Tag: Khalil Shakir

WATCH: Bills’ Khalil Shakir works out with Eric Moulds

#Bills’ Khalil Shakir works out with Eric Moulds:

The Buffalo Bills have dropped a preview of an upcoming episode from their “Embedded” video series. It features a blast from the past and current player.

It has been noted before that current Bills wideout has worked out with former Buffalo great Eric Moulds in the offseason. He is again, and that’s what the Bills are going to feature soon.

For now, we just have a preview of the two together, which can be found below:

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Exploring the Bills’ biggest offseason needs in 2024

Exploring the #Bills’ biggest offseason needs in 2024:

The Buffalo Bills enter the offseason in an all-too-familiar place, coming off a third consecutive division-round exit from the NFL postseason.

With areas to strengthen and to improve upon from their 2023 campaign, GM Brandon Beane and the team’s front office are facing one of the most crucial offseasons of his tenure.

Beane will once more be tasked with ingenuity in creating the financial space off the field while adding talent and filling positions to improve the team.

With free agency, the NFL Draft, and big financial decisions on personnel and committing dollars ahead, here is a look at the biggest offseason needs for the Bills in 2024:

5 bold predictions for the Bills during 2024 offseason

5 bold predictions for the #Bills during 2024 offseason:

The 2023 NFL season has concluded for the Buffalo Bills with a third consecutive division-round playoff exit.

A change at offensive coordinator followed by a six-game winning streak brought the team from outside-the-playoff-picture-looking-in to a fourth straight AFC East crown and a No. 2 seed.

With another division-round exit, what might the time between now and when the Bills take the field again hold?

Here are five bold predictions for the Bills offseason:

Josh Allen, Bills teammates support Joe Brady for offensive coordinator

Josh Allen, #Bills teammates support Joe Brady for offensive coordinator:

The Buffalo Bills have a hole at offensive coordinator–for now.

During the 2023 season, Joe Brady replaced Ken Dorsey as OC. Over the course of his tenure, Brady held the job on an interim basis.

One of the main questions going forward this offseason is whether or not Brady will be named the full-time offensive coordinator. Will he? Or could the Bills look outside of Buffalo for a new offensive coordinator?

Brady has had plenty of support from inside the Bills locker room, at least.

Here’s a rundown of what was said about Brady potentially being the offensive coordinator moving forward (video clips via Bills Live):

Report card: Bills fall to Chiefs, 27-24

Report card: #Bills fall to #Chiefs, 27-24:

The Buffalo Bills 2023 NFL season has concluded and the Bills momentous six-game winning streak meeting it’s end.

The team won the AFC East for a fourth season and clinched the No. 2 seed as well as two home playoff games. While they defeated the Steelers in the wild card round, they lost Sunday to their playoff nemesis’s the Chiefs, ending their postseason.

With that, here is the BillsWire’s final report card for the Buffalo Bills 2023 season following the team’s 27-24 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs:

What we learned from the Bills’ playoff loss to the Chiefs

What we learned from the #Bills’ playoff loss to the #Chiefs:

The Bills’ six-game winning streak and playoff run came to a windy and chilly end Sunday night at home in Highmark Stadium.

It didn’t help that it was against their AFC rival, the Kansas City Chiefs, who knocked Buffalo out of the playoffs for the third time in four years with a 27-24 victory.

That’s not to say the game wasn’t revealing in terms of insights and both pros and cons worth weighing going into the offseason.

With that, here are three things we learned from Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs:

Bills’ Josh Allen following Chiefs loss: ‘Losing sucks’

#Bills’ Josh Allen following #Chiefs loss: ‘Losing sucks’

The Buffalo Bills saw their season come to a chilling end on the frozen tundra of Orchard Park on a windy Sunday night.

The team lost 27-24 to none other than their postseason nemesis and AFC rival Kansas City Chiefs.

In what’s become a series of postseason matches between NFL heavyweight contenders turned rivals, the Bills have beaten the Chiefs three consecutive times in the regular season while Kansas City ended Buffalo’s playoff campaign and season three times now.

The Bills and their fans remember those losses all too well and with the latest one still fresh, so is the feeling for Buffalo QB Josh Allen.

“It sucks,” He said to the media. “Losing sucks. Losing to them, losing to anybody at home sucks.”

The first two playoff losses to the Chiefs took place in Kansas City as, aside from the three Super Bowls they’ve appeared in, the Chiefs had not played any other road games on the way there.

The Bills beat their AFC East rival Dolphins to claim their fourth division crown and the first No. 2 AFC playoff seed in HC Sean McDermott’s tenure and entered Sunday’s contest with momentum, riding a six-game winning streak that began with a 20-17 NFL Week 14 win over that very Chiefs team.

As a result, Andy Reid’s squad played their first non-Super Bowl road playoff game in none other than Buffalo, with the Bills entering the game as the favorite to leave Highmark Stadium with a victory.

While losing in front of the teams’ home crowd surely carries its own emotions, losing in general resonates with Buffalo’s quarterback regardless of location.

“Here, there, it doesn’t matter,” Allen added. “Losing sucks. I don’t know what else to say.”

Just as in past matchups between the teams, the Bills’ defense and special teams failed in needed moments, including a missed 44-yard field goal on the Bills’ last drive that would have tied the game with 1:47 left to play Sunday night.

“We were within a whisker of tying that game and maybe even taking the lead there against the defending world champs,” HC Sean McDermott said to the press postgame. “Again, we just didn’t do enough — starting with me — to win this game.”

When questioned during his postgame press conference about any changes or adjustments needed, Allen 

“I don’t think it’s a big change,” the quarterback continued. “I think it’s just, again, we’ve got to find a way to score one more point than they do. And every season, if you don’t win, it’s a failed season. That’s the nature of the business. There’s one happy team at the end of the season, really. And when it’s not you and you’re so close, it sucks.”

Allen taking responsibility and the high road as a leader with a focus on the offense is consistent with his character and as a professional.

The franchise and GM Brandon Beane now will face an offseason opportunity to shore up and strengthen their defense, who struggled to get stops including on the Chiefs final drive that ended Buffalo’s season.

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Instant analysis, game recap of Bills’ playoff loss to the Chiefs

The way the #Bills went down vs. the #Chiefs:

The Buffalo Bills season came to an end with a gut-wrenching 27-24 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

As these postseason games between these two sides typically go, it was a back-and-forth affair. 

The Bills opened the game with a 14-play drive. Buffalo used the intermediate passing game and running attack to move the ball methodically down the field. The drive stalled out at the Chiefs nine-yard line. Tyler Bass would make a short, 27-yard field goal to give the Bills the lead 3-0 early in the first quarter.

Kansas City responded with a solid drive of their own. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed passes to receivers Travis Kelce and Rashee Rice to bring the Chiefs into Bills territory. Buffalo’s defense tightened up, and Harrison Butker would tie the game with a 47-yard field goal.

Buffalo’s offense leaned on the running game on their next drive, rushing nine times. Quarterback Josh Allen scrambled for a five-yard touchdown run, giving the Bills a 10-3 lead.

The Chiefs answered with another long drive. Kansas City rattled off a 10-play drive. The Chiefs opened the drive with a 29-yard pass to Kelce. From there, the Chiefs completed several short passes to bring the ball into the red zone. Once again, the Bills defense halted progress in the red zone, and Butker made his second field goal. Buffalo led 10-6 early in the second quarter.

The Chiefs took their first lead of the game with a 22-yard pass to Kelce. Kelce broke through on a busted coverage to run a corner route uncontested. A 22-yard rush by Clyde Edwards-Helaire aided the five-play drive.

The scoring continued on the next drive, as Buffalo responded with a 12-play drive. Once again, Cook was featured during the series. Allen rushed for a two-yard score to give the Bills the lead 17-13 going into halftime.

The offenses continued their offensive explosion into the second half. First, Kansas City took the lead once again with another Kelce touchdown on a short pass.

The Bills responded with another sustained drive. This time, Allen completed a 15-play drive with a perfect pass to the corner of the end zone, finding wideout Khalil Shakir.

Down 24-20, the Chiefs continued to respond, this time using a solid mix of short passes and runs between the tackles. Isaiah Pacheco bulled his way into the end zone to return the lead to Kansas City 27-24.

A crazy sequence ended the offense’s dominance. The Bills were finally stopped in their territory. Buffalo ran a fake punt, which was unsuccessful. Kansas City took possession at Buffalo’s 30-yard line.

Pacheco took the first rushing play deep into Bills territory, rattling off a 29-yard run. The Chiefs attempted an end around with Mecole Hardman. Bills safety Jordan Poyer forced a fumble, which went out of the end zone for a touchback. After five consecutive series ending with touchdowns, then two concluded with turnovers.

Buffalo took possession midway through the fourth quarter and led a sustained drive taking 6:40 off the clock. It appeared that the Bills were looking to run out the clock.

Instead, the Chiefs defense forced multiple stops.

Bass missed a 44-yard field by a country mile to the right, putting the ball in the hands of the Chiefs offense once again.

Pacheco and KC ground out two rushes to make a first down and ran out the clock. Both on the game and the Bills’ season.

Here’s the rest of Bills Wire’s recap of the game that was:

5 takeaways from the Bills’ 27-24 postseason loss to the Chiefs

5 takeaways from the #Bills’ 27-24 postseason loss to the #Chiefs:

The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs played another barn burner in the NFL postseason.

The two teams went back and forth and it finished in a tight, one-score fashion. The Chiefs won in a 27-24 final, ending the Bills’ Super Bowl dreams in the divisional round.

With that, here are five takeaways from the Bills’ postseason loss to the Chiefs: