The road to Super Bowl LVII in the AFC will officially go through Arrowhead Stadium. After the were able to upset the in their divisional round matchup on Sunday, the po sibility of having an AFC Championship game on a neutral site has been eliminated. Now, the will host Cincinnati in what will be a rematch of last season's title game.Had Buffalo won
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