The Kansas City Chiefs moved one step closer to an unprecedented ‘three-peat’ after beating the Houston Texans in the NFL play-offs. After earning a bye for the first round of the post-season, the Chiefs kicked off the Divisional Round at home to the Houston Texans on Saturday. And the NFL’s two-time defending champions clinched a 23-14 victory to keep alive their hopes of becoming the first team to win three straight Super Bowls. Led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City have reached the NFL’s championship game four times in the past five years, winning it three times. Last season, they became the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowls since Tom Brady’s New England Patriots in 2004 and 2005, and they are back within one win of the big game.
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Commanders & Eagles win while Bills set up Ravens showdown Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Josh Allen will take on Lamar Jackson next week after Buffalo beat Denver to book a date with Baltimore Paul Higham BBC Sport Journalist Ben Collins BBC Sport Journalist The Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles won in the NFL play-offs on Sunday while the Buffalo Bills set up a mouth-watering match-up in week two. The Commanders clinched a thrilling 23-20 win at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with Zane Gonzalez kicking a field goal as time expired. The Bills claimed a largely dominant 31-7 victory over the Denver Broncos before the Philadelphia Eagles won 22-10 in a brutal battle with the Green Bay Packers. Buffalo’s Josh Allen threw for 272 yards and two touchdowns and