Sky Sports activities statistician – and massive Buffalo Payments fan – Benedict Bermange breaks down the numbers behind Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ dominance forward of Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans…
3 – The Chiefs return to the Tremendous Bowl in search of to develop into the primary crew to finish a hat-trick of triumphs. Their opponents are the Eagles, who they defeated 38-35 within the Championship sport two years in the past because of Harrison Butker’s 27-yard discipline aim with eight seconds remaining.
7 – The Chiefs have reached the AFC Championship sport in all seven seasons since Patrick Mahomes took over because the full-time beginning quarterback. That’s one shy of the general report held by Tom Brady’s New England Patriots, with eight appearances from the 2011-2018 seasons.
107 – In these seven seasons, the Chiefs have gained a complete of 107 video games, essentially the most by any crew in a seven-season stretch in NFL historical past. 105 of these wins have include Mahomes underneath middle, one other seven-year report:
6 – Mahomes has now gained a number of video games in six successive postseasons, double the earlier report set by Bart Starr, Brett Favre and Tom Brady.
17 – With their victory over the Buffalo Payments within the AFC Championship sport, Kansas Metropolis have now gained 17 successive one-score video games. It additionally represents an NFL report, 4 greater than the earlier benchmark set by the Patriots from 2003 to 2004.
17 – Mahomes is an unbelievable 17-3 as a starter within the AFC playoffs. His solely two defeats to AFC groups each got here in additional time – to Brady’s Patriots within the 2018 season and Joe Burrow’s Cincinnati Bengals three years later. His different loss within the postseason was additionally to Brady – in Tremendous Bowl LV in opposition to the Tampa Buccaneers, who had home-field benefit. His 17 playoff wins are additionally the second most by a quarterback in NFL historical past, behind solely Brady’s 35.
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4 – The Chiefs will attempt to develop into the primary crew in any of the 4 main American sports activities to win three straight titles for the reason that Los Angeles Lakers gained NBA crowns within the 1999/2000, 2000/01 and 2001/02 seasons. They’re additionally simply the fourth crew in NFL historical past to succeed in as many as three Tremendous Bowls in a row:
5 – Having additionally reached the Tremendous Bowl within the 2019 and 2020 seasons, they’re the primary crew to play in 5 Tremendous Bowls over the course of six successive seasons.
3 – With a win in New Orleans, Andy Reid and Mahomes will develop into simply the third head coach-quarterback mixture to win as many as 4 Tremendous Bowls collectively:
5 – Mahomes is ready to develop into simply the third quarterback in NFL historical past to begin in 5 Tremendous Bowls, behind Brady and John Elway.
29 – Mahomes can be primed to develop into the primary quarterback to begin in 5 Tremendous Bowls earlier than the age of 30.
50 – The Chiefs quarterback has 50 complete touchdowns within the playoffs in his NFL profession, second behind solely Brady’s 95 complete postseason touchdowns.
9 – Travis Kelce has posted 9 profession 100-yard receiving video games within the playoffs, most in NFL historical past forward of the good Jerry Rice.
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174 – Kelce’s 174 catches within the postseason are essentially the most by any participant in NFL historical past, 151 of which have arrived since Mahomes took over as starter in 2018.
20 – Kelce and Mahomes’ 20 landing connections within the playoffs are essentially the most by a pass-catch pairing in historical past, with the tight finish’s 20 receiving scores within the postseason second solely to Rice.
100 – Mahomes holds the report for quickest quarterback to succeed in 100 profession landing passes, doing so in simply 40 video games.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles in Tremendous Bowl 59 on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday February 9, dwell on Sky Sports activities NFL and Fundamental Occasion from 10pm forward of kickoff at 11.30pm; 17-time Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar headlines the half-time present. Get Sky Sports activities or stream with NOW.
