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4 March 2025 at 01:00

While Venmo or Splitwise are effectively ‘debt collector’ tools, which require one person to pay a full bill and then request funds from others, neither have cracked bill-splitting at the moment of payment. European startup Cino, which has come up with just such a product, has now raised €3.5m in a Seed funding round led […]

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Khalil Shakir, Bills agree to 4-year contract extension

25 February 2025 at 13:01

The Buffalo Bills aren’t letting wide receiver Khalil Shakir go anywhere.

The team announced on Tuesday that they signed the 25-year-old wide receiver to a four-year contract extension that runs through 2029. 

Shakir’s contract is worth up to $60.2 million, with $32 million guaranteed at signing per ESPN.

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Shakir was star quarterback Josh Allen’s top target last season, as he led the team in targets (100), receptions (76), and receiving yards (821).

The sure-handed wide receiver dropped just one pass last season and was a threat with the ball in his hands as he was third in the NFL in yards after the catch with 597. 

The only two players who had more yards after the catch are Cincinnati Bengals superstar wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase (787) and Miami Dolphins running back De’Von Achane (665).

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In the Bills' three playoff games, Skakir caught 18 of his 20 targets for 174 yards. 

The 2022 fifth-round pick out of Boise State has seen an uptick in his production year after year. In his rookie year, Shakir caught 10 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown in 14 games. 

In 2023, Shakir started to become a bigger part of the offense, and finished with 39 catches for 611 yards and two touchdowns. 

The 6-foot, 190-pound wide receiver might not be a true No. 1 wide receiver, but Shakir is at the very least a strong No. 2 wide receiver who has a solid connection with Allen. 

Keon Coleman and Curtis Samuel are among other wide receivers who are under contract for the Bills next season. 

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Hailee Steinfeld roasts Bills' divisional rivals: 'Three sons'

20 February 2025 at 13:37

It appears Hailee Steinfeld has fully ingratiated in football trash talk.

Steinfeld became engaged to Buffalo Bills star Josh Allen late last year. And even though she’s rarely shown on television at games, it doesn’t mean she’s not invested in the NFL MVP’s or the team’s performance. She showed in a recent interview that she can dish out some banter.

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The actress/singer played a game with WhoWhatWear and one of the questions was to name each of the teams in the AFC East.

"You got the Buffalo Bills and the Bills’ three sons," she said.

As of right now, Steinfeld was speaking the truth.

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The Bills have won the AFC East in each season since 2020, which coincided with the year that Tom Brady left the New England Patriots and joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Allen has come into his own since then as well. In 2019, the Bills were 23rd in points scored and 24th in yards gained. Since then, the team has not finished outside of the top 10 in either category.

The Bills, however, have yet to get to a Super Bowl in the Allen era. Buffalo lost in the AFC title game in 2020 and 2024. The team lost three consecutive times in the divisional round in between conference championship appearances.

Allen and Steinfeld got engaged in November. The two had been dating since 2023.

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Mike Collier, Super Bowl champion with Steelers, dead at 71

20 February 2025 at 09:06

Super Bowl champion Mike Collier died on Sunday, according to an online obituary. He was 71. 

Collier passed away at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Maryland, the obituary said. The cause of death is unknown. 

Collier was with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1975 when the team won Super Bowl X. He played in three playoff games en route to winning the big game. 

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Collier, a running back, played three seasons in the NFL, spending one with the Steelers and two with the Buffalo Bills

Over his three-year career, Collier played in 36 games and had 86 rushing attempts for 870 yards and five touchdowns.

"It used to seem like a dream," Collier said of playing in the NFL via the Baltimore Sun in 2013.

"I realize that a lot of people would love to have been in my position. I thank God that He gave me the opportunity to be there."

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Collier played college football at Morgan State University and was drafted in the 14th round (364th overall pick) in the 1975 NFL Draft by the Steelers. 

At Morgan State, he earned his Bachelor of Science in physical education. 

After retiring from the NFL, Collier coached local youth in football, basketball and baseball, according to his obituary. 

Collier also worked as a grocery store manager until his retirement in 2021. 

He enjoyed signing autographs for local charities while spending time with his family and watching football, per his obituary. 

Collier is survived by his wife of 40 years, Lisa, and his three children and six grandchildren, and his three brothers and sisters. 

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Trump poses for picture with Bills players at golf course

18 February 2025 at 03:53

Several Buffalo Bills players were seen posing with President Donald Trump on a golf course on Monday as they got their offseason started on the right foot.

Spencer Brown, Dalton Kincaid, Sam Martin, Ryan Van Demark and Tommy Doyle were all seen with the president at Trump International Golf Club Palm Beach. Brown posted the photo of his teammates with the president on his Instagram.

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"45-47," he wrote.

Doyle was seen wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, which has been Trump’s tagline during his pursuits of the presidency in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

"Met the president on Presidents' Day," Doyle wrote on his Instagram Stories.

Trump garnered support from some NFL players during the 2024 season, including San Francisco defensive end Nick Bosa.

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Bosa was seen wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat after a game and even did Trump’s dance as a sack celebration.

"I think you know the answer to that question," Bosa said in November about what inspired him to do the move, via the San Francisco Chronicle. "All the guys wanted me to do it. I wasn’t even going to do it, but the boys reminded me. And it was fun."

Trump was at Super Bowl LIX to watch the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs. He picked the Chiefs to win the game, but it was the Eagles who eventually came out on top.

The president was also at the Daytona 500 and could complete the sporting trifecta should he show up at the 4 Nations Face-Off final in Boston later this week.

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Bills offensive lineman retires at age 26 due to nerve damage from latest injury

14 February 2025 at 17:56

Tommy Doyle is now a former football player at the age of 26.

The Buffalo Bills offensive lineman announced Friday he's retiring due to "permanent" injuries.

Doyle has not appeared in a game since Week 3 of the 2022 season, and an injury he sustained during the 2023 preseason left him with nerve damage.

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"At this point, with the calendar and the healing process, it looks as though it's permanent. I'm just unable to play football at a high level, and it's time. When you know, you know," Doyle said.

Doyle tore an ACL in 2022.

"I was really battling and competing and working to come back from that injury, only to be kind of struck with an even more disastrous injury," Doyle said. "But, at the end of the day, there was a lot of negative emotions and anger. … Doing a lot of reflecting lately and looking back on it, I've learned a lot of valuable lessons from it.

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"Football is something that I've loved and put my life into. And I put a lot of time, effort and energy to try to get back on the field. But, ultimately, that's really not the plan God has for me, and I know that to be true. I feel that this is the time to announce it and move on.

"I think what I will remember most is just the relationships formed with the guys on the team, with the coaches, with the trainers, with the fans. It's an amazing town. It's an amazing city. The fan base is awesome. Throughout my four years playing in Buffalo, just the different locker rooms and how tight-knit it was, was something truly special."

Doyle was a fifth-round pick out of Miami of Ohio in 2021. In his rookie season, during the wild-card round against the New England Patriots, he caught a touchdown.

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NFL fans intervene after restaurant owned by Eagles' CJ Gardner-Johnson's mom hit by unwarranted bad reviews

12 February 2025 at 03:51

Del Johnson watched from Florida as confetti fell on her son, C.J. Gardner-Johnson, and his teammates after the Philadelphia Eagles routed the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX.

The Eagles safety's mother was in Cocoa Village, Florida, not New Orleans for the big game. She was there because she also had something to celebrate — the opening of her second restaurant. However, the celebratory mode was short-lived due to an influx of negative Yelp reviews for Johnson's other establishment, Kings Grill in Rockledge, Florida. 

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The spike in poor reviews began shortly after Gardner-Johnson took aim at Chiefs star Travis Kelce. 

"Should’ve stayed with that thick s--- ," Gardner-Johnson captioned an Instagram Stories post. The caption seemed to reference Kelce's former romance with Kayla Nicole, who attended this past Sunday's big game and celebrated the Eagles victory on the Caesars Superdome turf.

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Fans of singer Taylor Swift, who are often referred to as "Swifties," appeared to be responsible for at least the initial stream of bad Google reviews and negative Yelp reviews for the Kings Grill. Swift has made numerous appearances at Chiefs games over the past two seasons and is currently dating Kelce.

"I have friends who were sending me the screenshots," Delatron Johnson told TMZ Sports. "They were going, ‘Oh my god, look at this!’ And the first thing everyone said was, ‘the Swifties have attacked.'

"Yes, we’ve seen all the reviews. The joke is really on the Swifties and everyone entertaining the reviews because Kings Grill is closed."

The unfavorable reviews were later removed and Yelp placed an "unusual activity alert" on the restaurant's page which "temporarily disabled the posting of content."

"This business recently received increased public attention, which often means people come to this page to post their views on news. While we don’t take a stand one way or the other when it comes to this incident, we’ve temporarily disabled the posting of content to this page as we work to investigate whether the content you see here reflects actual consumer experiences rather than the recent events," the post read.

A Yelp spokesperson added that "moderators" would eventually "clean up the page so that it reflects firsthand consumer experiences."

"For Yelp to remain a useful resource to the community, reviews must be based on a genuine, firsthand experience with the business," the spokesperson said in a statement. "Due to the increased activity we detected on the business page, Yelp’s User Operations team worked quickly to temporarily disable the posting of content to the page and placed an Unusual Activity Alert on Tuesday, February 11. When we see the activity dramatically decrease or stop, our moderators will clean up the page so that it reflects firsthand consumer experiences."

Some Eagles fans took notice of the flood of negative reviews Johnson's restaurant received and showed their support by leaving a considerable number of positive reviews for the establishment.

Supporters of other NFL teams also came to Johnson's aid. 

"Saints fan here, thank y’all for getting CJ a ring. Kinda sad that people are trying to attack this place because the Chiefs are sorry. I’m sure the food and service here are great though so gonna easy 5 star. Go birds I guess," a New Orleans Saints fan wrote. Gardner-Johnson spent the first three years of his NFL career with the Saints.

A Las Vegas Raiders fan suggested the restaurant had top-notch service. "Service was on point thank you! Food was on point thank you! Ambiance was on point thank you! #RAAAIIIDERSSSS," the Raiders fan wrote.

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Hall of Famer says Josh Allen edged Lamar Jackson in the MVP race 'for the wrong reason'

8 February 2025 at 13:12

Josh Allen finally earned his first MVP award Thursday night by a slim margin.

The Buffalo Bills quarterback edged Lamar Jackson by 21 points. Allen received 27 first-place votes to Jackson's 23.

Allen has been a perennial MVP candidate throughout his career but had always fallen short prior to Thursday.

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He was a finalist three previous times, and with Jackson having just won last year, one Hall of Famer suggested Allen received sympathy votes this year.

"I get it, because [Josh] is a great quarterback. He hadn't won one. Lamar had two. And they're like, 'Let's just give him one.' But that's the wrong reason," Jonathan Ogden told TMZ Sports. "But it's all good. What are you going to do? But they made the wrong choice. But that's all good.

"I don't want it to sound like I'm hating on Josh because the brother is a tremendous quarterback. But he didn't have the year Lamar had."

Jackson's numbers do trump Allen's mostly across the board, but there is something to be said about Allen's Bills running away with their division despite letting go of top receiver Stefon Diggs.

This season marked the first time since 2019 Allen did not pass for 4,000 yards, but he did lead the NFL with a 77.4 total QBR. While his 28 passing touchdowns were also his lowest since 2019, he did run for 12 touchdowns, the second most of his career.

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After winning his second MVP award last year, Jackson hit career highs with his first 4,000-yard campaign and his first season throwing 40 touchdowns. 

Allen got the benefit of a rather subpar division, clinching the AFC East Dec. 1. But it became clear that as long as Allen is in the fold, the Bills have a chance to compete.

Allen received 22 second-place votes to Jackson's 26 (Saquon Barkley and Joe Burrow each received one), while Allen also got a third-place vote. Jackson recorded a fourth-place vote.

This comes despite Jackson receiving more first-team All-Pro votes than Allen. It's the first time since 1987 (John Elway) a first-team All-Pro did not win the MVP. 

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Former NFL player, coach Dick Jauron dead at 74

8 February 2025 at 12:42

Dick Jauron, the former head coach of two different NFL franchises, died Saturday. He was 74.

The Chicago Bears confirmed the death. Jauron was the Bears' head coach from 1999 to 2003. 

He was previously diagnosed with cancer, The Daily Item in Massachusetts reported.

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He became the Buffalo Bills' head coach in 2006, a role he maintained until 2009. The next season, Jauron was named the Philadelphia Eagles' defensive backs coach under Andy Reid.

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Reid and the Eagles will meet the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans on Sunday for Super Bowl LIX.

Jauron was a two-sport star at Yale in the early 1970s, and he was drafted by both the Detroit Lions in the NFL Draft and the St. Louis Cardinals in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. He ultimately made football his lifelong pursuit, beginning with five seasons as a defensive back in Detroit and three more with the Cincinnati Bengals before his retirement in 1980.

The well-liked Jauron moved into coaching and five years later was hired by the Bills as a defensive backs coach. He went on to coach defensive backs in Green Bay and became friends with Reid, who was an assistant offensive line and tight ends coach.

Jauron had just one winning record in five seasons with the Bears, winning the NFC North in 2001 before losing to the Eagles — then coached by Reid — in the divisional round of the playoffs.

He finished with a 60-82 record and one playoff berth over parts of 10 seasons as a head coach.

Jauron’s death came just two days after the Bears announced the death of Virginia Halas McCaskey, who inherited the franchise from her father, George Halas, and spent four-plus decades as the principal owner.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Bills' Josh Allen wins 1st career NFL MVP

6 February 2025 at 19:46

Josh Allen finally has some hardware.

The Buffalo Bills quarterback was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player for the first time on Thursday.

Fans wondered what Allen would do after the Bills traded Stefon Diggs in the offseason. Well, he clearly was just fine.

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Allen threw 28 touchdowns against a career-low six interceptions while also scoring a dozen touchdowns with his legs. Allen’s 77.4 QBR was the NFL’s best, which is more impressive considering he didn’t exactly have household names to throw to – Khalil Shakir led the team in targets (100), receptions (76), and yards (821). 

Allen got the benefit of a rather subpar division, clinching the AFC East on Dec. 1. But, it became very clear that as long as Allen is in the fold, the Bills will have a chance to compete.

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He beat out Lamar Jackson narrowly – perhaps the AFC divisional round was foreshadowing of the MVP vote, as Allen’s Bills pulled out a narrow 27-25 win over Baltimore two and a half weeks ago.

Allen received 383 total voting points, while Jackson got 362. Allen got 27 of 50 first-place votes, while Jackson received the other 23 - Allen received 22 second-place votes to Jackson's 26 (Saquon Barkley and Joe Burrow each received one), while Allen also got a third-place vote. Jackson actually recorded a fourth-place tally.

This comes despite Jackson actually receiving more First-team All-Pro votes than Allen - it's the first time since 1987 (John Elway) that a First-team All-Pro did not win the MVP.

Allen is yet to get over the Kansas City Chiefs hump, losing to them for a fourth time in the playoffs in the AFC title game. However, a long-coveted MVP is finally on Allen’s resume.

Allen also beat out Saquon Barkley, Joe Burrow, and Jared Goff.

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From 4 straight Super Bowl losses to Josh Allen's Patrick Mahomes problem, Bills might be cursed

3 February 2025 at 01:30

Former NFL quarterback-turned-analyst Dan Orlovsky sat on the ESPN desk for "Get Up" the day after Championship Sunday with his head down. 

Taking a breath, he spoke his mind after seeing the Buffalo Bills fall to the Kansas City Chiefs again in the playoffs – four straight times Josh Allen & Co. fell to Patrick Mahomes.

"I think it’s the most haunted organization and might be the most haunted player in the history of the NFL," Orlovsky told his colleagues. "Four straight Super Bowl losses 30-plus years ago, and now four straight losses to Patrick Mahomes when your quarterback plays just as good. Just as good in all those games, and the point differential is only five points."

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Does Orlovsky have a point? Are the Bills, and Allen, the most haunted organization and player in the history of the league? 

There are 12 teams who have never won a Super Bowl, four of which have never seen the "Big Game" on their schedule: Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Of those 12 teams, only two have been to the Super Bowl four times but lost every time – the Bills and Minnesota Vikings. But there’s only one team in the history of the NFL to go to four straight Super Bowls and lose them all, and "Bills Mafia" had to deal with four years of the highest of highs followed by the lowest of lows in terms of fandom. 

There were the "Curse of the Bambino" and "Curse of the Billy Goat" for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs, respectively, though they snapped those this century with World Series titles. For the Bills, the "Curse of Mahomes" might be the title for this Allen era, but the woes for the organization and fan base started in the 1990 season with an infamous kick.

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Super Bowl XXV saw two New York teams, the Bills and Giants, going against each other for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. 

In the fourth quarter, Jim Kelly, much like Allen in that they were both bonafide stars at the quarterback position at the time of the Bills’ success, had 2:16 remaining for a game-winning drive. On the team’s final possession, he led his offense down the field, moving the ball quickly with short passes and some runs. 

The Bills managed to get in field goal range, where kicker Scott Norwood could attempt a game-winning kick from 47 yards out. But when Norwood connected with the ball, it went wide right, and the Giants ran out the clock to win their second Super Bowl title for the franchise. 

The NFC East wasn’t kind to the Bills during this stretch, as they were beaten in Super Bowl XXVI by the Washington Redskins, 37-24, when Buffalo wasn’t able to put up a first-half point in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis in 1992. 

And if that was bad, it was even worse in 1993 when the Dallas Cowboys, led by multiple Hall of Famers in coach Jimmy Johnson, quarterback Troy Aikman, wide receiver Michael Irvin and running back Emmitt Smith, destroyed Buffalo, 52-17. 

Kelly and the Bills got off to a hot start after Thurman Thomas scored from two yards out, but it was really all Cowboys from there. Jay Novacek had a 23-yard touchdown catch from Aikman, and a fumble recovered for a touchdown by Jimmie Jones gave Dallas the lead they wouldn’t look back from. 

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It didn’t help that Kelly got injured in the second quarter and Frank Reich had to take over at quarterback. But for a third straight year, Buffalo went home empty-handed. 

These two teams would meet again in Super Bowl XXVIII for a rematch, this time in the Georgia Dome. But a second-half goose egg on the scoreboard led to a 30-13 defeat for the Bills, and Smith won MVP after scoring two touchdowns and rushing for 132 yards on 30 carries. 

Four straight years and no hardware is a tough pill to swallow, and what’s worse, the fan base hasn’t been back to the "Big Game" since then. 

For his regular-season career, Allen is 4-1 against Mahomes and the Chiefs, and he’s won each of the last four games. That included this season, where Allen broke multiple tackles on a 4th-and-short run to score the game-sealing touchdown in a fantastic performance at home. 

But Allen and the Bills have known since the 2020 NFL campaign that Mahomes and the Chiefs are a different animal in the playoffs. 

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The first meeting was the AFC Championship Game in 2021, where the Bills had a 9-0 lead to start the game, but Mahomes turned up the heat in the second quarter, scoring 21 points that led to a 21-12 first-half finish they wouldn’t look back from. 

Mahomes would finish the game 29-of-38 for 325 yards with three touchdowns, while Tyreek Hill had a franchise-record 172 yards on nine catches and Travis Kelce totaled 13 catches for 118 yards and two scores – the most receptions by a receiver in a conference title game. 

The Chiefs wouldn’t go on to win that Super Bowl, falling to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 31-9, at Raymond James Stadium. But it was apparent to the Bills who you had to go through in the AFC to get back to the Super Bowl. 

Arguably, one of the greatest postseason football games of all-time didn’t go in the Bills’ favor, and this is perhaps the biggest gut punch of them all in recent years. 

Allen couldn’t have played any better in this 2022 AFC Divisional Round game, going 27-of-37 for 329 yards and four touchdowns, all of which went to receiver Gabe Davis, who set a playoff record with his four scores, which came on eight catches for 201 yards. 

Davis’ final touchdown at Arrowhead Stadium was supposed to be the dagger in the Chiefs’ hopeful return to the AFC Championship, as there were just 13 seconds left on the fourth-quarter clock when the Bills’ kickoff commenced. 

Leave it to Mahomes, though, as he threw a 19-yard pass to Hill, which ran five seconds off the clock, and then Kelce was left wide open for a 25-yard catch-and-run, which was another five seconds. So, with a game-tying field goal at 36-33 on the line for Harrison Butker, he drilled a 49-yard attempt to force overtime. 

With the old overtime rules, where a touchdown ends it, the Chiefs took full advantage when they won the coin toss. Mahomes needed just one run and five passes to get into the red zone, where he found Kelce on an 8-yard pass for the win. 

Sports fans will tell you where they were and what they were doing for the biggest, and worst, moments of their favorite teams. This is a memory that is truly haunting. 

Bills fans had déjà vu last season during the Divisional Round in a game that wasn’t Allen’s best, but there was still a chance to get their own overtime revenge. 

In a game at Buffalo this time, the Bills found themselves down three points in the fourth quarter with a chance to drive and at least kick a game-tying field goal to keep hopes alive for a trip to the AFC Championship. 

But much like Super Bowl XXV, where Norwood missed his game-winning field goal wide right, Tyler Bass did the exact same. Bills fans at Highmark Stadium couldn’t believe history was repeating itself, as Mahomes and the offense picked up the necessary first down to seal victory. 

Mahomes would go on to win back-to-back Super Bowls with an overtime victory over San Francisco, while Allen and the Bills had to wait for another crack in 2024. 

That was Allen’s quote after the 32-29 loss in Kansas City in the AFC Championship, marking the fourth straight dropped to Mahomes and the Chiefs. And there were surely some controversial calls, like the Xavier Worthy catch near the goal line that was ruled a catch despite the ball touching the ground during replay review. 

But the biggest of them all came in the fourth quarter, when the Bills were up 22-21 over the Chiefs and had a chance to further their lead with another good drive. On 3rd-and-short, Allen whipped a screen to Dalton Kincaid, who scampered forward for what appeared to be a first down. However, he was ruled short despite referees not seeing his knee never touched the ground where he appeared to get tackled. 

Instead of a challenge coming from the Bills’ sideline, they moved quickly to get Allen set up for a quarterback sneak. When the ball was snapped, Allen got stuffed, but not before he seemed to cross the line to gain with the football. 

Once again, though, the refs called him short, turning it over on downs. Five plays later, Mahomes rushed in for the second time in the game and a two-point conversion gave them a seven-point lead. 

Allen, though, with ice in his veins, tied the game with a 4th-and-goal pass to Curtis Samuel, and the Bills’ defense got the stop they needed to force just a field goal for the Chiefs, who now owned a 32-29 lead. 

Enough time was on the clock, and Allen had the ball again late in the game with the ability to tie the game or take the lead. But on 4th-and-5 at the two-minute warning, the Chiefs’ blitz had Allen scrambling, though he was able to heave a pass downfield to Kincaid. The tight end had a shot at making it a miraculous throw-and-catch effort, but it bounced off his arms and the Chiefs would go on to win. 

Considering how great Allen and the Bills are, and the fact that they beat the Chiefs in the regular season, one would think Buffalo would pull one of these out. 

But when Bass missed the field goal wide right this past season, the Bills tied the New Orleans Saints during their 2017-21 stretch with the most regular-season wins in a five-year stretch (58) without a Super Bowl appearance.

As for Allen, the last three Chiefs matchups in the postseason have resulted in 752 total passing yards and 179 rushing yards for a total of 931 yards with a 68.12% completion rate and nine total touchdowns with no turnovers.

So, despite averaging 310 yards per game over the last three meetings with the Chiefs in the playoffs and not turning the ball over, the Bills have not been able to win.

It’s why former NFL star receiver Brandon Marshall told Fox News Digital that Allen was just brought into the "wrong era to be a quarterback."

"Sometimes you run into a Michael Jordan," Marshall said. "Sometimes you run into a Tiger Woods in their prime, and you got to deal with it."

Allen’s post-game response this year said it all: "To be the champs, you got to beat the champs."

The only thing he and the Bills can do is keep grinding, work on their fundamentals and execution and hope the Chiefs can somehow make those one or two mistakes that can flip the game in their favor. 

Because what fans and experts alike can see is that Kansas City is buttoned up in those clutch moments while the Bills haven’t had things go their way. 

Is it because they’re haunted by a ‘90s stretch that could have a curse on them now? Or is it, like Marshall said, the wrong era to go against someone like Mahomes, who has already entered the conversation as the best quarterback of all-time?

Whichever school of thought you fall into doesn’t matter. At the end of the day, the Bills have gotten so close, and yet they’re on the outside looking in for the past 31 years. 

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Travis Kelce fined for taunting Bills on Patrick Mahomes touchdown after not being penalized during game

1 February 2025 at 16:46

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was fined $11,255 for taunting during Sunday's AFC championship game victory over the Buffalo Bills, the league announced Saturday. 

The taunt that prompted the fine came after a touchdown run by Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the final two minutes of the second quarter. Kelce approached Bills safeties Damar Hamlin and Cole Bishop, aggressively nodding his head as he said something. 

Multiple referees were standing near Kelce at the time of the taunt. But none of them threw a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct, which would have cost the Chiefs 15 yards after the play, either on the extra point try or the ensuing kickoff. 

However, the referees did throw a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Bills defensive tackle Jordan Phillips after he responded to Kelce's taunt by headbutting the tight end. 

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Phillips was also fined $6,722 for the headbutt, the league announced Saturday.  

The Chiefs won the game, 32-29, and many fans expressed outrage over multiple calls that benefited Kansas City during the game. 

Officials ruled Bills quarterback Josh Allen was stopped short of a first down on a 4th-and-short play in the fourth quarter. CBS rules analyst Gene Steratore said during the broadcast he believed Allen got the first down.

That call prompted backlash from NFL fans on social media, but it was not the only one.

During the second quarter, officials ruled Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy made a catch despite video replay showing the ball touched the ground. 

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Referees came under similar scrutiny during the Chiefs' divisional round playoff win against the Houston Texans one week earlier when a pair of roughing the passer penalties were called against the Texans for hits on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. 

Houston edge rusher Will Anderson Jr. was called for roughing the passer on a third down in the first quarter. Anderson appeared to push Mahomes in the chest after Mahomes had thrown the ball incomplete to tight end Travis Kelce and was flagged.

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The second penalty came during a Mahomes scramble in the third quarter. He had two blockers on a run and three defenders bearing down on him. He moved to his right and then back to his left when he decided to slide. 

ESPN broadcaster Troy Aikman criticized the penalty and said it's something the league has to address in the offseason. 

Texans players and head coach DeMeco Ryans criticized the referees after the game.

Mahomes addressed the issue when asked by reporters Wednesday if he believed referees were giving him preferential treatment. 

"I don't feel that way,'' Mahomes answered. "At the end of the day, the referees are doing their best to call the game as fair and as proper as they possibly can. And all you can do is go out there and play the game that you love as hard as you can and live with the results. ... I think that's what we preach here in Kansas City.

"You get new referees every year. You get new circumstances, and you never can really tell because every play's different. And that's what makes the NFL so special. I feel like I've just continued to play the game, and I just try to win. And whatever happens kind of happens."

Kelce refused to address the issue when asked by brother Jason Kelce about the officiating during an episode of their "New Heights" podcast. 

"I'd like to plead the Fifth," the tight end said, jokingly referring to his constitutional right to remain silent, when Jason brought up the issue. 

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Bills GM Brandon Beane discusses controversial 4th-down play in AFC title game: 'He got that'

30 January 2025 at 12:47

Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane heard what the league office had to say, but he still believes his quarterback picked up a crucial first down in the AFC Championship.

The Bills were crushed by the Kansas City Chiefs once again in the playoffs, falling just short of a Super Bowl appearance in a 32-29 loss on the road this past Sunday. 

One of the most controversial plays from the game was a fourth-and-inches quarterback sneak by Josh Allen. In real-time, it appeared that he made the gain, but referees called him short, forcing a turnover on downs to the Chiefs. 

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Five plays later, Patrick Mahomes rushed into the end zone for his second rushing score of the game to take a seven-point lead after a two-point conversion.

Other than the controversial spot, the play prior, where Dalton Kincaid appeared to pick up the first down, is just as questionable. And replay shows a Chiefs player was lined up in the neutral zone when Allen took the snap on the sneak attempt, which should’ve been flagged for a first down. 

Beane discussed that particular sequence of events on Thursday. 

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"It’s frustrating," he said, per SI.com. "There’s only so much I can say. We work with the league to try to get clarity. I’ll give them credit. They’ve taken our calls. They’ve sent video and things like that. If you’re talking about like the fourth-down play, I feel like [Allen] got that. I still feel like he got that. I felt that in the moment and nothing has changed my mind on that."

Earlier in the game, a crucial replay review confirmed a catch by Chiefs rookie Xavier Worthy, and it also bothered Beane. Defensive back Cole Bishop went up with Worthy for an interception, and it appeared both of them had their hands around the ball as the tip of the pigskin hit the ground. 

Like the later play, it resulted in a Chiefs touchdown as Mahomes scampered into the end zone.

"The play that we challenged was a good challenge," he explained. "I’m not sure either player had possession on the Bishop-Worthy play when the ball touched the ground."

Some fans have accused referees of favoring the Chiefs during this Super Bowl run, with another controversial call coming in the divisional round against the Houston Texans. 

Will Anderson Jr. was called for a personal foul, a 15-yard penalty, for a hit to the head on Mahomes despite replay showing that wasn’t the case. Nonetheless, the third-and-long that wasn’t converted on an overthrown pass gave the Chiefs more life on their drive. 

Officiating will be a storyline heading into this matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles, especially after fans believed their previous Super Bowl meeting two seasons ago ended controversially after James Bradberry was called for holding JuJu Smith-Schuster. 

The penalty set up Harrison Butker’s game-winning field goal to start this streak for the Chiefs. 

Kickoff will be at 6:30 p.m. ET on Fox and streaming exclusively on Tubi. 

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Brandon Marshall on Josh Allen's woes against Patrick Mahomes: 'Sometimes you run into a Michael Jordan'

30 January 2025 at 01:00

As Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs head to their third straight Super Bowl, NFL fans can't help but feel for the Buffalo Bills and quarterback Josh Allen. 

The Chiefs can make history in New Orleans on Feb. 9 by winning their third straight Super Bowl. That history has come at the expense of Allen, who is 0-4 in postseason games against Mahomes and the Chiefs. 

As good as Allen is — he's an MVP frontrunner alongside Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson this year — he has been unable to get the Bills back to the Super Bowl for the first time in over three decades.

And his postgame interview after falling to the Chiefs 32-29 showed his raw emotion. He was short with his answers and looked dejected. 

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One ex-NFL star, though, broke down Allen's challenge of having to get through Mahomes to achieve the team's goals to other sports greats. 

"Sometimes you run into a Michael Jordan. Sometimes you run into a Tiger Woods in their prime, and you got to deal with it," former All-Pro wide receiver Brandon Marshall told Fox News Digital while discussing his new venture with his "I Am Athlete" partnering with Revolt. 

"If these guys can pull off one or two, then that’s what they can do. But [Mahomes has] been in the league eight years and been to the Super Bowl five times. 

"Great job, Josh Allen, but this is the wrong era to be a quarterback."

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Marshall said that was "no knock" against Allen, Jackson, Joe Burrow or even C.J. Stroud with his Houston Texans falling to the Chiefs in the divisional round. 

But as good as Basketball Hall of Famer Karl Malone was with the Utah Jazz, they couldn't beat Jordan and the Bulls in the two NBA Finals they played. And when Woods was in his golfing prime, some players accepted that finishing second place any given week was an accomplishment because Woods would likely be lifting the trophy. 

It's the unfortunate result of greatness. Someone or some team has to lose. 

Marshall described Mahomes and the Chiefs as a "once-in-a-lifetime" phenomenon to watch in sports, and it's not just because of the two-time MVP. 

"There’s a few people. There’s Patrick Mahomes. It shows his greatness," Marshall explained. "It shows Andy Reid’s greatness, and they both need to be in the conversation of the greatest quarterback of all-time and also the greatest coach of all-time, challenging Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. 

"Another person that we have to include in this conversation since he’s taken over this defense is Steve Spagnuolo. Before he got there in 2018, this defense was dead last. It was one of the worst defenses in the league for a few years. Insert Coach Spags. Now they’re top 10, and they’re doing a phenomenal job, which results in Patrick Mahomes being more of a game manager. 

"He’s still spectacular and magical, but he doesn’t need to go out there and put up 40 points. He doesn’t need to go out there … he doesn’t even need Tyreek Hill."

Allen's numbers in the last three Bills games against the Chiefs in the playoffs are outstanding: 931 total yards, nine touchdowns and no interceptions. Yet, he's lost them all. 

Like Marshall said, it's not a knock on Allen. It's just clearly showing how great Mahomes and this Chiefs dynasty is it looks to make history against the Philadelphia Eagles. 

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Marshall loves watching and discussing the league he played in 13 seasons and other sports and culture with his "I Am Athlete" sports media platform. But he feels he’s going to take it to the next level with the brand’s partnership with Revolt, the Black-owned multimedia platform that announced its launch of Revolt Sports. 

Marshall, with media personality and cultural commentator Kayla Nicole as a co-host, will be featured on Revolt Sports Weekly powered by "I am Athlete," which will feature unscripted discussions with the duo and other celebrity contributors from the top stories in sports to the hottest cultural topics. 

The first episode, which featured Marshall’s former UCF teammates, Josh "Beezo" Bellamy and Mike Sims-Walker, discussed the NFL’s conference championship matchups, while also going deep on whether celebrating rapper Big Meech with a welcome back party next month after spending 16 years in jail for drug trafficking and money laundering is right for the community.

"People want the real. They want authentic, and that’s what our culture is," Marshall explained. "These are the conversations we’ve been having in the locker room since sports were established. It’s the same conversations we have in the salons and barbershops. This is the same conversation we have on the stoops on the block, same conversations.

"’I Am Athlete’ lives at the intersection of hip-hop and sports. So, talking about things that are relevant to the culture — pop culture, whatever you have it — is just a general conversation that is natural to us. That’s what you’ll get from this show every single week. We’ll dive into the hottest topics in sports and also the biggest stories in pop culture."

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Bills star Dawson Knox gives 'all the glory to Jesus' even after AFC Championship loss

29 January 2025 at 14:37

Buffalo Bills tight end Dawson Knox is leaning on his faith in both good times and bad. 

The Bills were knocked out of the playoffs after suffering a narrow loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game on Sunday. MVP front-runner Josh Allen fell to 0-4 against Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs as the Chiefs move on to the Super Bowl, where they’ll attempt to make history.

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Despite the heartbreaking end, Knox spoke openly about his faith and his optimism for next season. 

"I think it's easy to be all happy and praise the Lord in the good times, but I wanna give all the glory to Jesus," Knox. "He’s the reason I’m here, and I’ve got so much gratitude for this building and everybody in here that makes this team so special for this whole city. There’s truly nowhere else I’d rather be." 

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Knox acknowledged that change in the offseason is inevitable, but added that he believes the Bills will be back in the playoffs next season. 

"To Jesus goes all the glory, and I really just am grateful for the season that we had — obviously not the result we wanted. Lots of heartbreak, lots of sad emotions just coming up short, but there’s still those exciting feelings inside that there’s more out there. We’ll be back next year. The future’s bright." 

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The Bills, who have won five-straight division titles, became the first team to win 11 or more games over five straight seasons that didn't reach the Super Bowl at least once over that span.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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NFL legend laments difficulty of beating Chiefs: 'You gotta beat the refs, you gotta beat Taylor Swift'

29 January 2025 at 12:43

Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Reed underscored the difficulty of defeating the Kansas City Chiefs at their home stadium amid frustrations with the loss the Buffalo Bills suffered in the AFC Championship.

Reed, who starred as a Bills wide receiver during the team’s four straight Super Bowl losses, watched again as the team fell short against the Chiefs. He touched on the controversy surrounding the questionable calls from officials that seem to favor Kansas City as well.

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Needless to say, the seven-time Pro Bowler was hot.

"The bottom line is you just gotta go out there and not play against the refs, but you kind of to a center point," Reed said on "The Jim Rome Show." "A lot of Chiefs are going to tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. That might be the case. But when you go into Kansas City, you gotta beat a lot of people. You gotta beat the team, you gotta beat the fans, you gotta beat the refs, you gotta beat Taylor Swift. You gotta beat everybody.

"If you just go out there and throw that all out the window and beat Kansas City at their own game, and beat them, that all is never gonna be said. Yesterday we didn't do that."

Reed said he wasn’t sure if the Bills would have won if the Xavier Worthy catch was overturned to be an incomplete pass and if Josh Allen got the first down on a 4th-and-1 play.

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But it was those two plays that had fans wondering what officials were looking at the entire game.

Despite many eyebrows being raised, Dean Blandino, the NFL's former head of officiating, says he doesn't see favoritism toward the Chiefs.

"People are talking about officiating a little too much.… It's always going to be a part of the conversation," Blandino told TMZ Sports.

"Do teams get breaks at times? They do. And not every call is right. And sometimes that happens. I think it evens out over time. Me watching it, I don't see these games and say the Chiefs are getting all these calls. These are close, close plays, and they happened to go in the Chiefs' favor on Sunday."

Blandino also disputed any notion there is some sort of conspiracy to favor the Chiefs.

"I get it. I'm a fan first. I grew up in New York as a Knicks fan watching Michael Jordan crush my dreams and saying, 'The league wants Michael Jordan in the championships.' Ultimately, when you're a part of the NFL and you realize, for it to really be a conspiracy, do you know the amount of people that would have to be involved?

"Someone somewhere would slip up, and it would get out. If there was a room in the NFL office where they were writing the script, they never invited me, and I was the head of officiating. I feel like I'd be a pretty important contributor to that. I get it. People are passionate. I just think, sometimes, officials make mistakes… sometimes, when you have a team that has been this successful, I think it's par for the course."

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Hailee Steinfeld gushes over fiancé Josh Allen's MVP-caliber season: 'I'm so proud of that man'

28 January 2025 at 17:40

Josh Allen’s MVP-caliber season ended in heartbreak over the weekend after the Buffalo Bills lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game. But for fiancée Hailee Steinfeld, the veteran quarterback is still her MVP. 

In an exclusive interview with E! News published Tuesday, the actress and singer opened up about their relationship, Allen’s football career and the team’s success this season. 

"To say the least, I am so proud of that man," Steinfeld said. "Everything he’s done and everything that the team has done together." 

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Allen is among the frontrunners for the NFL MVP award. His 76 career wins, 262 total touchdowns and 30,595 total yards are the most by an NFL player in his first seven seasons, and he topped 40 total touchdowns for the fifth straight season. 

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"He is the hardest-working person I know," Steinfeld continued. 

Allen led the Bills to the postseason for the sixth straight season. But the Chiefs, chasing a historic three-peat, were too much for Buffalo to overcome, and Allen dropped to 0-4 against Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs. 

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"Yeah, it sucks. You keep going back and thinking about what you could have done differently, plays even throughout the game," Allen said after the 32-29 loss Sunday. "Any time you lose, you’re going to have those thoughts in your head and just understanding that you’re not promised opportunities like that all the time."

Allen is still up for the MVP award. The winner will be announced at the NFL Honors ceremony next week ahead of the Super Bowl. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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3 star QBs, including top MVP candidates, will skip Pro Bowl Games after failing to make Super Bowl

28 January 2025 at 16:11

The NFL was on a quest to find replacements for next weekend's Pro Bowl Games after three stars opted out.

Normally, those who do not make the Super Bowl will head to the Pro Bowl.

But three playoff quarterbacks will be staying home this year.

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Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen and Jayden Daniels have all opted out.

Jackson's Baltimore Ravens fell to Allen's Buffalo Bills, 27-25, in the divisional round. Allen again lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs and is now 0-4 against them in the postseason.

Daniels and the Washington Commanders were walloped by the Philadelphia Eagles, 55-23, in the NFC title game.

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New England Patriots rookie Drake Maye is replacing Jackson on the AFC roster, Pittsburgh's Russell Wilson is filling in for Allen and Tampa Bay's Baker Mayfield was selected to fill Daniels' spot.

Bills running back James Cook was named as a replacement for Derrick Henry of the Ravens. Buffalo center Connor McGovern was also tabbed as a replacement.

Jackson and Allen figure to be the top two finishers in the NFL MVP voting. It's likely they'll be in New Orleans next week, but not for the reason they had hoped.

The Pro Bowl Games run Thursday through Sunday in Orlando, Florida, and include skills competitions and a flag football game, replacing a game between the NFC and AFC that had b become practically unwatchable.

Ravens fans return kind gesture, donate thousands to Dalton Kincaid charity after crucial drop in Bills’ loss

28 January 2025 at 13:45

Buffalo Bills fans rallied around Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews after his critical drop during the AFC divisional round ended the team’s hopes of reaching the Super Bowl. Now Baltimore fans are returning that support. 

Last week, a GoFundMe campaign was created to support Andrews’ charity, Breakthrough T1D, which is aimed at supporting children with diabetes. The campaign raised over $140,000 through more than 4,000 donations.

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Bills fans donated to the cause and shared messages on the campaign voicing their support for Andrews. 

"Donated from Bills Mafia, we’ve been there. Keep your head up, you’re an amazing player and you caught so many to get your team to get close in this game. Move on and continue to do all your good works," one message of support read. 

But after the Bills’ loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game, Buffalo tight end Dalton Kincaid found himself in a similar situation.

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On fourth down with the Bills trailing by three late in the fourth quarter, Josh Allen, who was under pressure by the Chiefs defense, threw a pass into the air. Kincaid was right there, but the pass fell through his hands, effectively ending Buffalo’s playoff run. 

Likely facing similar criticism, Ravens fans saw the opportunity to return the favor. 

"As many of you know, Bills TE Dalton Kincaid made a phenomenal attempt to catch Josh Allens last pass of the season but couldn't haul it in, upsetting a lot of Bills fans," a GoFundMe campaign created this week read.  

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"We want Ravens flock to donate to Summit Center for autism, the charity Dalton works with and try and return the favor Bills mafia did for us and Mark Andrews. Let's raise what we can, please repost!"

As of Tuesday, more than 400 donations have been made totaling over $13,000. 

Kincaid has supported the Summit Center before through the NFL’s "My Cause My Cleats" initiative this past season. 

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Josh Allen crushed after losing to Chiefs again in playoffs: 'To be the champs, you got to beat the champs'

27 January 2025 at 05:26

The Kansas City Chiefs once again saw confetti falling in their favor in a crucial game, as they won the AFC Championship for the third straight season to give themselves a chance at Super Bowl history in New Orleans next month. 

On the other sideline, the Buffalo Bills were gutted when they saw Samaje Perine run for the first down necessary to seal the 32-29 victory. 

After the game, quarterback Josh Allen let his feelings out when asked about his emotions following yet another loss to the Chiefs in the postseason.

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"It’s just not fun," he said after letting out a sigh. "But to be the champs, you got to beat the champs, and we didn’t do it tonight."

Allen is now 0-4 against the Chiefs in the postseason, so the regular season victory over Kansas City at the Bills' Highmark Stadium does not matter in the end for this squad or its quarterback. 

However, the ball was in Allen’s hands to change that winless streak late in the fourth quarter. However, with the two-minute warning and fourth-and-5 on the scoreboard, the Chiefs dialed up the perfect pressure, and Allen launched a prayer downfield to tight end Dalton Kincaid. 

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It hit his arms but went incomplete. Then, with the Bills down three points, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs knew a couple of first downs equaled another Super Bowl trip. 

"They gave a good look," Allen said when asked what he saw before that fourth-down snap. "Didn’t see anything in my first cadence. They were sliding left, the corner came…yeah."

There was not much else Allen could say just minutes after falling just short again at the Bills’ first trip to the Super Bowl since 1993. However, Mahomes was classy after the game, giving kudos to Allen during his speech while hoisting the AFC title trophy. 

"I have so much respect for Josh, man," he said to CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz. "He’s a true competitor, a true warrior, a great football player. They always come down to the wire. Luckily, we were on the winning side this time. I’m excited to get down to New Orleans. Let’s go make history."

The Bills wanted to be looking at one more game to hopefully give the franchise its first-ever Super Bowl – they infamously lost four straight from 1990-93 – but they will have to go back to the drawing board with the offseason starting to see if they can change that in 2025. 

Allen could be getting a massive personal accolade, as he is an MVP finalist and expected to be a frontrunner alongside Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson for their work during the 2024 campaign. 

However, Allen will say he does not care about individual achievements right now. His Bills lost, again at the hands of the Chiefs, and they will have months to stew over it before a new season begins.

"You can either get it done, or you can’t. We didn’t get it done," Allen said.

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