“The convincing 26-7 victory eliminated the Dolphins from the playoffs in the wild-card round, further enhancing Mahomes’ own playoff legacy.”

patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs were expected to defeat the Miami Dolphins on Saturday night, and that’s exactly what they did. The convincing 26-7 victory eliminated the Dolphins from the playoffs at the wild-card round — and enhanced Mahomes’ own playoff legacy.

What Mahomes has done for the Chiefs franchise cannot be overstated. The two-time MVP almost instantly became the best quarterback in the NFL upon winning the starting quarterback job in 2018, and he’s since guided Kansas City to three Super Bowl appearances (and counting) — which has had a positive affect on the Chiefs’ once-lousy all-time playoff record.

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Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs were expected to defeat the Miami Dolphins on Saturday night, and that’s exactly what they did. The convincing 26-7 victory eliminated the Dolphins from the playoffs at the wild-card round — and enhanced Mahomes’ own playoff legacy.

What Mahomes has done for the Chiefs franchise cannot be overstated. The two-time MVP almost instantly became the best quarterback in the NFL upon winning the starting quarterback job in 2018, and he’s since guided Kansas City to three Super Bowl appearances (and counting) — which has had a positive affect on the Chiefs’ once-lousy all-time playoff record.Taylor Swift selflessly cleans up after Brittany Mahomes at Chiefs game
Mahomes: 12 wins in 15 playoff games

Since Mahomes took his first playoff snap in January 2019, he has lost only three games — and none of them before the conference championship round. A run of 12 wins from 15 postseason games has brought the Chiefs’ all-time playoff record back to even — 21-21 — following decades of struggle.

Before Mahomes’ emergence, the Chiefs averaged one win for every three playoff games. Kansas City went 49 years without playing in (or winning) a Super Bowl. Between 1998 and 2014, the Chiefs made only four trips to the postseason; Kansas City has since made the playoffs in nine consecutive seasons, and it has made five consecutive appearances in the AFC Championship Game. Before Mahomes, the Chiefs had made only one appearance in the conference title game since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.