Patrick Mahomes is going to remind everyone how special he is and outduel Deshaun Watson in this one. Mahomes lights up the Texans defense to advance to the title game.

Chiefs 34, Texans 20

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes vs. Texas quarterback Deshaun Watson

OK, so technically these two won’t ever be on the field at the same time except maybe for the coin toss. Still, this is the matchup everyone will be watching. Both were drafted in 2017 within picks of each other — Mahomes No. 10 and Watson at No. 12.

All they have done since then is tear up the league. Mahomes won MVP last year and followed it up with another outstanding season this year. Watson has continued to look like the winner he was in college and pulled out a remarkable comeback last week against the Bills.

“I think it’s exciting for the league,” Texans coach Bill O’Brien said. “I really think it’s exciting for the league when you have these two type of guys who are just very exciting, dynamic players that are even better people than they are players.”

The Rematch: These two teams met in Week 6 and played a entertaining game. The Chiefs had a 14-point lead in the first quarter, but Deshaun Watson brought the Texans back for a 31-24 win.

Both teams have changed considerably since the Oct. 13 game, but the Chiefs may look more different. Patrick Mahomes played that game on a bad ankle and had two turnovers to show for it. Kansas City was also missing pieces on both their offensive and defensive lines.

“Honestly, it’s a blur,” Watson said this week of that game. “We don’t want to get down, especially against a great team like that. But at the end of the day, we just keep pushing, we keep fighting. We’re going to play the 60 minutes. We knew that we had the team, we had the momentum, we had the guys on that sideline that can come back in and win that game, and that’s what we did.”

Comeback Kids: The Texans showed their ability to fight back in last week’s wild-card win over the Bills. Trailing 16-0, the Texans rallied for the 22-19 win in overtime. Houston leads the NFL with 15 comeback wins over the past two seasons. Deshaun Watson has led the Texans to eight fourth-quarter comeback wins and 10 game-winning drives in his career, including three this year.

“You have to play four quarters of football. You know that,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “You have to do it during the season. If you look at stats over the years in playoff games, the margin between the winning and losing is even more narrow than what it was during the regular season.”

Watt’s up: The Texans’ comeback last week got rolling after a sack from superstar J.J. Watt. The game was the defensive end’s first since he tore a pectoral muscle in October. Watt played most of the game and gave the Texans a lift.

“Look, when you look at J.J. Watt and what he’s done over the years and the game-changing plays that he’s made and then the type of leader that he is, the energy with which he approaches every day, the way that he practices, the way that he — even when he’s in rehab, the way that he rehabs — he really just sets an example for everybody,” Texans coach Bill O’Brien said.

Arrowhead Advantage? The Chiefs play in one of the loudest, most raucous stadiums in the NFL. So, you would think that is a big edge in the playoffs, right? Well, the Chiefs are 1-7 in the playoffs at Arrowhead Stadium since 1994. That lone win came last year in the divisional round when they beat the Colts to snap a six-game home losing streak in the postseason. The Chiefs could not make it two in a row at home, though, losing to the Patriots in the AFC title game there a week later.

The Chiefs went 5-3 at home this season, including a loss to these Texans.