One of the biggest plays of the AFC Championship game also ended up being one of the most controversial plays of the game, and it happened early in the fourth quarter of Kansas City's 32-29 win over the Buffalo Bills.
Forget the conspiracies. The head coach with the fourth-most wins in NFL history continues to own one of his pupils come playoff time.
Bills will 'figure it out'
Bills head coach Sean McDermott explained his thought process during the controversial 4th-down call vs Chiefs.
Josh Allen and Sean McDermott have pushed the Bills to the precipice of the Super Bowl but have been thwarted by the Chiefs four times in the past five years.
For fourth time in five years, the Bills got tense, got conservative in the clutch moments, and let Patrick Mahomes run all over them.
Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott gave his thoughts on a close fourth-down conversion attempt by Josh Allen that failed during his team's 32-29
The Buffalo Bills have once again come up short in their quest for winning the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl. They lost 32-29 to the Kansas City Chiefs last Sunday on the road, with the game once again coming down to the wire.
Line Judge Jeff Seeman and Down Judge Patrick Holt had different spots and lines of sight, the one with a better potential view of the ball (Seeman) indicated Allen got the first down, but he then deferred to the one who couldn’t have seen it and called it short (Holt).
The Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs have been doing this dance ever since Patrick Mahomes came into the league. What many forget is that the Bills traded the 10th pick that became Mahomes to the Chiefs.
The Chiefs punched their ticket to New Orleans by winning a 32-29 nail-biter over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC title game. The Chiefs ... Commanders in the NFC Championship. In the win ...