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Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs were too good for the Steelers. (AP Photo/Travis Heying)

Patrick Mahomes stars as Chiefs send Ben Roethlisberger into retirement

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The Kansas City Chiefs put what they hope will be another run deep into the NFL’s postseason into motion and, by all appearances, ushered Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger into retirement.

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw five touchdown passes as the Chiefs beat the Steelers, 42-21, on Sunday night at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., in an opening-round AFC playoff encounter that almost certainly was Roethlisberger’s final NFL game.  

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