Kansas City’s defensive coordinator showed his importance in Sunday’s AFC championship. It’s long overdue that he gets another shot at being a head coach.

The game — and the Chiefs’ historic charge toward an unprecedented Super Bowl three-peat — was slipping away Sunday night in Kansas City.

Stopping the Josh Allen tush push was a major part of the game and it is the play that is still being discussed as a lot of people think that it should've been a first down. It wasn't, and Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo spent a lot of time getting his team ready for plays just like that.

Thanks to a game-changing drop by Buffalo Bills' tight end Dalton Kincaid, the Kansas City Chiefs received yet another dose of good luck on their way to Super Bowl LIX.

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Yes, cornerback Trent McDuffie — historically an excellent pass-rusher from the outside, and one who helped save the Chiefs in last year’s Super Bowl with a well-timed rush — got the green light to attack Bills quarterback Josh Allen. Or, perhaps, he made that decision on his own.

For Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, that will mean attempting to confuse and disrupt Bills quarterback Josh Allen. This will be the ninth matchup between the veteran

Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo's use of the blitz could be Chiefs' key to beating the Bills in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday.

Spagnuolo’s first head coaching stint came with the St. Louis Rams from 2009 to ‘11. He also briefly served as the New York Giants’ interim head coach in 2017. The 65-year-old owns a sterling record in Kansas City, having won three Super Bowls and helped the Chiefs finish in the top-10 in scoring defense in five of his six seasons.

The Kansas City Chiefs host the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in the AFC championship game for an opportunity to advance to their third-straight Super Bowl and a chance to complete a three-peat. But it's never easy preparing for the Bills and quarterback Josh Allen,