The Buffalo Bills are still in championship purgatory, and one play in particular doomed them, because they ignored one primary schematic trait from Steve Spagnuolo
The Kansas City Chiefs' defense pulled off a strategic masterstroke to eliminate the Buffalo Bills from the playoffs.
Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo pulled out one of his best calls when his team needed it against the Bills.
The Buffalo Bills had their season come to an end Sunday night with a devastating loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game. Their final offensive play will be thought about by a lot by players and fans over the offseason, as the failed 4th-and-5 came so close to being converted on a desperate heave by Josh Allen.
The situation came on the other side of the two-minute warning on Sunday night. With Kansas City clinging to a 32-29 lead, Allen and the Bills faced a do-or-die 4th-and-5 situation on their own 47-yard line. With Buffalo holding all three of their timeouts, Sean McDermott left his offense on the field to try and convert fourth down.
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Steve Spagnuolo is considered one of the best defensive play-callers in league history and Philadelphia knows they are in for a fight.
It wasn’t always pretty for the Kansas City Chiefs’ defense in the AFC Championship, countering the Buffalo Bills’ dynamic offense that avoided turning the ball over. The 32-29 final was the result of an epic back-and-forth between arguably the two best quarterbacks in the NFL.
The Kansas City Chiefs are on the verge of history as they look to win their fourth Super Bowl in six seasons in Super Bowl LIX against the Philadelphia Eagles. They won Super Bowls in 2019, 2022 and 2023 while losing in the big game in 2020 against Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.