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Dave Campbell

EXPLAINED: Super bowl might hinge on middle men as chiefs eagles prep for opponent s fierce interior pass rush | Rare Historical Photos

Bills Chiefs Football - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Once Josh Allen backpedaled from the shotgun snap after the Buffalo Bills had just gone ahead of Kansas City, this crucial 2-point conversion play late in the third quarter of the AFC championship game quickly turned into chaos.

Allen retreated to the 14-yard line, sized up the pressure and desperately darted right as two pass rushers converged. Chris Jones, the star of this daunting Chiefs defense, fittingly finished the strip-sack.

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