Looking Back at the Chiefs-Bills Regular Season Game, NFL Headlines, and more

Good Morning Chiefs Kingdom,

Today we bring you a look back at the first Chiefs-Bills matchup of the season, NFL headlines, and more.

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— Luke Gromer

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The Chiefs (9-0 at the time) and Bills (8-2 at the time) faced off in Buffalo in Week 11 of the 2024 regular season.

The Bills won that game, 30-21, handing the Chiefs the first loss of their season.

Here are some of the key moments from that game, courtesy of Nick Jacobs of KNWA:

• Mahomes threw an interception on the opening drive of the game

• The Bills immediately responded with a TD drive, set up by a long completion from Josh Allen to Amari Cooper, who beat Nazeeh Johnson in coverage

• Mahomes led a TD drive that finished with a 10-yard TD pass to Worthy

• The Bills scored again after another long completion on Nazeeh Johnson led to an easy rushing TD

• The Chiefs stalled out after Worthy failed to keep his foot in bounds on what would have been a deep completion to put the Chiefs deep in Buffalo territory

• Chamarri Connor intercepted Josh Allen mid-way through the second quarter, which set up a TD drive that gave the Chiefs the lead

• Up 16-14 early in the 4th quarter, Allen escaped pressure and found Curtis Samuel for a TD pass in the red zone to go up 23-14

• Mahomes led an efficient drive that ended with an impressive TD pass to Noah Gray to draw within two

• With 2:27 left in the game, the Bills went for a 4th and 2 at the KC 26 and Josh Allen scrambled into the end zone for a game-sealing TD run

• Mahomes was intercepted on 4th and 13 with just over a minute to play to end the game

The game was close throughout and it ultimately came down to Josh Allen making a few winning plays at critical moments.

It is worth noting however that the Chiefs played that game without several key starters.

Here’s who the Chiefs were missing in that game:

• CB Jaylen Watson

• RB Isiah Pacheco

• DE Charles Omenihu

• WR Hollywood Brown

• K Harrison Butker

The Chiefs’ defensive backs, especially Nazeeh Johnson, were exposed in that first matchup. With Jaylen Watson back in the lineup, the secondary should fare better against the Bills this time around. Josh Allen is also a handful for any defensive line to contain and adding Omenihu back into the mix should help with that.

Offensively, adding Brown into the lineup makes it harder for the Bills to focus on taking away a certain player as Mahomes has ample weapons to spread the ball to.

The first matchup in Buffalo was still a game the Chiefs could have won despite missing key contributors and making a few significant mistakes.

There’s no reason to doubt the Chiefs’ ability to beat the Bills this time around when you take into account 1) the return of those players, 2) the game being at Arrowhead, and 3) the Chiefs’ history of postseason success.

Game Info

• 🏈 Who: Bills (2) @ Chiefs (1)

• 📆 When: Sun, 1/26, 5:30 pm CT

• 📍 Where: Kansas City, MO

• 📺 Watch: CBS

• 📕 Line: KC -2, O/U: 47.5

• 🎟 Tickets: Starting at $264 

Yesterday we asked our readers…

 🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💯 100% certain (19)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 9️⃣ Very confident (64)

🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 7️⃣ Somewhat confident (63)

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 5️⃣ Neutral (9)

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 3️⃣ Not very confident (9)

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 1️⃣ Not confident at all (4)

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Other (comment your answer) (0)

Luke’s Take

I wish I could be among the “very confident” crowd for this game, but I’m not quite there.

I’m “somewhat confident” the Chiefs will win this game, with a slight lean towards “very confident.”

Josh Allen is dynamic and has committed to playing turnover-free football, the style needed to win in the playoffs.

However, until I see him come into Arrowhead and knock off Mahomes in the playoffs, I’m still betting on the Chiefs!

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• 🏈 Who: Commanders (6) @ Eagles (2)

• 📆 When: Sun, 1/26, 2:00 pm CT

• 📍 Where: Philadelphia, PA

• 📺 Watch: FOX

• 📕 Line: PHI -6, O/U: 47.5

• The Bears hired Lions OC Ben Johnson to be their HC, and Johnson is hiring former Saints HC Dennis Allen as his DC

• The Colts hired former Bengals DC Lou Anarumo to be their new DC

• The NFL announced that Ron Torbert will be the referee for Super Bowl 59

• The Patriots interviewed former OC Josh McDaniels for their OC position and he is reportedly the leading candidate

• The Jets are expected to hire Lions DC Aaron Glenn as their next HC

• The Vikings extended the contract of HC Kevin O’Connell

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Worth the Click

• 📺 The Mahomes-Kelce TD from last weekend has an awesome edit from NFL Films and another great edit from the Chiefs that features Mitch Holthus’ call of the play

• 🤯 Only 4 AFC QBs have reached the Super Bowl since 2013

• 🏆 Watch the second episode of the Chiefs playoff comedy series, “The Magic Number” on YouTube

• 🗻 Watch the latest edition of Nick Wright’s Mahomes Mountain QB rankings

• 🎙 George Karlaftis was mic’d up while he made history in the Divisional Round, tying the Chiefs postseason single-game record with 3 sacks

• 👏 Trent McDuffie’s stats against the Texans WR Nico Collins were impressive

• 📖 Learn why Travis Kelce is everyone’s favorite teammate (the quote at the end from Clyde Edwards-Helaire is the perfect encapsulation of Kelce as a teammate)

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