‘Kansas City’s rushing total was the highest the Bills have allowed this season. Only twice during the regular season did the Bills give up more than 200 yards rushing – they allowed 217 in a loss to Arizona in November – and their run defense has given up an average of 156.5 yards in their two playoff games. The Bills ranked 17th in the regular season against the run, allowing 119.6 yards per game.’
Archives for January 22, 2021
X’s and O’s: Tyrann Mathieu is Kansas City X-factor against Josh Allen
‘“He brings a lot of energy and juice to their team,” said Bills coach Sean McDermott. “He does a great job disguising, playing multiple positions. He seems extremely smart. He’s a big factor in Spags’ defense and probably one of the top players in the league.”’
Brandon Beane named NFL Executive of the Year
‘Beane is the first Bills GM to win the honor from the Sporting News since Bill Polian in 1991. Polian also won it for the Bills in 1988.’
Bills’ injury report: Cole Beasley returns to limited status for practice
‘Beasley was not on the injury report Wednesday. He had been on the practice report last week but did not have an injury designation leading into the AFC divisional round game against the Baltimore Ravens.’
How will Bills fare in AFC championship game against Chiefs?
‘The Bills have two challenges on defense: how the red-zone defense will limit the Chiefs’ mobile offense, and how its defense can limit Kansas City’s run game. The Bills will make this game competitive. Chiefs, 32-27.’
View from Vegas: Trends pointing toward Bills over Chiefs
‘Prediction: Bills over Chiefs by 4.’
Kansas City, here they come: Bills Mafia rolls into Chiefs country
‘They’ll encounter a different set of Covid-19 regulations than they faced for the two playoff games held in Orchard Park earlier this month. The Chiefs are letting in more than twice as many fans as the Bills were allowed at their home games, and the team isn’t requiring a pregame test for the virus. But the most notable change is sure to resonate with Bills fans: tailgating is allowed outside Arrowhead Stadium.’
Inside the Bills: How 2017 win in Kansas City set the franchise on the right path
‘”There was no negativity in that locker room or anything like that. We just felt like we had to go get a win. And looking back, I think that was the game that changed our season.”’
Milt’s Memories: Championship game in Buffalo in 1991 was worth the wait
‘None of us could believe what we were seeing when the Bills’ no-huddle offense traveled 75 yards in nine plays – taking only 3 1/2 minutes after the opening kickoff – for a 7-0 lead. Nobody expected that coordinator Dave Adolph’s Raiders defense would be so unprepared for the rapid-fire attack that it needed a timeout after the Bills had reached the Raiders’ 20 in only five plays on gains of 12, 14, 15, five and nine yards.’
Mike Harrington: Sabres’ Jason Pominville knows the feeling of Taron Johnson’s big Bills moment
‘”But yeah, I can see them having the expectations skyrocket next year, especially if they’re able to make a couple more acquisitions. It could be awesome to have fans back. It should be a fun time to be a Bills fan.”‘
Nantz in ‘awe’ of Bills Mafia, expects team to be in upper echelon of AFC for a long time
‘“I’m in awe of them,” Nantz said. “I’m disappointed … that we didn’t have a game there this year. I’m sure that we will more than make up for it in the years ahead, because Buffalo is going to be a powerhouse with number 17 (quarterback Josh Allen) and Sean (coach McDermott) on the sideline. … This team is going to be a part of the story at the upper echelons of the AFC for a long time.”’
Erik Brady: Former Chiefs kicker Connor Barth rooting for Bills, like always
‘Take this Sunday: Barth was once a placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, and yet will root hard for the Bills to beat his former team in the AFC championship game.’
Josh Allen: Buffalo Bills aren’t changing who they are when they meet Chiefs
‘“The pressure is that to win the game you’ve got to score more than them and that’s exactly what it is,” he said. “They do such a good job of moving the ball and scoring, and it could be two plays over the top or it could be a 15-play drive where Patrick is just finding his outlets and using their RPOs. Their sights are the same as ours, one team is going to win and one team is going to go home, so we have to do everything in our power to make sure we’re the team surviving.”’
Bills general manager Brandon Beane named NFL executive of the year
‘This was a team in almost nonstop disarray for 17 years before the tandem from Carolina took over the operation, and their handiwork has produced three playoff seasons in their four years on the job, topped by the 2020 team that ended Buffalo’s 25-year AFC East drought and has advanced to the title game for the first time in 27 years.’
Bills’ Josh Allen details lesson from loss to Chiefs in October, why Stefon Diggs is a problem
‘“(It came down to) Just not being as accurate with the ball as I should have been,” Allen said after the game. “Making the right reads, making the right throws, and we turned it on a little too late there, obviously. Sixteen, 17 points is not going to cut it in this league.”’