IronyAbounds

The only saving grace in my mind is that I have compared this to 1989 when the Bills won the division in a fashion below expectations and then lost in the Divisional round after losing in the Conference finals in 1988, only to rip off 4 straight Super Bowl appearances. Maybe that means the Super Bowl next year, but at the moment I think the Bills just blew a great opportunity not only to make the Super Bowl but win it easily.

Yep, Dabol didn't cover himself in glory this game. And as bad as the Bills defense was, the Chiefs defense was pretty bad too. Coaching decisions, principally not squibbing it with 13 seconds left, were the biggest difference.

Sorry, you can't depend on the future. All it takes is a single injury to Allen and a season could be ruined. Even this year was a regression in the sense the Bills only made to the Divisional Round, not even the Conference Championship. Look at how consequential a single loss to the lowly Jags was, it cost the Bills home field tonight and likely Super Bowl shot. You have to grab your chances when you can, and the Bills have blown theirs two years in a row.

13 effing seconds and you give up 60 yards. Utter stupidity in coaching.

It's ALWAYS next year. To paraphrase a song from Annie, "Next year, Next year, it's always a year away."

What's even worse, the Bills went farther last year than this year. Just an epic comeback followed by an epic choke job. Coaching was absolute garbage the entire game.

Sigh

Kicking it out of the endzone gave the Chiefs the time they needed.

HORRIBLE COACHING DECISIONS!!!

Safeties blew that one.

I'm giving up on sports. It's too gut-wrenching.

Biggest difference between these two teams is KC's speed and its receiving corp

Someone will have to be open 15 yds downfield. Don't worry about an INT. Dabol has really screwed the pooch this game.

No more ultra safe calls Dabol.

bonehead special teams play signals end of season. Arrggggggggggggg!!!!!!

Gonna need some luck at this point. And much much better play calling

Jeez, absolutely. You can't be holding a guy's jersey in a wide open field and not expect it to be called.

Agree. Franchise history is important. Think about the NBA and the Celtics. The Celtics are still looked upon as a prime NBA team, yet they have a grand total of 1 championship in the last 36 years. Pisses me off every time I think about that. Anyhow, it isn't surprising the Cowboys with no championships in the last 25 years are still viewed as a top franchise.

31-24 And I'll further out on the limb and state without reservation that whichever team has the 31 will win the game.

It is Sunday night but it's CBS, almost certainly Nantz (whom I find annoying) and Rome (who was a Cowboy so instant dislike).

Once again Brady catches a break; the Bucs get an opponent that will have to play with short rest. I really don't like having a playoff game on Monday night. It puts the winner of that game at a guaranteed disadvantage.

When everyone was complaining about the lack of a running game I still believed the OL was the biggest problem, not Singletary. After all, you can't miss holes that aren't there. The guy has been rugged the last few games and gotten extra yards on just about every run. That in turn has helped Allen quite a bit. He could be the missing piece in a Super Bowl run.

I was at the last Buffalo - NE playoff game (although back then it was Boston, not NE), and the conditions were very close to those predicted for Saturday (I was a kid so it didn't really bother me). Let's hope the result is different Saturday then it was way back then.

The tiebreaker will never come into play with the Steelers. The Bills will end up 1/2 game ahead or 1/2 game behind because of Pittburgh's tie (unless of course the Bills tie one of their games down the stretch.

They are also a 66 yd fg from being 7-7 and could easily be 5-9.