AFC Championship: Bengals at Chiefs (2:00 CT) — Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

The Kansas City Chiefs will host the AFC Championship at Arrowhead Stadium for a record fourth consecutive year this evening. Can Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs punch their ticket to the Super Bowl for the third straight season, or do Joe Burrow and the cardiac cats have another upset in them?

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Game Info

Cincinnati Bengals (10-7, 1st AFC North) at Kansas City Chiefs (12-5, 1st AFC West)

Kickoff Time: 2:00 p.m. CT
Broadcast: (TV) CBS: Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Jay Feely, Evan Washburn & Tracy Wolfson – (Radio) Westwood One (SiriusXM Ch 88): Ian Eagle, Tony Boselli & Ross Tucker
Site:
 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo.
Referee: Bill Vinovich
Odds: KC -7 – O/U: 54.5 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Bengals Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Joe Burrow
•   RB Joe Mixon
•   WRs Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd
•   TE C.J. Uzomah
•   LT Jonah Williams, LG Quinton Spain, C Trey Hopkins, RG Hakeem Adeniji, RT Isaiah Prince

Defense
•   LDE Sam Hubbard, LDT D.J. Reader, RDT B.J. Hill RDE Trey Hendrickson
•   SAM Markus Bailey, MIKE Keandre Jones, WILL Logan Wilson
•   LCB Eli Apple, RCB Chide Awuzie
•   FS Jessie Bates III, SS Vonn Beal

Specialists
•   Evan McPherson (kicker), Kevin Huber (punter, holder), Clark Harris (long snapper), Chris Evans, Trenton Irwin (kick and punt returns)

Chiefs Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Patrick Mahomes
•   RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire
•   WR Tyreek Hill, Byron Pringle, Mecole Hardman
•   TE Travis Kelce
•   LT Orlando Brown Jr., LG Joe Thuney, C Creed Humphrey, RG Kyle Long, RT Andrew Wylie

Defense
•   LDE Chris Jones, LDT Jarran Reed, RDT Derrick Nnadi, RDE Frank Clark
•   WLB Nick Bolton, MLB Anthony Hitchens, SLB Willie Gay
•   LCB Chavarius Ward, RCB L’Jarius Sneed
•   FS Juan Thornhill, SS Daniel Sorensen

Specialists
•   Harrison Butker (kicker), Tommy Townsend (punter, holder), James Winchester (long snapper), Byron Pringle, Mike Hughes (kick and punt returns)

Inactives

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