The Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs meet in the first AFC Championship Game rematch since 2011-12. Read on for our Bengals vs. Chiefs NFL picks based on current NFL odds.
The Bengals earned an AFC Championship Game berth by beating the Buffalo Bills, who became the first preseason favorite not to reach the conference championship game since 2015. Cincinnati held Buffalo to a season-low 10 points and improved to 11-0 when scoring first this season.
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is now 5-1 in his postseason career, and his five playoff wins in his first two seasons match the franchise's win total over the previous 53 years. With a win in this game, Burrow would become the first quarterback with four wins against Chiefs stud Patrick Mahomes.
Kansas City is playing in its fifth consecutive AFC Championship Game (2-2 in the previous four) and aims to avenge last year's 27-24 overtime loss to Cincinnati. Mahomes now has nine playoff wins, the second-most for a quarterback in his first six seasons. In addition, he improved to 5-0 in the Divisional playoffs, with an 11-0 TD-INT ratio.