Tag: Khalil Shakir

Khalil Shakir toe taps to give Bills lead on Chiefs (video)

Shakir for six:

Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed had not allowed a single touchdown in coverage throughout the entire 2023 NFL season.

That changed against the Bills thanks to Khalil Shakir.

The Bills’ slot receiver, who is having a breakout campaign, added to that with the first touchdown of the year Sneed gave up. By no means was it easy, either.

Shakir had to tap his toes on the edge of the end zone, but he clearly got both feet in. The score gave the Bills a 24-20 second half lead on the Chiefs in their AFC divisional round matchup at Highmark Stadium.

Check out Shakir’s score in the clip below:

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Josh Allen throws touchdown pass to Khalil Shakir to give Bills lead

It was Buffalo’s turn to take the lead against the Chiefs

Back and forth the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills were going on Sunday at Highmark Stadium.

It was Buffalo’s turn to take the lead in the third quarter as Josh Allen, who was having a monster game, threw a dart to Khalil Shakir for a 13-yard touchdown

The PAT made it 24-20.

Allen had a pair of rushing TDs to go with the passing score.

The 75-yard drive ate up 8:25 and took 15 plays.

3 keys to a Bills victory vs. the Chiefs in the divisional round

3 keys to a #Bills victory vs. the #Chiefs in the divisional round:

The Buffalo Bills continue their playoff journey against the Kansas City Chiefs at Highmark Stadium in the NFL’s divisional round.

Buffalo (11-6) and Kansas City (11-6) faced off against each other during the regular season. The two foes are no strangers and some things in particular must be done in order for the home team to take the win.

Here are three keys to the Bills beating the Chiefs in the divisional round:

Bills vs. Chiefs: Key matchups to watch in divisional round

#Bills vs. #Chiefs: Key matchups to watch in divisional round:

The Buffalo Bills will host the Kansas City Chiefs in their upcoming divisional matchup at Highmark Stadium.

The two teams have been rigorously preparing for the contest throughout the past week. Buffalo (11-6) and Kansas City (11-6) will think they know their upcoming opponent, inside and out, after all the practicing and studying they have put in.

Because of that, despite all the off-field talking, speculation and discussion, it will still be the games, within the game, that will make all the difference when it comes to the final outcome of this upcoming weekend.

With that, here are three key matchups to watch during Sunday’s Bills-Chiefs contest:

Next Gen Stats: Bills’ Khalil Shakir scored near impossible TD vs. Steelers

It was essentially impossible but happened:

Khalil Shakir’s touchdown against the Steelers seemed near impossible.

Because that’s exactly what it was, according to NFL Next Gen Stats.

The Bills beat the Steelers, 31-17, in the NFL’s wild-card weekend. As the Steelers inched back into the game with the score at 24-17, Shakir iced it with the final touchdown.

On the play, it appeared like Shakir was about to be tackled very quickly…and by none other than All-Pro defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick. Instead, Shakir spun off him and stayed with it, ending the gritty play in the end zone.

How unlucky was the score? Per Next Gen Stats, Shakir had less than a one percent chance to make it into the end zone… but he did:

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What we learned from the Bills’ win over the Steelers

What we learned from the #Bills’ win over the #Steelers:

The Buffalo Bills began the postseason with a Wild Card matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Bills managed to pull off a 31-17 win and will move on to face the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional round. 

During the win that was, we were taught a few things about this football team.

Here are five things we learned about the Bills following their playoff win against the Steelers:

Report card: Bills top Steelers, 31-17

Report card: #Bills top #Steelers, 31-17:

The Buffalo Bills have worked their way through the Pittsburgh Steelers and are now onto the Divisional round of the AFC postseason.

Buffalo put together an effort that was strong throughout the contest. But not all three phases. While not a team that has covered the spread often this season, Pittsburgh was behind it throughout most of the game because of a strong effort up-and-down the Bills roster.

With that, here’s Bills Wire’s report card following the team’s 31-17 Wild Card win:

Bills’ Dalton Kincaid, Dawson Knox were taken aback by Josh Allen touchdown run

Bills’ Dalton Kincaid, Dawson Knox were taken aback by Josh Allen touchdown run:

The Bills welcomed the Steelers for a Wild Card round matchup at home in Orchard Park on Monday night

And Buffalo ended Pittsburgh’s season with a final score of 31-17

And the first several big scoring plays for Buffalo came by way of three of their biggest offensive players in the passing game.

Tight ends Dawson Knox and Dalton Kincaid created mismatches with their size while providing big targets for quarterback Josh Allen, who found each for the Bills’ first two touchdown catches of the game.

Knox came through when his number was called for a touchdown play for the second consecutive week, and is now tied for the second most postseason TD catches in Bills franchise history.

“I was surprised it was that open” the veteran noted after the game, as he and Kincaid fielded press conference questions on their respective scores.

“It was the look we wanted,” added Kincaid about his touchdown play. “I don’t want to say I knew right away, but I had a pretty good feeling pre-snap and then post-snap it’s exactly where we wanted them to go to and Josh threw a great ball.”

The rookie led all receivers with 59 yards and the score amidst a well-spread-out passing game.

The two catches for scores gave Buffalo an early 14-0 lead. It was the first time that two tight ends for a team caught first-quarter touchdown passes in NFL postseason history

Allen was firing on all cylinders. He went for 203 passing yards with three touchdown tosses and 74 yards on the ground including a 52-yard scoring run which was good for the longest carry of his career. It was also the second-longest quarterback run in postseason history.

“It was third and long they played man,” the Bills QB said while breaking his play down for the press. “Didn’t have a great man call on so I decided to try to find a lane and got 15, 20 yards downfield and there’s a lot of guys screaming ‘slide’ and I didn’t slide and scored, so it worked out that time.”

The breakout rushing play impressed both Bills’ tight ends as well.

“It’s almost normal now, him making a crazy play like that almost every single game,” Knox added. “Sometimes you just can’t help but sit back and be a fan.”

The Josh Allen experience is still a newer one to the rookie Kincaid.

“It’s still surprising to me,” Kincaid said of Allen’s big plays. “Like ‘how does he stay up? How does he get the extra yards?’ and then tonight was ‘how did he score that touchdown?’, so I don’t know when it’ll get normal but it’s cool to watch.”

The Bills quarterback was firing on all cylinders. He went for 203 passing yards with three touchdown tosses and 74 yards on the ground including a 52-yard touchdown run which was good for the longest carry of his career.

“He’s a special player,” Kincaid added. “Best quarterback in the league for a reason.”

Josh Allen on Bills facing Chiefs: ‘It’s going to take a team effort’

Josh Allen on Bills facing Chiefs: ‘It’s going to take a team effort’

The Buffalo Bills beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-17 on a snowy night at Highmark Stadium Monday in the Wild Card round to open their postseason campaign.

This after a 5-0 run of the table by the Bills, capped off by defeating the Miami Dolphins in South Florida to end the regular season and claim their fourth straight AFC East crown and the No. 2 AFC playoff seed.

Buffalo needed a victory to advance back to the Division round and host AFC rival and past playoff nemesis, the Kansas City Chiefs next Sunday.

And they did just that.

A year after an unceremonious loss to the Cincinnati Bengals at home in the Divisional round, HC Sean McDermott and his team find themselves back on their home field with a shot at redemption and a chance to return to the AFC Championship game.

“That’s a heck of an opponent,” McDermott said about facing Kansas City. “We’ll have to regroup tomorrow as a staff and I know some of our staff has already been working on the Chiefs, and that’s kind of what you do as a position coach, you’re able to look ahead a little bit.”

Buffalo lost their two previous postseason meetings with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in contests where the Bills’ offense gave them leads late in games, only for their defense and special teams to struggle to get stops.

Bills QB Josh Allen knows all too well that they’ll need to compete in all three phases for them to have a chance for victory.

“It’s gonna take a team effort,” Allen said postgame via CBS. “They’re playing really good football right now. We know the type of team that they are and obviously the type of quarterback that they have in Pat over there. We’re gonna need everybody in Bills Mafia to be here and support us, and I’m just thanking God that we get another chance to play another game.”

For the second game in a row, the Bills were riddled with injuries and will await word on the status of certain players ahead of the division-round matchup.

“I hate to see guys go down on either side of the ball really, it’s one of the things I pray for before every game is making sure that both sides are safe from serious injury,” Allen said during his media session.

With this past weekend’s scheduled Sunday afternoon game being moved to Monday night due to weather, it leaves one less day of recovery for the Bills before their next game.

“I mean you guys have heard we got the 24-hour rule, but when it’s a short week it’s got to be even quicker than that,” TE Dawson Knox said about the Bills’ turnaround time. “That 24-hour window to kind of enjoy the win, it’s got to be a little shorter so you know we’ll be getting in the training room even tonight taking care of our bodies, we got some players banged up that we’ll need, so we’ll be turning the page pretty quick.”

A man of few words known as stoic by his teammates, RB James Cook who led the ground game with 79 yards rushing on Monday perhaps said it best when asked about the matchup with Kansas City. 

“Two good game teams ready to come and play. May the best team win.”

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The Bills’ Khalil Shakir wowed NFL fans with a mystifying game-clinching TD against the Steelers

Still don’t know how he didn’t go down.

Khalil Shakir called game.

With the Buffalo Bills driving to put away the Pittsburgh Steelers in Monday evening’s Wild Card game, Shakir caught what looked like a routine crossing route from quarterback Josh Allen.

But instead of going down on the initial contact from Pittsburgh safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, Shakir shrugged off the tackle, acrobatically maintaining his balance and staying on his feet. He juked out or broke away from several other would-be-tacklers en route to a touchdown to put the Bills up 31-17 and clinch a playoff win in the frigid conditions.

Shakir made just three catches for 31 yards in the game, 17 of which came on that touchdown, but it proved to make a difference after Pittsburgh battled back from a 21-0 deficit to make it a game.

NFL fans were amazed that Shakir managed to stay on his feet to find paydirt.