Buffalo Bills Fall Short Again

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The Buffalo Bills were unable to beat the Kansas City Chiefs, even at home, so who is to blame for yet another failure to advance past Patrick Mahomes and company?

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00:00 I'm blaming the Kansas City Chiefs for the Buffalo Bills losing.

00:03 I would have gone with Sean McDermott, but the fact that that play, the fake punt, didn't

00:08 turn out to be fatal for Buffalo in that instance.

00:12 You know, you look around, I thought Josh Allen was pretty much awesome.

00:14 He may have missed one throw underneath late, but Diggs dropped a beautiful 60-yard bomb

00:21 and overall, Allen played great.

00:23 I just think that the Chiefs beat them and sometimes it's as simple as that.

00:27 No.

00:28 It was the ... You know, I blame the moment.

00:32 I think the moment was too big for the Bills.

00:35 I feel like this was finally their time.

00:37 Y'all had the Chiefs at home with everybody going to that game thinking, "Hey, maybe they

00:41 finally get them this time."

00:42 We all talked about how if they would have had the extra possession in overtime, the

00:47 Bills would have had the opportunity to win that game.

00:52 But look at it now, the moment was clearly too big.

00:55 You had Diggs with the drop.

00:57 You have the missed field goal at the end, execution.

01:00 And I feel like the Chiefs have the advantage that they've been in this moment so many times

01:04 that the moment's never too big for them.

01:06 So even when that game gets tight and even in the wanes of like, "Hey, look, look, look,

01:11 the Bills look like they're about to go down the field to potentially tie the game or take

01:14 the lead," they never panicked.

01:17 And I feel like the Bills just, they pressed way too much because it's not just the moment

01:21 that, "Hey, this can get us to the ASU championship game."

01:25 It's also, "We could finally beat this guy in this team at home."

01:29 And this was too much.

01:31 But the Chiefs played their best game of the season when it mattered most because they've

01:34 been there before.

01:35 I mean, you look at Buffalo, I'm pointing out the individual mistakes in that game.

01:39 One is that sort of panic move by McDermott, but they were fortunate that got wiped away

01:44 by the fumble out of the end zone.

01:46 One is the Diggs drop.

01:47 There was another drop by a wide receiver.

01:50 Allen missed Diggs underneath on one throw and the kicker missed the field goal.

01:55 You add all those things up in a tight game, you lose.

01:58 Again, but that goes to my point, the moment, execution.

02:02 Like if you just do your job in those moments, Stephon Diggs, you've been like an all-pro

02:08 wide receiver.

02:09 Catch the ball, you're the kicker.

02:11 It's not like it was a 60-yard, it was a 44-yard field goal.

02:14 Just make the kick.

02:16 It wasn't even close.

02:17 Like if you do your job, at the least that game goes to overtime.

02:23 If Diggs catches that ball, he'll probably win that game.

02:26 So yes, I give the Chiefs credit because the moment wasn't too big for them, but the bills

02:31 are the reason they lost.

02:33 And the last person I'm blaming, by the way, is Josh Allen because I don't think they're

02:36 even in the realm of being competitive in that game, if not for him.

02:40 Oh, for sure.

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