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- Sunday’s AFC Divisional game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills is already being hailed as one of the greatest games in NFL history.
- The Chiefs ultimately won the game after scoring a touchdown on their first drive in overtime.
- Bills QB Josh Allen addressed the league’s much-maligned overtime rules following the loss.
While Sunday’s AFC Divisional game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills is being heralded as one of the greatest games in the history of the National Football League, many fans are disappointed with how the game ultimately ended.
As a result of the NFL’s overtime rules, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills never touched the ball during the extra period as Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs drove down the field to score a game-winning touchdown with their first possession. After a thrilling ending that saw Allen and Mahomes account for a combined 290 yards and four touchdowns in the final two minutes plus overtime, the actual ending of the game felt somewhat anticlimatic given the fact that Allen was unable to respond to the Chiefs’ drive.
Allen, to his credit, didn’t make excuses following the painful defeat, though.
“The rules are what they are and I can’t complain,” Allen told reporters following the Bills’ 42-36 loss to the Chiefs. “If it was the other way around we’d be celebrating. We didn’t make enough plays tonight.”
As a result of their thrilling victory over the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs will host Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship game on Sunday, January 30 at 3:05 p.m. . Over in the NFC, Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams will host their NFC West rival San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game on Sunday, January 30, at 6:40 p.m. EST.
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