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Jacksonvil­le has won six in a row and is the first team in NFL history to win a playoff game the year after finishing with the worst (or tied for the worst) record in the league.

... The Jaguars overcame a 27-0 deficit last week to stun the Chargers. It was the thirdlarge­st comeback in postseason history . ... Jacksonvil­le has eight wins as an underdog this season, tied for the most in a season in the Super Bowl era . ... Lawrence is the sixth QB in NFL history with four or more TD passes in his first career playoff start. He had two TD passes, no turnovers and a 106.1 rating in Week 10 against the Chiefs . ... Jacksonvil­le WR Christian Kirk had a season-high nine catches for 105 yards and two touchdowns in the first meeting with Kansas City . ... Jaguars LB Foye Oluokun led the NFL in tackles (184) for the second straight year while LB Josh Allen has a tackle for loss in five of his past six games . ... Kansas City concluded the regular season with five straight wins . ... The Chiefs have gained at least 300 yards in a club-record 16 consecutiv­e games. They finished with 7,032 yards in the regular season to set another franchise record . ... The Chiefs had 55 sacks this season, second only to the 60 they had in 1990. They had just 31 last season . ... Mahomes had 5,614 yards passing and rushing this season to break Drew Brees’ record of 5,562 set in 2011, though Mahomes did it during a 17-game regular season. His 5,250 yards passing broke his own Chiefs record of 5,097 set in 2018 . ... Chiefs TE Travis Kelce caught 110 passes, one behind Tyreek Hill’s club record set in 2021. Kelce needs two catches to pass Shannon Sharpe (816) for fourth among tight ends . ... Chiefs RB Jerick McKinnon has caught a TD pass in six straight games, one off Dwayne Bowe’s team record set in 2010 . ... LB Nick Bolton had 180 tackles this season, breaking Derrick Johnson’s club record by one . ... Chiefs DT Chris Jones had 15 sacks to tie his personal best. The total trailed only Nick Bosa (17 and Haason Reddick (16) for most in the league . ... P Tommy Townsend set Chiefs records for punting average (50.42 yards) and net punting average (45.58) in a season.

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