{"id":22061,"date":"2025-01-26T05:59:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T05:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22061"},"modified":"2025-01-26T05:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T05:59:37","slug":"breaking-nfl-punishes-2-kansas-city-chiefs-players-before-afc-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=22061","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : NFL Punishes 2 Kansas City Chiefs Players Before AFC Championship Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dec 25, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid leaves the field following their game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Barry Reeger-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0are set to host the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday for the AFC Championship Game. The Chiefs are two wins away from completing a Super Bowl three-peat.<\/p>\n

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But to make the Super Bowl, they\u2019ll have to beat one of their\u00a0tou<\/a>gher rivals<\/a>. Josh Allen and the Bills defeated Kanas City 30-21 in their regular season matchup at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, on Nov. 17.<\/span><\/span>\"Ezoic\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) dives for a first down ahead of Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones (95).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Chiefs have gotten the better of the Bills during the playoffs in their three previous meetings in the 2020s. Buffalo\u2019s last win over Kansas City in the playoffs came in a 30-13 contest on Jan. 23. 1994.<\/p>\n

<\/span>On Saturday, the league handed a distraction before the contest to two Chiefs players for actions during Kansas City\u2019s 23-14 win over the Houston Texans in the divisional round.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Two Kansas City Chiefs players were punished by the league<\/h2>\n
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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja\u2019Marr Chase (1) and Kansas City Chiefs safety Justin Reid (20) exchange shoves in the second quarter during a Week 17 NFL football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Per Aaron Wison of\u00a0KPRC<\/em>, Chiefs safety Justin Reid was fined $14,069 for unsportsmanlike conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cChiefs<\/span>\u00a0Justin Reid was fined $14,069 for unsportsmanlike conduct (violent gesture) in fourth quarter of divisional round win over\u00a0<\/span>Texans<\/span>\u00a0the team that drafted him,\u201d Wilson posted on X.<\/span><\/p>\n

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