The Buffalo Bills run a very tight football operation in Orchard Park. The center of it is head coach Sean McDermott.
While not done in the grumpy Bill Belichick manner, who Buffalo visits next week in New England, McDermott will often dust off a similar idea as the Patriots’ bench boss.
One game at a time, only worrying about your next opponent, etc.
One Bills (11-3) player went a bit off script recently, though. The Going Deep Podcast via Barstool Sports had Buffalo linebacker AJ Klein on as a guest on Thursday, Klein looked much further ahead than Week 16’s Monday Night Football meeting vs. the Pats. Not even to the Bills’ season finale against the Miami Dolphins.
Klein discussed a game that, as things currently sit, would only occur in the AFC Championship. Bills vs. the Kansas City Chiefs.
According to Klein, guys in the locker room think about it as well. A possible trip to the Super Bowl isn’t a reason why. The biggest reason involves a bit of revenge.
Earlier this season, the Chiefs topped the Bills 26-17. Since then, Buffalo has only lost one other game, which was because of a prayer of a pass by Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray. Klein said he isn’t alone in wanting Round 2.
“I feel like when we go back to that game, I don’t even remember when that or what week that was… we didn’t play our best football. I thought we had a good game plan going in… limit (Patrick) Mahomes’ big-play ability over the top and make them run the ball on us,” Klein said. “They shifted and they attacked us and at the end of the day and we didn’t play well enough to win the game.”
“I look forward to and I’m pretty sure I can say a lot of us look forward to that possible rematch,” Klein added.
That’s quite the type of mention by the Bills defender that we don’t often get from this locker room. While some might view it as a bit of a jinx, it does has a refreshing side, too.
Clearly making the postseason and winning the AFC East isn’t that high of a bar for them. They want much more, and as long as this is used in a motivational manner, there’s not a thing wrong with this approach.
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