OT: AFC Divisional Playoffs: Kansas City @ Buffalo
Joined in progress at the half, the Bills just scored with 26 ticks remaining before halftime to grab a 17-13 lead.
Let the victory celebration continue in the NFC Lions thread! We now finally have a separate thread for dropping our opinions on the Bills vs Chiefs as they battle for a spot in the AFC finals.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:20 PM ^
The NFL mafia coming in to get KC into the Super Bowl. Expect Baltimore to be jobbed all next week.
January 21st, 2024 at 10:13 PM ^
The Eagles say Hi.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:21 PM ^
Horrible call. With a very late flag too.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:22 PM ^
These KC Buffalo games are always awesome
January 21st, 2024 at 9:23 PM ^
Both teams getting away from the run game. 4th quarter in the cold, the team that pounds the rock here wins
January 21st, 2024 at 9:28 PM ^
Mahomes would get a call for that dog-pile after the whistle.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:30 PM ^
That looked helmet to helmet on Diggs.
After three Chiefs pike drive Allen.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:30 PM ^
Josh Allen is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're going to get.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:33 PM ^
I respect the hell out of Allen & the Bills
January 21st, 2024 at 9:31 PM ^
Just like the Corum 4th and 2 play! Stones.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:34 PM ^
Jay Feely’s analysis is really timely and insightful.
January 21st, 2024 at 10:25 PM ^
Yeah I like how when they asked him about whether the Bills needed another first down to yield a makeable kick, he didn't hesitate in answering "yes." No equivocation.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:35 PM ^
I think KC not taking the 2 point try from the one is going to bite them in the ass.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:39 PM ^
Maybe not, what a shank!
January 21st, 2024 at 9:38 PM ^
Wide right. Wow
January 21st, 2024 at 10:08 PM ^
He's the happiest former Buffalo Bill right now.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:39 PM ^
Oh boy. That's gotta hurt.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:48 PM ^
Scars for life.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:39 PM ^
Too much time left for Mahomes….
[edit] LOL they missed the FG anyway!
January 21st, 2024 at 9:39 PM ^
Godddddd I'm sick for Buffalo
January 21st, 2024 at 9:51 PM ^
It's going to be a looong cold winter in Buffalo. Even more than usual. Nothing to look forward to.
January 21st, 2024 at 10:11 PM ^
oh yeah? what about the Sab-- oh.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:40 PM ^
Death, taxes, Allen chokes.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:46 PM ^
GTFOOH he's not the kicker
January 21st, 2024 at 9:57 PM ^
Nope he just missed two passes that would have been first downs or a TD (I don’t actually have a dog in this fight but man, he had dudes open, can’t just blame the kicker when it’s not his fault you were in 4th and long)
January 21st, 2024 at 9:58 PM ^
On the TD pass, he got run into by his own lineman (who was pushed back). Otherwise, TD, I would guess.
January 21st, 2024 at 10:00 PM ^
he's the MVP; just compare his and Jackson's stats
and he looked pretty good thanksgiving before last
but sure, blame him
January 21st, 2024 at 9:47 PM ^
Death, taxes, Buffalo FG kicker misses.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:42 PM ^
Why oh why do these smart OC's stop running the ball when you're getting 5 - 8 yds a carry????
January 21st, 2024 at 9:42 PM ^
Again tripped up by the uprights. Buffalo's worst nightmare.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:42 PM ^
Just imagine if Josh Allen wasn't afraid to throw the deep ball.
He's really really good.
But he ain't "it".
January 21st, 2024 at 9:55 PM ^
Is this sarcasm? He hit two of his receivers on deep shots and they dropped them each time.
January 21st, 2024 at 10:12 PM ^
I wish it was sarcasm.
But if you knew anything about the Bills, it's that they completely switched up their offensive scheme about 8 weeks ago because Josh Allen was letting his passing woes get into his head. Once they shortened the game for him, they went on a nice winning streak.
Gonna need to take more than 2 deep shots a game to win a playoff football game these days.
So yes. I'm am being serious.
January 21st, 2024 at 10:26 PM ^
this bears no relation to reality. they switched OCs for someone who would commit to the run game the way the HC wanted.
can't argue with the results either
...
ok until that last set of downs
now back to stress eating
January 21st, 2024 at 9:43 PM ^
Poor damn Buffalo. Is there a more cursed team in the NFL?
At least the Lions had the courtesy to just be bad for years, and not dangle false hope in front of their fans repeatedly.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:49 PM ^
Allen won’t have it painted that way, the kicker will be bashed, but he missed a drag wide open instead went for the home run and then missed a guy, as Romo highlighted, in the 19-20 yard line area. Easier kick. Have to understand the situation and he blew it.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:55 PM ^
Without Josh Allen, the Bill's are nowhere near being in the playoffs. Just stop your Allen bashing dude.
January 21st, 2024 at 10:12 PM ^
Is he your dad? He makes bonehead plays and always comes up short. He’s their MVP but not the MVP. He missed guys he should throw to on the last drive. He should not have. He has to be assigned that. I would love to see him win but he is always Mahome’s bridesmaid.
January 22nd, 2024 at 9:05 AM ^
He went for the end zone when he had a guy coming open instead of going to Diggs underneath and got bumped right as he threw it.
Mahomes is #1 clearly, but acting like Allen has been Manning to his Brady is ridiculous. Manning didn't have anything close to either the Allen performance against KC in 2021 or this year before he broke through in 2006.
January 21st, 2024 at 10:30 PM ^
Tbh Allen gets no heat for being bad in the playoffs. Lamar Jackson got derided for underperforming. Allen can to
January 22nd, 2024 at 9:02 AM ^
There's a difference between being bad in the playoffs and having a bad playoff record.
Jackson's actually been bad in the playoffs. The game against Houston is easily the best he's played in a playoff game and it was against a team that was just happy to be there.
Allen has had bad games in the playoffs (honestly, he wasn't good in either game last year), but he's also been extremely good and gotten unlucky. What more can you do than what he did in 2021 against KC? He gave his team the lead with 13 seconds left and then never saw the ball again. I would argue that's up there with the single greatest QB performances in a loss in NFL history.
Yesterday wasn't quite at that level, but he played well enough to have his team at 27-27, except his kicker missed a kick. But the dude made play after play and even the throw everyone is trashing him on (missing Diggs open on 3rd and 9) was because he saw a guy coming open in the end zone and got bumped by his OL right as he threw it.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:45 PM ^
Buffalo is in play for Harbaugh
January 21st, 2024 at 9:47 PM ^
I am annoyed at Harbaugh right now. But jeez, I don't want him to suffer.
January 21st, 2024 at 9:48 PM ^
Chiefs - Lions rematch in the Super Bowl
January 21st, 2024 at 9:49 PM ^
Oh yeah. Toughed it out in Buffalo. On to Harbaugh and the Ravens
January 21st, 2024 at 9:53 PM ^
Bills threw the game away, literally. That last series was coaching malpractice. Taking multiple shots at the ends zone with 2 minutes left, instead of going for the 1st down and a closer fg.
January 21st, 2024 at 10:00 PM ^
Yeah, I just don't get it. Buffalo would not have wanted to score that fast anyway. Too much time left.
Work your way down the field, get first downs, eat clock, and then be in a position to take shots in the end zone. If you don't get a TD, you have a chip shot field goal in windy conditions for the tie, and very little time left for a KC drive.
Coaching malpractice indeed.
The field goal miss was a symptom, it was not the disease.