4 vital questions to ask the Kansas City Chiefs ahead of AFC championship

The Kansas City Chiefs are saving their best football for when it matters most. Their divisional round win over the Buffalo Bills was far from easy, but quarterback Patrick Mahomes and company left Orchard Park victors. On the other end of the AFC bracket, the Baltimore Ravens easily handled business against the AFC South's Houston Texans, winning 34-10. The AFC North champions looked like world-beaters fresh off the coveted first-round bye.

Chiefs fans need to prepare for more national discourse about how easily Baltimore will dispatch Kansas City. But the pundits and experts don't decide the game. After all, Buffalo was the popular pick against the Chiefs leading up to Sunday's game. The Chiefs have already gone on the road in a hostile environment, beaten a team with a run-first quarterback, and dealt with the classless response by the team and its fanbase. Baltimore will no doubt harbor many of those same features.

Kansas City left Orchard Park with plenty of their own questions, while Buffalo players had visions of vacations dancing in their heads. Winning teams don't have that luxury until February, a feeling Bills fans know little of. Head coach Andy Reid was business as usual on Monday as his staff prepared to face the AFC's top-seeded team.

This Sunday, fans will watch the renewal of the Chiefs and Ravens rivalry. This Sunday, a battle between two of the league's best teams, led by two two-time MVPs. This Sunday, we find out who heads to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII as the AFC champions. If the Chiefs want that honor, they need to answer these four questions quickly and effectively.