The Kansas Chiefs are headed back to the Super Bowl. Their exhilarating 32-29 victory over the Buffalo Bills in their seventh consecutive conference championship game was a tribute to all phases. The output was a season-high, the defense came away with the critical fourth-down stop, and special teams accounted for the game-winning points.

The actual sports part and storylines are incredible: Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid are in their seventh consecutive AFC Championship Game; the Bills have a lifetime of heartbreak, including Buffalo leading Kansas City with 13 seconds left in a 2021 Divisional Round game before losing.

Chiefs defeat of Bills in AFC Championship game continues to generate a fiery debate around poor officiating, a factor of which Sean McDermott was keenly aware