BALTIMORE — The first quarter was vintage Patrick Mahomes, the two-time NFL MVP quarterback picking apart the Baltimore Ravens with quick passes, with tight end Travis Kelce on the other end of several of them.
Then the Kansas City Chiefs’ defense — now elite after some shaky seasons in the past — took over.
Finally, when Mahomes needed one more completion to send his team back to the Super Bowl, he went deep to Marquez Valdes-Scantling, whose struggles this season were emblematic of the team’s maligned receiving group.
Complete for 32 yards. Ballgame.
“The Chiefs are still the Chiefs,” Kelce said emphatically.