Big news for the Kansas City Chiefs as they prepare for their playoff showdown with the Houston Texans. Andy Reid's squad is welcoming back a key player just in time for the postseason. Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs have had to battle injuries all season long.

Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid remembers quite well the last time the Houston Texans visited for a divisional-round game in the AFC playoffs.

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After winning franchise-record 15 games this season, the Kansas City Chiefs won their ninth consecutive AFC West title. They also clinched the No. 1 seed in AFC, securing and first-round bye and a home field advantage in the playoffs.

Andy Reid and his Kansas City Chiefs finished the season with a 15-2 regular season record and earned the No. 1 seed in the AFC.

As the Chiefs solidified themselves as the NFL’s newest dynasty, they’ve left a wake of destruction across the league.

Yet, in a division of champions, Andy Reid is seemingly on a tier of his own. Big Red has won 73% of his games as commander of the Chiefs, coming after a 14-year stint in Philadelphia where he was no slouch either, winning 58.3% and leading the Eagles to a Super Bowl appearance.

The Kansas City Chiefs had a season to remember. Eyeing their third straight Super Bowl win, Kansas City went 15-2 overall (15-1 with their starters) to not only win yet another AFC West division title, but to clinch the No. 1 seed in the AFC. The path to the Super Bowl in the AFC will run through Kansas City.

Speaking to reporters before Wild Card Weekend kicked off, Reid revealed numerous key players returned to practice in some capacity, including defensive tackle Chris Jones, right tackle Jawaan Taylor, running back Isiah Pacheco, and defensive back Chamarri Connor.

The AFC West is seemingly as competitive as an ... in Jim Harbaugh, Sean Payton, and Andy Reid. Between them are four Super Bowls, and a College Football Playoff National Championship.

The Steelers of the 1970s won four Super Bowls in six years, a record unmatched by any team in NFL history. This year's Chiefs can match that achievement -- and set a standard no one in the league has even approached.

However, with the rematches this week in the NFL playoffs, I find myself breaking that rule, especially with Chiefs-Texans. Despite Houston’s defense looking like the second coming of the 2000 Ravens in their wildcard victory over the Los Angeles Chargers, I can’t pick against QB Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.