The Buffalo Bills season came to an end Sunday night, losing 27-24 to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs.
Josh Allen ended with 258 total yards, one passing score, and two running touchdowns in a matchup between two of the greatest quarterbacks in the league.
Dalton Kincaid, a rookie tight end, finished with five catches for 45 yards, while James Cook totaled 82 yards.
Throughout the entire game, the Buffalo defense was unable to stop Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City offense, who amassed 363 total yards and scored on five of their seven possessions (not including the drive that ended in kneeling at the half).
For the most part of the contest, Buffalo relied on their rushing offense, which was more effective in the first half than the second. In the first half, the Bills amassed 124 running yards and two scores, both from Allen. Only 58 were left in the second.
Buffalo lost the whole game due of errors. After Travis Kelce, who was entirely unguarded, snagged an easy ball from Mahomes, Kansas City scored their first touchdown. Twice in the second half, the quarterback for the Chiefs connected for plays of thirty yards or more with Mecole Hardman.
In the fourth quarter, the Bills tried a fake punt, but the Kansas City punt return squad thwarted them.
Buffalo had an opportunity to take the lead again with two minutes left when they entered Kansas City territory. But the game and the Bills season ended when Tyler Bass missed a 44-yard field goal and Allen failed to convert on a third-and-long.
Important figures and information
o Allen’s two rushing touchdowns in the first half tied Jalen Hurts for the most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in a single season (regular season + playoffs) \ Allen passed Colin Kaepernick and Russell Wilson for the second-most rushing yards in the playoff by a quarterback, trailing only Steve Young Allen tied/passed quarterback Jim Kelly for the most touchdown passes in the postseason with 21. Stefon Diggs surpassed James Lofton for the third-most playoff receiving yards in team history with 21. With Patrick Mahomes, Drew Brees, Kurt Warner, and Dan Marino having more touchdowns in the first ten postseason games than Allen, he is the fifth-highest NFL quarterback.
· Tight end Dawson Knox overtook Keith McKeller to record the most catches by a Bills tight end in playoff history with 28. o Buffalo had 10 or more rush first downs in back-to-back postseason games for the first time in the team’s history.
RATING THE PLAYS
8:08 1Q | Tyler Bass hits a 27-yard field goal to tie the score at KC 0.
4:35 in the first quarter | KC 3, BUF 3 | Harrison Butker’s 47-yard field goal is GOOD
13:32 2Q | Josh Allen runs left for 5 yards, TOUCHDOWN; BUF 10 KC 3.
9:12 2nd quarter | KC 6 against. BUF 10 | Harrison Butker’s 29-yard field goal is GOOD
3:13 in the second quarter | BUF 10 KC 13 | Patrick Mahomes to Travis Kelce deep left for 22 yards, TOUCHDOWN
0:26 2Q | Josh Allen runs up the middle for 2 yards, TOUCHDOWN, as BUF 17 defeats KC 13.
11:48 3Q | KC 20 vs. BUF 17 | Patrick Mahomes to Travis Kelce with a short left throw for 3 yards and a touchdown
3:23 3Q | KC 20 vs. BUF 24 | Josh Allen to Khalil Shakir on a short left throw for 13 yards, TOUCHDOWN
14:20 Fourth Quarter | Boston 24, Kansas City 27 | Isiah Pacheco runs short left for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN
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