Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have a chance to make it to yet another AFC Championship Game. With a matchup in Buffalo against Josh Allen and the Bills, the Super Bowl-winning quarterback has a chance to get back to the game he’s very familiar with.
To do that, Mahomes will need to do something he hasn’t yet done in his young, but accomplished NFL career — win a playoff game on the road. It’s not that Mahomes hasn’t been able to get over that hurdle, he just hasn’t had to even face it yet. That is until today when he takes on the Bills in a road playoff game for the first time.
With no road playoff game data to examine, let’s take a look at Mahomes’ body of work on the road throughout his career to see how he has fared.
Patrick Mahomes’ Road Record
Throughout Mahomes’ impressive career, he’s appeared in 96 total regular-season games. During that time, Mahomes has an impressive road record of 38-11, proving that no matter where, he’s still capable of getting the job done.
Comparatively speaking, Mahomes is also 36-11 at home, once again proving that the difference between home and road for him is not of high consequence.
Mahomes’ Road Stats
When the situation is intended to be uncomfortable, in unfamiliar territory and screaming fans hoping for your downfall, Mahomes has continuously risen to the challenge. In the 49 road games of his career, he’s completed 68% of his passes for a total of 15,033 passing yards, good for just north of 306 on average.
Mahomes has also thrown for 119 touchdowns and has an impressive 107.6 QB rating during those contests as well. He has 30 interceptions while at home in his career, yet in far more hostile environments away from the confines of his familiar space, he’s only thrown three more for a total of 33 on the road.
Any way you cut it, Mahomes’s talent transcends geography and has proven to be a reliable, high-level QB no matter where he is under center.
Could Bills Mafia Be the Difference?
The numbers are impressive, and it’s clear that Mahomes doesn’t blink while on the road. However, could Bills Mafia and the rest of the Buffalo faithful be the difference-maker?
The elements that Highmark Stadium brings are unique. Yet, the cold is something Mahomes conquered last week against the Miami Dolphins in negative temperatures at home.
The intensity that Bills fans bring in an ordinary situation is remarkable, but the added element of it being a Divisional Round matchup could bring the situation up a notch.
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Teams work all season long to gain this home-field advantage for moments like this, and while Mahomes hasn’t blinked yet while facing a road challenge, he hasn’t yet looked Bills Mafia in the face during a win-or-go-home playoff game, either.
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