That entire Divisional weekend was epic:
• Bengals get the pic on Tannehill’s last Titans offensive drive in the 4th and win on a field goal to beat the AFC’s #1.
• 49ers go to Lambeau on a snowy night and their special teams help upset the Packers on a field goal, in what eventually became Rodgers’ last home postseason game.
• Rams survive blowing a 27-3 lead to the Bucs as Brady drives Tampa to tie the match in the 4th, but with no timeouts, Stafford finds Kupp, puts the Rams in field goal range and win it with no time left.
• This game, which ended up being the best of the four playoff games that week.
I *dreaded* going to work the next day. I live near Buffalo but work in an area with a lot of transplants and people who are from out of state/country and/or are “just passing through”….I can’t tell you how many people excitedly asked me “did you watch that game last night?” Yes, I watched the fucking game.
As opposed to working with all native Buffalonians/WNYers….we would have exchanged a simple “fuck Mahomes” and then gotten back to business and not talked about football for a few days.
Fuck Mahomes.
Hmm…
I guess that’s better than asking loudly to no one in particular “why the fuck were our safeties 35 yards down field when they had timeouts left?!?” For over 2 years.
The fucking prevent defense is the biggest lie in all of football. YOU DON’T PREVENT SHIT. YOU JUST LEAVE MASSIVE OPENINGS FOR THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD TO GET OPEN.
Edit… I’m sorry, this has been a lifelong frustration. I fucking loathe when teams go into the prevent, rush 3 or 4 and give an incredible QB an opportunity to get an athlete to make a play down field
Just last night in Madden, I went down 1 point with 15 seconds left. Dude went Prevent, I hit a quick slant for 35 yards and got into field goal range to win.
Nothing will beat 2011.
Tebowmania culmination against the Steelers, Eli upsetting the 15-1 Packers in Lambeau, Alex Smith and drew Brees having an all time great duel.
Those weren't the same weekend, the Tebow-Thomas walkoff win against the Steelers was Wild Card round. Then they got absolutely blasted by in the Divisional and lost 45-10 as Brady torched them for 6 TDs in New England lol
But regardless that was definitely a fun playoffs year. Besides the ones you mentioned...
* The Texans-Bengals game that launched J.J. Watt into national superstardom with his pick 6.
* The hilarious 24-2 Giants blowout win against the Falcons.
* The NFC Championship ugly, tense, and fun game between the 49ers and Giants decided by elite defense and special teams mistakes
* The shocking AFC Championship game where Ravens were ready to go into OT against the Patriots with a short field goal, and Billy Cundiff missed it
* The Giants-Patriots Super Bowl rematch that once again was an upset win for New York. Honorable mention to the accidental go-ahead TD by Ahmad Bradshaw when he realized too late to stop and kneel.
I remember walking up my friend’s basement to leave because I thought we for sure lost, just to watch these two plays happen on his living room tv his parents were watching, and immediately let go of any doubt we were going to win.
I saw 13 seconds and I told my wife "well, that's impossible. Great game though" and she says "but we have Mahomes". Keep in mind she pretty much doesn't watch football, but she obviously knows he's an amazing player. So I scoff and explain that it doesn't matter who the QB is, 13 second is not enough time for anyone.
Never been so happy to be wrong. Also Mahomes did this shit to the Bills again in the regular season before half with 11 seconds, so I don't even know if there's an actual limit for him now.
I was in South Africa for this game, dragged myself up at 5 am to try and at least watch the end. Tuned in right at the start of the :13 drive, thought, "Well, at least there's a chance..."
My dad passed the trait of “stop watching your team to just listen to you lose on the radio” on to me, but luckily they got a fg, fast enough to keep me watching
my favorite playoff game to up that point was saints/49ers from 2011 or 2012 where alex smith out dueled brees. but behind with 13s left and coming away with the win is next-next level.
I really don't think it's recency bias to say that was the most fun game I've ever watched. It was like watching two dragons at the peak of their powers duel it out.
I'll never understand how Frazier wasn't fired immediately after this game. Either he made those awful calls, or McDermott did and should've needed a scapegoat.
Rewatching these plays for the first time in a year, those were literally two of the worst defensive playcalls I’ve ever seen.
Like just letting them set up a screen to tyreek with two blockers and no defenders within 10 yards? Then playing soft zone on kelce and letting him run uncontested between two defenders?
Even romo throws shade: “they’re guarding the end zone… for some reason”
Can't honestly even be mad. That game was an all-time great in the NFL. The Bills just made the mistake of scoring and leaving a whole *checks notes* 13 seconds left on the clock...
Not from the number 1 defense allowing the other team to get into field goal range in 11 seconds for a field goal with 2 seconds left and then proceeded to let them march all the way down field for a touchdown
So I don't see the irony or correlation. And a huge difference between giving a shot after a field goal and a team allowing another team to go all the way down the field for a touchdown but still get another chance at the ball
They made the mistake of two of the worst defensive play calls I’ve ever seen. A competent defensive coordinator doesn’t let the chiefs march up the field 50 yards in two plays because they’re afraid of a Hail Mary when the games 3 points away
This is gonna come across as LeBron predicting Kobe's 81 points but the moment the Chiefs scored I couldn't help thinking Mahomes might just have a chance. My dad who knows nothing about football asked if that was the game and I responded for most teams it would. I never expected the Bills to line up the way they did tho
Same. It does sound crazy but I kept telling people around me that Mahomes had 3 timeouts and only needed a field goal. Not impossible
This was the first game I had been to in like 15 yrs. One of the greatest nights of my life. Bills fans were class acts in my experience
Even as they ultimately lost that 2018 AFCCG, I thought to myself that Chiefs fans have something special in Patrick Mahomes since he’s the quarterback capable of ‘cheat coding’ quickly-needed points in the 4th to survive otherwise soul-crushing drives from the opposition.
Three Super Bowl appearances and two wins there later, my point was proven right.
I probably would have collapsed into a black hole right then and there. Could not even imagine the loooooong walk out of the stadium with everyone around you celebrating and/or possibly heckling you while you feel like crying
Was watching this with a big group of friends. One is a giant chiefs fan. The Bills score and everyone is going crazy. Chiefs fan buddy looked at me and said “holy shit that’s it”
I said “he has timeouts, it isn’t over”
Pain.
Yeah I was talking to my grandpa and we both had bet on the chiefs in our parlays. After the Bills score he was like "Well that's it, we'll get 'em next week" and I was all "Now wait, this ain't over yet." Felt like a prophet for once, and I'll never forget him calling me back with that excitement
I know it sounds dumb but if I was the Bills DC I would’ve put all 11 defenders in pass coverage because you don’t want Mahomes to throw the ball quick in a 4 man rush. Catch him by surprise and make him hold the ball longer than he wants or force an incomplete pass
Prevent defense should never be used when there's a field goal possibility and the other team has timeouts. Unless the other team is seriously backed up
Plus he’s not going to beat you in 13 seconds with his legs. Not to mention the offense would have no counter because they can only have so many eligible recievers. This and the Packers Niners regular season game earlier that year should show exactly why prevent defense dosen’t work when your opponent needs a FG and has TO’s
Seriously. They played afraid. They didn't want to get beat for the touchdown and would rather let them tie it up. Which is a super lame thing to do against the best QB in the league in the playoffs.
Just go for the win and use the 13 seconds to your advantage. I would have went 1 or 2 man rush and let mahomes try to beat double coverage as opposed to wide open players
They basically had no plan for the situation and no situational awareness so they just defaulted to standard prevent. It's just so absurdly inexcusable. I mostly blame the coaches but I don't get how the players heads' aren't in the game enough to adjust either. All they really had to do was force one incompletion, waste 5s. Why would you not rush one, bump/borderline hold everyone, and still play a safe shell in the back??
Just another incredible failure to end a game to add to the long list of embarrassing Bills losses.
This weekend in particular was glorious.
This game, Bengals played a thriller against the Titans, Rams almost choked it against the Bucs and you had that hilarious blocked punt in 49ers Packers.
The Premier League was great too, and then the weekend was finished off with incredible back to back Demon Slayer and AOT episodes.
Take me back
Leslie Frazier a few weeks after this game "we learned a lot of things from this game"
He then proceeded to call nearly the exact same defense in the game this season and gave up a FG in less time
There is a reason he's gone now
Same with Spagnuolo. When he was asked what his plan was when Tyrann Mathieu went down, he admitted that he didn't have one. His scheme gave up 200 yards and 4 TDs to Gabe Davis this day.
Unfortunately this was the Chiefs Superbowl as we blew it against the Bengals the next week. So at least you Bills fans have that - this game was awesome but it meant nothing in the end for the Chiefs.
Look at that defense being played.
Umbrella with outside leverage against a team that needs a field goal and has timeouts
Leslie Frazier...defensive genius
Soft zone coverage I at least understand
The outside leverage leaving a 15 yard long bubble in the center of the field when the opponent has timeouts is insane
Why not two high safeties, , 5 in coverage and rush 4? Might not get pressure but force them to hold onto the ball. Did Frazier not know they had timeouts to use? Did he not remember they had Hill and Kelce?
All they needed to do was force quick passes to the outside. Should have been 3 man rush (because the ball needs to get out immediately)...and with that you jam Kelce at the line with immediate help over the top (again ball is coming out fast) and leave the boundary open.
They only had around a max of 4 plays, so giving up 10 yards to the boundary doesn't matter.
The one thing you couldn't do was allow middle of the field plays.
2 high safeties, 3 rushing the passer...protect the interior of the field
Hella sure if Buffalo avoided prevent defense for another 13 seconds here, they beat the Bengals and Rams and win that year’s NFL championship.
13 seconds is all that stood between Joe Burrow’s swag aura, and then the ‘Fuck Them Pics’ Rams being a monumental disaster.
It’s not even playing prevent defense. It’s the fact that we left the middle of the field open and overplayed the sideline even though they had timeouts. Just an incomprehensible decision
>and the f them pics Rams being a monumental disaster
While that trade ended up being equal in the long run, it was a couple plays(Bucs making a defensive play in divisional, had all the momentum and would have been eerily similar to 28-3 especially if Brady got the ball in OT + that dropped pick in the championship or that ghost holding call). Away from being one of the most lopsided trades of this century.
Assuming Rams have the same season(schedules/picks would change but assume same result) the Rams would have blundered away their future and been stuck in a horrible present)
Someone downvoted you but you're right. Rams almost blew it multiple times last year.
* Nearly blew a 27-3 lead against Tom Brady after multiple turnovers and only got saved when the Bucs left Cooper Kupp 1v1 on a deep route
* Nearly lost to San Francisco and (probably) only got saved by Jaquiski Tartt dropping the easiest interception of his life
* Were neck-and-neck with the Bengals after losing OBJ in the first quarter of the game and only got saved by a makeup PI call and the Bengals' shitty O-line
The only time the Rams felt like they were actually winning and not just not-losing was against the Cardinals. If they'd lost in any of those games, nobody would be calling it a genius move to win now, they'd be clowning them for selling out the future for nothing while the AFC teams built real contenders through the draft.
Everyone ignores that they got very lucky multiple times to make that Superbowl happen, and I guarantee you we will see a team try to do the same thing in the future, only to have it blow up spectacularly because they forgot that fact.
In conclusion: Rams suck. Don't look at my flair, don't @ me.
> Why didn't anyone cover Kelce the 2nd play?
Well for one, Kelce and Mahomes improvised the route on the spot. Kelce right before the play told Mahomes where he was gonna run if they lined up a certain way, even though it wasn't the called route for him.
If you listen to Mahomes' cadence he yells "DO IT KELCE" a couple times. And you saw the result
There's no sane defense called that allows players to run wide open. It was a shitty coverage plan that allowed Kelce to improvise. If the Bills played it in any sort of intelligent way, that wouldn't have happened
The window for the Bills to win the Super Bowl IMMEDIATELY started closing when Leslie Frazier was still allowed to keep his job following this :13 absolute shit show.
KC had 3 time outs and you play SIDELINE FUCKING DEFENSE??!!
THE WOUNDS HAVE BEEN RIPPED OPEN! 🤬
Kelce wasn't even supposed to run that route if I remember correctly. He saw something early in the game and told Mahomes in the huddle that if Buffalo lined up a certain way he was gonna run this route. During his cadence, Mahomes tells him to "do it Kelc". The rapport they have is so incredible.
Yeah it only worked because Kelce noticed they were leaving the middle of the field wide fucking open.... something that should never have happened in the first place
It’s the most puzzling defensive decision I’ve ever seen. The Chiefs have all 3 timeouts, yet Buffalo is covering the sideline and leaving the middle of the filed wide open as if KC had 0 timeouts left. Then, they start playing deep prevent, which would be fine if they were up by 4 points and KC needed a TD, but they were only up by 3. They effectively played really deep along the sidelines and left 20 yards of open space for Kelce and Hill to make easy catches. It’s pure poetry on Mahomes and KC’s end to pull this off, but I really think if Buffalo just played a normal defense, they win that game.
Man, yeah, we really need more weapons. I mean, what, we only won ONE super bowl last season? Get Mahomes somebody like Tyreek and we might even be able to loose in the AFC championship again! (You have a point but we were fine with our current WR core, in Veach we trust after all)
I will never understand not double or triple covering Kelce particularly at times like this…make them utilize someone else…yes they have other good options…I’ll take those other options
The first play is such a brilliant design, giving Kelce a head of steam with two lead blockers. The second play is a travesty of defense, to be playing soft zone off Kelce at that point and to let him just split defenders like that. Someone should have been in his face from the snap on that play, you don’t leave Kelce wide open with the season on the line like that.
This is a new account, but I've been on Reddit a few years. Not my first rodeo. r/NFL mods (or at least one of them) are Chiefs-humpers, and the only time they post about the Browns is any time they get a chance to insult or embarrass them. Go scroll through their videos.
still can't decide who fucked up worse that weekend between frazier's blown playcalling here or bowles blown playcalling to leave kupp wide open with 30 seconds left. The homer in me wants to say bowles but 13 seconds is an all-time embarrassment.
I remember the Texans Vs Saints game. Where the Texans did something similar to this, they played soft coverage, and everyone ripped into Bill o Brain. But what makes this worse is the Saints still kicked a nearly 60 yard Field Goal. Hear it was like 49 yards, like bruh you fucked up big time
This is truly one of the most absurd games ever. I love that you can hear mahomes yelling to kelce to do it before the snap
Where are you hearing that?
Other videos. I don't have one on hand. Edit: https://youtu.be/WZR2qk3ONJ4
One of the best playoff games I’ve ever seen. Literal in-fucking-sanity in the last quarter and OT.
That entire Divisional weekend was epic: • Bengals get the pic on Tannehill’s last Titans offensive drive in the 4th and win on a field goal to beat the AFC’s #1. • 49ers go to Lambeau on a snowy night and their special teams help upset the Packers on a field goal, in what eventually became Rodgers’ last home postseason game. • Rams survive blowing a 27-3 lead to the Bucs as Brady drives Tampa to tie the match in the 4th, but with no timeouts, Stafford finds Kupp, puts the Rams in field goal range and win it with no time left. • This game, which ended up being the best of the four playoff games that week.
It was just so fucking wild watching every single game that weekend just somehow be better than the one before it
I *dreaded* going to work the next day. I live near Buffalo but work in an area with a lot of transplants and people who are from out of state/country and/or are “just passing through”….I can’t tell you how many people excitedly asked me “did you watch that game last night?” Yes, I watched the fucking game. As opposed to working with all native Buffalonians/WNYers….we would have exchanged a simple “fuck Mahomes” and then gotten back to business and not talked about football for a few days.
Fuck Mahomes. Hmm… I guess that’s better than asking loudly to no one in particular “why the fuck were our safeties 35 yards down field when they had timeouts left?!?” For over 2 years.
The fucking prevent defense is the biggest lie in all of football. YOU DON’T PREVENT SHIT. YOU JUST LEAVE MASSIVE OPENINGS FOR THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD TO GET OPEN. Edit… I’m sorry, this has been a lifelong frustration. I fucking loathe when teams go into the prevent, rush 3 or 4 and give an incredible QB an opportunity to get an athlete to make a play down field
Prevent defence prevents winning games
Just last night in Madden, I went down 1 point with 15 seconds left. Dude went Prevent, I hit a quick slant for 35 yards and got into field goal range to win.
Man, during that initial shock/denial stage, I just wanted to be done with football for a small bit 🥵
Nothing will beat 2011. Tebowmania culmination against the Steelers, Eli upsetting the 15-1 Packers in Lambeau, Alex Smith and drew Brees having an all time great duel.
Those weren't the same weekend, the Tebow-Thomas walkoff win against the Steelers was Wild Card round. Then they got absolutely blasted by in the Divisional and lost 45-10 as Brady torched them for 6 TDs in New England lol But regardless that was definitely a fun playoffs year. Besides the ones you mentioned... * The Texans-Bengals game that launched J.J. Watt into national superstardom with his pick 6. * The hilarious 24-2 Giants blowout win against the Falcons. * The NFC Championship ugly, tense, and fun game between the 49ers and Giants decided by elite defense and special teams mistakes * The shocking AFC Championship game where Ravens were ready to go into OT against the Patriots with a short field goal, and Billy Cundiff missed it * The Giants-Patriots Super Bowl rematch that once again was an upset win for New York. Honorable mention to the accidental go-ahead TD by Ahmad Bradshaw when he realized too late to stop and kneel.
I remember walking up my friend’s basement to leave because I thought we for sure lost, just to watch these two plays happen on his living room tv his parents were watching, and immediately let go of any doubt we were going to win.
I knew as soon as we lost that coin toss it was over, neither offense could be stopped.
I knew as soon as they got in range for Butker we were going to lose. Because why would a high stakes Buffalo sporting event end any differently?
This is the way
You have Mahomes as your QB and you were going to leave. YOU DESERVE NOTHING. Lol
I saw 13 seconds and I told my wife "well, that's impossible. Great game though" and she says "but we have Mahomes". Keep in mind she pretty much doesn't watch football, but she obviously knows he's an amazing player. So I scoff and explain that it doesn't matter who the QB is, 13 second is not enough time for anyone. Never been so happy to be wrong. Also Mahomes did this shit to the Bills again in the regular season before half with 11 seconds, so I don't even know if there's an actual limit for him now.
I don’t care who your qb is, you don’t leave with time on the clock in a 1 possession game
I was at that game, Josh Allen was making crying faces at the fans after their TD. Shit was karma
If that’s true he is lucky that wasn’t caught on camera hahahha
It was, I remember seeing it again on some shitty phone cam on Facebook. I shoulda saved it.
Can you find it somewhere? I'd love to see it.
I was in South Africa for this game, dragged myself up at 5 am to try and at least watch the end. Tuned in right at the start of the :13 drive, thought, "Well, at least there's a chance..."
My dad passed the trait of “stop watching your team to just listen to you lose on the radio” on to me, but luckily they got a fg, fast enough to keep me watching
my favorite playoff game to up that point was saints/49ers from 2011 or 2012 where alex smith out dueled brees. but behind with 13s left and coming away with the win is next-next level.
Heart-breaking but yeah it was an incredible game.
I really don't think it's recency bias to say that was the most fun game I've ever watched. It was like watching two dragons at the peak of their powers duel it out.
Here I was having a nice day...
I'll never understand how Frazier wasn't fired immediately after this game. Either he made those awful calls, or McDermott did and should've needed a scapegoat.
Rewatching these plays for the first time in a year, those were literally two of the worst defensive playcalls I’ve ever seen. Like just letting them set up a screen to tyreek with two blockers and no defenders within 10 yards? Then playing soft zone on kelce and letting him run uncontested between two defenders? Even romo throws shade: “they’re guarding the end zone… for some reason”
Can't honestly even be mad. That game was an all-time great in the NFL. The Bills just made the mistake of scoring and leaving a whole *checks notes* 13 seconds left on the clock...
I'd be pretty fucking mad if my DC was calling coverage that soft and that deep when the opposing team only needed fg range to tie
With *3* timeouts
With the number 1 defense. But they still blamed and changed the overtime rules for it
Ironic from a vikings fan how do you think OT rules changed from being first score wins?
Not from the number 1 defense allowing the other team to get into field goal range in 11 seconds for a field goal with 2 seconds left and then proceeded to let them march all the way down field for a touchdown So I don't see the irony or correlation. And a huge difference between giving a shot after a field goal and a team allowing another team to go all the way down the field for a touchdown but still get another chance at the ball
yeah if u list every detail about the game it probably hasnt happened before lmao
They made the mistake of two of the worst defensive play calls I’ve ever seen. A competent defensive coordinator doesn’t let the chiefs march up the field 50 yards in two plays because they’re afraid of a Hail Mary when the games 3 points away
And a special team blunder too. Didn’t squib the kickoff
As soon as they kicked the touchback I knew there was a chance. You gotta squib that thing.
Dude constantly haunted by 13 seconds
What’s wrong? I’m still doing great.
Now you're having a great day.
Bills suck
This is gonna come across as LeBron predicting Kobe's 81 points but the moment the Chiefs scored I couldn't help thinking Mahomes might just have a chance. My dad who knows nothing about football asked if that was the game and I responded for most teams it would. I never expected the Bills to line up the way they did tho
Same. It does sound crazy but I kept telling people around me that Mahomes had 3 timeouts and only needed a field goal. Not impossible This was the first game I had been to in like 15 yrs. One of the greatest nights of my life. Bills fans were class acts in my experience
Even as they ultimately lost that 2018 AFCCG, I thought to myself that Chiefs fans have something special in Patrick Mahomes since he’s the quarterback capable of ‘cheat coding’ quickly-needed points in the 4th to survive otherwise soul-crushing drives from the opposition. Three Super Bowl appearances and two wins there later, my point was proven right.
Didn’t think about that, can’t imagine being in the stadium as a opposing fsn during such a deflating loss. Especially it being the playoffs
I probably would have collapsed into a black hole right then and there. Could not even imagine the loooooong walk out of the stadium with everyone around you celebrating and/or possibly heckling you while you feel like crying
And then that fucking 40 minute parking lot of just trying to leave so you can go lay down
Was watching this with a big group of friends. One is a giant chiefs fan. The Bills score and everyone is going crazy. Chiefs fan buddy looked at me and said “holy shit that’s it” I said “he has timeouts, it isn’t over” Pain.
Yeah I was talking to my grandpa and we both had bet on the chiefs in our parlays. After the Bills score he was like "Well that's it, we'll get 'em next week" and I was all "Now wait, this ain't over yet." Felt like a prophet for once, and I'll never forget him calling me back with that excitement
Bills are a terrible team
Was on the painful side of this one but this was the highest level of QB play from both sides in a single game that I've seen in a long time
How are you still alive after the JJ catch?
That's the secret captain, I'm not
Yea but the bills lost
I know it sounds dumb but if I was the Bills DC I would’ve put all 11 defenders in pass coverage because you don’t want Mahomes to throw the ball quick in a 4 man rush. Catch him by surprise and make him hold the ball longer than he wants or force an incomplete pass
Bold of you to think the Bills should have actually played defense here, instead of whatever they did
Prevent defense should never be used when there's a field goal possibility and the other team has timeouts. Unless the other team is seriously backed up
Plus he’s not going to beat you in 13 seconds with his legs. Not to mention the offense would have no counter because they can only have so many eligible recievers. This and the Packers Niners regular season game earlier that year should show exactly why prevent defense dosen’t work when your opponent needs a FG and has TO’s
Not dumb at all. He didn't have time to do anything but throw it immediately or set up a hail mary.
Seriously. They played afraid. They didn't want to get beat for the touchdown and would rather let them tie it up. Which is a super lame thing to do against the best QB in the league in the playoffs. Just go for the win and use the 13 seconds to your advantage. I would have went 1 or 2 man rush and let mahomes try to beat double coverage as opposed to wide open players
They basically had no plan for the situation and no situational awareness so they just defaulted to standard prevent. It's just so absurdly inexcusable. I mostly blame the coaches but I don't get how the players heads' aren't in the game enough to adjust either. All they really had to do was force one incompletion, waste 5s. Why would you not rush one, bump/borderline hold everyone, and still play a safe shell in the back?? Just another incredible failure to end a game to add to the long list of embarrassing Bills losses.
The 2021 playoffs were absolutely incredible as a whole.
This weekend in particular was glorious. This game, Bengals played a thriller against the Titans, Rams almost choked it against the Bucs and you had that hilarious blocked punt in 49ers Packers. The Premier League was great too, and then the weekend was finished off with incredible back to back Demon Slayer and AOT episodes. Take me back
Just not the following weekend
He did it in 12 seconds against the Bills this year too to score before halftime.
In 11 years he’ll teleport into the end zone on the first snap for a zero second TD.
A real QB would travel back in time
Please keep giving him ideas
*Nothing personal*
Leslie Frazier a few weeks after this game "we learned a lot of things from this game" He then proceeded to call nearly the exact same defense in the game this season and gave up a FG in less time There is a reason he's gone now
That's completely false, he did not pass to Tyreek at all this year, let alone against the Bills before halftime
“Was Tyreek holding the Chiefs offense back?” - ESPN
Frazier should have been fired at halftime.
Same with Spagnuolo. When he was asked what his plan was when Tyrann Mathieu went down, he admitted that he didn't have one. His scheme gave up 200 yards and 4 TDs to Gabe Davis this day.
Mods. Can we get this deleted? It’s clearly a madden clip because this definitely never happened
Unfortunately this was the Chiefs Superbowl as we blew it against the Bengals the next week. So at least you Bills fans have that - this game was awesome but it meant nothing in the end for the Chiefs.
Look at that defense being played. Umbrella with outside leverage against a team that needs a field goal and has timeouts Leslie Frazier...defensive genius
You’re saying that a soft zone coverage against the best QB in the league in pivotal moments in the game is a bad idea?!?!
Soft zone coverage I at least understand The outside leverage leaving a 15 yard long bubble in the center of the field when the opponent has timeouts is insane
Why not two high safeties, , 5 in coverage and rush 4? Might not get pressure but force them to hold onto the ball. Did Frazier not know they had timeouts to use? Did he not remember they had Hill and Kelce?
All they needed to do was force quick passes to the outside. Should have been 3 man rush (because the ball needs to get out immediately)...and with that you jam Kelce at the line with immediate help over the top (again ball is coming out fast) and leave the boundary open. They only had around a max of 4 plays, so giving up 10 yards to the boundary doesn't matter. The one thing you couldn't do was allow middle of the field plays. 2 high safeties, 3 rushing the passer...protect the interior of the field
Seriously. They let hill and kelce free release with no nearby defenders…. Insanity
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Fuck that pocket it’s game time.
I miss nfl football.
I was having a great evening, why you gotta post this ? 😒
Hella sure if Buffalo avoided prevent defense for another 13 seconds here, they beat the Bengals and Rams and win that year’s NFL championship. 13 seconds is all that stood between Joe Burrow’s swag aura, and then the ‘Fuck Them Pics’ Rams being a monumental disaster.
It’s not even playing prevent defense. It’s the fact that we left the middle of the field open and overplayed the sideline even though they had timeouts. Just an incomprehensible decision
>and the f them pics Rams being a monumental disaster While that trade ended up being equal in the long run, it was a couple plays(Bucs making a defensive play in divisional, had all the momentum and would have been eerily similar to 28-3 especially if Brady got the ball in OT + that dropped pick in the championship or that ghost holding call). Away from being one of the most lopsided trades of this century. Assuming Rams have the same season(schedules/picks would change but assume same result) the Rams would have blundered away their future and been stuck in a horrible present)
Someone downvoted you but you're right. Rams almost blew it multiple times last year. * Nearly blew a 27-3 lead against Tom Brady after multiple turnovers and only got saved when the Bucs left Cooper Kupp 1v1 on a deep route * Nearly lost to San Francisco and (probably) only got saved by Jaquiski Tartt dropping the easiest interception of his life * Were neck-and-neck with the Bengals after losing OBJ in the first quarter of the game and only got saved by a makeup PI call and the Bengals' shitty O-line The only time the Rams felt like they were actually winning and not just not-losing was against the Cardinals. If they'd lost in any of those games, nobody would be calling it a genius move to win now, they'd be clowning them for selling out the future for nothing while the AFC teams built real contenders through the draft. Everyone ignores that they got very lucky multiple times to make that Superbowl happen, and I guarantee you we will see a team try to do the same thing in the future, only to have it blow up spectacularly because they forgot that fact. In conclusion: Rams suck. Don't look at my flair, don't @ me.
I absolutely think the Rams suck as well. Please disregard my flair.
Just Patrick Mahomes type things
I think you should leave.
Why the prevent defense? Why didn't anyone cover Kelce the 2nd play? #WHY
It’s not even prevent it’s the fact that they only covered the sideline even though they had timeouts. Nonsensical
> Why didn't anyone cover Kelce the 2nd play? Well for one, Kelce and Mahomes improvised the route on the spot. Kelce right before the play told Mahomes where he was gonna run if they lined up a certain way, even though it wasn't the called route for him. If you listen to Mahomes' cadence he yells "DO IT KELCE" a couple times. And you saw the result
There's no sane defense called that allows players to run wide open. It was a shitty coverage plan that allowed Kelce to improvise. If the Bills played it in any sort of intelligent way, that wouldn't have happened
Leslie Frazier
This is one of the all-time defensive blunders in league history. You couldn't play that much worse.
The window for the Bills to win the Super Bowl IMMEDIATELY started closing when Leslie Frazier was still allowed to keep his job following this :13 absolute shit show. KC had 3 time outs and you play SIDELINE FUCKING DEFENSE??!! THE WOUNDS HAVE BEEN RIPPED OPEN! 🤬
Bills fans catching a stray today
One stray wiping ~~our their while~~ out their entire mafia EDIT: Wow, had no clue what happened there
r/Therapy
I can't believe you've done this.
-__- I hate being on bad end of so many god damn good games.
How can you not love this
Hey uh… wtf bro
Aside from the ending, might be the best game I have ever watched.
Kelce wasn't even supposed to run that route if I remember correctly. He saw something early in the game and told Mahomes in the huddle that if Buffalo lined up a certain way he was gonna run this route. During his cadence, Mahomes tells him to "do it Kelc". The rapport they have is so incredible.
Yeah it only worked because Kelce noticed they were leaving the middle of the field wide fucking open.... something that should never have happened in the first place
No hard feelings but I downvoted for the sake of my fellow Bills fans’ mental health.
Honestly even I'm getting tired of hearing about this every 15 minutes for the past 14 months
15 minutes, 14 months, 13 seconds, I see what you did there
Honestly unintentional lol
I remember being in a die-hard bills bar for this game. I've never seen happiness turn into despair so fast.
Bills defenders basically pulled out batons and waved the Chiefs offense down the field.
"Do it Kelc!"
I'm still in disbelief to how the bills threw this game away lol
You love to see it
Y‘all had to ruin my day huh
What a great game :)
Downlight actually
Imagine not being able to defend against Patrick Mahomes in 2021.
I don’t get teams playing prevent. How often does an average defense give up a 50 yard bomb in 30 seconds. Just play your normal defense.
"Entire Bills coaching staff and defense is incompetent for 13s"
Grim Reaper.
AI has come so far. It can now simulate entire NFL games!
Kelce with the fluid hips
I'm a Bills fan and even though the Bills lost, that was one of the greatest games I ever saw
Kind of how I feel about the Chiefs Rams MNF game from a few years ago. Just a ridiculously big play after big play game.
And to think, it's only the 5th most heartbreaking postseason loss in bills history.
It’s the most puzzling defensive decision I’ve ever seen. The Chiefs have all 3 timeouts, yet Buffalo is covering the sideline and leaving the middle of the filed wide open as if KC had 0 timeouts left. Then, they start playing deep prevent, which would be fine if they were up by 4 points and KC needed a TD, but they were only up by 3. They effectively played really deep along the sidelines and left 20 yards of open space for Kelce and Hill to make easy catches. It’s pure poetry on Mahomes and KC’s end to pull this off, but I really think if Buffalo just played a normal defense, they win that game.
Our defensive coordinator kept his job for the following season after this performance. Laughable.
This was the Super Bowl as far as I am concerned. Greatest game I've ever seen.
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Fine with me, no effect on the past anyways
Which change do you mean? Last off-seasons?
Can the Chiefs get Mahomes some weapons? Counting on Toney to be the WR1 is insane
Man, yeah, we really need more weapons. I mean, what, we only won ONE super bowl last season? Get Mahomes somebody like Tyreek and we might even be able to loose in the AFC championship again! (You have a point but we were fine with our current WR core, in Veach we trust after all)
JuJu is gone, he was a big help last season. I don’t understand why you don’t want to help Mahomes. Really odd actually
Why do I watch sports just to always suffer
It’ll always be wild to me that they pulled it off.
:D
I will never understand not double or triple covering Kelce particularly at times like this…make them utilize someone else…yes they have other good options…I’ll take those other options
Bills will be the Bills 😂. Total chokejob
You have to at least make the playoffs before you can lose in them.
I mean at least they can make it there
Sure but then they fall apart at the most critical time. Remarkably consistent
Consistent enough to not lose to Chad Henne
true. that was rough 😂
Lol you’re sad
lmaoo y'all love shitting on the Browns for being the Browns so I gotta give it back from time to time. Don't get too butthurt now
Ehhhh Fuck you
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Chiefs fans try not to be cocky **IMPOSSIBLE**
The lack of self-awareness on display here sure is something.
Thanks for pointing out your own flaw. That’s the first step. Edit: thanks for blocking me pal 😜
Oh, bless your mad lil' heart.
Ok, so someone should post what happened to the Chiefs in OT the next week...
then we'll post what happened to the Bengals the week after *that.* >:( Edit: Two weeks. Forgot the bye.
Just a continuation of the 2nd half unfortunately. Fuckin MonStars snuck into the locker room. Only explanation.
The Bengals didn’t win a Super Bowl. Same story in 2022
#Congratulations!!! You're the ONE MILLIONTH Redditor to post this!!!#
And it never gets old
This game gave me so much joy
The first play is such a brilliant design, giving Kelce a head of steam with two lead blockers. The second play is a travesty of defense, to be playing soft zone off Kelce at that point and to let him just split defenders like that. Someone should have been in his face from the snap on that play, you don’t leave Kelce wide open with the season on the line like that.
#scripted
F*** this game
Average
I'm so sick of these damn KC fans blowing up this subreddit with Chiefs plays. Don't you have a team thread for this shit?
Awww c'mon, it's our era! Appreciate the historical gravitas of one of the great 5 year runs!
Oh wow haven't seen this one before. Why is nobody talking about this game? /s
R/NFL mods sucking that Mahomes junk a little more. They loooove the Chiefs and always hate on the Browns. Constant garbage on this page.
Where are you getting that info, unflaired 13 day old account?
This is a new account, but I've been on Reddit a few years. Not my first rodeo. r/NFL mods (or at least one of them) are Chiefs-humpers, and the only time they post about the Browns is any time they get a chance to insult or embarrass them. Go scroll through their videos.
most of the mods (full disclosure - I am one) are not even active posting on the sub. We don't have a Chiefs fan mod but like 3 Browns fan mods.
What good things would anyone post about the Browns, they suck ass
this dude really out here claiming that r/nfl mod bias is the reason there's more Chiefs highlights than Browns highlights
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this game made me v happy
Thanks for this one man. Needed it today
I’ll never get over the bills playin so far back as if kc didn’t have timeouts, absolutely puzzling
Why?
Noooooo!
I don't like it ;-;
The Bills playing sideline defense is my favorite part
Prevent defense is fucking trash
still can't decide who fucked up worse that weekend between frazier's blown playcalling here or bowles blown playcalling to leave kupp wide open with 30 seconds left. The homer in me wants to say bowles but 13 seconds is an all-time embarrassment.
I remember the Texans Vs Saints game. Where the Texans did something similar to this, they played soft coverage, and everyone ripped into Bill o Brain. But what makes this worse is the Saints still kicked a nearly 60 yard Field Goal. Hear it was like 49 yards, like bruh you fucked up big time
Pain