After what was perceived to be a down year for the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, which still resulted in an AFC West division title, the team has defied the odds throughout the NFL playoffs, with three straight wins over tough opponents to reach the big game for a second straight year.
Following wins over the Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills in consecutive weeks, Patrick Mahomes and company traveled to M&T Bank Stadium to take on the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens as underdogs on Sunday.
Even though the consensus was that the Ravens were the better all-around team heading into the AFC Championship Game, the Chiefs prevailed once again with a solid performance on both sides of the football.
Unfortunately, the win over the Ravens came at a cost, with the Chiefs losing one of their best pass rushers for the Super Bowl.
According to Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report, defensive end Charles Omenihu suffered a torn ACL in Sunday’s win over the Ravens and won’t play in the big game on February 11 at Allegiant Stadium.
#Chiefs pass rusher Charles Omenihu suffered a torn ACL vs the #Ravens, sources tell @BleacherReport.
Omenihu was a huge part of KC’s defensive surge, recording 7 sacks and 2 FF in 11 games — and had a strip sack on Lamar Jackson that resulted in a turnover vs Baltimore.
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) January 29, 2024
With the Chiefs set to take on one of the best offenses in the NFL in the Super Bowl next month, Kansas City losing one of their best pass rushers is costly, to say the least.
Even though Brock Purdy isn’t an elite quarterback at this point in time for the 49ers, he’s still a force to be reckoned with, and the more pressure they can put on him, the better.
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