{"id":19876,"date":"2025-01-17T03:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T03:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19876"},"modified":"2025-01-17T03:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T03:18:43","slug":"update-chiefs-catch-lucky-break-entering-divisional-round-playoffs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19876","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Chiefs Catch Lucky Break Entering Divisional Round Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Texans are the preferred opponent for the Kansas City Chiefs in this weekend&#8217;s AFC Divisional Round playoff game.<\/p>\n<p>Not that they need much help, but the breaks keeping falling in the direction of the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs. Enter the\u00a0Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p>In a near-perfect season in which the Chiefs went 15-2, they made their own crunch-time luck and also received some good fortune in grabbing the AFC&#8217;s No. 1 seed. As they prepare for Saturday&#8217;s 3:30 p.m. Divisional Round game at\u00a0Arrowhead\u00a0Stadium, the preferred opponent is coming to town.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"qcImg\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjEyMTM5MDkyNzEwNzk1MjQw\/chiefs---patrick-mahomes-texans.webp\" alt=\"Chiefs - Patrick Mahomes Texans\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p>The possibilities were the Texans, whom the Chiefs comfortably beat by eight at home on Dec. 21 and have historically dominated. Or it could have been coach\u00a0Jim Harbaugh&#8217;s pesky AFC West\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers, who pushed K.C. in two close games this season with final scores of 17-10 and 19-17.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p>The Texans dominated the Chargers in their Wild Card game last weekend in Houston, 32-12.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Reid and the players would never say it publicly, but almost assuredly they&#8217;d rather face the Texans than the Chargers. The Chiefs are 2-0 in the playoffs against Houston, by convincing margins of 30-0 and 51-31 in the 2019 playoffs when they erased a 24-0 deficit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"autors-widget\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"container-flu details\">\n<article class=\"content\">Again, Chiefs&#8217;\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0doesn&#8217;t need a lot of help this time of year. He&#8217;s 6-0 in Divisional Round games and has thrown 13 touchdowns and no interceptions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p>The oddsmakers also believe the Texans present a better matchup, as the Chiefs are favored by a whopping 8.5 points. 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Or it could have been coach\u00a0Jim Harbaugh&#8217;s pesky AFC West\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers, who pushed K.C. in two close games this season with final scores of 17-10 and 19-17.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p>The Texans dominated the Chargers in their Wild Card game last weekend in Houston, 32-12.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Reid and the players would never say it publicly, but almost assuredly they&#8217;d rather face the Texans than the Chargers. The Chiefs are 2-0 in the playoffs against Houston, by convincing margins of 30-0 and 51-31 in the 2019 playoffs when they erased a 24-0 deficit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"autors-widget\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The possibilities were the Texans, whom the Chiefs comfortably beat by eight at home on Dec. 21 and have historically dominated. Or it could have been coach\u00a0Jim Harbaugh&#8217;s pesky AFC West\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers, who pushed K.C. in two close games this season with final scores of 17-10 and 19-17.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p>The Texans dominated the Chargers in their Wild Card game last weekend in Houston, 32-12.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Reid and the players would never say it publicly, but almost assuredly they&#8217;d rather face the Texans than the Chargers. The Chiefs are 2-0 in the playoffs against Houston, by convincing margins of 30-0 and 51-31 in the 2019 playoffs when they erased a 24-0 deficit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"autors-widget\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The possibilities were the Texans, whom the Chiefs comfortably beat by eight at home on Dec. 21 and have historically dominated. 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