Tag: Mack Hollins

Bills’ Mack Hollins catches long TD from Josh Allen vs. Chiefs (video)

Bills’ Mack Hollins catches long TD from Josh Allen vs. Chiefs (video)

The Bills cut into the Chiefs’ lead in the AFC championship just before halftime thanks to a clutch grab from Mack Hollins.

The receiver caught a 34-yard touchdown pass in the end zone from quarterback Josh Allen with a few ticks left on the clock before the break. Hollins was interfered with on the play, but still hauled it in.

The score went to 21-16 after the Bills missed a two-point attempt.

Check out the score below:

Mack Hollins makes fantastic touchdown catch for Bills

The Bills closed to within five of the Chiefs on a Josh Allen TD pass to Mack Hollins

Mack Hollins does more than dress cool. He can make great catches, too.

Josh Allen looked for the wideout late in the second quarter and Hollins was in the end zone. He made the catch for a 34-yard touchdown play that brought the Bills within 21-16 with 23 seconds left before halftime.

The Bills kicked the extra point but Kansas City was called foe being offside.

The Bills took the penalty and decided to go for a two-point conversion.

Taking the point off the scoreboard backfired as Allen was topped and the Bills trailed, 21-16.

What an Animal that Hollins is.

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Bills WR Mack Hollins with another stunning fashion statement

Mack Hollins continues to top himself with outfits

No one tops Mack Hollins of the Buffalo Bills when it comes to making fashion statements upon arrivals.

The Bills’ wide receiver/special teams ace did it again on Sunday at Arrowhead before the AFC Championship Game with the Chiefs. He was dressed as Animal from the Muppets.

Whomever is his designer deserves a big-time raise.

Mack Hollins arrived for Bills-Chiefs AFC title game dressed like a Muppet in a crop top

Mack Hollins picked the most unhinged Muppet to channel for his walk into Arrowhead Stadium.

Mack Hollins is leaning into his weirdness. What started with barefoot arrivals in winter weather has evolved into an imaginary red carpet for a wideout who is doing to pregame arrivals what Clinton Portis once did for postgame press conferences.

That’s meant showing up in freezing temperatures while dressed for the beach or looking like the most swole member of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes to a mad scientist. But he may have outdone himself rolling up for the 2025 AFC Conference Championship Game vs. the Kansas City Chiefs.

Behold, Mack Hollins, semi-feral drummer for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.

Hollins, barefoot and sleeveless, walked into Arrowhead Stadium as Animal, Muppet head included in this video shot by NFL Network’s Sarah Walsh. Was this a statement on how he’ll approach Sunday’s game with reckless abandon? A warning to Josh Allen that he won’t be using any conjunctive verbs in the huddle? A suggestion we could see the aurora borealis shinin’ down on Dallas?

Either way; awesome.

Couple top 5 picks among former Raiders on Conference Championship teams

Today we learn which teams will be playing in the Super Bowl. And there are a few former Raiders on these four teams who are hoping to punch their tickets. Including a couple former top five picks.

Today we learn which teams will be playing in the Super Bowl. And there are a few former Raiders on these four teams who are hoping to punch their tickets. Including a couple former top five picks.

Noon (3pm ET) Washington Commanders vs Philadelphia Eagles

Known at this point like one of the bigger busts in Raiders history. Mainly because he was taken fourth overall in the draft and never did anything to even warrant being a first round pick. He was a reach at the time. If you don’t believe me, just ask the guy who drafted him. Mike Mayock admitted after Ferrell was selected that the team tried to trade down first, but got no takers, so they selected him anyway.

Ferrell never did much of anything with the Raiders. They didn’t pick up his fifth year option and after his rookie contract was up, they had no problem letting him walk. He spent the 2023 season with the 49ers and latched on with the Commanders this season, where is a rotational guy, having started ten games in 14 appearances while only taking more the 50% of the snaps twice.

Noon (3pm ET) Washington Commanders vs Philadelphia Eagles

Mariota spent two seasons with the Raiders, with no starts. He has settled into the role of primary backup. Now he’s behind Offensive Rookie of the Year Jayden Daniels and he and the rest of the Commanders are hoping to hitch their wagons to a star.

3:30pm (6:30pm ET) Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs

Coop was another fourth overall pick by the Raiders, just like Ferrell. But has had a far more successful career. Even still, midway through his fourth season with the Raiders, he was more valuable in trade than he was to the team, so he was sent to Dallas for a first round pick. Then, as expected, he commanded a huge new contract. A deal the Raiders would never have given him for his production — which was good but not great.

Three years into that deal, the Cowboys traded him to Cleveland. A couple years later — this season — the Browns sent him to Buffalo. And hence he finds himself playing for his first shot at a Super Bowl. And he could beat the Raiders bitter rival Chiefs to get there. You’d have to assume he’d be more excited about this meeting with the Chiefs than he was at any point when he played with the Raiders.

3:30pm (6:30pm ET) Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs

Coop will line up opposite another former Raiders receiver. Hollins has his best season as a pro in his one season in Las Vegas. One could say that season is the whole reason he’s on this team in the first place. Having proven he can be a viable X receiver when called upon.

3:30pm (6:30pm ET) Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs

Another guy who had a career year in his one season with the Raiders. He started a career-high 17 games and put up a career-high 47 combined tackles. He’s been on four teams in three years since then, including joining Amari Cooper in being traded from the Browns to the Bills.

Mack Hollins and his barefoot fits before Bills games are wild

Mack Hollins is just a chill guy.

If it’s game day, Mack Hollins is 100 percent likely to be the guy turning heads.

The quirky Buffalo Bills receiver wears what he wants ahead of matchups (regardless of weather conditions) and does what he wants, like not wearing shoes.

Yep. Mack Hollins is primarily a shoeless individual. It’s his thing.

Here’s what we mean. Before Buffalo’s recent snowy playoff game against the Ravens, Hollins arrived at the stadium wearing sunglasses and several Bills-themed items, including a straw hat, swim trunks and a floral shirt. He was also carrying a beach towel and a Bills mini-football. And yes, he was barefoot in freezing temps.

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It’s not the first time he’s done it. Mack has been doing this since before he arrived in Buffalo and has continued it during his Bills tenure.

These are some of the highlights from this season.

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If you’re wondering about those bare feet he maintains, there’s a reason for that. “It’s been great for me,” Hollins said in an interview.

“Everybody should be barefoot. You don’t see people walking around in mittens. If you don’t use your fingers, you don’t have the dexterity to use them. Same thing with your feet and your toes and your ankles … It’s definitely helped me with my take-offs, my get-offs because I feel like I can grip the ground better.”

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Former UNC football player to referee Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans

There’s going to be at least one UNC football alum in the Super Bowl…

The AFC and NFC Championship games, which will both be played on Sunday, January 26, are going to feature a pair of former UNC football stars in Dyami Brown and Mack Hollins.

If the Washington Commanders and Buffalo Bills win, Brown and Hollins will face off in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, February 29 in New Orleans.

Even if Brown and Hollins don’t advance, there will be at least one Tar Heel alum in the Super Bowl.

Mike Morton, who played at North Carolina from 1991-1994 under former head coach Mack Brown, was assigned to referee Super Bowl LIX.

Morton will make history with his assignment, becoming the first referee to officiate a Super Bowl after winning one. Morton helped the St. Louis Rams (now Los Angeles Rams) capture Super Bowl XXXIV, his fifth of seven seasons in the NFL and lone year in St. Louis.

Originally drafted by the Oakland (now Las Vegas) Raiders, Morton compiled 183 tackles, two interceptions and a sack in his NFL playing career.

Morton was a part of four winning teams at UNC, highlighted by a win over Mississippi State in the 1993 Peach Bowl. The Tar Heels barely squeaked by in that game, 21-17, a game in which Natrone Means won MVP honors.

Morton’s refereeing history dates back to 2014, when he started officiating ACC football games. Morton’s first NFL game came back on September 11, 2022 when the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons faced off in Atlanta.

Even if you’re not a huge pro football fan, you should watch the next two weeks of postseason football. There’ll be at least one Tar Heel in the Super Bowl.

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Mack Hollins arrives in beachwear for Ravens-Bills

Mack Hollins arrives in swimsuit for Ravens-Bills in Orchard Park

Mack Hollins of the Buffalo Bills continues to top himself when it comes to wardrobe.

A week after arriving as Fred Flintstone, the wideout/special teams star came to Sunday’s Baltimore Ravens-Buffalo Bills playoff game ready for the beach.

The temperature was in the low 20s in Orchard Park, New York, but that didn’t stop Hollins.

He’s quite the character and deserves his a runway show of his own on some network.

6 players fined after Broncos-Bills playoff game, including Mack Hollins

Bills WR Mack Hollins was fined for taunting Broncos CB Pat Surtain on Sunday. Denver RB Javonte Williams also received a large fine.

The NFL handed down fines to six players following the playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos last weekend.

Notably, Bills wide receiver Mack Hollins received a $11,255 fine for taunting. Hollins was penalized after he made a catch and pushed Pat Surtain’s head and then stepped over the cornerback:

Hollins received a second $6,736 fine (also for taunting), bringing his total to $17,991. Elsewhere for the Bills, Reid Ferguson ($11,255) was fined for taunting, Damar Hamlin ($6,083) was fined for unsportsmanlike conduct and Taron Johnson ($14,305) was fined for unnecessary roughness.

As for the Broncos, running back Javonte Williams ($45,020) received a big fine for unnecessary roughness (using his helmet) and linebacker Justin Strnad ($7,250) was also fined for unnecessary roughness.

Williams ($45,020) now finishes as the team’s most-fined player from the 2024 season, followed by safety P.J. Locke ($41,916), defensive lineman Malcolm Roach ($36,579), safety Brandon Jones ($28,138), pass rusher Nik Bonitto ($17,582), Cooper ($12,668), cornerback Pat Surtain ($11,255), fullback Mike Burton ($7,653), Strnad ($7,250), center Luke Wattenberg ($5,872), tight end Lucas Krull ($5,083), running back Blake Watson ($4,463) and safety Devon Key ($4,417).

The money the league receives from fines is “donated to the Professional Athletes Foundation to support Legends in need and the NFL Foundation to further support the health, safety and wellness of athletes across all levels,” per the NFL.

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Mack Hollins of Bills arrives dressed as Fred Flintstone

Mack Hollins with another sensational outfit before a Bills game

Mack Hollins’ outfits are one of the best parts of Buffalo Bills games.

The wideout and special-teams ace showed up for Sunday’s game with the Denver Broncos looking like a cartoon character.

That’s because he was dressed like one … Fred Flintstone.

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