The Buffalo Bills had their season come to an end Sunday night with a devastating loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game. Their final offensive play will be thought about by a lot by players and fans over the offseason, as the failed 4th-and-5 came so close to being converted on a desperate heave by Josh Allen.
Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo pulled out one of his best calls when his team needed it against the Bills.
The Buffalo Bills are still in championship purgatory, and one play in particular doomed them, because they ignored one primary schematic trait from Steve Spagnuolo
The situation came on the other side of the two-minute warning on Sunday night. With Kansas City clinging to a 32-29 lead, Allen and the Bills faced a do-or-die 4th-and-5 situation on their own 47-yard line. With Buffalo holding all three of their timeouts, Sean McDermott left his offense on the field to try and convert fourth down.
Hurts largely succeeded against the blitz on the NFC side of the playoff bracket. But the Los Angeles Rams, who sacked Hurts seven times in Philadelphia’s 28-22 win in the divisional round, gave the Eagles quarterback considerable trouble. Oftentimes it appeared his checkdown options were ill-placed or covered up entirely.
Thanks to a game-changing drop by Buffalo Bills' tight end Dalton Kincaid, the Kansas City Chiefs received yet another dose of good luck on their way to Super Bowl LIX.
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Yes, cornerback Trent McDuffie — historically an excellent pass-rusher from the outside, and one who helped save the Chiefs in last year’s Super Bowl with a well-timed rush — got the green light to attack Bills quarterback Josh Allen. Or, perhaps, he made that decision on his own.
The Kansas City Chiefs host the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in the AFC championship game for an opportunity to advance to their third-straight Super Bowl and a chance to complete a three-peat. But it's never easy preparing for the Bills and quarterback Josh Allen,
The NFL's best teams, and best defenses, are some of the league's heaviest blitzers ... and also some of its lowest.
Another week, another trip to the Super Bowl for the Kansas City Chiefs, and another coaching masterclass from Steve Spagnuolo. A key piece to Kansas City advancing to its fifth Super Bowl in the last six seasons and now set to attempt the NFL's first-ever three-peat was the defensive effort led by Spagnuolo,