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Hello and welcome. It's our number four, our number four of our radio show.

We push back against the notion, one of our colleagues here on Fox Sports

Radio had that the NFL needs to pause the AFC title game until Patrick Mahomes is cleared

to play. Just in case he can't play, the NFL shouldn't have the game as scheduled between the

Chiefs and the Bills at Arrowhead Stadium.

I strongly disagree, and I will give my side of the story here in our number four.

Enjoy.

Pump the brakes on what?

No.

No way.

You can't do that.

Welcome in.

It's another hour of the Ben Maller show.

We are in the air everywhere.

As we get on our soapbox coast to coast, border to border and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from inside the magic radio box.

Our lead this hour comes from the NFL and championship weekend in the NFL as the Buffalo Bills take on Kansas City, Green Bay, and Tampa Bay in Wisconsin.

Specifically, though, this is the status of Patrick Mahomes in that Bill's Chiefs game.

Now, you might have heard the Adam Schaefter report that it is too early to say that Mahomes will definitely play in the game this weekend.

Kind of a big deal.

It's the AFC championship game, as we said.

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