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Henry McKenna
NFL Reporter
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott and quarterback Josh Allen have seen it far too many times. They’ve seen it on film. And unfortunately, they’ve seen it in person.
When Patrick Mahomes has a chance to win the game, he wins the game.
That’s what makes him special.
So the Bills had that in mind when they made a tough choice late in the fourth quarter on a fourth-and-2 with Buffalo leading 23-21 over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
Door 1: Kick a field goal and keep it a one-score game.
Door 2: Take the bigger risk and go for it in hopes of building a two-possession lead.
They picked Door 2.
In other words, they refused to let Mahomes take control.
“Anytime you give the ball back to Pat and that offense down six with the game on the line, they like their odds in that situation,” Allen said after the game. “So we wanted to get six or seven [points] to make it a two-score game.”
“They’re just way too good to not go for it right there,” McDermott said of the Chiefs.
With 2:27 left on the clock, Allen dropped back but didn’t like the way the coverage shifted (from a pre-snap zone look to a post-snap man defense), a deception engineered by the most brilliant defensive mind in football: Steve Spagnuolo. The Chiefs had already intercepted Allen on fourth down earlier in the game. And Bills receivers Khalil Shakir and Amari Cooper were not open. So Allen took off running.
On the sideline, Buffalo corner Rasul Douglas was sitting on the bench, because he’s superstitious and thinks that standing will prevent his team from converting fourth downs. But as Allen took off downfield, Douglas was on his feet.
“As the play got going, I was like an airplane because I was just elevating,” Douglas said.
Meanwhile, Allen was juking and bulldozing defenders. Roughly five defenders had the chance to put a hand on Allen. None got him down. Not until the end zone. He…
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Publish date : 2024-11-18 03:57:02
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