Getty Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs offense celebrate a touchdown on January 16, 2022.
After a slow start, the Kansas City Chiefs offense blew the doors off the Pittsburgh Steelers defense on wildcard weekend.
This Sunday night battle had everything a fan could want — as long as you were rooting for the home team. Kansas City finished with six touchdowns and no two scores were similar.
Twitter reacted to the big Chiefs victory in round one of the NFL playoffs.
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Highlights Include ‘Big Man TD’ & Kelce at QB
Following a scoreless first quarter, KC fell behind 7-0 after T.J. Watt recovered a Darrel Williams’ fumble for a touchdown. From that moment on, it was all systems go for Patrick Mahomes and this offense.
An unlikely hero got the Chiefs on the board, fourth-string running back Jerick McKinnon.
@JetMckinnon1 for SIX!
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The half-back took a classic Mahomes red zone shovel pass for six. Beat reporter Herbie Teope noted the hot start from the ball carrier.
He finished with 61 rushing yards and 81 receiving for a grand total of 142 all-purpose yards. Mahomes then followed up with a beautiful touch pass to “Mr. Chips.”
MR. CHIPS GETS US THE LEAD 😤
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Byron Pringle ran a route that put veteran corner Joe Haden in a blender and after a magical postseason outing from the wide receiver, Riley Gates of 247 Sports tweeted: “On a serious note… Byron Pringle deserves another contract with the Chiefs and that’s so good for him.”
On a serious note… Byron Pringle deserves another contract with the Chiefs and that’s so good for him. #ChiefsKingdom
Touchdown number three certainly got fans on their feet, as the Chiefs signal-caller hit Travis Kelce downfield on a third down and 20. The superstar tight end finished the conversion with an end zone celebration.
3rd & 20? NBD.
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Next up was the “big man touchdown,” and boy was it glorious. Mahomes rolled to his right on a goal-line play-action pass, hitting blocker Nick Allegretti.
Gotta love a big man touchdown 🥰
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Kent Swanson of KC Sports Network pointed out that the O-lineman had more points than Ben Roethlisberger at that stage of the game. Yikes!
Nick Allegretti has scored more points than Big Ben tonight.
Patrick Allen of FanSided added: “Nick Allegretti throwing TJ Watt down like a rag doll and then catching a touchdown pass is one of the all-time great moments in offensive lineman (and Chiefs) history.”
Nick Allegretti throwing TJ Watt down like a rag doll and then catching a touchdown pass is one of the all-time great moments in offensive lineman (and Chiefs) history.
On his fifth touchdown pass of the night, Mahomes got an old friend involved — the always explosive Tyreek Hill. The ‘Cheetah’ bomb put the capper on a fantastic day for the Chiefs quarterback.
MAHOMES BOMB TO CHEETAH!!!!
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After that, Kelce took over in the pocket for one final score. Lining up at QB, the tight end faked a run and hit Pringle for both of their second TDs of the game.
QBKelce 😏
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Trey Wingo tweeted: “Three players in NFL history have caught a TD and thrown a TD in a playoff game; Nick Foles, Marcus Mariota, Travis Kelce tonight.”
Three players in NFL history have caught a TD and thrown a TD in a playoff game;
Nick Foles
Marcus Mariota
Travis Kelce tonight
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Fans Comment on Win
The Chiefs actually scored so much that Arrowhead Stadium apologized to those in attendance for having “run out of touchdown fireworks,” per PFF.
The Chiefs scored so much that they ran out of fireworks 😂
(📸: @thekapman)
As you can imagine, Chiefs Kingdom was in pure jubilation after this one. A fan named Carrie wrote: “That was, for real, the 1st #Chiefs game I’ve ever watched with my eyes open for the entire game. Less stressful!”
Another named James Kirk added: “Play of the game is between Kelce’s long TD before [the] half and Allegretti throwing Watt to the ground then scoring.”
Finally, Chris Roush summed things up pretty well as many turned their attention to the Buffalo Bills. He stated: “That was fun. Patrick Mahomes put on a show. 410 yards and 5 touchdowns in basically 2.5 quarters. #Chiefs advance to the Divisional Round next Sunday and will take on the Buffalo Bills.”
That was fun. Patrick Mahomes put on a show. 410 yards and 5 touchdowns in basically 2.5 quarters.
#Chiefs advance to the Divisional Round next Sunday and will take on the Buffalo Bills.
The divisional weekend matchup will be a rematch of last year’s AFC championship game. Kansas City defeated Josh Allen and the Bills, 38-24, in that head-to-head before Buffalo returned the favor on October 10 of the regular season, 38-20.
This is set up to be an intense rubber game between the budding rivals.