Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce make NFL history with 2 more touchdowns

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Move over Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski.

Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce hooked up twice for touchdowns Sunday in the Kansas City Chiefs' 27-24 win at the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Divisional playoffs.

With those two scores, they also became the most prolific passing touchdown duo in NFL postseason history with 16 playoff touchdowns, passing then breaking the old record set by Brady and Gronkowski (15).

“Passing anything that has Brady and Gronk in it is special,” Mahomes said.

He called Brady the greatest player of all-time and referred to Gronkowski as “one of the greatest tight ends of all-time,” noting that they elevated their game in the postseason.

“To be mentioned with that and passing that, you appreciate that,” Mahomes said. “It speaks to Travis and his work, being able to go out there and make plays in big games.”

The first Mahomes-to-Kelce TD on Sunday delivered the Chiefs their first lead of the game at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.

Kelce lined up in the slot, released up the seam, faked a post route then rounded his way out to the corner.

No Bills defenders went with him, allowing Mahomes to loft a 22-yard touchdown over the top for a 13-10 lead in the second quarter.

It was the 15th time Mahomes and Kelce have connected for a postseason touchdown, which tied the Brady-Gronkowski duo for the most postseason touchdowns by any duo in NFL history.

Mahomes and Kelce broke that record on the opening drive of the second half when he found the end zone again on a 3-yard tight-end screen, which moved the Chiefs back in front 20-17.

Kelce, who has now had three playoff games with at least two touchdowns, sat out the final game of the regular season rather than chase the 16 yards he needed to reach 1,000 for the season.

That snapped his NFL-record streak of consecutive 1,000-yard seasons by a tight end at seven, more than double any other player at the position.

“I think that time off that he had before that last game and into that last game helped him,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “He was banged up a little bit and he was able to kind of get over that and get himself back.”

Mahomes now has 38 career postseason touchdowns, moving him past Drew Brees for sixth all-time in NFL history.

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