Bills vs Chiefs
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sukie
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Buffalo Bills 30, Kansas City Chiefs 21
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- Allen, Bills keep regular season streak alive vs. Chiefs. Facing a fourth-and-2 from the Chiefs' 26-yard-line, Sean McDermott wasn't kicking a field goal to go up five points against Patrick Mahomes. Someone else can play with that fire. Buffalo put the ball in its MVP candidate's hands. Josh Allen rewarded his coach with a rumbling 26-yard touchdown run that put the Bills up two scores. That's how you beat Mahomes: Give him no chance. Buffalo played keep away from Mahomes, with four drives of nine-plus plays, including the game-clinching 12-play, 70-yard TD march. Allen missed a few throws on the night but made the plays that mattered. He splashed a couple of shots to Amari Cooper, rifled darts to Khalil Shakir and consistently found his outlet. When Steve Spagnuolo's defense smothered his targets, Allen did damage with his legs. The Bills are the first team to put up 30-plus points on K.C. since Super Bowl LVII (February 2023). Buffalo's victory was the fourth consecutive regular-season win over the Chiefs.
- Chiefs' perfect season ends in Orchard Park. Time for Andy Reid and Co. to start another streak. For the first time since Christmas Day 2023, Kansas City came up short. Like that last loss, the offense couldn't do enough. Unlike every other game this year, the defense couldn't compensate for those shortcomings. The Chiefs were outgained by 107 yards and lost the turnover battle, 2-1. Mahomes' first-drive interception set the stage for a back-and-forth tussle before the Bills pulled away in the fourth quarter. Outside of one drive, the passing attack couldn't find consistency. Xavier Worthy caught four passes for 61 yards and a TD on the third possession of the game. He didn't have a catch the rest of the way. DeAndre Hopkins had just three grabs for 29 yards, while Travis Kelce had two for 8 yards. Against Allen and the Bills, they needed more. The Chiefs had not allowed 28-plus points in a regular-season game since Week 4, 2022, at Tampa Bay (a 41-31 win) -- the 38-game streak was the longest by any team since 2005-2007 Patriots (39 games). It's incredible that Spag's D has held up this consistently this long.
- Collision course for the playoffs? Even with the loss, the 9-1 Chiefs kept the No. 1 seed atop the AFC ahead of the 9-2 Bills and 8-2 Steelers. For now. It's shaping up as a three-horse race to the finish line. K.C. can take solace in the fact that despite dropping four straight regular-season games to the Bills, they've bested Buffalo three consecutive times in the postseason. If they are on a fated path to meet once again in January, Sunday's victory could go a long way to determining whether that bout is played in Orchard Park or Kansas City. No looking too far ahead, but the Chiefs face the Steelers on Christmas Day in Pittsburgh, while Buffalo still has the 9-1 Lions on the docket next month. Buckle up.
NFL Research: The Bills scored 30+ points for the fifth consecutive game, marking the longest active streak in NFL.
Every time I pick against them in a tough game, they win.
herodotus
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I couldn't hear anything over Shout. I think they will hate that song until the day they die. Its all good, the Bills somehow beat them in the playoffs they get to hear Marv singing Go Bills and Talking Proud
SpikedLemonade
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BEST
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Well, dang, too many good things here.
Amari Cooper - two GREAT catches that kept drives going
Defense - harrassed Mahomes a lot more than he's used to. Timely picks that set the tone for the game and ended the Chief's hopes of another last-minute win.
O-line - amazing protection and ZERO False Starts!
Josh is Superman!
Goats - not many here. McD for the stupid challenge and then NOT challenging that catch.
Run D almost let Hunt get too loose, and our Secondary has left too many men wide open all year. Worthy looked uncovered, often
Bass - the kid the Chiefs picked up off the street must have been hard to watch after Bass missed ANOTHER PAT
Amari Cooper - two GREAT catches that kept drives going
Defense - harrassed Mahomes a lot more than he's used to. Timely picks that set the tone for the game and ended the Chief's hopes of another last-minute win.
O-line - amazing protection and ZERO False Starts!
Josh is Superman!
Goats - not many here. McD for the stupid challenge and then NOT challenging that catch.
Run D almost let Hunt get too loose, and our Secondary has left too many men wide open all year. Worthy looked uncovered, often
Bass - the kid the Chiefs picked up off the street must have been hard to watch after Bass missed ANOTHER PAT
Report Card: Bills get across-the-board contributions in win over Chiefs
Report Card: Bills get across-the-board contributions in win over Chiefs
"Save any Sean McDermott slander for another week. He had his team up and ready to go for the biggest game of the year," writes Jay Skurski.
Grading the Buffalo Bills in their 30-21 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday at Highmark Stadium …
Running game
B-It was tough sledding, to put it mildly, against a legit Kansas City run defense. James Cook, Ty Johnson and rookie Ray Davis combined for 19 carries that produced just 49 yards. Cook and Davis averaged 2.2 yards per carry each. Johnson averaged 3.4 yards per attempt.
The wild card, as always, is Josh Allen. The Bills’ quarterback led the team with 55 yards on 12 carries. His 26-yard touchdown run is easily the highlight of the Bills’ season so far. It came on a fourth-and-2 play late in the fourth quarter, closing out a remarkable win.
Cook also scored twice on the ground, giving the Bills three rushing touchdowns.
Passing game
BAmari Cooper returned from his wrist injury and made an amazing one-handed catch in the first quarter. He added another great catch in the second quarter, but those two grabs – which totaled 55 yards – were his only two as Chiefs No. 1 cornerback Trent McDuffie shadowed him for much of the game.
Bills tight end Dawson Knox had 40 receiving yards during Sunday’s win over the Chiefs at Highmark Stadium. Harry Scull Jr., Buffalo News
Allen completed passes to seven receivers, and Khalil Shakir led the way with eight receptions for 70 yards. Curtis Samuel scored for the first time with the Bills, finishing with five catches for 58 yards. Dawson Knox had four catches on six targets that gained 40 yards – a solid contribution in the absence of tight end Dalton Kincaid. Cook’s five catches gained just 7 yards as the Chiefs defended well in space.
There was some sort of miscommunication between Allen and Knox on the quarterback’s only interception. Allen was not sacked behind an offensive line that was without starting right tackle Spencer Brown.
Run defense
BThe Chiefs averaged 4.6 yards per carry, but with only 17 attempts, they totaled just 78 yards on the ground. Kareem Hunt accounted for 60 of those on 14 carries, with a long gain of 17. Hunt had just one run that went for 10-plus yards, so the Bills did a good job of limiting explosive plays on the ground by the Chiefs.
Middle linebacker Terrel Bernard led the Bills with eight tackles. The Bills’ best play in run defense came in the second quarter when defensive tackle Ed Oliver stopped Hunt for no gain on a third-and-1 play from the Kansas City 29-yard line. The Chiefs punted on fourth down after taking a delay-of-game penalty in a failed attempt to get the Bills to jump offside. Defensive tackle Austin Johnson assisted on three tackles.
Pass defense
A-Here’s how Patrick Mahomes’ first three pass attempts went: Interception, pass defended, sack. Taylor Rapp had the pick, A.J. Epenesa the pass defended and Bernard the sack – his first of the season. Bernard later added an interception to ice the win.
The Bills hit Mahomes seven times, with Von Miller also getting a sack. Greg Rousseau had two quarterback hits. The Bills also defended five passes, including one each by Christian Benford and Cam Lewis. Benford and Rasul Douglas each made three tackles. The Bills allowed just one pass of more than 16 yards.
Special teams
C+Admit it: That missed extra-point attempt by Tyler Bass felt like it loomed over the entire game, didn’t it? Ultimately, thanks to Allen’s incredible touchdown run, it ended up not mattering – but it was still an inexcusable miss by Bass. That was the only real big miscue on special teams, though. Sam Martin had good hang time all night on his punts, placing two of his three attempts inside the Chiefs’ 20-yard line.
Rookie returner Brandon Codrington had 56 yards on four punt returns, leading to Chiefs punter Matt Araiza – remember him? – averaging just 34.3 net yards on his four punts. Bass was clean after his early miss, including a 33-yard field goal. All five of Bass’ kickoffs went for touchbacks.
Coaching
B+Let’s get the negative out of the way first: It was a bad, bad challenge by Sean McDermott in the first quarter on Chiefs wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins’ catch. In that situation, it is critical to be 100% sure, and there wasn’t enough on the replay to show that Hopkins didn’t get both feet down inbounds before securing possession. What’s worse is that it was only a 5-yard play. At that point, without being 100% sure, the timeout and the challenge are worth more than 5 yards.
The Bills also had to burn a timeout in the second half with the clock stopped after a long incompletion, although that’s as much on the players needing to get back to the huddle as it is the coaching staff.
Now, the positives – and there were many of them. The Bills were penalized just three times for 24 lost yards. That’s excellent. The offense, playing without Kincaid, Brown and Keon Coleman, found a way. The defense forced two takeaways and held Mahomes & Co. to 21 points. You’ll take that every time.
Let’s look at the big picture, here. The Bills were considered by many to be a 10- or 11-win team coming into the season. They head into their bye week at 9-2, in firm control of the AFC East and a half-game back of the No. 1 seed in the conference. Save any Sean McDermott slander for another week. He had his team up and ready to go for the biggest game of the year.
Ryan O'Halloran: 'Daredevil' Josh Allen emerges at perfect time to seal win over Chiefs
Three months from now, if the Buffalo Bills are fortunate to win the Super Bowl and/or quarterback Josh Allen is fortunate to be voted NFL MVP, the highlight videos will include The Dash.
Three months from now, if the Buffalo Bills are fortunate to win the Super Bowl and/or quarterback Josh Allen is fortunate to be voted NFL MVP, the highlight videos will include The Dash.
It will be recognized because of its industriousness. Its drama. Its physicality. And its final result.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen breaks the tackle attempt by Chiefs safety Bryan Cook on his way to a 26-yard touchdown run in Sunday’s win. Joshua Bessex photos, Buffalo News
They all will remember their view. From across the field like tight end Dawson Knox and running back Ty Johnson, and from near the line of scrimmage like center Connor McGovern, right guard O’Cyrus Torrence and left guard David Edwards.
It was that kind of play … in that kind of moment … of that kind of importance and brilliance.
The Bills clung to a two-point lead Sunday over the Kansas City Chiefs, which is basically nothing, and faced a fourth-and-2 from the Chiefs’ 26-yard line. Fail to convert and you just knew Patrick Mahomes was going to lead his team to 10-0.
Cue the positive kind of Allen chaos. No way was coach Sean McDermott going to kick the field goal to make it a five-point lead.
Allen faked a throw to Johnson in the left flat and wanted to throw right to intended target Khalil Shakir, but he was covered.
Time to go.
“He says he’s two guys – the smart guy and daredevil,” tight end Quintin Morris said. “The daredevil came out.”
The daredevil allowed the Bills to draw even with the Chiefs and Detroit Lions as the class of the NFL, and helped Allen to make an MVP statement before a full national television audience, which likely included many of the award’s voters.
In order, Allen …
Scrambled right and pump-faked at the 32-yard line. Turned up field at the 30. Broke a tackle by safety Nazeeh Johnson at the 18. Broke a tackle – but was turned sideways – by linebacker Nick Bolton at the 8. And collided with safety Bryan Cook at the 2.
Touchdown with 2:17 remaining to seal a 30-21 win. The crowd went delirious. His teammates went nuts. And Allen merely stared up to the end-zone stands, his face of mixture of shock and joy.
Allen 1, Mahomes 0 (this season).
What a game.
What a play.
“Appreciate (McDermott) for trusting us,” Allen said. “There was a crease and just trusted the feet.”
The thing about a play like The Dash, it may look like a one-man effort at first glance, but dig deeper and ask enough people, and a clearer, team-oriented picture develops.
McGovern told me I had to give Torrence credit for a key block on defensive tackle Chris Jones.
Jones tried an inside rush and Torrence used Jones’ momentum to push him out of position to create a lane for Allen.
“We started off practice every Thursday with that drill – use a guy’s momentum against him,” Torrence said. “And then I heard the crowd. By the time I looked up, Josh was past the first-down line and trucking dudes.”
The routes assigned to Johnson and Knox took them out of the play and made them spectators.
“It’s incredible how consistently he makes those incredible plays – several times a game, you’re like, ‘Holy cow, what just happened?’ ” Knox said. “I was on the other side of the field and the next thing I know, he’s making dudes miss.”
And Johnson? He was near speechless.
“It’s just, ‘Hell yeah,’” he said. “There was nothing else. Just, ‘Hell yeah.’ I’m running across the field going, ‘Hell yeah, hell yeah, hell yeah.’ That was it.”
Knox and Shakir were the first players to reach Allen. They didn’t jump on his shoulders or slap him in the helmet or even ask for a high-five. They just looked into the crowd like him. Right tackle Ryan Van Demark was next, and he flexed his arms in celebration. Torrence, McGovern and left guard Edwards followed.
“It’s just like there is a buzz in your head because of all of the incredible energy,” Knox said.
“The crowd gives you the energy as you’re running to celebrate,” Torrence said.
“I was one of the last guys to the party – I’m not the fastest guy – and everybody was just going nuts,” McGovern said.
“It’s indescribable; to put an exclamation point on the game on our terms felt great. That’s why (No.) 17 is the best in the world,” Edwards said.
The way the Bills reacted on the field and sideline and later, in the press conference room and locker room, it was a win that counted as one, but surely was more satisfying than every other victory this season. The Chiefs are the Chiefs. Mahomes is Mahomes. Andy Reid is Andy Reid. Players smiled. They laughed. They exchanged high-fives and back slaps.
All things are possible for this 9-2 Bills team. The AFC’s top seed. A first Super Bowl appearance since 1993. And a first Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Allen makes all things possible.
“Man, my quarterback,” Bills defensive end Von Miller said. “I (bleeping) love that guy.”
So does every Bills player, coach, staff member and fan, and just a little bit more at 7:16 p.m. Sunday
Victor7
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Balls.
Mr. Joshua Patrick Allen. Him. Grown ass man. Beast. THAT dude. I fucking love that man. I would go to the end of the world for that guy
McD. Aside from the stupid ass challenge he did well. We more than held our own against the vaunted Chiefs. I do have to say I'm not as convinced as many of you about the "gutsy" go for it on 4th down. It was obviously the right call. I know I wanted us to go for it. But I think McD did it out of fear of our defense and/or Bass. Not sure if he actually understands that the way to winning goes through MF Allen. I will never stop feeling this way about him until he proves it in the playoffs
Brady. No Coleman, Kincaid, Brown? No problem, here's your weekly 30 points.
Pass protection. Just as it has been since last year. Magnificent. Those boys do love to block for Allen.
Cook. Had a bad game, but he did score twice. 2nd run was awesome. He just destroyed some dude.
Cooper / Samuel. Nice 1-2 punch. Welcome to the mix Mr. Samuel.
DL vs the pass. Pressured Mahomes plenty. They sucked vs the run but we know that.
Codrington. Some nice returns.
Goats
Run game. I know we scored twice. But the numbers are just terrible. Bad day for the run
We kept Kelce in check but allowed some other dude I never heard off to have a day. Andy Reid will make not of that.
The stupid challenge
Bass. Back at it.
Missed face mask I mean. Bright as day bro.
Mr. Joshua Patrick Allen. Him. Grown ass man. Beast. THAT dude. I fucking love that man. I would go to the end of the world for that guy
McD. Aside from the stupid ass challenge he did well. We more than held our own against the vaunted Chiefs. I do have to say I'm not as convinced as many of you about the "gutsy" go for it on 4th down. It was obviously the right call. I know I wanted us to go for it. But I think McD did it out of fear of our defense and/or Bass. Not sure if he actually understands that the way to winning goes through MF Allen. I will never stop feeling this way about him until he proves it in the playoffs
Brady. No Coleman, Kincaid, Brown? No problem, here's your weekly 30 points.
Pass protection. Just as it has been since last year. Magnificent. Those boys do love to block for Allen.
Cook. Had a bad game, but he did score twice. 2nd run was awesome. He just destroyed some dude.
Cooper / Samuel. Nice 1-2 punch. Welcome to the mix Mr. Samuel.
DL vs the pass. Pressured Mahomes plenty. They sucked vs the run but we know that.
Codrington. Some nice returns.
Goats
Run game. I know we scored twice. But the numbers are just terrible. Bad day for the run
We kept Kelce in check but allowed some other dude I never heard off to have a day. Andy Reid will make not of that.
The stupid challenge
Bass. Back at it.
Missed face mask I mean. Bright as day bro.
sukie
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If he had challenged that catch. It would have altered the next play that was Mahomes run and a hold… that made it 4th and 13 and we know what happens next.
As far as run game. I was annoyed with the constant between tackle starting shot gun handoffs. Can’t effectively use play action which is ultimately the point of running
As for Gray. Dude was money in endzone but only had like 26 total yards. Not a career day.
Zach Davidson is gonna be a player. Prolly gonna replace someone next season. He’s an athletic target at TE,
Only tiny (spiked like) ball for me was deep shots to TEs not named Kincaid. Sure Morris was under thrown but the attempt to Knox… the guy needs a week to get that far downfield. Knox had a good game BTW.
I wonder if there was any game plan for Samuel… in KC defensive game plan meeting…
“Samuel… how ya wanna handle him!”
“Who? You mean Shakir?”
“No Samuel… number 1?”
“ He blows… worry about Shakir.”
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herodotus
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Balls-
Coaching
Josh Motherfucking MVP Allen
Defense, especially pass defense
Goats-
None this week, but Bass please spend time in the training facility working on kicks.
Oh and Victor
yeah, the run was bad but the Chiefs gay pride themselves on stuffing the run. When it mattered most they couldn't stop it
Coaching
Josh Motherfucking MVP Allen
Defense, especially pass defense
Goats-
None this week, but Bass please spend time in the training facility working on kicks.
Oh and Victor
yeah, the run was bad but the Chiefs gay pride themselves on stuffing the run. When it mattered most they couldn't stop it
herodotus
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oh come on, I would laugh my ass off if the Panthers actually beat them. I mean its not happening but man it would make the bye week almost as much as the Jets and Dolphins losing.
Bills-Chiefs game draws largest TV audience of season, most-watched non-holiday game since 2007
Buffalo's 30-21 win over the previously undefeated Chiefs game averaged a whopping 31.2 million viewers for CBS, per the NFL.
www.nytimes.com
Take one part Patrick Mahomes, one part Josh Allen, add the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs, the 8-2 Buffalo Bills, and the additional star power of a Hall of Fame-to-be tight end whose fame has grown significantly thanks to his association with the most famous pop star on the planet, and finally, air the game in the most-watched broadcast window on television (Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET) with 100 percent of the network’s affiliate markets having access to it, and what do you get?
The most-watched NFL regular season game of 2024.
Buffalo’s 30-21 win over the previously undefeated Chiefs game averaged a whopping 31.2 million viewers for CBS, per the NFL. That tops the previous high for the season — Kansas City’s 27-20 over Baltimore for the NFL Kickoff which averaged 28.9 million viewers on NBC and Peacock. The NFL said the Bills-Chiefs game was the fourth most-watched national window on record (dating back to 1988) and ranks among the 10 most-watched NFL games on record in any window excluding Thanksgiving.
Per Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal, who first reported the viewership number: If you exclude Thanksgiving and Christmas Day games, the Bills-Chiefs was the NFL’s most-watched regular season game since CBS’ Pats-Colts Week 9 in 2007 (33.8 million).
As noted by The Athletic last May, when the NFL schedule was released, CBS Sports president David Berson said that his company wanted to maximize the big AFC brands, and the Kansas City Chiefs were a major priority. The game he wanted above all was Sunday’s epic matchup in Buffalo. The company invested resources to build momentum including sending its pregame show, The NFL Today, on the road for the first time this season.
As far as upcoming Chiefs games regarding viewership to keep an eye on as the season progresses, Kansas City will face Pittsburgh on Christmas Day in a game that will air on Netflix, the streamer’s first-ever NFL broadcast.
OZAMATAZ BUCKSHANK
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Wait for Bills at Lions Dec 15