The Buffalo Bills had a massive edge on the Kansas City Chiefs.
They still lost 27-24.
On offense, there was a clear game plan for the Bills. Keep the ball more than the Chiefs so they can’t score.
Unfortunately, you can’t hang onto it for the entire 60 minutes.
Kansas City will get their chances. They did. The Chiefs capitalized as a beaten up Buffalo defense was scored on by the combination of quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce too many times.
In the end, if this was the idea, the offense did their part. But this is a full team game and according to the Buffalo News, the Bills were on the wrong end of this one in rare fashion.
Since the AFL-NFL merger, teams who held the ball for as long as Buffalo had against Kansas City had a 54-6 overall record in those contests. In total, the Bills had the ball in their possession for 37:03 of game time.
A good plan perhaps, but poor execution.
Per @pfref … #Bills held possession last night for 37:03. Since 1970 in playoffs, in games that ended in regulation, teams with that much are 54-6.
— Ryan O'Halloran (@ryanohalloran) January 22, 2024
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