The Kansas City Chiefs, off their first playoff victory since 2015 and only their second since 1993, hosted the New England Patriots in a rematch of a spectacular contest between the two earlier that season.
Bengals and Chiefs meet in the AFC championship game. Cincinnati edged past Kansas City 27-24 in last year's AFC Final. Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes will start after suffering a high-ankle sprain in a divisional-round win over Jacksonville.
The Cleveland Browns, off their first playoff victory since 1994, traveled to Kansas City for the AFC's divisional playoff round, a match-up that proved costly to the Chiefs.
The Houston Texans for the second time in five seasons faced off against Kansas City for a playoff showdown, this time in the American Football Conference's divisional playoff round.