‘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.’
Archives for January 2021
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.”’
Bills’ Ken Dorsey named candidate for Lions offensive coordinator job
‘It’s no surprise that Dorsey finds himself in the mix for an offensive coordinator position. Dorsey played a role in developing quarterback Josh Allen into a legitimate MVP candidate this season. Had Brian Daboll left for a head coaching job, Dorsey was a popular in-house candidate for the job.’
1994 flashback: Buffalo Bills beat the Chiefs to reach 4th straight Super Bowl
‘While the Bills and their fans in Upstate New York hoped to make a fourth straight Super Bowl, much of the rest of the country hoped they would miss out on the big game.’
Bills have fan in Dunder Mifflin CFO David Wallace
‘Andy Buckley, also known as Dunder Mifflin CFO David Wallace from “The Office,” shared a video with the Bills Mafia on Thursday expressing his fandom of the Bills. Buckley, playing the role of Wallace in the video, also claims that he is doing everything in his power to reopen the Buffalo branch of Dunder Mifflin.’
Second chance: Allen, Bills looking for better results second time around vs Chiefs
‘“I think we’ve gotten a lot better since that game. You know, they can say the same thing, and it’s just two good teams that are going to go on out there and compete,” said Allen on Wednesday. “It’s going to be a four-quarter dogfight. We know that we understand that and we got to do everything in our power to put our best foot forward and not make dumb mistakes and put the ball where it needs to be.”’
Five former Buffalo Bills players have Erie County ties
‘Ed Abramoski does, even though he never played a down. The Erie native was the only athletic trainer Buffalo had over the franchise’s first 38 seasons.’
Simmons: Wide right never would have happened if Josh Allen was QB of the Buffalo Bills in 1991
‘Some people in Buffalo don’t want to hear that, not about how great and unstoppable Allen happens to be — they know that — but how ordinary the legendary Jim Kelly was in his four Super Bowl starts. In fairness to Kelly, the Hall of Fame quarterback who has come to symbolize the heart and soul of the city of Buffalo and its beloved football team, he was like the Bills themselves: He never had a great championship day.’