KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The ankle was an issue. So was a fast, hard-hitting, opportunistic Cincinnati defense and a Bengals team that simply wouldn’t go away.
In the end though, Patrick Mahomes was Patrick Mahomes and that was enough to get Kansas City into the Super Bowl.
Mahomes, hobbled by a high ankle sprain but still capable of some magic, led the Chiefs on a four-play, 26 yard, 27-second final minute game-winning field goal drive to send Kansas City past the Bengals, 23-20, in front of a delirious, red-clad Arrowhead Stadium here.