, CLARK. JIM: THIRD AND 5. JA'MARR CHASE TO THE TOP. HERE'S BURROW. DOWN THE MIDDLE. PULLED DOWN. THE CATCH WAS MADE BY HIGGINS. HIS FIRST. TONY: I REALLY LIKE HIGGINS. REALLY TALL. CAN PLAY ANY POSITION. GREAT RANGE. AND A COOL VIEW OF HIM RIGHT HERE. AND UZOMAH OUT YOU NEED OTHER GUYS TO COME INSIDE AND YOU GOT THAT TALL TARGET, HIGGINS, WHO I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE THE UNSUNG HERO IF CINCINNATI WERE TO WIN THIS GAME. HE'S GOT TO HAVE THE BIG GAME. JIM: 1,100-YARD SEASON. 74 CATCHES. THAT WAS A BIG EIGHT-YARD COMPLETION. TONY: NOT KIDDING. THIS WAS ABOUT TO GET AWAY RIGHT THERE. PUNTING THAT AWAY. JIM: BURROW. AGAIN WITH PRESSURE ON HIM. CHARVARIUS WARD JUST COMPLETELY BROKE UP THAT PLAY. TONY: THIS IS A -- NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A BLITZ BY WARD. HE THINKS IT'S A RUN AND GIVES UP A WIDE OPEN AREA. AND IF BURROW ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE LOOKED OUT THERE, HE WOULD HAVE HAD HIS EYE ON THE FLAT. JIM: THREW IT AT THE FEET OF SAMPLE. A SECOND AND 10. TONY: COMING AFTER BURROW HERE, JIM. YOU GOT A GUY COMING FROM THE TOP. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU THINK YOU'RE ONE-ON-ONE UP TOP. JIM: THAT WAS THROWN TO HILL. HE'S COMING. THEY PICK IT UP AND GETS AWAY FROM CHRIS JONES. ON THE RUN, SHOULD BE OPEN. IT IS. AND AGAIN, IT'S HIGGINS WITH THE CATCH INSIDE THE 40. TONY: THIS IS A GREAT JOB OF CHANGING THE. MIKE: CALL WHICH -- THE MIC CALL WHICH IS WHERE BURROW IS ADVANCED FOR A SECOND-YEAR PLAYER TO GET A WILL-FREE SAFETY AND OVERLOADING BLITZES. HE GOT THAT PROTECTION MOVED OVER TO BLOCK ALL THOSE GUYS. AND THAT'S WHAT GAVE HIM THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRESSION AND GET OUT OF THE POCKET. JIM: SO HIGGINS WITH A COUPLE OF GRABS TO HELP THEM MOVE THE FOOTBALL. 31 YARDS ON THIS DRIVE IN FIVE PLAYS. RIGHT BEFORE THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING NOT GOING TO SNAP IT. TONY: THAT'S THE RIGHT PLAY. JIM: YEP. TONY: REALLY BURROW VERSUS THE BLITZ, I WOULDN'T DO THAT, JIM, LAST FOUR GAMES, 20-25 AND A TOUCHDOWN. JIM: YOU'RE WATCHING THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON CBS PRESENTED BY JIM: THE NFL ON CBS IS SPONSORED BY DRAFTKINGS. BET WITH THE ONLY TOP RATED SPORTSBOOK APP THAT MATTERS. AND BY MICHELOB ULTRA. ENJOY RESPONSIBLY. THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY HAS SO MANY ATTRACTIONS, PARKS AND FOUNTAINS AND THIS MUSEUM IS SUSPECTING -- SOMETHING SPECIAL. YOU HAVE TO GO BY THERE THE NEXT TIME. TONY: ABSOLUTELY. JIM: A VISIT TO THIS GREAT TOWN. SO WE COME OUT OF THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING WITH A FIRST DOWN. CINCINNATI TRYING TO DO HALF.HING OFFENSIVELY BEFORE TH- AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO IT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE IT. WILLIE GAY, THAT'S THE SIKD TIME AT THAT MIXON HAS BEEN -- SECOND TIME THAT MIXON HAS BEEN TACKLED BEHIND THE LINE ON THIS DRIVE SO A LOSS OF TWO. GOT THE "THE VERIZON HALFTIME REPORT" COMING UP WITH J.B., PHIL, NATE, BOOMER, COACH COWHER, JUST ACROSS THE WAY FROM US. THEY'LL HAVE ALL THE LATEST NEWS WITH J.B., PHIL, NATE, COACH, PAT KERWIN OFF TO THE SIDE OF HIM. SO GREAT ON HIS SIRIUS RADIO WITH JIMMY MILLER ALL WEEK LONG. THAT'S COMING UP ON "THE VERIZON HALFTIME REPORT." GOOD TO HAVE THEM IN POSITION. THEY'LL HAVE A LOT OF TAKES THEMSELVES ON THIS FIRST HALF OF ACTION AT THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP. SECOND AND 12. PERINE GETS PAST WARD. LOOK AT HIM GO. INSIDE THE 20. INTO THE -- THE 10, TAKES IT THE DISTANCE. TONY: WOW. JIM: WHAT A JOLT. JUST WHEN THE BENGALS NEEDED IT. TONY: YOU TALK ABOUT LIKE THIS BENGAL TEAM EVERYONE FORGET THEY ARE DOWN AND THE FIRST TIME THEY PLAYED IN WEEK 17 AND THE BIG PLAY TO CHASE BROUGHT THEM BACK IN THAT GAME. BIG PLAY TOUCHDOWNS. NO ONE IS BETTER THAN THE BENGALS, JIM. THEY'RE FIRST IN THE NFL. JIM: AND THAT'S CHASE WITH THE BIG BLOCK ON THORNHILL TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SEMAJ PERINE ABLE TO GO 41 YARDS. TONY: AND THIS IS WHY CARMAN CAME IN FOR ADENIJI THE RIGHT GUARD AND THEY GO RIGHT BEHIND HIM AND THROWS A BIG BLOCK. HUGE PLAY RIGHT THERE TO GET BACK IN THIS GAME FOR THE CINCINNATI BENGALS. JIM: MCPHERSON. KNOCKS IT THROUGH. BOY, I'LL TELL YOU, THAT OFFENSE, THAT'S THE HAN WHO CALLED THE PLAY. JIM: WELL, THE BENGALS ARE ABLE TO GO 70 YARDS AND SEMAJE PERINE TAKES THE LAST 41 YARDS OF IT. OFF THE THROW FROM BURROW. A FRESHMAN AT OKLAHOMA, NOW SPECIAL TEAMS, HE SET THE F.B.S. RUSH RECORD AT 427 YARDS IN A GAME RUNNING FOR OKLAHOMA IN THE GAME AGAINST KANSAS WITH SIX TOUCHDOWNS. SO HE'S BACK IN THE AREA HERE. BIG 12 COUNTRY. MAKES A BIG PLAY THAT THE BENGALS NEEDED. AND PRINGLE UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE 20. GOT "THE VERIZON HALFTIME REPORT" COMING UP, J.B. AND ALL THE CREW, A LITTLE SET THAT IS ON HYDRAULICS WILL BE SUDDENLY RAISED UP TO TWO STORY LEVEL AND THEY WILL BE COMING UP AT HALFTIME. "THE VERIZON HALFTIME REPORT." TONY: REMINDS ME OF JURASSIC PARK. SPARED NO EXPENSE. JIM: NO. NOT THE BLUE TENT RIGHT THERE. THAT'S THE HALFTIME SET. AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE QUICK TURNAROUND. FIRST AND 10, WHAT CAN THE CHIEFS DO? AGAIN, THEY HAVE THE FOOTBALL TO START THE THIRD QUARTER. AND WHAT THIS GUY HAS DONE IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES HAS BEEN SOMETHING ELSE. HARDMAN DROPS THAT ONE. MAHOMES THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF THE HALF THIS POSTSEASON HAS THROWN FOR 261 YARDS. AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS. AND AT THE END OF EACH HALF. TONY: HE'S UNBELIEVABLE IN THE TWO-MINUTE AND WOULDN'T BE IN FOUR STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IF HE WASN'T. SO SAW WHAT HE DID LAST WEEK AND HIS ABILITY TO IMPROVISE. BUT HIS KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING DEFENSE IS EVEN AT A HIGHER LEVEL. RIGHT NOW EVERY TEAM HAS A PLAN FOR THIS SITUATION. THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY'VE DONE ALL YEAR. SO THEY'RE GOING TO DISGUISE IT DIFFERENTLY AND ARE THEY GOING TO BRING A GUY DOWN AND RISK IT OR KEEP THESE TWO GUYS BACK? JIM: BATES AND BELL WHO WERE BACK SECOND AND 10. CAN'T PUT THE PRESSURE ON HIM. SO HE'S ABLE TO GO DOWN THE MIDDLE AND PULLED DOWN BY HILL. AND THE CHIEFS, HE'S NOT OUT OF BOUNDS YET. HE RUNS AWAY FROM ELI APPLE. TONY: WELL, THIS IS WHY YOU RISK IT WHEN THIS GUY COMES DOWN HERE THAT'S THE GUY WHO NEEDS TO LOOK UP TYREEK HILL. RIGHT THERE, MAHOMES, THOUGH, USES HIS EYES AND THAT'S WHY NO ONE UNDERSTANDS YOU CAN'T GO BY HIM. WATCH THIS POCKET. LOOK AT THAT TIME. JIM: THEY NEVER REALLY GOT TO HIM AT ALL IN THE GAME WEEK 17. NO SACKS. NOTHING TODAY AS FAR AS REALLY ANY PRESSURE. TONY: I THINK YOU GOT TO HAVE MOVEMENT, STUNTS. YOU GOT TO TAKE THESE D-LINEMEN AND GO UP AND HAVE A GUY TO COME UP AND GET THE PRESSURE. JIM: MAHOMES TO AN OP HILL AGAIN AND ANOTHER PICKUP OF 14 OR 15. THIS IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR HILL IN THE FIRST GAME WHEN HE CAUGHT ONLY 40 YARDS' WORTH OF CATCHES. STATE FARM BACK IN 30. JIM: 41 SECONDS, TWO TIME-OUTS. FOURTH POSSESSION. BEEN NO ANSWERS SO FAR FOR SLOWING DOWN THIS CHIEFS OFFENSE. PERFECT HALF. 4-4 ON THIRD DOWN. HAVEN'T BEEN PENALIZED, NOTHING CLOSE TO A SACK. TONY: I MEAN, HE'S PLAYING AS CLOSE TO PERFECT, RIGHT? WE SAW THE DUEL LAST WEEK WITH HIM AND JOSH ALLEN. AND LIKE TO BEAT HIM, YOU HAVE TO PLAY EQUALLY AS GOOD OR HAVE A PLAN FOR SOMETHING AND NIECE GUYS UP FRONT NEED TO GO UP AND THEN COME UNDER WHILE HE GOES OUT. YOU CAN'T JUST RUSH THESE GUYS ONE-ON-ONE. JIM: FIRST DOWN STEPPING UPúTHE. BUT HE GOT AWAY. LONG ENOUGH TO FIND KELCE. AND KELCE ABLE TO BOUNCE OFF A FEW HITS AND TAKE IT NEAR THE 25-YARD LINE. A GAIN OF NINE. TONY: YOU CAME IN AND DID A GREAT JOB ON KELCE AND HILL IN THE FIRST GAME. NOT SO MUCH TODAY. JIM: SECOND AND 1. LESS THAN ONE. THIS TIME IT'S PRINGLE. AND THEY THROW HIM DOWN WITH A QUICK TIME-OUT CALLED BY THE CHIEFS. AT 13 SECONDS. WE'RE BACK IN 30. JIM: WELL, A LOT OF TALK WHAT YOU CAN DO IN 13 SECONDS. OK? HERE WE ARE AGAIN. TONY: THEY SQUIBBED IT ON THIS KICK, TOO. SO IF THEY GET A FIELD GOAL, MAYBE -- THAT'S JUST -- THERE ARE SO MANY LITTLE THINGS THERE, RIGHT? EVERYONE IS GOING TO LEARN THROUGH THAT SITUATION. JUST A PERFECT STORM AND IT'S REALLY UNIQUE THAT SITUATION. SO IT'S LIKE SOMETIMES UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH IT YOU DON'T REALIZE. JIM: FROM THE 15. MAHOMES. AIR UNDER THIS ONE. AND A FLAG IS GENERATED. APPLE LOOKING AROUND AS HE WAS TRYING TO MAN UP ON HILL. TONY: IT'S HARD. BECAUSE -- REFEREE: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 20. THE FOUL OCCURRED IN THE END ZONE. THE BALL WILL BE PLACED AT THE 1-YARD LINE. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. TONY: IT'S A PENALTY. BUT YOU SEE HIS EYES? HE'S LOOKING AT MAHOMES. IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT PATRICK MAHOMES AND GUARD TYREEK HILL, GOOD LUCK. JIM: TALK ME THROUGH NINE SECONDS NO TIME-OUTS. TONY: RIGHT HERE. JIM: BALL AT THE 1. TONY: BALL AT THE 1. THIS IS WHERE YOU COULD GET THREE PLAYS OFF IF YOU WANTED. YOU DON'T RUN THE FOOTBALL HERE. YOU GOT ALL THE PLAYS YOU CAN HAVE. YOU'RE GOING TO THROW THE BALL 100% ON THIS PLAY AND THEN DO IT AGAIN BUT HAVE TO GET IT OFF QUICKLY. NO SCRAMBLE HERE. ABOUT ONE SECOND IF YOU TAKE IT AND THEN GO. >> A TIME-OUT CALLED BY THE BENGALS. REFEREE: TIME-OUT, CINCINNATI. TONY: NO SACKS. IF YOU GET ANYONE AROUND YOU YOU THROW IT AWAY RIGHT AWAY. TWO. THE BALL COMES OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. AN EASY ONE HERE BEAT A THROW. THE PROBLEM IS FOR THE BENGALS, IT'S LIKE DO WE REALLY WANT TO LET THEM WALK IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN? YOU KIND OF HAVE TO GIVE LIKE A RUN FRONT. BUT REALLY YOU SHOULD INVITE THAT. AND SAY GO AHEAD, RUN THE BALL. TAKE A CHANCE. AND WE'RE ABLE TO -- YOU KNOW, GET YOU MINUTE THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND THEN -- BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND THEN THE HALF IS OVER. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO RUN THE BALL. JIM: MAHOMES ALREADY WITH THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES, HE'S TIED THE SINGLE POSTSEASON RECORD FOR TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN A PLAYOFF SEASON OF 11. TYING FLACCO, MONTANA, AND WARNER AND NOW TRYING TO SET THE MARK AT 12 AND BEAT THE CLOCK BEFORE THE HALF. ROLLING OUT. IS ANYONE THERE? FLINGS IT. TAKES THE INCOMPLETION WITH FIVE. TONY: REALLY WELL DONE BY THE BENGALS TO PASS OFF. WE'VE SEEN THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHERE THEY ROLL OUT AND LOW IT RIGHT TO THE FLAT. THAT FRONT CORNER PYLON THEY DO IT AS WELL AS ANYONE. HERE COMES TYREEK, JUST PASSING THAT UP. BUT THE OTHER SMART PLAY, MAHOMES DIDN'T CONTINUE TO SCRAMBLE. NOT THERE RIGHT AWAY THROW IT AWAY. THAT WAY YOU ACTUALLY HAVE -- THEY WERE ABOUT TO PUT THE FOGG UNIT BUT TRACY WOLFSON -- TRACY WOLF -- WOLFSON. JIM: OVERHEARD PATRICK SAY GIVE ME ONE MORE I CAN DO IT. LOOKING TOWARD THE COACH. HERE IT IS. IS IT THERE? HILL. HE'S GOT TO BEAT A DEFENDER. AND THE BENGALS MAKE THE STOP TO CLOSE OUT THE HALF! OH, BOY. AND THE MARGIN IS 11. JUST AS IT WAS ON WEEK 17 WHEN THE CHIEFS WENT TO THE LOCKER ROOM UP 11. TONY: WELL, TRACY, YOU CALLED IT. YOU SAID I WANT ONE MORE CHANCE AND THAT WAS POOR DECISION. USUALLY YOU CAN COUNT ON YOUR VERNE QUARTERBACK WHO IS YOUNG AND THE DECISION TO THROW THAT BALL BEHIND AND NOT TO THE END ZONE IS SO BIG. DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A TIME-OUT. AND LIKE WAIT. OH, NO. DID NOT KNOW THAT SITUATION. JIM: ELI APPLE HELPED MAKE THAT PLAY TO KEEP THEM OUT AND NOT ALLOW ANY MORE POINTS ON THE BOARD. 21-10 CHIEFS. AFTER TWO QUARTERS. HALFTIME IS HALFTIME SHOW IN LOS ANGELES. WELL, BIG STORY COME IN, TONY, WAS ABOUT HOW WOULD YOU PROTECT BURROW AFTER NINE SACKS? HE DID NOT GET SACKED IN THIS FIRST HALF. BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO SPRING ONE PLAY TO GIVE THEM LIFE. BUT CAN KANSAS CITY BE STOPPED IN THE SECOND HALF? TONY: GOING TO BE HARD TO SLOW DOWN KANSAS CITY BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T COME BACK, RIGHT? THEY WILL NEED A BOUNCE OF THE BALL AND STEAL A POSSESSION SOMEWHERE. BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST A LITTLE BIT SAFE FOR ME. I TOLD YOU IN WEEK 14 I THOUGHT AFTER THAT LOSS TO THE NINERS, CINCINNATI SWITCHED. THEY STARTED TO THROW THE BALL ON FIRST DOWN AND STARTED TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN OBVIOUS RUN SITUATIONS. THEY GAVE THE BALL TO BURROW BASICALLY AND SAID ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GOOD. CHASE, YOU'RE GOOD, HIGGINS, LET'S GO USE THESE GUYS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT AND I THINK IF THEY DO THAT IN THE SECOND HALF, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GO DOWN AND SCORE AND MAKE THIS A GAME THAT WILL GO DOWN TO THE WIRE. JIM: BURROW WITH THAT TOUCHDOWN PASS TO PERINE. BUT MEANWHILE, MAHOMES HAD THREE INCOMPLETIONS AND THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES TO GO WITH HIS 220 YARDS. BIG STOP BEFORE THE HALF, TONE. TONY: IF -- I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE BENGALS SOMEHOW WIN THIS GAME, THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH ALL OFF-SEASON THAT WILL BE LIKE WO. IT'S JUST -- THAT CAN'T HAPPEN IN THAT SITUATION. YOU KNOW THAT. BUT IT DID. AND NOW THAT GIVES REALLY THE BENGALS LIFE. BECAUSE THE -- THAT MATTERS. JIM: IT'S PRINGLE ON THE RETURN. AND THEY CRASH IN ON HIM NEAR THE 20 TO THE 21. TRACY, DOWN TO YOU. TRACY: WELL, JIM, ANDY REID EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED WITH THE WAY THAT THAT HALF ENDED. PATRICK MAHOMES WANTED THAT SHOT. AND ANDY REID GAVE IT TO HIM AND SAID IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SHOT TO THE END ZONE. DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY. STILL, THOUGH, THEY'RE UP BY 11. THAT WAS THE MARGIN IN WEEK 17. CINCINNATI CAME BACK TO WIN. THE MESSAGE ON THIS SIDELINE, THE WHOLE GAME SO FAR HAS BEEN WE REMEMBER, KEEP YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS. JIM? JIM: AND THEY WERE ONE TIME-OUT SHORT BECAUSE THEY LOST THE TIME-OUT IN THE CONFUSION OF TRYING TO CHALLENGE ON THE OPENING DRIVE OF THE GAME FOR THE CHIEFS. THEY'VE WON THE CHALLENGE BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR THE TIME-OUT BEFORE THEY PUT THE CHALLENGE FLAG ON THE FIELD. TONY: THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE MAHOMES WANTED TO CALL THAT TIME-OUT. JIM: THERE'S MCKINNON. PICKS UP FIVE OR SIX. AND EVAN, WHAT DID YOU LEARN AT HALFTIME? EVAN: THAT STOP TO END THE HALF JUST INJECTED A LIFE TO THIS BENGALS SIDELINE. AND ZAC TAYLOR BROUGHT YOU WHAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT. SAME DEFICIT AT HALF AND FEELS LIKE THAT'S HUGE. THEY FEEL THEY'RE A SECOND HALF TEAM AND GET A RALLY GOING HERE. I ASKED THEM OFFENSIVELY WHAT HE THOUGHT. AND LOOK, ONLY FOUR DRIVES AND SCORED ON TWO OF THEM AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN ON THE RUN GAME. THEY FEEL LIKE THAT'S THEIR MOST EFFICIENT OFFENSE. GUYS? JIM: THEY HAD 51 RUSHING YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF. HERE'S PRINGLE PICKING UP THE FIRST HALF SLICING THROUGH THE SECONDARY FOR A GAIN OF SEVEN. TONY: I REALLY AGREE, RIGHT? BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO RUN THE BALL DIFFERENT, NOT IN THE OBVIOUS RUNNING SITUATIONS. THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE BALL TO YOUR BIG PLAY THREATS. AND THE MORE IT GETS INTO A SECOND AND THIRD AND LONGER SITUATIONS, THE MORE THEY'RE GOING TO DOUBLE-TEAM THOSE GUYS. THE KEY IS RIGHT HERE, JIM. THIS D-LINE HAS TO GET PRESSURE ON MAHOMES. THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BLITZ HIM A BUNCH AND -- NOTHING ELSE MATTERS IF THEY CAN'T STOP HIM. JIM: HUBBARD AND HENDRICKSON. AND OVER 20 SACKS BETWEEN THEM THIS YEAR. AND THERE'S MCKINNON. FIRST DOWN CARRY FOR THREE. I MEAN, THIS TEAM DID RAMP IT UP THIS YEAR AS FAR AS PRODUCTION IN A LOT OF AREAS DEFENSIVELY. INCLUDING GETTING TO THE QUARTERBACK AND BIG PART OF IT WAS THE MAN TROTTING OFF THE FIELD RIGHT NOW HENDRICKSON WITH THE 14 SACKS. TONY: LOU ANARUMO AND CALLING THE PLAYS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB ADJUSTING THIS YEAR. BUT RIGHT NOW, A WHOLE OTHER MONSTER THEY'RE GOING AGAINST. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIND A WAY TO ACTUALLY GET TO MAHOMES. AND I THINK THEY NEED MOVEMENT. THIS GUY TO SLANT. SOMEONE ELSE COME AROUND, ONE-ON-ONE LIKE THAT, JIM. YOU AREN'T GETTING THAT. JIM: A LITTLE SIDEARM THROW. AND IT'S -- THROUGH THE HANDS OF HILL. AND HILTON WAS THERE TO HELP DEFEND IT. SO NOW YOU GOT THIRD AND 7. TONY: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THOSE GUYS ARE GOING RIGHT INTO THEIR GUY. THESE ARE BIG GUYS. JIM: AS UZOMAH IS COMING TO THE SIDELINE ON CRUTCHES. TONY: LOOKS LIKE TYREEK HILL IS LIKE JOGGING. THE OTHER GUYS ARE SPRINTING FULL SPEED. JIM: SPRINTING ALREADY BE TO THE BENCHES ON THE SIDELINE. TONY: GOOD JOB BY HILTON. THAT'S WHAT I REALLY THINK YOU NEED. THE BALL TO BOUNCE YOUR WAY ONCE OR TWICE. JIM: THIRD AND 7. LOW SNAP THAT ROLLS TO MAHOMES. AND JUST LOFTS IT INCOMPLETE. AND THAT'S FLOWERS WHO CAME UP BIG IN THE FIRST MATCHUP DEFENDING ON KELCE. THAT PLAY. THEY'LL FORCE FOR THE FIRST TIME KANSAS CITY OFF THE FIELD. THEY HAVE BEEN PERFECT 4-4 ON THIRD DOWN BEFORE THIS ONE. TONY: WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BALL NEEDING TO BOUNCE YOUR WAY IF YOU'RE THE BENGALS. AND RIGHT THERE, THAT'S ONE OF THEM. BACK-TO-BACK PLAYS. BOTH PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT. THIS ONE JUST ON THE OUT. THE FINGERTIPS RIGHT AT THE OUTSTRETCH. OH, BENGALS ACTUALLY GOT A BIG STOP THERE FOR THEM. JIM: TOMMY TOWNSEND. SEEING ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME SENDS A SPIRAL DOWN TO TAYLOR. AND THE CHIEFS DEFEND IT WELL INCLUDING WINCHESTER. THE SNAPPER. 57-YARD PUNT. NOW BURROW AND THE BENGALS, WHAT CAN THEY DO TO START THE JIM: BREAK DOWN THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, LOOK AHEAD TO SUPER BOWL LVI ON "INSIDE THE NFL" WHICH IS STREAMING TUESDAY. EXCLUSIVELY ON PARAMOUNT PLUS. OK. SECOND HALF STRATEGY FOR THE OFFENSE FOR CINCINNATI, TONY. TONY: THROW THE BALL ON FIRST DOWN. PLAY-ACTION. GET YOUR BALL OUTSIDE. OUTSIDE THE NUMBERS. YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE ONE-ON-ONE ON THESE EARLY SITUATIONS BUT IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO RUN IT THEN YOU HAVE TO BE UNBELIEVABLE. JIM: THEY FAKE THE RUN TO MIXON. THEY GO WAY DOWN THE FIELD AND IT'S THERE, TONY, AT THE 40, IT'S HIGGINS. SNEED. RIDING WITH HIM ALL THE WAY TO THE 38. TONY: WELL, GREAT QUESTION RIGHT THERE, JIM. YOU SAID IT'S FIRST DOWN YOU GOT TO THROW -- YOU'LL GET THE FAVORABLE SITUATIONS AND WHAT A PLAY DESIGN COMING OUT. AND TRACY'S REPORT, THEY TALKED ABOUT BEING A SECOND HALF TEAM AND ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY. EVAN'S REPORT. SECOND HALF TEAM, COACH TAYLOR SAID. AND YOU SEE THEM COME OUT WITH A PERFECT DESIGN, RYAN CALLAHAN. AND THE COORDINATORS OUT THERE. JIM: 44 YARDS TO HIGGINS. THERE'S MIXON. AND REED IS WAITING FOR HIM. PICKS UP ONE. >> THROW IT ON FIRST DOWN. THEY'RE PLAYING THE RUN. YOU HAVE YOUR MATCHUPS. IT GETS HARD AS IT GETS LATER. I KNOW IT'S HARD. BECAUSE YOU WANT TO KEEP THINGS CALM AND JUST EASY. BUT YOUR SEASON IS ON THE LINE, YOU'RE GOING DOWN WITH YOUR QUARTERBACK AND THESE RECEIVERS AND THOSE GUYS OUTSIDE, AREN'T YOU, JIM? JIM: WELL, IF HIGGINS AS YOU SAID HAS TO COME UP BIG. TONY: HE DOES. JIM: AND CAUGHT THREE BALLS FOR 70 YARDS. TONY: THE MORE THEY GO TO HIM THE BETTER CHANCE. BOUGHT THE DESIGN OF THIS DEFENSE GOING IN THE GAME WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A HUGE POSITION THAT COULD ACTUALLY HELP THEM WIN. JIM: THE AUDIBLE SENT RIGHT DOWN THE LINE TO THE RECEIVERS TO THE LEFT. REFEREE: DELAY OF GAME, OFFENSE, NUMBER NINE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, STILL SECOND DOWN. JIM: THE BENGALS, THE LEAST PENALIZED TEAM IN THE NFL DURING THE SEASON WHICH COACH TAYLOR SAID SPEAKS TO NOW SMART HE FEELS HIS PLAYERS ARE AND THE DISCIPLINE THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN ALL SEASON LONG. THIRD PENALTY OF THE GAME ON CINCY. MEANWHILE, KANSAS CITY HAS NOT BEEN FLAGGED. SECOND AND 14. TOUGH PASS. TRYING TO THREAD IT BETWEEN TWO DEFENDERS. GAY AND BOLTON. AND SAMPLE UNABLE TO GET THAT GRAB. TONY: WELL, YOU'LL SEE THE BALL RIGHT INSIDE. JIM: THAT'S THE SECOND TIME GAY HAS A HAND ON IT WHEN THE PASS IS COMING TO HIS AREA. AND JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, BOLTON CONFIRMS. INCOMPLETE. TONY: NOW THE PENALTY, THE DIRECT HIT TO THE -- HERE THEY COME. CROWD IS GETTING UP THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO PUT PEOPLE DOWN IN THERE AND DOUBLE-TEAM CHASE. JIM: NEED TO GET TO THE 29 FOR A FIRST. THE PASS OVER THE HEAD AND OUT OF BOUNDS INTENDED FOR HIGGINS. AND THEY'LL PUNT ON FOURTH AND 14. TONY: WELL, THIS IS WHY I THINK RIGHT HERE, RIGHT? THIS IS THE GUY WHO IS GOING TO BE OPEN. YOU HAVE THE SAFETIES HIGH AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO TAKE THESE SHOTS BUT YOU HAVE TIME. BUT IF YOU LOOK, 89, SAMPLE. THIS IS A DOUBLE-TEAM. WARD HAS HELP OVER THE TOP WITH THE SAFETY. SO THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON HIM AND PLAY ON THAT LOW HIP. THE SAME THING. THAT'S A DOUBLE-TEAM RIGHT THERE. AND YOU GOT TO FIND THE OTHER GUYS. GUESS WHAT? CHIMPS, ONE-ON-ONE -- HIGGINS, ONE-ON-ONE, THESE OTHER GUYS. JIM: HARRISON HUBER THE ONLY TWO BENGALS PLAYERS WHO WERE BORN LAST TIME CINCINNATI WAS IN AN A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. 1988. FAIR CAUGHT. HARDMAN. MAKING AN APPEAL. MIKE THOMAS WAS THE ONE WHO RAN INTO HIM. TONY: AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD ACTING JOB. A LITTLE EMBELLISHMENT. I MAY HAVE DONE THAT WHEN MY WIFE ASKED ME IF I DID TURBOTAX LIVE. YOU DO YOUR THING, WE'VE GOT YOUR TAXES. AND BY THE NEW FILM FROM DIRECTOR MICHAEL BAY "AMBULANCE." IN THEATERS APRIL 8. AND GOTTLIEB PLANETARIUM HERE IN KANSAS CITY. WITH A LITTLE ODE TO ALL THE STARS AND THE ORBIT OVER ARROWHEAD. JIM: FIRST DOWN. THE FAKE FROM THE GOAL LINE. LOBS IT UP. EDWARDS-HELAIRE. OUT TO ABOUT THE 10. TONY, TAKE US THROUGH NEXT GEN STATS POWERED BY A.W.S. TONY: WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PATIENCE EARLIER. TEAMS PLAYING THE TWO HIGH SAFETIES. THROWING VERSUS THESE SAFETIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS GAME, JIM, YOU SEE HOW SOFT THE COVERAGE UNDERNEATH IS? TWO HIGH SAFETIES. BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR HANDS ON THESE CHIEFS RECEIVERS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. SO THEY'RE ABLE TO CATCH THESE LITTLE THINGS MAHOMES IS CHECKING IT DOWN. DOING A GREAT JOB IN THIS GAME. ANDY REID CALLING A GREAT GAME. THE OTHER SIDE BURROW THEY'RE GETTING HANDS ON THEM. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE'S GOT TO PUSH IT DOWN THE FIELD BUT NOT OUTSIDE TO THE DOUBLE-TEAMS. JIM: SECOND AND 7. THAT'S A HANDOFF. HARDMAN. AND HARDMAN ABLE TO WEAVE AND PICK UP A FIRST DOWN. GOT SHOVED OUT OF BOUNDS. THEY WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE ON TOP OF IT BUT NO FLAG. TONY: SEE THE JET SWEEP. GOT TO THROW THAT IN THERE ONCE OR TWICE A GAME TO KEEP PEOPLE HONEST. AND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PENALTY. BY PRATT. PICKS UP 10 YARDS. COULD HAVE BEEN 15 MORE. TONY: FRUSTRATION DECISION RIGHT THERE THAT HE GETS AWAY WITH. JIM: KELCE NOT ON THE FIELD FOR THIS SNAP. FIRST DOWN RUN. EDWARDS-HELAIRE. A TEAMMATE AT L.S.U. OF BURROW AND CHASE. AND HE'S GOT FOUR. KELCE RETURNS. FIVE CHASMS, 55 YARDS -- CATCHES, 55 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. CHASE WHO HAD TWO CATCHES IN THAT FIRST HALF FOR EIGHT YARDS. TONY: THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE. OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE DOUBLE-TEAMED AND THAT'S WHY I SAID HE WILL BE ONE ON -- HE WILL BE ONE-ON-ONE FIRST DOWN SITUATIONS. THEY RAN IT WELL WHEN THEY HAD HIM IN THE BACKFIELD AND MADE EVERYONE THINK THEY WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM. STUFF LIKE THAT NEEDS TO COME BACK. JIM: SECOND AND 6. FLUSHED, ON THE RUN, HE'S DANGEROUS. AND IT'S OUT OF BOUNDS. INCOMPLETE. THIRD AND 6. TONY: GOOD JOB BY THE SECONDARY OF PLASTERING AND RUNNING AS MAHOMES MOVED OUT OF THE POCKET. WAY TOO MUCH TIME, THOUGH, JIM, RIGHT? HOW MANY TIMES ARE YOU GOING -- JIM: NO KIDDING. TONY: LIKE -- GOT AWAY WITH IT. JIM: WE HAVEN'T HAD A SACK IN THIS GAME FOR EITHER SIDE. TONY: BOTH PLAYING SOFT TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE BIG PLAY POTENTIAL. BUT THESE ARE THE DOWNS THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. JIM: THEY ARE. AND THEY'RE FOUR OUT OF FIVE. DARREL WILLIAMS IN THE GAME AT RUNNING BACK. HE'S BEEN OUT WITH A TOE INJURY IN RECENT WEEKS. AGAIN, HE'S GOT TIME. AND THE PASS IS INCOMPLETE. HILTON ABLE TO SCHOCH PRINGLE IN THE BACK. AND THE BALL HITS THE GROUND. AND THE CHIEFS PUNT FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THIS QUARTER AFTER NONE IN THE FIRST HALF. TONY: YEAH. REALLY GOOD JOB BY HILTON. MIDDLE TUG. THAT'S A GOOD JOB. AND THEN KIND OF RUN WITH PRINGLE. THE BALL JUST A LITTLE OUTSIDE. THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU ALMOST WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE OFF AND HAD TO BE SAFE WITH IT. AND IF THAT SCORE IS 21-10 THE OTHER WAY MAHOMES HITS HIM RIGHT IN STRIDE BUT WHEN YOU GOT THE LEAD BY 11 YOU'RE A LITTLE SAFE WITH IT. JIM: HERE'S TOWNSEND. FIRST PUNT TRAVELED 57 YARDS. THIS MUCH SHORTER. AND TAYLOR WITH THE FAIR CATCH. 41-YARD PUNT. YOU'RE WATCHING THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON CBS JIM: CINCINNATI TAKING OVER AT ITS OWN 35. ZAC TAYLOR 6-25 AND A TIE. HIS FIRST TWO YEARS GOING TO BE MANY PEOPLE'S CHOICE AS COACH OF THE YEAR, 12 WINS WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE EXTENDED SEASON. JA'MARR CHASE. WHAT A SEASON IT'S BEEN FOR HIM. BUT TODAY, QUIET. MIXON. DELIVERS A STIFF ARM. A PICKUP OF FIVE. ZAC TAYLOR THE SON-IN-LAW OF FORMER PACKERS HEAD COACH MIKE SHERMAN. AND HE HAD A WONDERFUL CAREER IN THE BIG 12 AT NEBRASKA. AND IT WAS THE BIG 12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR HIS SENIOR YEAR. AND HIS SEASON, HIS CAREER ENDED RIGHT HERE IN ARROWHEAD STADIUM, LOSING IN THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. TONY: THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ONE CAME UP WITH THERE. A LOT OF INTERESTING INFO THERE. ONE THING THAT'S REALLY UNIQUE, HOW PATIENT WAS MIKE BROWN WITH ZAC TAYLOR AFTER THOSE FIRST TWO YEARS? JIM: YOU'RE RIGHT. TONY: COACH TAYLOR REALLY APPRECIATES THAT. HE KNOWS NOT EVERYONE GETS THAT OPPORTUNITY. I THINK HE'S REALLY -- JIM: THERE'S THE COMPLETION TO SAMPLE. AND SHORT OF THE FIRST. TONY: LUCKY TO HAVE AN OWNER AND G.M. LIKE MIKE BROWN. THAT'S -- THAT'S A TESTAMENT RIGHT THERE AND IT SHOWS YOU THAT IN ONE YEAR IF YOU'RE GOING AHEAD AND DRAFT JA'MARR CHASE, IT'S GOING TO HELP EVERYTHING. BUT COACH TAYLOR HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB GETTING HIS MESSAGE ACROSS. JIM: HARDMAN AND HILL ON THE SIDELINE HAVING A LITTLE CHAT. TONY: THEY WERE A LITTLE UPSET EARLIER. HARDMAN WENT OVER TO THE COACHES. TRACY HAD JUST TOLD US AND IT WAS A GREAT NUGGET THERE THAT HE WANTS THE BALL IN A CERTAIN SITUATION. AND HILL IS LIKE CALM DOWN. I WANT THE BALL, TOO. JIM: THEY WANT THE YARD HERE. THEY GO WITH THE SNEAK. AND BURROW FIGHTS FOR IT AND HAS IT. TRACY, LET'S GO TO YOU. TRACY: YOU GUYS JUST SHOWED MECOLE HARDMAN AND TYREEK HILL GETTING INTO IT A LITTLE BIT THERE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE HARDMAN FELT AS THOUGH HE HAS BEEN OPEN. HE SAID I HAD THE ANGLE AND I HAD THE ANGLE. THROW IT TO ME. WENT OVER TO THE QUARTERBACKS COACH AND PLEADED HIS CASE SAYING THAT HE'S OPEN. BUT I WILL TELL YOU HE WENT OVER TO TYREEK HILL JUST A SECOND AGO. AND MADE SURE THAT THEY CLEARED EVERYTHING UP. TONY: YEAH. TYREEK IS TYREEK. LIKE MY MY BAD. I KNOW IT'S YOUR BAD. I TOLD YOU IT WAS YOUR BAD WHEN YOU WERE ASKING FOR THE BALL EARLIER. JIM: FIRST AND 10. PITCH IT. MIXON. JUST GOT BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. FINISHED OFF BY HITCHENS. BUT FRANK CLARK. OH, WE GOT A FLAG OUT HERE AT THE END OF THIS. TONY: FRANK CLARK SETTING THE EDGE TODAY. DISRUPTING, GETTING INTO THE BACKFIELD. STRINGING OUT SOME OF THESE PLAYS AND THEN REALLY THE REST OF THE GUYS COME FLYING IN. THIS IS ANOTHER RUN ON FIRST DOWN. REFEREE: NO FOUL ON THE PLAY. SECOND DOWN. JIM: THEY PICK UP THE FLAG FOR A MOMENT THERE. TONY: I LIKE THAT. THAT WAS A FLOP. JIM: SNEED GOT TANGLED UP. AND MIXON WAS ON THE GROUND. MADE SOME CONTACT. AND SNEED, YOU KNOW, FELL BACK AS IF HE HAD REALLY BEEN SHOVED. PICK UP THE FLAG. TONY: I LIKE THAT. I UNDERSTAND FLOPPING. JIM: SECOND AND 10. [CAPTIONING FUNDED BY CBS SPORTS DIVISION] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] JIM: PRESSURE. STILL DON'T HAVE HIM DOWN YET. UP AHEAD. TO CHASE. AND THEY GOT THE FOOTBALL INSIDE THE 35. TONY: CHASE IS GETTING ON THE CASE. BEEN WAITING TO SAY IT AGAIN ALL DAY TODAY. BUT THE PRESSURE GETS PICKED UP. AND THIS IS JUST WHERE BURROW NEEDS OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT? HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SACKED THERE. BUT HIS SPECIAL INSTINCTFUL ABILITY GETS CHASE OPEN WHO IS DOUBLE-TEAMED AND THEN GO. AND CHASE DOES AS GOOD OF JOB AS ANYONE OUTSIDE OF TYREEK HILL OF EXTENDING PLAYS AND CONTINUING TO RUN TO GIVE THE QUARTERBACK A SPOT TO THROW. JIM: 22 YARDS. TONY: THEY NEED TO THROW THE BALL ON FIRST DOWN, JIM. THEY KEEP GETTING BEHIND AND HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL TO GET IT BACK. HE'S AGAINST IT. PLAY-ACTION. YOU GOT ONE-ON-ONE UP TOP. BOTH GUYS. JIM: THEY'LL RUN IT. MIXON AGAIN. TOO MANY SECOND AND NINES AND SECOND SUSPECT 10'S. TONY: THOSE ARE PASSING DOWNS AND THEY KNOW YOU'RE NOT -- TRAILING THAT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO THROW THE BALL AND THEY GET ALL THEIR COOL COVERAGE AND YOU HAVE AND GUYS UP FRONT CHRIS JONES GETS TO RUSH AND GET IN THE BACKFIELD QUICKLY. AND AS YOU SEE THE OFFENSIVE LINE COACH. AND DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB HERE. LOOK AT THAT RIGHT HERE. CHRIS JONES COMES FLYING DOWN. AND GOOD OFFENSIVE LINE COACH THERE. JIM: SO PERINE IS IN THE BACKFIELD ON A SECOND AND 10. AND MIGHT BE A FLAG. FENTON IS GOING TO BE IN FACT -- YOU SAW IT COME IN. LATE. EARLY CONTACT WITH CHASE. REFEREE: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 27, SPOT FOUL, AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. JIM: THAT'S THE FIRST FLAG ON THE CHIEFS IN THIS GAME. TONY: THIS IS A PERFECT CALL. IT'S A PENALTY. WATCH. THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE SEEN THIS. HE'S GOING TO COME DOWN. AND THAT'S ALL YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. HE CAN'T DOUBLE-TEAM CHASE OUT THERE. AND BURROW HAS BEEN DYING TO SEE THAT. THAT WAS A PENALTY FOR SURE. BUT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO. IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE HIM OUT THERE ONE-ON-ONE YOU'RE RISKING IT. JIM: ARE HE -- WILL THEY THROW ON FIRST DOWN ON THIS OCCASION? THEY GOT IT AT THE 26. TONY: YES. THEY'RE GOING TO THROW HERE. NO. YEAH. THEY DID IT. JIM: PLAY-ACTION. SETTING UP SCREEN. PULLED DOWN. MIXON. CHUGGING ALONG DOWN TO THE 8-YARD LINE. TONY: YOU REMEMBER THE TOUCHDOWN BY PERINE. IT WAS A SCREEN. THIS IS PERFECT. SO A GREAT THROW BY -- TAKING A SHOT AT THE END. WATCH BURROW HERE. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO LOFT THIS BALL RIGHT OVER THESE GUYS OVER HERE. INGRAM GIVES THEM A SHOVE. BUT -- JIM: NICE LITTLE CATCH ONE HAND. MIXON. TONY: IT WAS. JIM: THAT'S AN 18-YARD PLAY. HOPKINS, ADENIJI OUT IN FRONT OF HIM. AND THEY'RE INSIDE THE 10. TONY: VERY SIMILAR PLAY EARLIER. WHEN PERINE SCORED THAT TOUCHDOWN. I LIKE THAT. USE THE SAFETIES DEEP. GET THE BALL TO YOUR RUNNING BACK AND GUYS ON THE INSIDE. JIM: FIRST AND GOAL. FROM THE 8. WANTS TO GO UP TOP AND INGRAM MEETS HIM AT THE 15-YARD LINE! WITH A MARKER ON THE FIELD. TONY: THIS IS -- REFEREE: HOLDING, OFFENSE, NUMBER 75. PENALTY DECLINED. THE RESULT OF THE PLAY, SECOND DOWN. TONY: THIS HAD NO CHANCE. INGRAM JUST WALKS RIGHT PAST PRINCE HERE. WATCH. A LITTLE ARMBAR THERE. CAN'T DO THAT. I GOT A BUDDY WHO PLAYS DEFENSE LIKE THAT IN BASKETBALL. AND LIKE MY ARMS AREN'T MOVING. JUST WAITING HERE, IT'S A WALL. NOTHING. JIM: SECOND AND GOAL NOW. 15 YARDS FROM THE END ZONE. MIXON. LINED UP WIDE AT THE TOP. TONY: VERY QUICKLY THROW IT OUT TO SCREEN. JIM: KNOCKED DOWN! MELVIN INGRAM WITH TWO PLAYS IN A ROW JUST A MINUTE AGO PICKING UP HIS SECOND SACK OF THE POSTSEASON. TONY: A GOOD PLAY CALL BY BURROW. ALL OUT PRESSURE. HE SEES IT AND GETS TO THE SCREEN TO THE WIDE RECEIVER. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE. WHEN INGRAM CAME ON, IT'S REALLY HELPED THIS TEAM AND HERE WE GO. LET'S LISTEN TO THIS CROWD. JIM: CHASE AT THE BOTTOM. THEY GO WITH PERINE. AND THAT'S GOING NOWHERE. IT WILL SET UP A 31-YARD FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT. AND IF MCGLADREY FIRSTEN IS ABLE TO DELIVER THEY WILL BRING IT TO A ONE-SCORE MARGIN. TONY: THIS WAS ALL SET UP BY REED. GOING TO BE A FLOODED SCREEN TO THE RUNNING BACK HERE. BUT I THINK -- OH, NO. A BUSTED PLAY. SOMEONE WENT THE WRONG WAY. I THINK IT WAS THE RUNNING BACK. JIM: MCPHERSON WITH HIS FIRST FIELD GOAL BUT BECAME THE BEST ROOKIE EVER IN THE POSTSEASON AS FAR AS FIELD GOALS MADE. MOVED PAST GOSTKOWSKI'S EIGHT AS A ROOKIE. HE'S GOT NINE. LOOKING FOR A 10TH. FROM 31 YARDS. AND IT IS GOOD. ROOKIE 10-10 IN THE POSTSEASON INCLUDING THAT 52-YARDER TO KNOCK OUT THE TITANS IN NASHVILLE. NO FLAG. FI ANNOUNCER: THE NFL ON CBS IS SPONSORED BY GEICO. YOU COULD SAVE EVEN MORE BY BUNDLING HOME AND CAR INSURANCE. AND BY DIRECTV STREAM. GET YOUR TV TOGETHER. THE LAST 10 POINTS HAVE GONE TO THE BENGALS. 21-13. KANSAS CITY. LATE THIRD. BURROW NOW WITH 191 YARDS PASSING AND A TOUCHDOWN. AND YOU FELT THAT THIRD DOWN PLAY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THIRD AND GOAL FROM THE 15 HAD NOT BEEN A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BIG PERHAPS EVEN A TOUCHDOWN SCORING PLAY. TONY: YEAH. I SAW, GET TO A -- CAN'T THROW A SCREEN AWAY FROM THE LINE UNLES, HE WENT THE WRONG WAY. PERINE WENT THE WRONG WAY. AND THIS IS AN EASY TOUCHDOWN. CINCINNATI, YOU'RE GOING TO FLOOD THIS WHOLE LEFT SIDE. BUT WATCH. PERINE. COME BACK UNDER. YOU GOT TO GO RIGHT. HE GOES LEFT. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU HAVE NO CHANCE. JIM: AND JOE EXPLAINING THAT TO HIM RIGHT THERE. WALKING OFF THE FIELD. DISGUSTED. 11 PLAYS THAT LED TO A FIELD GOAL. MEANTIME, CHASE. AFTER THREE TOUCHDOWNS THE FIRST THREE POSSESSIONS HAVE NOT THE LAST THREE DRIVES. THAT'S MCKINNON FOR A GAIN OF SEVEN. TONY: PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED, RIGHT? JIM: VERY MUCH SO. TONY: THAT LAST PLAY, SAW BURROW GOT UPSET WITH PERINE GOING -- YOU GOT TO GO OVER HERE, RIGHT? THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF HOW YOU LOSE GAMES. AND THE DETAILS, THE LITTLE THINGS. YOU SEE THAT COME UP IN THE PLAYOFFS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. RIGHT NOW BOTH TEAMS HAVE ONE REAL MENTAL MISTAKE AT THE END OF THE HALF FOR THE CHIEFS AND THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE FOR THE BENGALS. JIM: SECOND AND 3. PASS UP IN THE AIR AND STOLEN! IT'S PICKED OFF BY CINCINNATI! B.J. HILL WITH THE PLAY THE BENGALS REALLY NEEDED. FIRST TURNOVER OF THE GAME. TONY: IT'S GOING TO BE AN R.P.O. IF YOU CAN HAND OFF AND CHOOSES TO THROW IT BUT A BLITZ OFF THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. AND MAHOMES FEELS IT. SO THEN HE GETS RUSHED A LITTLE BIT. THEY DECIDE TO PRESSURE. AND HILL GETS HIS HANDS UP. AND CREATES WHAT -- NOW EASILY THE BIGGEST PLAY OF THE GAME. JIM: HIM SEEN MORE ACTION BECAUSE INJURED IN THE FIRST GAME AGAINST THE RAIDERS AND STEPS UP AND MAKES A HUGE PLAY AND THEY TAKE OVER AT THE 27. TONY: YOU KNOW HOW RARE THAT IS? THAT'S ONLY THE SECOND INTERCEPTION THAT MAHOMES HAS AT HOME IN THE PLAYOFFS. I MEAN, HE'S GOT LIKE 27 TOUCHDOWNS AND ONLY -- JIM: 26 TOUCHDOWNS AND THAT'S HIS SECOND PICK. TONY: AND HILL, EVERYONE SAID COME IN THE GAME, HILL HAS TO MAKE THAT INTERCEPTION. WOW. JIM: HE LIKES TO GET IT TO HILL BUT AS TYREEK, NOT B.J., ON THE OTHER SIDE. FIRST DOWN. STUTTER STEP MOVE. AND THAT WORKED FAVORABLY FOR MIXON. AS THAT LITTLE PAUSE GAVE HIM ENOUGH TIME TO EXPLODE UP AHEAD FOR A FIVE OR SIX-YARD GAIN. TONY: THAT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY WELL TIMED. AND YOU WANT HIM TO THROW IT ON FIRST DOWN OVER AND OVER AND AFTER YOU DO IT THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE TIMES THINGS WILL OPEN UP FOR YOU. NOTE GET BACK TO PLAY-ACTION AND THROWING IT AND THERE'S YOUR STAT. JIM: THE FIRST-EVER. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT OVERALL IN THE POSTSEASON AT HOME. AND THAT'S JUST HIS FIRST INTERCEPTION THROWN IN A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. TO GO WITH 12 TOUCHDOWN PASSES. TONY: THEY NEEDED TO STEAL POSSESSION AND WE SAID IT AT HALFTIME COMING OUT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN IN GAME WITHOUT STEALING SOMETHING WHETHER ONSIDE OR MAHOMES GETTING AN INTERCEPTION OR A FUMBLE. THEY GOT IT NOW. JIM: SECOND AND 5. AND BURROW RIFLES IT, CHASE, INSIDE THE 10 AND TO THE 5. AND THE BENGALS ARE AT THE DOOR. A GAIN OF 17. TONY: YOU'RE GOING TO MOTION ACROSS. AND JUST A SIMPLE CURL ROUTE. BUT THE WAY YOU DESIGN IT IS WHY IT GETS OPEN. YOU SEE THE MOTION COME ACROSS AND YOU'RE GOING TO SNAP IT ON THE FLY. AND FLOODING THAT ZONE WITH THE MOTION MAKES IT SO THAT THEY CAN'T DOUBLE-TEAM AS EASILY. OH, OH. IF THEY FOUND OUT HOW TO GET HIM ONE-ON-ONE. JIM: LOOK OUT. TONY: GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT. JIM: THEY'VE HAD SIX SNAPS IN THE RED ZONE. THIS WILL BE THEIR SEVENTH. HAVEN'T HAD A TOUCHDOWN IN THE RED ZONE SO FAR TODAY. THEY HAVE A FIRST AND GOAL HERE. IT'S MIXON. THE CUTOUT SIDE GOES UPFIELD AND INSTEAD AND HE GOT TO ABOUT THE 2, MAYBE THE 3. AND SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE. WE'RE INSIDE OF A MINUTE OF THE THIRD QUARTER. PATRICK MAHOMES, THESE CHIEFS WITH A HUGE LEAD EARLY. PATRICK TELLING US THAT COMEBACK AT CINCINNATI HAD WEEK 17, WE DIDN'T RELAX. BUT WE HAD A BIG LEAD. AND WE WERE REALLY ROLLING AT THAT TIME. WITH THE WIN STREAK AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO WIN. AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW THE BENGALS BEAT THEM. TONY: IT WAS SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS AND HAPPENED IN THAT GAME AND KIND OF LOOKING THE SAME WAY NOW. JIM: SECOND AND GOAL. AND FAKE IT TO THE LINE AND GO TO THE END ZONE. AND CHASE WAS THE TARGET. FENTON ON THE COVERAGE. NOTHING THERE. NOW YOU GOT THIRD AND GOAL. A TOUCHDOWN AND A TWO AWAY FROM TYING IT. TONY: THIS IS WHERE UZOMAH WOULD BE HUGE. BUT YOU -- YOU CAN USE YOUR RUNNING BACK, THE GUYS INSIDE. BUT YOU GOT TO GET IT OUT. JIM: THERE IT IS. TO THE END ZONE, AND HE COMES DOWN WITH IT! OUTRAGEOUS. WHAT A CATCH. CHASE ONE-ON-ONE. FORGET ABOUT IT. TONY: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS JUST HAPPENED. THIS ALMOST MAKES ME FEEL LIKE IT WAS A MISTAKE FOR THE CHIEFS. CHASE IS ONE-ON-ONE. WHERE DO YOU THINK THE BALL IS GOING? THE WHOLE OFFENSE STARTS THERE. IT'S GOING OVER THERE. BUT IF YOU LOOK, THE SAFETY GOES THE OTHER WAY. I ALMOST FEEL LIKE THEY WENT THE WRONG WAY. JIM: LET'S LOOK AHEAD. BECAUSE NOW YOU GOT THEM GOING FOR TWO AND THE TIE. IT CHANGES THE WAY THE FOURTH QUARTER IS PLAYED. TWO YARDS AWAY FROM A TIE AND COMING BACK FROM 18 DOWN ON THE ROAD. PERINE IS THE BACK. TONY: EVERYTHING IS IN PLAY. YOU GOT TO MOTION OVER AND USE MISDIRECTION. JIM: BURROW. OPEN. TAYLOR. THIS GAME IS TIED! 11 POINTS IN TWO MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS. AND CINCINNATI STORMS BACK FROM AN 18-POINT HOLE! TONY: THIS IS A GREAT STEINED DRIVE BY BRIAN CALLAHAN -- DESIGNED DRIVE BY BRAIL CALLAHAN AND ZAC TAYLOR. GETS WIDE OPEN. TAYLOR WITH THE GREAT ROUTE BUT THEY FOUND OUT HOW TO GET PEOPLE ONE-ON-ONE. JIM: LOOKOUT TAVERN GOING CRAZY. WE'RE BACK IN 60. ♪♪ Come Seek the Royal Caribbean JIM: NOT THE FIRST GUY TO BE COOLED JOE COOL. IN HIS SECOND YEAR, WHAT HE DID IN HIS SECOND YEAR AT L.S.U. AND WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. FIGURED IT OUT. SECOND YEAR HERE, WELL, ONE QUARTER TO GO. WE HAVE 14 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD. THE GAME IS TIED. POSSIBLY GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL. WHO'S IT GOING TO BE? COMING BACK FROM 18 DOWN. AND THE CHIEFS IN THIS SECOND HALF, TONY, THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING OFFENSIVELY. PUNT, PUNT, AND THEN THE PICK THE FIRST OF HILL'S 67 GAME CAREER. TONY: WE HAVE A DROP, RIGHT? THE BALL NEEDED TO BOUNCE-THE-THE BENGALS' WAY AND IT HAS AND THE LAST ONE A TIP AND PRESSURED ON THAT A TIMELY PRESSURE BUT THE BENGALS -- THIS IS WHO THEY ARE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER. THEY'RE A SECOND HALF TEAM. COACH SAID COMING OUT, THEY'RE THE BEST THIRD QUARTER POINT DIFFERENTIAL IN THE NFL THIS SEASON THE BENGALS. AND THEY'RE SHOWING IT. JIM: OUTSCORING THE CHIEFS 11-0 IN THIS THIRD. SCREEN PASS, NOT CAUGHT. MCKINNON WOULDN'T HAVE GONE FOR ANYTHING. PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOSS. TONY: THIS FEELS EERILY SIMILAR TO WHAT CINCINNATI DID TO OPEN THE GAME. IT'S A LITTLE PROTECTIVE. YOU KNOW, COMPARATIVE. SO WHAT HAPPENS FROM THE QUARTERBACK POSITION IN CERTAIN TEAMS, WHEN YOU GET THE LEAD EARLY AND GOING, EITHER CONTINUES -- WHEN THEY START COME BACK A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT? YOU STILL HAVE THE LEAD AND STILL PROTECT. LIKE THE THROW, YOU MAKE SURE A LITTLE MORE. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST BARELY DROP. AND SO TEAMS HAVE A WAY OF COMING BACK. BUT USUALLY PATRICK MAHOMES FIGURES IT OUT ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO PUT MY FOOT DOWN ON THE PEDAL HERE. JIM: SECOND AND 10. THAT'S THE FIRST CATCH OF THE SECOND HALF FOR KELCE. AND THAT WILL CLOSE OUT QUARTER NUMBER THREE. A QUARTER WHERE THE BENGALS AS YOU POINTED OUT, TONY, DID WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING ALL SEASON LONG. TONY: YOU THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE TIED GOING INTO THE FOURTH, DIDN'T YOU? JIM: ABSOLUTELY. AND WHAT A FOURTH IT WILL BE. WE KNOW NO OTHER WAY. BURROW AND JIM: THE BIGGEST COMEBACK IN A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, 18. THE COLTS WERE DOWN 21-3 TO NEW ENGLAND IN 2006 AND CAME BACK AND WON. BEFORE LAST SUNDAY NIGHT THE BEST GAME I EVER SAW AND THIS ONE FROM 21-3 TO A 21-21 TIE STARTING THE FOURTH. TONY: I REMEMBER THAT. THAT WAS JEFF SATURDAY. THIS IS OUR TIME. THIS IS OUR TIME. IS IT THE BENGALS' TIME? JIM: THIRD AND 3. AND MAHOMES ABLE TO GET OUT OF A JAM. HENDRICKSON WAS NEAR HIM. LOOK AT ALL THIS TIME. THEY'RE AFTER HIM AGAIN. AND THAT'S THE FIRST SACK FOR THE BENGAL DEFENSE. IT'S HENDRICKSON AND HILL COMBINING. AND HE HAD SO MUCH TIME. BUT COVERAGE DOWNFIELD NOWHERE TO GO. TONY: USUALLY WHEN THIS HAPPENS, SOMEBODY DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF STAYING WITH TYREEK HILL. THIS WHOLE TIME. AND THIS WAS A RELENTLESS PURSUIT UP FRONT. THREE-MAN RUSH AND HAVE ALL DAY. BUT REALLY THAT'S THE BACK END NOT GIVING UP ANYTHING. WHAT A HUGE PLAY IF YOU'RE A BENGAL FAN. AND I DON'T KNOW. I JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS FULLY GOING TOE BACK TO -- GOING TO GET BACK HERE. KANSAS CITY, WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW THE BENGALS HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. JIM: YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT NOW. AS TAYLOR BACKPEDALS TO THE 23. SLICES UP THE FIELD. STILL ON HIS FEET. JUST BROUGHT UP TO THE ACTIVE ROSTER LAST NIGHT. HE'S GOT A NICE RETURN. TO HELP JUSTIFY THAT MOVE. 55-YARD PUNT. 11-YARD RETURN. SATURDAY, CBS GIBBS WITH -- SATURDAY BEGINS WITH INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL AND S.E.C. MATCHUP BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND SOUTH CAROLINA. AND THEN WE HEAD OUT WEST FOR THE PGA TOUR COVERAGE OF THE AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM. COMING UP SATURDAY HERE ON CBS. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO LUKE LIST WINNING THE FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN PLAST NIGHT. A SATURDAY FINISH. AS YOU SEE MIKE BROWN, OWNER OF THE BENGALS, CLARK HUNT. CHAIRMAN AND C.E.O. OF THE CHIEFS. WHO WILL BE ACCEPTING A LAMAR HUNT TROPHY? IN THE NEXT HOUR? HERE'S BURROW. LOOKS DOWNFIELD. AND HE IS PICKED BY SNEED! >> THIS IS GOING BACK AND FORTH. BUT THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE COVERAGE BY SNEED. YOU CAN'T -- YOU CAN'T GUARD CHASE ONE-ON-ONE THIS FAR DOWN THE FIELD. HE SHAKES EVERYONE AT THE TOP. WELL, YOU GET AWAY WITH A LITTLE GRAB HELPS TOO. BUT THIS PLACE ERUPTS ON A HUGE PLAY. UNDERTHROWN. CAN'T MAKE THAT MIS JIM: ALL THE MOMENTUM WAS WITH CINCINNATI. AND THEN L'JARIUS SNEED JUMPS IN FRONT OF CHASE. AND MAKES THE INTERCEPTION OF THE BURROW PASS. TONY: MAHOMES HAD TO GO OVER THERE AND SIT DOWN. NOT FEELING GREAT. AND GET RIGHT BACK UP. JIM: EDWARDS-HELAIRE. AND HE'S SHOVED DOWN BY VONN BELL. FORMER SAINT WHO HELPED RECRUIT HENDRICKSON TO CINCINNATI. SO COME UP HERE, SOMETHING GOOD IS GOING TO HAPPEN. TONY: THAT'S TRUE. AND VONN BELL HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB. FOURTH IN TACKLES AMONG D.B.'S THE PAST TWO SEASONS. JIM: HOW ABOUT ABOUT THIS IN THE SECOND HALF THE CHIEFS RIGHT NOW HAVE 41 YARDS OF OFFENSE. TONY: I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY. IN THE WO GAMES THIS SEASON, FIRST HALF, 49 POINTS, SECOND HALF, THREE POINTS. AND THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE. THE TALE OF TWO HALVES. JIM: SECOND AND 6. AND THEY'LL GO OUT OF THE BACKFIELD AND IT SAILS ON HIM. AND GOING FOR C.E.H. AND NOW YOU GOT A THIRD AND 6. TONY: I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS A RARITY. I DON'T SEE PATRICK MAHOMES KIND OF RUSH STUFF. YOU KNOW, AND FEEL LIKE IT'S LIKE PEOPLE AROUND HIP. LOOK AT THAT. 3-SO 10. -- 3--- 3-10. 17 YARDS. TONY: ALMOST LIKE HE'S A LITTLE PROTECTIVE. JIM: THREW FOR 50 YARDS IN THE SECOND HALF FOUR WEEKS AGO. TONY: ALMOST LIKE THINKING ABOUT THAT INTERCEPTION. GO RIP THIS THING AND I KNOW THAT PLAY AT THE END OF THE HALF HAS TO BE SITTING THERE. JIM: THIRD DOWN AND HE FALLS AGAIN AS HENDRICKSON GETS TO HIM. HUBBARD WAS IN THE AREA. CAUSING TROUBLE ALSO. AND A SECOND SACK PUT UP BY CINCINNATI. TONY: YOU'LL SEE UP TOP GO MEET AT THE QUARTERBACK. AND THAT IS A HUGE PLAY FOR THE BENGALS. NOT ALLOWING ANY POINTS. NOTHING RIGHT THERE. HENDRICKSON. BIG-TIME SACK. HUGE PUP. BUT I THINK MAHOMES, THAT PLAY AT THE END OF THAT FIRST HALF, JUST MAKES YOU SIT THERE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT, YOU KNOW? JIM: THAT'S -- HE'S BEEN SACKED THE LAST TWO THIRD DOWN PLAYS. SO TOWNSEND. PRESSURE. NO CONTACT ON THE PUNTER AT THIS END. TAYLOR WITH THE FAKE. AND SAID WHO'S GOING TO CATCH IT AND IT SOARS INTO THE END ZONE. JUST A NET OF 37. BENGALS BOUNCE BACK JIM: THE N ON CBS IS SPONSORED BY DELICIOUS ICE COLD DR. PEPPER OF THE ONE FANS DESERVE. STATE FARM. LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. STATE FARM IS THERE. AND BY MERCURY --MER CARRY -- MERCARI, YOUR MARKETPLACE. THE SUPER BOWL ON THE LOIN IN KANSAS CITY. IT LOOKED LIKE IN THAT FIRST HALF IT ALREADY BEEN PUNCHED THAT TICKET. FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR BUT JOE BURROW HAS LED THE BENGALS BACK. THAT'S THAT COMEBACK WE TALKED ABOUT. TO SEND PEYTON MANNING TO THE SUPER BOWL FOR THE FIRST TIME WENT ON TO DEFEAT THE BEARS IN THE GAME DOWN IN MIAMI. AND THAT RUNNING PLAY IS GOOD FOR ABOUT THREE FOR MIXON. A YEAR AGO AT THIS TIME, JOE BURROW, TONY, WAS RECOVERING FROM KNEE SURGERY, DECEMBER 2, OF 2020. AND HAVE HIS A.C.L., M.C.L. REPAIRED BY DR. NEIL ELATRAGE IN LOS ANGELES AND A FEW MILES AWAY FROM WHERE THAT OPERATION TOOK PLACE FROM WHERE THE SUPER BOWL WILL TAKE PLACE. JUST NOT EVEN A 10-MINUTE DRIVE AWAY. THAT WAS 13 1/2 MONTHS AGO. NOW HAS A CHANCE WITH THE QUARTER OF HIS LIFE IN HIS SECOND YEAR TO TAKE A TEAM. AND HE ROLLS OUT, FEELS THE PRESENCE OF JONES. AND THAT'S INCOMPLETE. THAT WAS BOLTON. THERE WAS NO BENGAL IN THE AREA. TONY: WELL, THAT WAS A THROW THAT ALMOST WAS INCREDIBLY COSTLY. LOOK AT THIS. IT IS JUST A REALLY TERRIBLE THROW. JIM: FELL OUT. TONY: THE BALL HITS THE GROUND RIGHT THERE. BUT A LITTLE NERVES GOING ON RIGHT NOW IT FEELS LIKE. INCOMPLETE. YOU SHOULD NOT THROW THE RED FLAG HERE. BECAUSE -- JIM: IF NICK BOLTON -- >> ONLY ONE LEFT. JIM: IF NICK BOLTON HAD ANQUAN BOLDEN'S HANDS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INTERCEPTION. HERE'S A THIRD AND 7. STILL DIDN'T GET HIM! TONY: OH, MY GOODNESS. HOW DID HE GET AWAY? JIM: REACHES OUT AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST DOWN. TONY: THERE'S NO WAY. THE ONE HE DID EARLIER TODAY WE SAW TO DO THAT RIGHT THERE AGAIN, I MEAN, HE'S FULLY SACKED. AND THIS ISN'T JUST NOBODY. THIS IS CHRIS JONES. JIM: NO KIDDING. TONY: HE'S BIG. >> AND NOW GET HIM FOR SURE. TONY: HE HAS THAT LITTLE SIXTH SENSE, THAT JUST CAN FEEL AND USE YOUR LINVAL AGAINST YOU. AND HE -- LINVAL AGAINST YOU. AND HE GETS THE FIRST DOWN AND KEEPS THE BENGALS IN A POSITION TO TAKE THE LEAD. JIM: AND SIDE-BY-SIDE. THE BATTLE OF EMOTIONS. AND DIDN'T -- LOOKED PRETTY GOOD ON THAT RUN AND A NEW SET OF DOWNS AT THE 31. 11 MINUTES LEFT. MIXON. RIGHT INTO THE HEART OF THAT DEFENSE. AND OKAFOR ONE OF THOSE WHO ENDS IT QUICKLY. THEY GET A LOT OF SECOND AND NINENESS THIS GAME, TONY. TONY: IT MAKES IT HARD. THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOTHING EASY RIGHT NOW. AND HAVING UZOMAH OUT, I REALLY THINK IS A DIRECT IMPACT, A LITTLE BIT TOO OF SOME OF THIS. BECAUSE HE'S SUCH A WEAPON INSIDE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE SAFETIES THAT ARE WIDE SUSPECT GOING OUT THERE AND I BELIEVE -- AND GOING OUT THERE AND DOUBLE-TEAMING AND INSIDE AND I THOUGHT HIGGINS MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE A LITTLE BIT. JIM: RECEIVERS STACKED AT THE RIGHT. SECOND AND 9 AND PRESSURE. BOYD PLAYING POSSUM FOR A MOMENT ACTING LIKE THE PLAY WAS DEAD AND THEN CAUGHT IT AND TOOK OFF. ONLY GOT TWO YARDS. THEY GOT A THIRD AND LONG. THIRD AND LONG AS WE MOVE INSIDE OF 10 MINUTES. TONY: FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE WHO DID NOT GIVE THE BENGALS A CHANCE, I THINK YOU ARE REALIZING RIGHT NOW THE CINCINNATI BENGALS COULD GO INTO ARROWHEAD AND UPSET PATRICK MAHOMES AND THIS JUGGERNAUT AND SHOCK THE WORLD. THESE ARE THE PLAYS YOU GOT TO COME UP WITH IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT. JIM: THIRD AND 7. AGAIN, HE'S ABLE TO ESCAPE TROUBLE. AND HE RUNS FOR A FIRST DOWN! TONY: WHAT -- JUST THIS YEAR. BUT THIS O-LINE IS NOT THAT GREAT AND SCANNING THE FIELD AND NO ONE IS OPEN. WOW. JUST -- THIS IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE FOR A SECOND-YEAR PLAYER. YOU TALKED ABOUT IT. NO ONE HAS EVER GONE TO THE SUPER BOWL, JIM. JIM: NO QUARTERBACK TAKEN NUMBER ONE OVERALL AS A FACEMASK IS NOT CALLED. NO QUARTERBACK DRAFTED FIRST OVERALL HAS EVER TAKEN A TEAM TO A SUPER BOWL IN THEIR SECOND YEAR. AND ONE OF THE FIRST TWO YEARS. SO -- TONY: UNBELIEVABLE. JIM: KEEPING THIS DRIVE GOING WITH HIS LEGS:FOUR RUNS ON THIRD DOWN AND CONVERTED EVERY TIME IN THIS GAME. THIS PLAY IS WHISTLED DEAD. TONY: THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE OPEN THERE. JIM: ZAC TAYLOR WAS TRYING TO CALL A TIME-OUT. REFEREE: PRIOR TO THE SNAP, FIRST CHARGED TIME-OUT, CINCINNATI. 30-SECOND TIME-OUT. JIM: TONY, THE ONLY QUARTERBACK TO BEAT PATRICK MAHOMES IN THE POSTSEASON, TOM BRADY. AND YOU'LL NEVER FORGET THAT GAME. AT 37-31 OVERTIME THRILLER OF THREE YEARS AGO. THIS ALREADY PATRICK'S NINTH POSTSEASON HOME GAME AND THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE SECOND HALF THAT ANYONE EXPECTED AFTER THEY RACED TO A 21-3 LEAD. TONY: IT'S REALLY BEEN THAT PLAY SINCE THE END OF THE FIRST HALF WHERE THEY DIDN'T GET POINTS AND YOU'RE SO UPSET WITH YOURSELF AND EVERYTHING BUT NO ONE IS BETTER THAN PATRICK MAHOMES AT PUTTING STUFF BEHIND HIM AND GOING OUT HERE AND JUST FINISHING THE JOB. BUT RIGHT NOW, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE BURROW IS DOING IT ON THE OTHER END. WHICHEVER QUARTERBACK PLAYS BETTER AT THE END, THAT'S WHO'S GOING TO WIN THIS GAME. JIM: FIRST DOWN AT THE 45. FLAGS EVERYWHERE. AS THEY RUN IT WITH MIXON FOR A COUPLE. REFEREE: OF-SIDE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 55. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. REPEAT FIRST DOWN. JIM: THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT OFFSIDE PENALTIES BY NUMBER 55 IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HERE IN KANSAS CITY. UNIQUE SHOTS FROM THE GAME BROUGHT TO YOU BY PARAMOUNT PLUS. TONY: I REMEMBER THAT. THEY WERE -- THAT'S THE ONLY TIME SOMEONE LOST. IN THE MAHOMES ERA THEY LOST ONE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND THAT WAS AN OFFSIDE. THE GAME WAS OVER. JIM: IT WAS OVER. TONY: AT THE DOESN'T GET OFFSIDE. THIS IS THE SECOND POSSIBILITY. JIM: FIRST AND 5 IT GIVES THEM, TONY. SO WHAT DO YOU DO? TONY: THERE'S SO MUCH TIME LEFT IN THIS GAME. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT RIGHT HERE, JIM. BUT TO ME, JUST MAKE IT SIMPLE. YOU GOT TO GO INSIDE. JIM: PASS ACROSS THE MIDDLE HIGGINS TRYING TO BUY SOME ROOM. HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN AND A WHOLE LOT MORE. PICKED UP AN EXTRA 10 OR 11 YARDS ONCE HE TURNED IT UPFIELD. TONY: INSIDE TO HIGGINS. KEY TO THE GAME. IN SO MANY WAYS. INSIDE HIGGINS. JIM: GAIN OF 16. TONY: GOOD DESIGNED PLAY. AND AN UNDER ROUTE. THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE UP. I THINK EVERYTHING HAS BEEN HARD FOR THE BENGALS, RIGHT? JUST BOUNCED -- BOUNCED BALLS GOING THEIR WAY THE SECOND HALF. AND EVERYONE FORGETS THE TWO LITTLE DROPS THAT WERE JUST ON THE OUTSTRETCHED KELCE'S HANDS ON THAT THIRD DOWN. LIKE AT THAT POINT YOU THOUGHT OH, JUST ONE DRIVE. JIM: YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE KEY PLAY IS GOING TO HAPPEN. FIRST DOWN. FLAGS. WHISTLES. REFEREE: FALSE START, OFFENSE, NUMBER 67, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, STILL FIRST DOWN. JIM: THIS DRIVE, TONY, IS APPROACHING FIVE MINUTES. TONY: YOU NEVER REALIZE WHEN HE WALKED OUT THERE, AND THERE WAS OVER 12 MINUTES TO GO, YOU FOOL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF POSSESSIONS LEFT, RIGHT? JIM: RIGHT. TONY: AND YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE EIGHT MINUTE DRIVE, 10-MINUTE DRIVE MEANS EACH GUY GETS ONE CRACK AT IT. AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO HUGE. AND JONES -- JIM: HE'S WINDED. YOU REMEMBER THEY TOOK IT THE LAST SIX MINUTES OF REGULATION DOWN THE FIELD TO WIN WITH NO TIME LEFT ON A FIELD GOAL. NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT LUXURY TODAY. TONY: TWO GOOD QUARTERBACKS. LIKE THEY CAN JUST FIGURE OUT A WAY TO EXTEND DRIVES. REFEREE: PLEASE RESET THE GAME CLOCK TO 7:36. AND IT WILL GO ON THE SNAP, NOT ON THE WHISTLE. JIM: THEY'RE GOING TO ADD FOUR SECONDS. CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WILL SOMEBODY NEED THOSE FOUR SECONDS HERE IN A SHORT WHILE? TONY: 13 WAS ENOUGH TO GO 130 YARDS. JIM: YEAH. SPAGS WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU LOOK INTO THAT HELMET WHEN YOU GUYS SHOW THOSE TIGHT SHOTS OF BURROW. HE'S GOT THAT KILLER LOOK. HE SAID THE SAME AS TOM BRADY. TONY: YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. CHANGING THE PLAY RIGHT HERE. HE FEELS LIKE THEY'RE COME AFTER HIM. JIM: FIRST AND 15. AND DOWN THE SIDELINE. AND IT'S OUT OF REACH. HIGGINS WITH WARD RIGHT THERE WITH HIM. TONY: THE RIGHT MATCHUP. I LIKE WHERE HE'S GOING WITH THE BALL. JUST NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE BACK SHOULDER. BUT WHEN YOU DRAFT A GUY NUMBER ONE OVERALL, OR JUST YOUR QUARTERBACK IN THE FIRST ROUND IN GENERAL, YOU WANT A GUY THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE IS GOING TO PUT HIS TEAM ON HIS BACK. AND BE THE GUY EVERYONE BELIEVES IN. YOU KNOW, TO WIN GAMES LIKE THIS. BURROW, THOSE EYES. YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE. A LOT GOING ON IN THAT MIND AND IT'S QUIET AND SOFT. VERY KILLER INSTINCT. JIM: SECOND AND 15. AND THAT AT THE VERY LEAST GETS THEM IN RANGE FOR MCPHERSON. WHO HAS SET A SINGLE SEASON RECORD FOR MOST FIELD GOALS REGULAR AND POST COMBINED OUTSIDE OF 50 YARDS WITH 11 MAKES. TONY: WELL, IF HE COMES IN AND THIS IS REALLY GETTING LATE IN THE GAME. AND MAYBE NOT THIS ONE BUT THE NEXT ONE, HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL. JIM: TOO EARLY. IT'S TOO EARLY. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT. ZAC TAYLOR IN HIS THIRD YEAR HOPING TO -- HELPING TO LEAD HIS TEAM BACK AT A HOLE IN ARROWHEAD ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE AND ANYBODY CAN DO IT. TONY: HE CAN'T DO IT. ALREADY TWO THIRD DOWNS AND NOT ON THIS ONE. >> THIRD DOWN OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. PERINE PICKED UP AND PUSHED ASIDE BY WARD. AND THAT WILL CALL ON MCPHERSON FROM ABOUT 52 WITCHES THE WINNING DISTANCE AGAINST -- WITCHES THE WINNING DISTANCE AGAINST THE TITANS. HERE IT IS. JAY FEELY. THIS KID, THEY CALL HIM SHOOTER MCPHERSON AROUND THE TEAM. JAY: YEAH, JIM. SPECTACULAR SO-10 IN THE PLAYOFFS DOCTOR -- AND 10-10 IN THE PLAYOFFS. AND LIKE A YOUNG GOLF YOUNG GOLFER CAN NO BATTLE RUNDS -- WOUNDS. >> 52 YARDS AWAY. CAN HE DO IT FROM 52 AGAIN? THIS KICK IS GOOD! TONY: OH, JAY, HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SCARS COMING IN. AND THAT WAS CLOSE TO GAINING ONE. BUT RIGHT THERE, BIG-TIME KICK. THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT TO DO TO SEND YOUR TEAM TO THE POSSIBLE SUPER BOWL. JIM: 21 UNANSWERED AND THE LEAD FOR THE JIM: JOE BURROW AND THE WILSON -- BENGALS TRYING TO DO WHAT THIS FRANCHISE DID IN THE 1980'S AND THAT'S WITHIN IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP FAME. -- GAME. 2-0. BUT SINCE 1988. 2UNANSWERED TO GET TO THE SUPER BOWL BACK THEN THEY HAD TO BEAT FOUTS AND KELLY. NOW TRYING TO TAKE OUT MAHOMES. DOING IT WITH THEIR QUARTERBACKS KEN ANDERSON AND BOOMER ESIASON. STATE FARM POSTGAME SHOW IS COMING UP. J.B., PHIL, NATE, AND BOOMER AND COACH COWHER. THEIR TAKE ON THIS GAME PLUS WE'LL HAVE THE PRESENTATION ON THE FIELD OF THE LAMAR HUNT TROPHY TO THE A.F.C. CHAMPION. THAT'S COMING UP ON THE STATE FARM POSTGAME SHOW. JIM: THE TOSS, HARDMAN. SLIDES AWAY FROM ONE HIT AND HAS A GAIN OF FOUR. HUBBARD BRINGS HIM DOWN. TONY: JOE BURROW SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW. YOUR WHOLE LIFE. YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO TO THE SUPER BOWL. A DREAM. BUT RIGHT THERE, THAT GUY YOU SEE THOSE EYES? WE LOOKED AT BEFORE. THESE ARE PRETTY STRONG EYES, TOO, JIM. YOU'RE STANDING RIGHT THERE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH. SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS BEFORE IT'S OVER. JIM: THOSE EYES AREN'T BELIEVING WHAT HE'S BEEN SEEING IN THIS SECOND HALF. AS KELCE HAS THE CATCH. APPLE ON HIM QUICKLY. TONY: WEIRDLY THESE ARE KIND OF STUFF WHERE IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU JUST DON'T REALIZE IT. BUT THERE'S A CHANCE BURROW NEVER TOUCHES THE BALL AGAIN. OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN GET -- THREE PLAYS HERE AND GET THE BALL BACK. BUT THERE'S A REALLY GOOD CHANCE THAT THIS QUARTERBACK CAN TAKE THIS TEAM DOWN AND ALMOST END THIS GAME UNDER 30 SECONDS. JIM: TYREEK HILL DOES NOT HAVE A CATCH IN THIS SECOND HALF. IN THE SLOT TO THE LEFT. ON FIRST DOWN. KELCE. HE LOVES THAT SPIN-AROUND MOVE. AND IT GIVES THEM AN EXTRA COUPLE OF YARDS WITH PRATT TAKING HIM TO THE TURF. TONY: THERE'S JUST A PART OF ME THAT UNDERSTANDS THE WAY WE'VE PLAYED, I MEAN, GIVE LOU ANARUMO CREDIT. UNBELIEVABLE JOB IN THIS SECOND HALF. THE ADJUSTMENTS AND STUFF. BUT A LOT OF IT IS THAT THEY'VE SEEN A LOT OF STUFF AND PLAYING FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT AND GETTING THOSE TIPPED BALLS. AND THE STUFF GOING THEIR WAY. BUT THERE'S GOING TO COME A POINT HERE IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE THAT I WOULD START TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN -- JIM: THAT'S MCKINNON. PICKS UP ONE. TONY: I BELIEVE RIGHT HERE, IT'S REALLY SMART KANSAS CITY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE BIG PALAU YOU GET IT. BUT YOU KEEP IT UNDERNEATH AND RUN THE BALL. YOU CAN TAKE THIS ALL THE WAY DOWN AND NEVER LET BURROW TOUCH IT AGAIN. JIM: EXACTLY. THE FLIP OF THE SCRIPT WE SAW IN WEEK 17. TONY: 100%. TO ME THAT'S WHY LOU RIGHT THERE, I'M GETTING REALLY AGGRESSIVE ON CERTAIN DOWN AND DISTANCE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN PER SE BUT YOU HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE AT LEAST TO GET THE BALL BACK TO YOUR QUARTERBACK TO HAVE A CHANCE TO GO DOWN AND SCORE. JIM: THEY'RE 0-4 ON THIRD DOWN IN THIS HALF. TONY: THIS IS A RISKY DEFENSE RIGHT HERE. THIS IS THE AGGRESSIVE ONE. THIRD AND 1, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD DO IT HERE. I WAS THINKING MORE ON THE NEXT ONE. JIM: OPEN IS KELCE! AND HE'S AT THE 38-YARD LINE. WIDE OPEN. GOOD FOR 18. TONY: YOU SAW KELCE DO THIS EXACT SAME THING. A LITTLE DIFFERENT FORMATION. BUT WATCH. RIGHT HERE. KELCE, HEY, DO IT, KELCE, DO IT, KELCE. THAT'S WHAT MAHOMES SAID. JUST RUN RIGHT UP THERE. NO CHANCE. OH, JUST A -- TO PLAY A SOFT ZONE. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. NOW IS WHERE I GET AGGRESSIVE. JIM: INSIDE THREE MINUTES TO GO. MAHOMES, 4-4 ON THIS DRIVE. HE HANDS IT OFF TO HARDMAN. AND AS WE HER WAS CALLING FOR THE FOOTBALL ON THE SIDELINE. AND HE PICKS UP NINE. TONY: AND IF YOU'RE THE BENGALS YOU WANTED IMHAD TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS THERE -- HIM TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS THERE. KANSAS CITY, HOW ABOUT THIS? OVER 12 MINUTES TO GO IN THE GAME. AND WHEN BURROW WALKED OUT THERE, IF I TOLD YOU BURROW IS GOING TO GET ONE SHOT, MAHOMES IS GOING TO GET ONE SHOT. HERE IT IS. THIS IS THE DRIVE. AND THIS IS THE DRIVE. JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT WHEN HE WAS OUT THERE WITH 12 OR 13 MINUTES TO GO HERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. SHAPING UP THAT WAY. JIM: HENDRICKSON IS NOT ON THE FIELD FOR THIS SNAP. AND NOR THE LAST ONE. THE MAN WHO PROVIDES THE MOST PRESSURE IN THE BACKFIELD. TONY: COME AFTER HIM. NO KELCE IN THE GAME. JIM: SECOND AND 1. MCKINNON. HE STUTTER STEPPED AND WAITED FOR IT TO OPEN UP. AND HE'S DOWN TO THE 15-YARD LINE. PRINGLE ON THAT SIDE HELPED PATROL AND FREE HIM UP WITH A BLOCK. TONY: WHAT A GREAT READ. YOU SEE THE INTERNAL PRESSURE. JIM: MAHOMES RUNNING WITH HIM. TONY: I KNOW. GOT THOSE -- MAHOMES IS LIKE, KEEP UP WITH YOU FOR A LITTLE BIT. BUT NOT ANYMORE. MCKINNON GETS GOING. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY -- I WOULD HAVE TAKEN A TIME-OUT. IF I WAS CINCINNATI HERE. THIS IS -- I WOULD GO TO TWO-MINUTE AND I WOULDN'T SNAP THE BALL IF I'M KANSAS CITY. JIM: THEY DON'T HAVE TO. AND A SPLIT SECOND THEY CAN TAKE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN. MAHOMES NO DOUBT WISE TO THAT. TONY: JUST TRY TO DRAW THEM OFFSIDE. JIM: TONY, AFTER LAST WEEK'S FOUR GAMES THE FOOTBALL GODS ARE GOING TO EVEN THIS UP. THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ANY MORE CLOSE GAMES. >> NO. THIS ONE IS NOT CLOSE. MAHOMES. SUPER BOWL. JIM: YOU'RE WATCHING THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PRESENTED BY INTUIT TURBOTAX JIM: THE NFL ON CBS IS SPONSORED BY VERIZON. THE OFFICIAL 5G NETWORK OF THE NFL. AND BY BEST BUY. TWO MINUTES TO GO. TWO MINUTES TO GO FOR THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP. AND THE CHIEFS HAVE IT FIRST AND 10 AT THE BENGALS' 15. TONY: THIS GAME, THIS WHOLE SECOND HALF IS KIND OF GONE THE BENGALS' WAY. THE BALL BOUNCED THE WAY THEY WANTED. BUT MAHOMES HAS A WAY OF OVERCOME A LOT OF THOSE THINGS. BUT IS IT THE BENGALS' DAY OR IS MAHOMES JUST TOO GOOD? JIM: HERE HE'S LOOKING, LOOKING. AND NOW COMING OUT OF THE POCKET. BEING CHASED. AND BEING SHOVED OUT BY HENDRICKSON. AND STOPS THE CLOCK WITH 1:53. AGAIN, THEY HAVE BEEN BLANKED IN THE SECOND HALF AFTER ONLY MANAGING A FIELD GOAL IN THEIR MATCHUP A MONTH AGO. IN THE SECOND HALF. HE PICKED UP FOUR ON THAT RUN. TONY: MAHOMES HAS NEVER BEEN SHUT OUT IN THE SECOND HALF OF A PLAYOFF GAME. AND I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO BE SHUT OUT HERE. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO AT LEAST HAVE A FIELD GOAL. JIM: SECOND AND 6. LOOKING. LOOKING. WANTED TO TAKE OFF. THAT GOT SHUT OFF. THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. LOOKING FOR ANOTHER OPENING. LOOK AT ALL THESE MOVES, BACK TO THE 24-YARD LINE. AND HENDRICKSON IS THERE. TRIED TO KNOCK THE BALL OUT. ALL OF THAT FOR NO GAIN. TONY: HE GOT CLOSE. JIM: THEY ACTUALLY SPOT IT -- PICKED UP FOUR YARDS. TONY: LOOKED LIKE HE RAN FOR 100 BUT AT THE END THAT WAS HUGE. BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE IN ANOTHER SITUATION -- JIM: STILL GOING TO BE THIRD AND 3. THIRD AND 3. LOOK AT THAT EFFORT, THOUGH. WE'LL CALL IT TWO. BUT HENDRICKSON HAD TO COME OUT. TONY: THE EFFORT HE GAVE THERE. JIM: HE'S IN PAIN. TONY: EVAN HAD TOLD US -- JIM: THIRD AND 2. 1:38 TO GO. TOSS IT INSIDE. AND THEY PITCH IT TO KELCE. AND THE SPOT IS GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST. TONY: GOT TO TAKE A TIME-OUT. THIS IS EXACTLY THE WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR THE BENGALS. THIS IS WHY I THOUGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVE TO START THAT DRIVE. IF THEY GET DOWN HERE YOU CAN HOLD THEM. BUT NOW IT'S A FIRST DOWN. YOU HAVE ONE TIME-OUT LEFT. AND IF -- YOU'RE THE CHIEFS, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. THREE TIME-OUTS. JIM: GOT THE STATE FARM POSTGAME SHOW. J.B. AND THE CREW ON HAND HERE IN KANSAS CITY. AND THEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE AND ALL OF THESE CRUCIAL SNAPS TO COME. PLEASURES THE PRESENTATION OF THE LAMAR HUNT TROPHY TO THE A.F.C. CHAMPION, IT'S ALL COMING UP ON THE STATE PARM TOAST GAME SHOW. AND WE'RE LOOKING LIKE THE END OF THE FIRST HALF WHEN KANSAS CITY WAS DOWN CLOSE. THAT DID NOT WORK OUT FOR THEM. TONY: TO ME WHAT'S HAPPENING, THESE PLAYOFF GAMES, HOW CLOSE THESE GAMES ARE ALL GETTING AT THE END. THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE NFL, THE LEAGUE, AND THE QUARTERBACKS IN THIS LEAGUE AND THE TALENT LEVEL OF THESE YOUNG PLAYERS. THERE'S SO MUCH DEPTH AT THAT POSITION. THAT IT'S HARD TO KIND OF SEPARATE. BECAUSE THESE GUYS ARE SO GOOD SUSPECT GET THEIR TEAM BACK IN IT. I THINK YOU'RE IN FOR AN INCREDIBLE RUN OVER THIS NEXT FIVE OR 10 YEARS OF THESE QUARTERBACKS AND SEEING THEY JUST SWITCH IT UP BACK AND FORTH. JIM: NO HENDRICKSON ON THE CALL. THE 11TH PLAY OF THIS DRIVE. AND IT'S FIRST AND GOAL. AND IT'S A RUNNING PLAY WITH MCKINNON. WHO IS STUFFED. ONE. MAYBE. TONY: A SCENARIO THAT COMES UP THAT SAYS LET THEM SCORE, RIGHT? JIM: TIME-OUT CALLED BY CINCINNATI. TONY: THERE'S ALSO A SCENARIO FOR KANSAS CITY, AND CINCINNATI IS OUT OF TIME-OUTS. KANSAS CITY HAS A SCENARIO THAT SAYS DOWN IT AT THE 1. GO DOWN. NOW, THIS IS THAT RARE SITUATIO- JIM: GOOD POINT. TONY: IN BETWEEN. YOU GOT TO SCORE, RIGHT? JIM: A PERFECT TIME TO SCORE THE WINNING TESTIFIED IS WHAT YOU WOULD SAY -- TOUCHDOWN IS WHAT YOU WOULD SAY THEY'RE THINKING. TONY: THERE'S A TIME WHERE IT'S SO LOW IT ADOPT MATTER, SCORE, RIGHT? BUT IF YOU HAD TWO MINUTES AND, YOU KNOW, 20 SECONDS AND RATHER GET IT UNDER TWO, THEY HAVE NO TIME-OUTS, TO ME I WOULD RUN THE BALL HERE. I HATE TO SAY IT. I MIGHT GO ONE MORE PLAY AND GET IT DOWN TO THE INCH-YARD LINE. AND HAVE YOUR RUNNING BACK JUST GO DOWN AND IF HE GETS IN ACCIDENTALLY, OK. BUT IT'S VERY RISKY. JIM: WHAT ABOUT THE STRATEGY FROM CINCINNATI'S STANDPOINT? TONY: THEY COULD SAY -- YOU'RE TRYING TO STOP THEM HERE. CINCINNATI IS 100% TRYING TO STOP THEM. JUST A RARE CASE WHEN YOU'RE LIKE WE JUST ONE MORE CRACK AT IT. JIM: SECOND AND GOAL. MAHOMES STILL HAS IT. AFTER A GREAT FAKE. NOW BEING CHASED. HE'S IN TROUBLE. AND TRIPPED UP AT THE 8-YARD LINE. HUBBARD WITH THE SACK. TONY: REALLY SMART. I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD HAVE LOVED -- THAT ONE IS INTERESTING HERE. THERE'S SO MANY SCENARIOS RIGHT HERE LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO SCORE. YOU GOT TO SCORE. BUT -- I DON'T LOVE TAKING THE SACK THERE. JIM: YOU GOT A THIRD AND GOAL AT THE 9 NOW. TONY: THE PERCENTAGES ARE ON ANY DEFENSE OUT THERE. THIS IS A REALLY LOW PERCENTAGE FROM THE 9 WHEN THEY KNOW. BUT HE'S GOING TO MOTION THEM BACK IN. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE A TIME-OUT. JIM: TIME-OUT CHIEFS. TONY: OH, MAN. JIM: 39 SECONDS. AND CINCINNATI WILL -- ON THAT PLAY, D.J. READER KIND OF DISRUPTED THINGS. AND IT LED TO A THIRD SACK. IF I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE THE GAME THAT THE BENGALS' DEFENSE WOULD OUTSACK THE CHIEFS, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED IT. BUT IT'S 3-1. TONY: AND IT IS. AND PART OF THE REASON THEY'RE HERE RIGHT NOW. AND I DON'T KNOW. ALMOST LIKE LET'S PRETEND MAHOMES WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE, JIM. AND THERE WAS 1:30 TO GO. AND YOU HAD SECOND DOWN. YOU WOULD SCORE 100% AND GIVE IT BACK TO HIM WITH 1:30? JIM: BOY, THAT'S A TOUGH CALL. AT THIS POINT. TONY: AND BURROW IS YOUNGER AND EVERYTHING BUT REALLY CLOSE. AND I GUESS IT GOES BY THE GAME AND HOW YOU ARE ON DEFENSE. BUT -- WE'RE AT THIS POINT NOW. AND OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN HERE. THE NUMBER ONE THING, THOUGH, IS NO TURNOVERS, RIGHT? YOUR SEASON ENDS RIGHT HERE KANSAS CITY WITH A SACK, FUMBLE, INTERCEPTION, SO YOU HAVE TO BE SMART WITH THE BALL. AND MAHOMES IS USUALLY REALLY GOOD AT THAT. AND MOVE AROUND AND MAKE A PLAY. I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT KIND OF DESIGN THEY DO. DO THEY GET SPREAD OUT OR TIGHT TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE? [CAPTIONING FUNDED BY CBS SPORTS DIVISION] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] JIM: THIRD AND GOAL. KELCE SO TOUGH IN THIS SPOT. A SLOT TO THE RIGHT. HE'S GOT PROTECTION. TONY: TOO MUCH TIME. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. JIM: ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 21. NOW THEY CHASE HIM. SPINS AROUND. AND THE BALL IS OUT! AND RECOVERED, THOUGH, BY THUNEY. IT WAS HUBBARD WHO FORCED IT AND NOW MAKE A LONGER FIELD GOAL. A LOSS OF 17. TO TIE IT. TONY: THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB COMING FLYING IN BY HUBBARD. HE'S NOT EVEN RUSHING. HE'S A SPY JUST IN CASE HE GOES. BUT HE COMES FLYING IN. AND DOESN'T GET JUKED BY MAHOMES. HUBBARD WITH THE PLAY. JIM: THEY CALLED A TIME-OUT AT TWO SECONDS. HOW ABOUT HOW THIS SUDDENLY BECAME A MUCH LONGER ASK OF HARRISON BUTKER? YOU'VE TAKEN HIM BACK TO THE 26. GOING TO BE A 44-YARD ATTEMPT. AND HE MADE THE 49-YARDER LAST WEEK. AT THE END OF REGULATION TO SEND IT TO OVERTIME. CAN HE DO IT? TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS? TONY: GOING TO FIND OUT. HOW ABOUT THE TIME ON THAT? INITIALLY LIKE THREE-MAN RUSH AND STAY THERE FOR EIGHT DAYS AND HUBBARD TIMES IT PERFECTLY. BURROW IS LIKE WE LEFT HIM ALL DAY. AND HOW ABOUT THE FUMBLE? THEY ALMOST HAD THE BALL AND WON AND WENT TO THE SUPER BOWL. JIM: WELL, NOW, BUTKER TO KEEP THEIR SEASON ALIVE. TO GIVE US BACK-TO-BACK OVERTIME GAMES AT ARROWHEAD. TOUGHER INSIDE THE 10, RIGHT? JIM: A MISS AND CINCY TO L.A. FROM 44 YARDS. BUTKER. CAN HE DO IT AGAIN? CAN HE TIE IT IN REGULATION? AND YES, HE CAN! TONY: WOW. BOTH QUARTERBACKS GOT ONE CRACK AT IT AT THE END. OVER 12 MINUTES, 13 MINUTES AND BOTH GO DOWN AND KICK A FIELD GOAL. WHAT ELSE IS NEW? LET'S GO TO -- THE SECOND HALF. JIM: AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO -- TONY: SECOND HALF GOES TO THE SECOND HALF TO THE FOURTH HALF EVERY WEEK I SWEAR, WE GO TO OVERTIME. AND WE GET A WHOLE ANOTHER QUARTER OF FOOTBALL. JIM: WHAT A FEARLESS KICK BY BUTKER. DIDN'T EVEN WATCH IT. TONY: IT GOT A LOT TOUGHER. THEY GAVE UP 20 YARDS, 30 YARDS RIGHT THERE IN THE LAST TWO PLAYS. JIM: THE CHIEFS ONLY POINTS OF THE SECOND HALF COME WITH NO TIME LEFT ON THE CLOCK. AND NOW YOU CAN LOOK AT THE OVERTIME RULES. YOU KNOW, FOLKS, WE'VE ALL BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD ALL WEEK LONG. IT'S GOTTEN SO MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POSTSEASON OVERTIME RULES. AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS. AFTER A FIRST POSSESSION, WALKOFF TOUCHDOWN LAST WEEK BY THE CHIEFS, WHEN THEY WON THE TOSS, THERE HAVE BEEN 11 SUCH POSTSEASON OVERTIMES SINCE THE RULES WERE CHANGED. LET'S LISTEN IN. REFEREE: WE'LL CONTINUE TO PLAY. WE ARE GOING TO START A NEW GAME. BOTH TEAMS WILL HAVE THREE TIME-OUTS. BOTH TEAMS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSSESS THE BALL. AND UNLESS THE FIRST TEAM SCORES A TOUCHDOWN, OR THERE'S A DEFENSIVE SCORE. ALL REPLAYS ARE UPSTAIRS. ANY QUESTIONS? CINCINNATI, YOU ARE STILL THE VISITORS. WHAT IS YOUR CALL? >> HEADS. REFEREE: CALLED HEADS. IT IS TAILS. KANSAS CITY WILL RECEIVE FIRST. TONY: WHY DOES EVERYBODY JUST ASSUME -- MAHOMES HAS ALREADY SCORED HERE? JIM: FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK THE VISITING TEAM MAKES JIM: NOT SURE YOU EVER SEEN REACTIONS FROM QUARTERBACKS ON A COIN FELIPE BUT YOU ARE NOW. -- COIN FLIP BUT YOU ARE NOW. TONY: HE JUST PUT HIS CAPE ON. SUPERMAN IS WALKING OFF. JIM: AND THERE HAVE BEEN 11 OF THESE OCCASIONS IN THE POSTSEASON. THE TEAM THAT WON THE COIN FLIP IS 10-1 WITH SEVEN OF THEM BEING FIRST POSSESSION TOUCHDOWN WINS. TONY: YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THAT'S TOO EXTREME. AND THAT TO ME IS BECAUSE YOU GOT THE TOP QUARTERBACKS ARE PLAYING IN POSTSEASON. AND THAT'S JUST AN ADVANTAGE. BUT CINCINNATI HAS ONLY GIVEN UP THREE POINTS IN A HALF OF FOOTBALL. IN TWOFERS HALVES OF FOOTBALL -- TWO HALVES OF FOOTBALL AGAINST THE CHIEFS. LAST SECOND HALF IN WEEK 17 AND THEN HERE TONIGHT. CAN THEY STAND UP WITH THE SUPER BOWL ON THE LINE? JIM: AND NO TEAM YOU SAW, THAT'S A GOOD ONE. NO TEAM HAS EVER WON IN THE POSTSEASON BACK-TO-BACK OVERTIME GAMES. THIS OFFENSE WAS ON THE FIELD FOR THE LAST SIX MINUTES OF THE REGULATION. AND THEY BEGIN WITH A DANGEROUS THROW OVER THE HEAD OF ROBINSON. TONY: THAT -- THAT WASN'T REALLY MAHOMES. THAT WAS HENDRICKSON JUMPING UP. AND MAKING THEM HAVE TO THROW OVER. SO RIGHT WHEN HE'S ABOUT TO THROW IT, HE HAD TO BE SAFE AND GET IT OVER THAT HAND. CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER TIPPED BALL INTERCEPTION. JIM: THE THIRD A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO GO TO OVERTIME. ONE WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. INDIANAPOLIS, NEW ENGLAND, 2006, NEW ENGLAND, AND KANSAS CITY, THREE YEARS AGO ON THIS FIELD. SECOND AND 10. THE PASS ALMOST INTERCEPTED! ELI APPLE JUMPED THE ROUTE. TONY: ROBINSON DOESN'T -- JIM: COULD HAVE BON WON THE GAME. TONY: MAHOMES THROWS IT. BUT THIS BALL SHOULD BE OVER. IT SHOULD BE OVER. APPLE SENDS THE BENGALS TO THE SUPER BOWL. YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST SAID RIGHT HERE. NO ONE TOUCHED IT. YOU'LL NEVER HAVE AN EASIER WALKOFF TOUCHDOWN. WOW. THE BENGALS OH, ELI REALLY WANTS THEM TO GET A STOP ON THIS PLAY. JIM: LAST TIME THIS FRANCHISE WAS IN SUCH A POSITION LEWIS BILLUPS DROPPED A VERY SIMILAR CHANCE AT A PICK AND THE NEXT PLAY MONTANA BEAT THEM WITH A TOUCHDOWN PASS TO TAYLOR. AND NOW THEY GO DEEP DOWN THE FIELD. AND IT IS INTERCEPTED ON THE REBOUND BY BELL! ON BELL, OH, HIS -- HE'S CLOBBERED. CLOTHESLINED AT THE 45. BUT THEY TAKE OVER. THE BENGALS WITH THE THIRD STRAIGHT GAME IN THE PLAYOFFS WHERE THEY COME UP WITH A CRUCIAL PICK. TONY: THEY'RE NOT THE UNDERDOGS ANYMORE. BELL, THIS SEASON, WOW. UNBELIEVABLE. HE'S ONLY BEEN TARGETED TWICE. IN PASS COVERAGE IN THE PLAYOFFS, YOU CAN SEE WHY RIGHT THERE. JIM: LOOK AT JESSIE BATES REACH IN WITH HILL. TONY: THAT'S THE PLAY. PERFECT TECHNIQUE. BATES ACTUALLY MAKES THE PLAY. BELL COMES DOWN WITH IT. BUT BATES, WOW. PERFECTLY TIMED. NO P.I. AND MAYBE SENDING THE BENGALS NOW -- WOW. MCPHERSON. HE'S GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING COMING HERE. JIM: YEAH. YOU NEED AT THIS POINT, YOU PROBABLY NEED JUST INSIDE OF 20 YARDS. AND THAT'S LIVE IN CINCINNATI. BATES DEFLED IT. BELT, TWO SAFETIES TEAMING UP. HILL BLANKED SINCE HALFTIME. NOT A CATCH. FIRST DOWN THROW. AND THAT'S HIGGINS. AND THERE'S MIXON TO MAKE SURE HE'S RIGHT THERE AROUND THAT FOOTBALL. IF IT WOULD HAVE COME OUT. A GAIN OF NINE. TONY: I LOVE THE AGGRESSIVENESS BY CINCINNATI. IF I WAS KANSAS CITY I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN A RUN RIGHT THERE. AND DON'T THROW IT ON EVERY DOWN. AND THERE'S THE KID. JIM: HE WOULDN'T SAY IT AGAIN, WOULD HE? WALKING OUT THERE? WOULD HE DO THAT? TONY: HE SAID -- BEFORE LAST, AT THE END LAST WEEK'S GAME HE WALKED OUT AND I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. HE HADN'T KICKED THE FIELD GOAL YET. JIM: AND SAID IT TO BRANDON ALLEN. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP. WELL, HE MADE IT FROM 52. SECOND AND 1. MIXON. THAT'S OUTSIDE. SLASHES INSIDE. AND THEY GOT A NEW SET OF DOWNS FROM 42. HIGGINS THREW A NICE BLOCK. THAT LOOKED LIKE IT COULD BE STOPPED FOR A LOSS. INSTEAD, GOOD FOR FOUR. TONY: IF I'M ZAC TAYLOR I'M TELLING OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR BRIAN CALLAHAN STAY AGGRESSIVE ON FIRST DOWN. THERE'S A TENDENCY RIGHT HERE TO GET A LITTLE SAFE. HAND IT OFF AND HAVE TO KICK A NICE 57, 60-YARD, AND GET IN THERE. AND GET ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. JIM: IT'S 60 FROM HERE. FIRST DOWN. EVERY YARD IS BIG. THERE'S TWO MORE. HE BEAT THEM ONCE THIS YEAR. AT THE END OF REGULATION. THAT WAS A CHIP SHOT FROM 20. TONY: LET'S FIND OUT IF THEY DECIDE TO RISK IT. THIS IS WHERE YOU GET REALLY AGGRESSIVE. SPAGNUOLO HERE, I THINK HE'S COMING AFTER HIM. YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO THROW A SLANT TO CHASE. QUICKLY. AND HIT A HOME RUN. GET THE BALL IN HIS HANDS FAST. JIM: SECOND AND 8 LOOKING DOWN THE MIDDLE AND PULLED DOWN. GREAT GRAB IT WAS BY HIGGINS. WITH ALL THAT ATTENTION OVER TO CHASE, CHIMPS HAS HAD A BIG -- CHIMPS HAS HAD A BIG -- HIGGINS HAS HAD A BIG GAME. TONY: I LOVE THE SLANT RATHER THAN GOING TO CHASE, THIS SIDE, HE GOES TO HIGGINS WHICH I THINK IS -- THEY STARTED DOING THAT IN THIS GAME, AND CAME RIGHT BACK TO THEM. JIM: EIGHT YARDS AND THE FIRST. 103. AND DEFINITELY NOW IN MCPHERSON RANGE. STAY SAFE HERE? FIRST DOWN? TONY: I WOULD ACTUALLY BE SAFE AT THIS POINT. HAND IT OFF. SEE IF YOU CAN GET FOUR OR FIVE YARDS ON THIS ONE. JIM: MIXON. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. IN FACT, THEY GET SEVEN. TONY: THAT'S EXACTLY -- JIM: STARTING TO FEEL IT. THIS -- WELL, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE UNDERDOGS BUT THIS TEAM HAD FOUR WINS A YEAR AGO. TONY: THEY'RE NOT UNDERDOGS. THEY'RE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. I MEAN, MAYBE THE BILLS WERE LAST WEEK, TOO. BUT THIS IS -- THE BENGALS, I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS CRAZY. A FEW WEEKS BACK. THEY'RE ABOUT TO SAY THE BENGALS MIGHT BE GOING TO THE INTOARL. AND THEY JUST WENT AND BEAT THE NUMBER ONE TEAM ON THE ROAD AND THE NUMBER TWO TEAM ON THE ROAD. JIM: THEY BEAT THE NUMBER ONE SEED AND NOW TRYING TO BEAT THE TWO SEED FROM SECOND AND 3. MIXON. CHARGING. INSIDE THE 20. HE'S DOWN TO THE 12. TONY: MY GOODNESS, THE BENGALS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL, JIM. THEY CAME IN TO ARROWHEAD. WHAT A RUN THERE. HE'S GOT A GREAT BURST. AND REALLY I THOUGHT HE HAD A CHANCE TO SCORE THERE AT THE END. JIM: THEY'LL TELL YOU IN CINCINNATI AROUND THAT LOCKER ROOM, MIXON IS THE ENERGY AND EMOTION. AND HEARTBEAT OF OUR TEAM IN SO MANY FOURTH QUARTER SITUATIONS. BUT IN OVERTIME, RIPPING OFF SOME BIG RUNS HERE. TIME-OUT CALLED BY KANSAS CITY. TONY: BALL SECURITY. JUST DOWN IT. OH, ANDY REID. THIS IS GENIUS. I THINK HE'S GOING TO CHALLENGE. REFEREE: 30-SECOND TIME-OUT. TONY: ANDY REID MIGHT CHALLENGE. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN. AN ILLEGAL FORMATION? HE CAN'T DO THAT. JIM: CHALLENGES HAVE TO COME UPSTAIRS. GENE: MOST DEFINITELY. TONY: HE'S ASKING. GENE: ALL CHALLENGES UPSTAIRS, GUYS, AND AN ILLEGAL FORMATION IS NOT A REVIEWABLE PLAY. TONY: EXACTLY RIGHT. GENE: SO HE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION BUT NEW YORK CAN'T GET INVOLVED NOR THE REPLAY OFFICIAL. JIM: WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND KICK IT AND BE A 30, 31-YARDER? TONY: THE ONLY THING IS MIGHT MOVE IT TO THE CENTER. JIM: OK. TONY: SO LOOK. TOO MANY GUYS ON THE LINE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S NINE GUYS -- HOW MANY YOU GOT, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, EIGHT GUYS ON THE LINE? CAN'T DO THAT. YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SEVEN. I WOULD TAKE -- YOU CAN HAVE EIGHT GUYS ON THE LINE. JUST GOT TO BE LEGAL THERE AND SOMEONE HAS COVERED SOMEONE UP. JIM: JAY FEELY, IF YOU WERE IN THIS POSITION AS A HASHMARK YOU WOULD PREFER? JAY: NO. I THINK FROM HERE, HE'S HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HIS SPECIAL TEAMS COACH, DARRIN SIMMONS, RIGHT NOW. AND JUST ASKING HIM WHERE HE WANTS IT. BUT FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WIND. THE FIELD CONDITIONS ARE GREAT. NOT GOING TO MATTER. TONY: GENE, CLARIFY THE GUYS ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THERE'S GOING -- DOWN THIS. THEY HAND IT OFF IT'S A RISK HERE, JIM. JIM: FIRST AND 10. RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. AND HOLDING WITH TWO HANDS. AND CRADLING IT DOWN TO THE 10. THAT'S NOW 28-YARD ATTEMPT FROM THERE. TONY: YOU'RE RIGHT, JIM. I'M ALMOST TO THE POINT OF KICKING IT RIGHT NOW. IF IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HASH, ALL YOU'RE DOING IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING FLUKY, RIGHT? JIM: UH-HUH. TONY: AND -- JIM: FIVE YARDS SHORTER THAN AN EXTRA POINT RIGHT NOW. TONY: YOU WANT DOWNS IN CASE THE SNAP. YOU GOT TO SAVE AT LEAST ONE DOWN. YOU DON'T RUN IT THREE TIMES AND KICK IT ON FOURTH. SO WHAT HAPPENS ALL OF A SUDDEN? YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY JUMPS. YOU GET A FALSE START. BALL GETS SNAPPED. AND ANYTHING. THE BALL COULD SLIP. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN GUYS IN THE PLAYOFFS DROP A SNAP BEFORE IN A BIG SITUATION. JIM: BARELY GOT THAT AWAY IN TIME. THE SNAP. BUT STEPS BACK THREE YARDS, DOWNS IT BETWEEN THE HASHES AND NOW THEY'LL BRING OUT MCPHERSON. LET'S JUST SEE IF HE HAPPENS TO SAY ANYTHING HERE AS CONFIDENT AS LAST WEEK. TONY: YOU MISSED MY JOKE, THOUGH. I SAID I'VE SEEN GUYS DROP SNAPS IN THE PLAYOFFS BEFORE. IN KEY SITUATIONS. JIM: I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT FROM THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE ON A REGULAR PLAY. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE TALKING SPECIAL TEAMS. TONY: I WAS -- THIS IS WHY YOU KICK IT ON THIRD DOWN. IF IT IS A DROP. JIM: ALL RIGHT. TONY: DO IT AGAIN. JIM: HERE WE GO. THIS SENTENCE A MONTH AGO WOULD SOUND INCOMPREHENSIBLE. FROM 31 YARDS. MCPHERSON. AND CINCINNATI IS HEADING TO THE SUPER BOWL! TONY: HE CALLED IF AGAIN, I'M SURE HE WALKED UP AND CAN YOU BELIEVE, COACH? WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL! AND THEY DID IT. THEY BEAT MAHOMES AT HOME. WOW. JOE BURROW. NO WAY. ONLY TWO QUARTERBACKS HAVE WON IN F.B.S. NATIONAL TITLE GAME AND A SUPER BOWL AND THAT'S JOE NAMATH AND JOE MONTANA AND JOE BURROW IS TRYING TO BE THE THIRD. JIM: FROM 18 DOWN, MATCHING THE BIGGEST COMEBACK VICTORY IN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HISTORY. A.F.C. OR N.F.C. THIS WAS JUST DEAD CENTER. SHOOTER MCPHERSON FEARLESS. AND CINCINNATI TAKES THE A.F.C. OF THE. TONY: SHOOTER. JIM: PERFECT ON THE ROAD. REGULAR IN POST. 22-22. ON THE SEASON. 4-4 TODAY. AND MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED IT. TONY: THAT PLAY AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER. THE ONE HE'LL THINK ABOUT ALL OFF-SEASON. JIM: THEY FAILED TO SCORE TOUCHDOWNS AT THE END OF EACH HALF. TONY: YOU'RE EXACTLY ILLUSTRATE. JIM: INSIDE. TONY: THEY HAD POINTS. AT THE END -- LOOK AT ROB CALLAHAN AND THE COACHING STAFF. YOU'RE NOT UNDERDOGS ANYMORE, CINCINNATI. YOU'VE ARRIVED. AND YOU'RE HERE. AND A DIFFERENT GAME PLAN AS THEY TOOK -- DID A GOOD JOB ON CHASE TODAY. KEEPING HIM IN CHECK A LITTLE BIT. JIM: TWO YEARS AGO, THE BENGALS HAD THE WORST RECORD IN THE NFL. THEY WON TWO GAMES. THEY'VE NOW WON THREE GAMES IN JANUARY ALONE. AND THEY'RE HEADING TO SUPER BOWL LVI. AND TONY, YOU HAVE SEEN IT ALL. DID YOU EVER HAVE A HINT THAT THIS TEAM DOWN 21-3 ON THE ROAD COULD PULL THIS OFF TODAY? TONY: THEY DID IT BEFORE. BUT I DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD DO IT AT ARROWHEAD. THINGS HAD -- THEY HAD TO PLAY GREAT. OH, WHAT A JOB. I MEAN, ENJOYED IT THIS YEAR, BUD. JIM: HOW ABOUT -- HOW ABOUT THESE PLAYOFF GAMES? TONY: LET'S SEND IT TO TRACY BEFORE THESE PLAYOFF GAMES -- JIM: TRACY, ALL YOURS. TRACY: STILL SAYING CONGRATULATIONS. AS HE SHOULD. BE CELEBRATING THIS MOMENT. TRACY: ALL RIGHT. WELL, JOE -- YOU DESERVE -- >> GREAT JOB! >> YES, SIR, YES, SIR! TRACY: A LITTLE ICKEY SHUFFLE FOR YOU? >> A LITTLE BIT. TRACY: WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. TO COME INTO ARROWHEAD, DOWN 18. FIND A WAY TO CLAW BACK AND NOW HEAD TO THE SUPER BOWL. WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THIS TEAM? >> I MEAN, OUR DEFENSE WAS UNBELIEVABLE IN THE SECOND HALF. THEY HAD A GREAT PLAN ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE AGAINST US. WE -- A LITTLE BIT. >> LOVE YOU, BROTHER. >> BUDDY. GREAT JOB, LOU! TRACY: SPEAKING OF DEFENSE -- >> THAT'S THE GUY RIGHT THERE. HE HAD A GREAT PLAN IN THE SECOND HALF. UNBELIEVABLE. I MEAN, I'M JUST A LITTLE SPEECHLESS RIGHT NOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. TRACY: AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU LOST THE COIN FLIP. AND OVER -- IN OVERTIME TO PATRICK MAHOMES. >> YEAH. USUALLY WHEN YOU LOSE COIN FLIP TO THOSE GUYS, YOU'RE GOING HOME. BUT OUR DEFENSE REALLY STEPPED UP AND MADE PLAYS IN THE SECOND HALF. AND ON OFFENSE WE MADE PLAYS WHEN WE HAD TO. AND I THOUGHT OUR OFFENSIVE LINE PLAYED REALLY WELL ALL DAY AND STARTED RUNNING BALL AT THE END AND THAT'S EXCITING. BIG WIN FOR US. TRACY: ON TO THE SUPER BOWL. HOW DOES IT SOUND? >> SOUNDS GREAT. SOUNDS GREAT. TRACY: GO ENJOY THIS. JIM: TONY, WE'VE HAD SOME JOES AT QUARTERBACK. GO ON TO BECOME SUPER BOWL M.V.P.'S. MOST RECENTLY JOE FLACCO. GOURMET. JOE -- JOE MT. -- MT. AND REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE IN LOS ANGELES IN TWO WEEKS' TIME. TONY: THE REASON WITH THE NUMBER ONE PICK, THEY TOOK FRANCHISE JOE. AND RIGHT THERE, JOE FRANCHISE HAS TAKEN THEM AND TURNED THIS THING AROUND. WHAT A HUGE WIN GETTING CHASE. THIS PROGRAM. JIM: JUST AMAZING. TONY: IT IS MORE THAN AMAZING. IT'S IMPROBABLE. BUT THEY'VE DONE IT. JIM: INCOMPREHENSIBLE IS THE WORD THAT CAME TO MIND FOR ME. YEP. THEY CAME BACK TO BEAT KANSAS CITY TWICE IN A MONTH. FIRST TIME THEY WERE DOWN 14 ON JANUARY 2. TODAY, 18. NO MATTER. THEY WIN IT. THEY REPRESENT THE A.F.C. IN TWO WEEKS. WE GOT THE PRESENTATION OF THE LAMAR HUNT TROPHY COMING UP ON THE STATE FARM POSTGAME SHOW. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE A.F.C. CHAMPIONSHIP. PRESENTED BY INTUIT TURBOTAX LIVE. JAMES BROWN IS COMING UP. TONY, LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT, MY MAN. TONY: ME, TOO, BIG MAN.
