Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills FULL GAME | NFL 2025 Season Week 9

THE GUY ON THE RIGHT, SHON McDERMOTT. THEY WERE TOGETHER OUT IN PHILADELPHIA. IT SEEMS LIKE AGES AGO. KANSAS CITY DEFERS, AND IS GOING TO SEND THE FOOTBALL DOWN WITH BUCKER ABOUT TO PUT THE TOE TO IT. TO GET US UNDER WAY. TRAVELS TO ABOUT THE FIVE YARD LINE, WHERE IT’S RUN OUT NICELY TO ABOUT THE 35 YARD LINE, AS RAY DAVIS, WITH A GOOD RETURN, BUT A MARKER RIGHT OFF THE TOP HERE. LET’S SEE WHAT THEY HAVE. >> Referee: DURING RETURN, HOLDING. 10-YARD PENALTY. FIRST DOWN. >> Jim: THEY WILL BACK THEM UP, AND JOSH ALLEN, COMING OFF THE MVP SEASON. HE’S 4-1 IN THE REGULAR SEASON. HE’S THE ONLY QUARTERBACK IN A MATCH-UP AGAINST MAHOMES. BEATEN HIM FOUR TIMES. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THE STORY IN THE POSTSEASON. FOUR OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS THE CHIEFS HAVE ELIMINATED THE BILLS IN THE PLAYOFFS. SO THEY COME OUT WITH THREE WIDE INCLUDING SHAVERS JOINING. THE RUNNING BACK COMING OFF A HUGE GAME. THEY GET IT RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF KHALIL SHAKIR FOR ABOUT THREE. [WHISTLE] LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME KEY MATCH-UPS TO GET THIS STARTED. WE SEE THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR IN HIS SEVENTH YEAR AT KANSAS CITY. >> Tony: THIS IS KEY. DOESN’T ALLOW A HUNDRED-YARD RUSHER AND NOBODY IS RUNNING IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE THAN THE BILLS. AS THIS GAME GOES ON, CAN BUFFALO IMPOSE THEIR WILL AGAINST A TEAM WHO DOESN’T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. >> Jim: THE ONLY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE THAT RUNS IT MORE THAN IT THROWS IT IS BUFFALO. FRACTIONALLY OVER 50%. SECOND AND SEVEN. TWO STRAIGHT PASS PLAYS ON THIS OCCASION. AND IT’S BROKEN UP BY WATSON. THEY WERE TRYING TO GO TO COLEMAN AND NOW THE FLAG DOES COME OUT. REF REV PASS INTERFERENCE, NUMBER 35, TWO-MINUTE WARNING. BACK TO YOU. >> Jim: THEY SCORED A TOUCHDOWN AND THEN CONVERTED THE ONLY THIRD ONSIDE KICK OF THE SEASON TO GET THE BALL BACK SO QUICKLY. THANK YOU. FIRST AND 10 FOR BUFFALO. HERE’S THE FIRST HANDLE FOR COOK AND IT GOES FOR ABOUT FOUR. >> Tony: THIS IS THE PLAY YOU’RE GOING TO SEE COME UP A LOT. THEY TOOK IT TO CAROLINA ON THESE TOSSES. REMIND ME OF SHANAHAN AND THE LATE BRONCOS IN THE 1990s. THEY GET THIS TOSS AND GET EVERYONE RUNNING AND COOK IS SO GOOD AT PRESSING THE EDGE, FINDING A HOLE, AND BOY, HAVE THEY LOOKED GOOD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS DOING IT. >> Jim: HE HAD 216 YARDS ON THE GROUND AGAINST THE PANTHERS. >> Tony: PRETTY GOOD. >> Jim: TOUCHDOWN RUNS FOR 64 AND 19. FIRST BACK TO GO OVER 200 SINCE FREDDY JACKSON IN 2009. >> Tony: AND HE DIDN’T PLAY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. >> Jim: THIS ONE COMES BACK OVER TO KHALIL SHAKIR WITH A LITTLE WIGGLE AND A FIRST DOWN FOR BUFFALO. >> Tony: MOTION COMING ACROSS. A DIFFERENT WAY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL, THROW IT OUT TO THE FLAT. YOU GET ZONE DEFENSE BUT THIS IS THE GAME I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO SEE BUFFALO, I KNOW IT’S CRAZY. KANSAS CITY IS FAVORED GOING TO BUFFALO HAS A BETTER RECORD. THEY HAVE GOT THE NUMBER ONE RUNNING OFFENSE IN YARDS PER GAME AND JOSH ALLEN, McKENZIE’S FAVORITE. BUFFALO NEEDS TO IMPOSE THEIR WILL. >> Jim: PEOPLE TALK ABOUT BUFFALO’S DEFENSE BEING SO DEPLETED AS COOK IS ABLE TO BRONCOS. BACK TO YOU. >> Jim: AND THE STORY THERE, THANK YOU, ADAM, ANOTHER MASSIVE FOURTH QUARTER COMEBACK. THEY COME BACK FROM 14 DOWN TO PHILLY. THEY COME BACK FROM 19 DOWN TO START THE FOURTH AGAINST THE GIANTS AND EIGHT DOWN AGAINST HOUSTON IN THE FOURTH. WHAT A WIN. HERE’S COOK. A LITTLE STIFF ARM TO GET THREE AND THERE HE GOES. DOWN THE SIDELINE AND A FIRST DOWN AS THE BILLS ARE DRIVING WITH THIS OPENING SERIES. >> Tony: THE REASON I BROUGHT UP THE BRONCOS, WATCH SHAKIR BLOCK RIGHT THERE AT THE POINT OF ATTACK. HE HAS GREAT VISION SHOWING OFF WHY HE’S BEEN PLAYING SO WELL. BUT SHAKIR HANDLING McDUFFIE HERE. I JUST THINK JOSH ALLEN HAS HELP. THE NUMBER ONE RUSHING ATTACK IN THE LEAD, JOSH ALLEN AND ANDRE AT HOME, THEY SHOULD BE THE FAVORITE IN THE GAME, IN MY OPINION EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE ELSE IS TAKING THE CHIEFS. EVEN THOUGH THE CHIEFS ARE AMAZING. >> Jim: THIRD CATCH ALREADY BUT THIS ONE FOR JUST A CAMPAGAIN O. LAST YEAR, IN THE TITLE GAME SHAKIR HAD 18 RECEPTIONS TOTAL IN THOSE TWO GAMES. HE’S GOT THREE HERE ON THE FIRST SERIES. >> Tony: ON THE SAME PACE RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE MAKING THE GAME SIMPLE. IF YOU CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL, TAKE LITTLE PASSES, NO CHANCE OF A TURNOVER. I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO FIND THE POSSESSIONS WILL BE SMALL TODAY. EVERYONE EXPECTS SHOOT-OUTS WITH THE BEST QUARTERBACKS. I ACTUALLY THINK IT WILL BE A LITTLE LOWER SCORING BECAUSE THESE POSSESSIONS WILL LAST A LONG TIME. A LOT OF COMPLETIONS. >> Jim: SECOND AND EIGHT ON THE WAY. CURTIS SAMUEL IN THE GAME. AND IT’S COOK AGAIN. BEING PATIENT WITH IT. AND THEN HE’S KNOCKED BACK BY TWO OR THREE CHIEFS. TO SET UP A THIRD AND ABOUT FOUR. SUCH AN INTERESTING GRAPHIC THAT YOU HAD. THE ONLY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE THAT RUSHES IT MORE THAN IT PASSES IT. BUT YOU HAD HOW LONG IT’S BEEN SINCE THEY HAVE ALLOWED A HUNDRED-YARD RUSHER, TALKING ABOUT KANSAS CITY, AND COOK WILL CERTAINLY BE A THREAT HERE TODAY. HE’S ALREADY GOT 32 YARDS ON FOUR CARRIES AS JOE BRADY HAS BEEN CALLING HIS NUMBER. >> Tony: GIVING HIM AND AARON A TON OF CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IN THE RUN GAME. SEE IF IT’S MAN-TO-MAN OR ZONE AND GET TO THE RIGHT PLAY. >> Jim: THE BACK IS TY JOHNSON, WHO TAKES THE PASS AND PICKS UP THE FIRST. DOWN TO THE KANSAS CITY’S 25 BEFORE BRIAN COOK MAKES THE TACKLE. SAMUEL THREW NICE BLOCK ON THAT RIGHT SIDE FOR NINE YARDS. >> Tony: YOU’RE GOING TO GET PRESSURE RIGHT HERE COMING RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, AND IF THAT’S THE POINT, WHEREVER YOU PRESSURE FROM, THROW IT IN THAT AREA. HE CAN’T GET OUTSIDE, BUT THE REAL DIFFERENCE IS THE BLOCKING RIGHT NOW. BY THE WIDE RECEIVERS. THAT’S AN EXTENSION OF THE RUN GAME IN A DIFFERENT WAY. >> Jim: THIS IS A DRIVE THAT BEGAN BACK AT THAT TIME 16 AFTER A PENALTY ON THE OPENING KICK RETURN. VERY METHODICAL DRIVE TO THE KC25 WHERE IT’S A FIRST DOWN. >> Tony: IMPOSING THEIR WILL RIGHT NOW WHICH I TOLD YOU, WOULD BE THE KEY TO THE GAME. >> Jim: ANOTHER TOSS PLAY TO COOK. NOT THIS TIME. WHAT A PLAY BY BOLTON. BACKS HIM UP BY FOUR. >> Tony: THIS IS BOLTON AT HIS BEST. McGOVERN WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE BUT BOLTON HAS TO BEAT THE CENTER. CAN HE SEE THE PLAY? YES. WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT REALLY MAKES DIFFICULTY FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO RUN THOSE TOSSES BUT IF YOU GUESS WRONG AND THEY FAKE THAT, THAT’S GOING TO BE A WIDE OPEN AREA. EXPECT BUFFALO TO USE THAT. >> Jim: THEY CALL IT A LOSS OF THREE. RAY DAVIS IN THE BACKFIELD ON THIS SECOND AND 13. ALLEN LOOKS LEFT. GOES LEFT. GOES TO SAMUEL. AND IT IS TACKLED QUICKLY. WE’RE ON OUR WAY BACK TO ADAM SCHEIN IN NEW YORK. >> Adam: THIS ONE IS WILD. THREE SCORES IN THE FINAL 1:43. LOOK AT CALEB WILLIAMS. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 58 YARDS. TWO-POINT CONVERSION. NO GOOD. BACK TO YOU. >> Tony: WOW! >> Jim: THAT’S SO BIZARRE, IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES. CAN THE BEARS BOUNCE BACK AFTER GIVING UP TWO TOUCHDOWNS SINCE THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING TO TAKE THE LEAD AGAIN. WITH 17 SECONDS LEFT. HERE IT’S A THIRD AND EIGHT. AND ALLEN THROWS. WIDE OPEN. IT’S KINCAID, AND A BUFFALO TOUCHDOWN! >> Tony: WHAT A SYSTEMATIC DRIVE. YOU’RE GOING TO WATCH, MAN-TO-MAN, THEY DID THE MOTION TO SEE IF IT’S MAN, AND HE FALLS DOWN. A GREAT ROUTE BY KINCAID USING HIS LEVERAGE AGAINST HIM RIGHT HERE. I’M GOING TO GO IN — NOPE. THE GROUND TURF GOT YOU. >> Jim: YOU REMEMBER THE ACC TITLE GAME ENDED IN A DESPERATION HEAVE BY JOSH ALLEN TRYING TO FIND KINCAID AND IT JUST FELL INCOMPLETE. HE FINDS HIM HERE, THOUGH, ON THE OPENING DRIVE THAT TOOK SEVEN MINUTES. THE 23-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM ALLEN TO KINCAID. >> Tony: THAT’S WHY WE TALK ABOUT THE POSSESSIONS WILL BE LESS IN THIS GAME, BECAUSE THESE QUARTERBACKS ARE SO EFFICIENT, AND BOTH TEAMS CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL. AND THAT’S A GOOD SPIRAL TO A WIDE OPEN PLAYER. JUST PITCH AND CATCH. CAN’T PLAY MAN AND FALL DOWN. NEVER A RECIPE TO COVER SOMEONE. DOESN’T USUALLY HELP. >> Jim: OR END HAPPILY FOR THE DEFENSE IN THAT CASE. LOOK AT BRADY, YES, THAT’S ONE RIGHT THERE. YOU CALL IT SYSTEMATIC, METHODICAL, WHATEVER YOU WANT, IT’S BEEN WHAT YOU’VE BEEN TELLING US FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WHILE WE’VE BEEN HERE IN BUFFALO AND THAT’S PRECISELY WHAT YOU THOUGHT THE GAME WOULD LOOK LIKE. >> Tony: EXACTLY. >> Jim: 84 YARDS AND 11 PLAYS, NEARLY HALF THE QUARTER. BEFORE WE SEE MAHOMES AND COMPANY TAKE THE FIELD. >> Tony: YOU WANT TO BEAT A GREAT QUARTERBACK? K — KEEP MAHOMES ON THE SIDELINE. >> Jim: HE’S ONE OF JOSH’S FAVORITE TARGETS. HAPPY TO SEE HIM HEALTHY AND HE FOUND HIM. SO PRATER TO KICK OFF. HE’S HAD A CALF INJURY ON THE INJURY REPORT THIS WEEK BUT HE’S ABLE TO SEND IT TO ABOUT THE TWO YARD LINE. THORNTON ON THE RUNBACK. [WHISTLE] >> Jim: HE’LL GET TO ABOUT THE 33. THAT’S IT. 31-YARD RUNBACK. PATRICK MAHOMES. WHAT A RUN SINCE HE’S GOTTEN HIS FULL FLEET OF RECEIVERS BACK. HE’S HAD THREE TOUCHDOWNS PASSES IN THREE STRAIGHT GAMES. FOUR IS HIS PERSONAL RECORD. FOUR STRAIGHT GAMES. HE’S DONE IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. >> Tony: HE’S BEEN IN RHYTHM AND ON FIRE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT START TO THIS GAME TO SEE HOW THIS PLAN IS FOR BUFFALO AND HOW TO STOP THIS JUGGERNAUT. >> Jim: HUNT IS THE RUNNING BACK WITH PACHECO INACTIVE. HUNT BACKS IN FOR ABOUT THREE YARDS. RUSSO TACKLES HIM DOWN, BUT WE ALLUDED TO IT A MOMENT AGO ABOUT ALL OF THESE INJURIES ON THIS DEFENSE, TONY. THE BIGGEST ONE OF ALL IS ED OLIVER, WHO CAN CHANGE A GAME. THE BICEP INJURY, THERE IS HOPE HE CAN POSSIBLY BE BACK IF THEY RUN DEEP INTO THE PLAYOFFS. >> Tony: McDERMOTT AND THIS ORGANIZATION MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO DRIVE AND ALLOCATE THEIR RESOURCES REALLY TO BEAT THE CHIEFS WHICH IS WHY THEY MADE SIX OF THE FIRST SEVEN DRAFT PICKS ON THE D, SO THEY HAVE DEPTH ON THE D LINE. >> Jim: BROWN UNABLE TO HOLD TE. IT WAS A GOOD ONE HERE WEEK ONE, TOO, ON THAT SHORT LIST, ON THE BEST LIST, WHEN THEY PLAYED BALTIMORE. THIRD AND SEVEN. >> Tony: IT IS LOUD IN HERE. >> Jim: MAHOMES GOES SIDELINE AND IT FAILS OVER THE HEAD OF RICE. THREE PLAYS AND A BUNT COMING UP FOR KANSAS CITY. >> Tony: IMPRESSIVE BY BUFFALO. MAHOMES A LITTLE BIT JACKED UP, RIGHT? THE OLD BRETT FAVRE, LET’S CALM DOWN TO START. THREW ATE LITTLE HIGH. GOT TO GIVE BUFFALO CREDIT FOR GETTING THREE AND OUT. >> Jim: ARISEZA IN TO PUNT. A SHORT ONE. TO THE 27. AND THE BILLS WILL COME BACK OUT AT THE 30 YARD LINE. THAT WAS A 37-YARD PUNT. AND THE KANSAS CITY DEFENSE HAS TO COME RIGHT BACK ON TO THE FIELD. DAY SOME TROTTING ON TO THE FIELD. HAWES IN THE HUDDLE, ABOUT TO BEGIN THE SECOND SERIES. >> Jim: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO JUST WATCHED THAT WILD ONE BETWEEN CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI, WE WELCOME YOU TO WESTERN NEW YORK, WHERE THE BILLS ARE ALREADY UP 7-0 IN THE FIRST QUARTER. THE HANDOFF TO COOK. COOK HAS NINE YARDS. THE PHILS DROVE 84 YARDS AFTER THE OPENING KICKOFF IN 11 PLACE. AGAIN, IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US HERE THIS IS HOW THEY FOUND THE END ZONE. ALLEN TO DALTON KINCAID FROM 23 YARDS OUT. >> Tony: FOR THOSE OF YOU JOINING US THAT FIRST RUN RIGHT THERE IS KIND OF HOW THE FIRST DRIVE WENT. BUFFALO, WHO HAS SHOWN AN AFFINITY THIS YEAR OF BEING DOMINANT IN THE RUN GAME, ESPECIALLY LAST WEEK AGAINST CAROLINA, DID IT ON THE OPENING DRIVE. STARTING OFF THE SAME WAY HERE. >> Jim: ON SECOND DOWN, IT’S COOK. LOOK AT COOK. OUT TO THE 46. RUNNING BEHIND REGGIE GILLIAM, THE UNHERALDED FULLBACK WHO DOES SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS INCLUDING SPECIAL TEAMS, HELPING TO CLEAR HIM FOR A FIRST DOWN. >> Tony: HE’LL COME RIGHT THROUGH. GILLIAM, RIGHT THERE. AND THEY ARE SO DIVERSE ON THIS RUN SCHEME THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ADDED THESE TOSSES, WIDE ZONE-TYPE PLAYS AND GIVING IT MULTIPLE HOLES BUT AT THE CORE THEY STILL LIKE TO RUN RIGHT AT YOU AND GILLIAM IS A BIG PART OF IT. >> Jim: ALREADY SIX FIRST DOWNS FOR THE BILLS AND A NEW SET OF DOWNS AT THE 45. ALLEN, SIDE ARMS IT RIGHT THROUGH THE HANDS OF HAWES. WE MENTIONED GILLIAM, HE DOES EVERYTHING AND HE’S A GREAT GUY IN THE LOCKER ROOM. SHOW US RIGHT HERE. >> Tony: HE’S MORE THAN JUST A FULLBACK. HE PLAYS EVERYWHERE ON SPECIAL TEAMS. THEY USE HIM IN SO MANY MULTIPLE WAYS AND YOU WILL FIND HE’S ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT’S INVALUABLE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE EXACT SAME RUN YOU JUST SAW, WHERE HE STARTS ON THAT SIDE AND COMES BARKS THEY HAVE USED HIM A BUNCH. THIS TEAM HAS GUYS ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT ARE SELFLESS. ONE OF THE BEST. >> Jim: THAT WAS THE EXACT SAME RUN A MOMENT AGO THAT LAST WEEK WENT FOR L FOR 64 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN FOR CAROLINA. SECOND AND 10. LOOKING OVER AT TY JOHNSTON, IN TRAFFIC, AND WRAPPED UP BY DANA PRETTY QUICKLY. A THIRD AND SEVEN ON THE WAY. >> Tony: THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE PLAY BUT HE DROPPED THE DEFENSIVE END DANA RIGHT INTO A SITUATION WHERE HE WAS WAITING FOR A GUY, KIND OF RANDOMLY. BUT THAT’S BEEN SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES IN THESE GAMES IS HIS ABILITY TO TIME WHEN TO PRESSURE, HOW TO DO IT. HE’S ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREAT COORDINATORS. >> Jim: THEY CONVERTED TWICE ON THIRD DOWN ON THE OPENING TOUCHDOWN DRIVE. NEED TO GET TO THE CHIEFS 45. THAT’S DALTON. KINCAID WILL BE ABOUT TWO YARDS SHORT. HAS A LITTLE DECISION EARLY IN THE GAME. FOURTH AND TWO. >> Tony: THIS WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW BUFFALO, THEIR MINDSET, COMING INTO THIS GAME. DO YOU GO FOR THESE RIGHT AROUND MIDFIELD? YES. >> Jim: WELL, THE LAST TIME THESE TWO TANGLED HERE THE FOURTH AND TWO PLAY WON IT WITH ALLEN TAKING IT 27 YARDS FOR THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN. THIS IS FOURTH AND TWO HERE. ALLEN, WITH TIME. FIRES IT. AND IT’S INCOMPLETE. NICE JOB BREAKING IT UP BY COOK. SO KANSAS CITY WILL TAKE OVER O >> Jim: WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO HIGHMARK STADIUM. THE OLD ONE. YOU SAW THE NEW ONE WHICH WILL OPEN UP FOR PLAY NEXT SEASON. AS YOU SEE FROM THIS DIRECTION A LITTLE BIT INTO A BREEZE. NOTHING TOO SIGNIFICANT. THERE IS MAHOMES AND COMPANY, THEIR SECOND POSSESSION. THREE AND OUT THE FIRST TIME. BUT A BIG PLAY BY THE DEFENSE TO HOLD THEM ON FOUR DOWNS. GET THE BALL NEAR MIDFIELD AND THERE IS THE CONNECTION. RICE, LOOK AT THAT START AND STOP AND HE’S GOT A FIRST DOWN. THE FIRST OF THE GAME FOR KANSAS CITY AFTER 18 YARDS. >> Tony: THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING JOB BY ANDY REID. RIGHT HERE, RICE JUST REALLY CAME ON AND CHANGED THE OFFENSE. HIM AND WORTHY GETTING HEALTHY. THIS IS WHAT ANDY REID DOES. IN BIG GAMES HE’S GOT NEW WRINKLES AND HE BRINGS THEM OUT BECAUSE HE KNOWS HIS TEAM NEEDS HIM. A COOL FORMATION THAT HE BROUGHT. >> Jim: RICE WITH 16 CATCHES IN HIS FIRST TWO GAMES BACK. YOU MENTIONED WORTHY. HERE’S WORTHY. BOUNCING OFF A OUT ALL THE TAPE YOU WATCH ON NORMAL WEEKS GOING AGAINST AN OPPONENT AND JUST LOOK AT THE TAPE YOU HAVE PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER. BUFFALO PLAYING SO MUCH, JUST LOOKING AT EACH OTHER BECAUSE THAT’S HOW YOU’RE GOING TO CHANGE YOUR PLAN. >> Jim: RICE IS IN THE BACKFIELD. THEY GIVE HIM THE FOOTBALL AND RICE IS TRYING TO REACH OUT FOR THE FIRST DOWN. WE KEPT ASKING ANDY REID ABOUT THE TALENTS OF RICE. IT ALWAYS CAME BACK TOUCHDOWN WORD. HE’S STRONG. STRONG, THAT’S WHAT HE KEPT SAYING ABOUT RICE. >> Tony: HE IS. HE’S GOT GREAT LOWER BODY STRENGTH, BUT HIS ABILITY, YOU KNOW, STRONG AT THE POINT OF ATTACK, RIGHT? STRONG IN THE LOWER BODY, HE’S LIKE A RUNNING BACK PLAYING RECEIVER BUT ALSO GREAT GETTING OFF THE PRESS. THEY WANT TO GET HIM THE BALL IN MULTIPLE WAYS. EXPECT IT RIGHT HERE. >> Jim: THEY GAVE HIM THE TOUCHDOWN WITH THAT REACHOUT AT THE STICKS. SMITH, RUNNING BACK, SPLIT WIDE TO THE LEFT AS MAHOMES IS IN TROUBLE AND HE’S BROUGHT DOWN BY BOSA, AND ROUSSEAU, BUT WE DO HAVE A MARKER IN THE SECONDARY. >> Tony: HE WAS LOOKING FOR RICE. >> Referee: HOLDING, NUMBER 24. DEFENSE. FIVE-YARD PENALTY WILL BE ADDED TO THE END OF THE PLAY. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Jim: PUTS THE FOOTBALL AT THE 18 YARD LINE. >> Tony: MAHOMES LOOKING FOR RICE. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HIM AND YOU WILL SEE RIGHT HERE, HOLD, AND THEN ANOTHER HOLD RIGHT THERE. I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE — BUT I SAW IT ON THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL. >> Jim: YOU SAW IT IN TWO PLACES? >> Tony: I SAW TWO. >> Jim: FIRST DOWN IN THE RED ZONE. >> Tony: RUIN THING BACKS IN. >> Jim: AND THEY HAND IT OFF TO SMITH. [WHISTLE] >> Jim: HE’S A FINE-LOOKING PROSPECT, THIS SEVENTH ROUND PICK OUT OF SMU. SEEMS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTION EVERY WEEK. WITHOUT PACHECO TODAY, WHO GOT INJURED IN THAT GAME LATE AGAINST WASHINGTON LAST WEEK, THEY DID NOT PUT HIM ON I.R. WITH THE KNEE, HE WANTED TO GO BACK INTO THE GAME LAST WEEK BUT THEY ARE SITTING HIM OUT THIS WEEK. NEXT WEEK THEY HAVE A BYE SO HE’LL HAVE A CHANCE TO RECOVER BEFORE THEY PLAY DENVER. >> Tony: YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT. WATCHING THE TAPE, ANDY REID, THIS TEAM IS SO MULTIPLE AND HE’S RELIED ON THE RUN GAME, A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY, IMPRESSIVE AND MAKES HIM DIFFICULT TO STOP. >> Jim: SECOND AND SIX TO KAREEM HUNT. RIPS OFF A NICE RUN AND THEY WILL MARK HIM ABOUT A FOOT SHY OF THE FIRST. >> Tony: THIS IS WHAT MAKES BOTH TEAMS. THEY HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE BIG QUARTERBACK AND THE BIG PLAYS, BUT AT THEIR CORE BOTH THESE TEAMS CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL. >> Jim: THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN KAREEM HUNT THAT’S BEEN UNSTOPPABLE THIS YEAR, 17-19 ON THIRD OR FOURTH AND ONE WITH HUNT. THEY CALL IT. WE HEARD IT LAST NIGHT FROM PATRICK, THEY CALL IT THE HUNT BUNT. NOT THE TUSH PUSH NEEDED HERE. IN FACT, THEIR PERCENTAGE OF CONVERSION IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN PHILLY’S TUSH PUSH WHEN THEY RUN IT WITH HUNT AND HE’S GOT IT AGAIN AND HE’S DOWN TO THE THREE YARD LINE. >> Tony: YOU CALLED IT. JUST ANOTHER BUNT FROM MR. HUNT. >> Jim: THAT’S A FAST-MOVING FIRST QUARTER, TONY. >> Tony: REMEMBER THOSE POSSESSIONS I SAID WOULD BE VERY MILL MAL IN THIS GAME. SCORES WON’T BE AS HIGH AS EVERYONE THINKS BECAUSE BOTH THESE GUYS ARE SO EFFICIENT. >> J >> Jim: AMAZING SHOTS OF TODAY’S GAMES PROVIDED BY NATIONWIDE. FIRST AND GOAL FOR KANSAS CITY. MAHOMES IS WIDE TO THE LEFT. RICE WILL TAKE THE SNAP AND KEEP IT. RICE RUNS IN, WELL, UNTOUCHED FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. HOW ABOUT THAT FORMATION. PATRICK WIDE TO THE LEFT. THREE GUYS IN THE BACKFIELD. TWO SURROUNDING RICE, AND HE RUNS IT IN FOR THE SCORE. >> Tony: WE SAW THIS LAST WEEK AGAINST WASHINGTON. RICE COMES IN. WE TALKED ABOUT IT, JIM, YOU MADE A REFERENCE TO HOW STRONG HE IS, TO GET A RECEIVER, AND TO ALLOW HIM TO RUN BETWEEN THE TACKLES IS RARE THAT ONE GETS OUTSIDE. BUT THAT’S THE CREATIVITY THAT ANDY REID BRINGS OUT IN SPECIAL GAMES. >> Jim: IT’S 7-7. THEY HAD A SHORT FIELD TO DEAL >> Jim: AERIAL COVERAGE OF TODAY’S GAME IS PROVIDED BY GOODYEAR. HERE AT HIGH MARK STADIUM. RIGHT NOW, YOU’RE SO USED TO THESE TWO TEAMS BEING LIKE ONE AND TWO SEEDS, WHEN THEY PLAY THIS GAME IN THE REGULAR SEASON, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE INDIANAPOLIS, DENVER, AND THE PATRIOTS IN A THREE-WAY TIE ATOP THE CONFERENCE. AT THIS JIM. SIX PLAYERS — ENTERING WEEK NINE. >> Jim: YOU SAW THORNTON ON THE INSTRUMENT AS WELL. WHAT THE CHIEFS ARE DOING FOR THEIR CITY, HAVING WON THEIR DIVISION FOR NINE CONSECUTIVE YEARS WHILE THE BILLS ARE A FIVE-YEAR CHAMPION OF THEIR AFC EAST. THAT’S WHY WE SEE THEM ON THE FIRST PLACE SCHEDULES EVERY YEAR. SECOND AND NINE. PRESSURE, GOT IT AWAY. AND THAT’S KEON COLEMAN WITH A CATCH FOR ABOUT SIX. THIRD DOWN ON THE WAY AND WE’RE DOWN TO TRACY. >> Tracy: JAMES COOK ALREADY WITH 43 YARDS BUT SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. GOT ROLLED UP ON THAT FIRST DRIVE. HE CAME OFF AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN, GOT HIS RIGHT FOOT TAPED. GOT IT TAPED AGAIN AFTER THE NEXT DRIVE. HE WAS RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE SIDELINES TRYING TO KEEP IT LOOSE. JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT. SOMETHING WE’LL HAVE TO WATCH THROUGHOUT THE GAME. >> Jim: THANK YOU, TRACY. LEADS THE NFL IN RUSHING PER GAME AT 107 YARDS PER GAME. >> Tony: WHO IS GOING TO BE THE SPY? >> Jim: TRIAL TO USE HIS LEGS AND HE WON’T GET BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. — GET CREDIT FOR THE SACK. >> Tony: AND THEY WERE REALLY PREPARED. GREAT JOB OUTSIDE. WATCH. RETRACE ON THE OUTSIDE. GO UP THE FIELD AND MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THERE IS A HOLE THERE. EVENTUALLY, YOU SEE BOLTON GO HIT SOMEONE AND COME BACK IN AS A SPY BUT RIGHT THERE, THAT’S A TEACHING TAPE, HOW TO KEEP QUARTERBACKS FROM EXTENDING THE PLAY. >> Jim: SO IT HASN’T BEEN SO EASY AFTER THAT FIRST DRIVE WHEN THEY WENT THE DISTANCE. HERE’S THE PUNT. FIELDS IT AT THE 16. AND TAKEN DOWN AGGRESSIVELY AT THE 21 AFTER A 48-YARD PUNT. WE WERE SHOWCASING GILLIAM EARLIER. HE MADE THE TACKLE THERE ON SPECIAL TEAMS. THE CHIEFS ARE READY TO GO AGAIN. 7-7. >> Referee: FACE MASK, NUMBER 26. 15 YARDS WILL BE ADDED TO THE END OF THE PLAY. FIRST DOWN. >> Jim: SO CALLED ON TY JOHNSTON, AS JOSH ALLEN AND THE BILLS TRY TO FIGURE BY — IN THEATERS NOVEMBER BY B. HAVE IT YOUR WAY, YOU RULE, AND BY — IN THEATERS NOVEMBER 26. >> Jim: ON A BEAUTIFUL LATE AFTERNOON HERE OFF THE LAKE. IT’S THE CHASE FROM THE 36 AFTER THE PENALTY ON THE BILLS’ SPECIAL TEAMS. TURNS AROUND. HE’S GOT A BILL RIGHT ON HIM. AND IT’S BENFORD GETTING THE SACK COMING UP FROM THE SECONDARY. A LOSS OF SIX. >> Tony: THIS IS A CORNER. YOU EXPECT HIM TO COVER SOMEBODY OUT HERE. THE MOTION COMES. YOU WOULD NEVER EXPECT, WHEN YOU TURN YOUR BACK AS A QUARTERBACK, SURPRISE. I’M RIGHT HERE. GREAT TIMELY BLITZ BY McDERMOTT. >> Jim: CONCUSSED IN THAT AFC TITLE GAME, AND THEY MISSED HIM. SECOND AND 16. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. HE’S GOT HIM. IT’S RICE AGAIN. >> Tony: WHAT A THROW. GREAT CATCH. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. YOU’LL HAVE SAFETIES GET WIDE SO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD HAS A CHANCE TO BE OPEN. GETS HIS HEAD AROUND AT THE RIGHT MOMENT. AND MAHOMES WISELY THROWS THIS BECAUSE YOU CAN’T SEE EVERYBODY LOW, SO HE CAN JUST GET DOWN ON THE GROUND. HUGE PLAY FOR KANSAS CITY. >> Jim: IT GOES FOR 24. AND THEY ARE NOW ON THE BUFFALO SIDE OF THE 50. >> Tony: THEY ARE USING RICE IN MULTIPLE WAYS, JIM, IMPRESSIVE. >> Jim: HUNT. WITH A LANE. AND A FIRST DOWN. AND GALLOPS FOR ABOUT 13. >> Tony: THIS IS WHAT MAKES KANSAS CITY SCARY. NOT ONLY CAN THEY BE EXPLOSIVE AS WE HAVE SEEN BUT WATCH THE BLOCKING ON THE RIGHT SIDE. A GREAT JOB OF KICKING OUT, AND THEN SEALING THE INSIDE AND AS SOON AS YOU EXPECT THIS EXPLOSIVE TEAM, THEY CAN RUN IT RIGHT AT YOU. >> Jim: WITH PACHECO OUT THEY BROUGHT UP FROM THE PRACTICE SQUAD A NAME FROM THE PAST, CLYDE EDWARDS, OFF THE PRACTICE SQUAD AND HERE HE IS WITH HIS FIRST HANDLE OF THE SEASON, AND BOSA DOES NOT ALLOW HIM TO GO ANYWHERE. A LOSS OF TWO. >> Tony: WHAT AN ACQUISITION. WATCH THE INSIDE MOVE BY BOSA RIGHT HERE. RIGHT AT THE POINT OF ATTACK. SWIM MOVE. GETS INSIDE, AND REALLY JUST BEATS TAYLOR LIKE A DRUM RIGHT AWAY. HUGE DIFFERENCE MAKER. FOUR FORCED FUMBLES ALREADY THIS YEAR, JIM. >>. >> Jim: EDWARDS ALAYER, FORMER FIRST-ROUND PICK, HIS BEST GAME EVER WAS ON THE FIELD IN 2020 WHEN HE RAN FOR 168 YARDS. HUNT BACK IN ON SECOND AND 12 AND MAHOMES THROWS IT OVER THE HEAD OF NOAH GRAY. THERE YOU PRESSURE AGAIN BY BOSA. >> Tony: MAHOMES HAS SUCH GREAT INSTINCTS THAT HE HAD TO GET RID OF THE BALL. HE COULD FEEL BOSA COMING DOWN ON HIM. WATCH BOSA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN RIGHT HERE. WENT INSIDE ON THE LAST PLAY AND MAHOMES KNOWS HE’S COMING SO HE HAS TO THROW IT EARLIER. OTHERWISE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIG PLAY. >> Jim: THIRD AND 12 COMING UP FOR KANSAS CITY. KELSEY HAS NOT BEEN TARGETED SO FAR. THIS ONE GOES TO WORTHY. HE’S GOING TO BE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YARDS SHORT OF THE FIRST. AND THEY ARE BRINGING UP BUCKER WITHOUT HESITATION. >> Tony: THAT WAS A PLAY CALL, JUST TO GET INTO BETTER FIELD GOAL POSITIONING, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY LONG ONE. THEY GOT NO YARDS. GOOD JOB BY KANSAS CITY GIVING THEMSELVES A CHANCE TO GET THREE. >> Jim: IT WILL BE A 46-YARD ATTEMPT FOR BUCKER. 12 OUT OF 15 ON THE SEASON. >> Jim: OUT OF THE PHILS TIME-OUT. BUTKER READY TO GO FROM THE 46. ARAIZA ON THE HOLE AND SUNDAYS WITH THE NFL ON CBS AND PARAMOUNT PLUS. BUTKER. KICKS IT DOWN TO ABOUT THE FOUR YARD LINE. AND AGAIN, DAVIS RUNS IT ACROSS THE 30. >> LAST MONTH THEY HOSTED THE ANNUAL FAMILY FLAG FOOTBALL CHALLENGE AT HIGHMARK STADIUM TO BENEFIT THE BILLS FOUNDATION. TEAM RED AND TEAM BLUE WENT HEAD-TO-HEAD IN A FRIENDLY MATCH-UP SUPPORTING THE FOUNDATION’S MISSION TO TACKLE HUNGER ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. THE EVENT WAS LED BY HAILEY BEAM AND JAMIE McDERMOTT. BACK THERE IS COACH McDERMOTT AND BRANDON BEAM. >> Tony: REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THESE TWO. BEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND LIKE I SAID A CONCERTED EFFORT OFF THE SEASON TO BUILD A TEAM TO BEAT THE CHIEFS. >> Jim: THEY WORK TOGETHER WELL FOR SURE. FIRST AND 10. A LITTLE SHOVEL PASS IS THERE FOR HAWE AT THE 49 QUARREL. THAT’S WHAT PATRICK MAHOMES IS SUPPOSED TO DO. BUT WE DO SEE HIM IMPROVISING AS WELL, TONY. >> Tony: WATCH BOLTON. HE’LL GO GUARD AND NOW HE’S GOT TO BE THE SPY AND GET UP THERE. HE’S GOT TO LEAVE HAWES RIGHT THERE. IMPROVISATION AT ITS BEST. WE’VE GOT TWO OF THE GREATEST AT THAT. >> Jim: ABSOLUTELY. THAT GOES FOR 18. JUST THE SEVENTH CATCH OF THE SEASON FOR HAWES. A LITTLE BOOTLEG AS THEY FAKE IT. TUMBLES AFTER SIX. >> Tony: THIS IS WHERE BUFFALO CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. HEY, WE’RE RUNNING IT LEFT AND WE BOOTLEG OUT AND BECAUSE THEY ARE RUNNING THE STRETCH ZONE, THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO GET MORE PLAY ACTION OFF OF IT. YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE. A SIMPLE LITTLE PLAY. GETS YOU SEVEN OR EIGHT YARDS. >> Jim: JUST THE SIXTH CATCH OF THE YEAR FOR SHAVER. SO BACK-TO-BACK PLAYS FOR A COUPLE OF GUYS WHO DON’T CATCH IT THAT OFTEN. >> Tony: DING, DING, DING, RUNNING THE BALL. >> Jim: RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. GO WITH COOK. FIRST DOWN. THAT FOOTWORK IS AMAZING. HE CAN JUMP CUT MAYBE BETTER THAN ANYONE IN THE LEAGUE BUT WE’VE GOT A MARKER DOWN. I THINK IT’S COMING BACK. >> Tony: YOU DID SAY IT. >> Referee: HOLDING, NUMBER 88. OFFENSE. 10-YARD PENALTY. REPLAY SECOND DOWN. >> Tony: YOU’RE GOING TO SEE KNOX, HE’S TRYING TO BLOCK OMENIHU. YOU WILL SEE RIGHT HERE, WHEN HE GETS DOWN IN THERE, OH, I DON’T NECESSARILY THINK THAT WAS A HOLD AND HE DOESN’T EITHER. THERE IS NO WAY. BUT AT THE POINT OF ATTACK IF THE BALL GETS BY YOU THEY WILL SEE IT RIGHT AWAY. WHAT A JUMP CUT. YOU WERE RIGHT. >> Jim: SPOT FOUL. TAKES IT BACK TO THE 44. ALLEN, STANDS RIGHT IN THE POCKET. FINDS THE MAN IN SPACE, AND HERE HE GOES. KINCAID. DOWN TO THE NINE YARD LINE AND OUT OF BOUNDS. 47 YARDS TO DALTON KINCAID. >> Tony: LOOK AT THIS POCKET. HE’S GOT TIME TO SCAN THE FIELD AND LOOK AROUND. BY THE TIME HE RETRACES, HE GETS BACK. HUGE HAVING KINCAID BACK. HE’S ALREADY MAKING A HUGE IMPACT ON THIS GAME AFTER THE EARLIER TOUCHDOWN. >> Jim: SPOTTED IT AT THE EIGHTH, AND THEY HAND IT OFF. TO TY JOHNSON. >> Tony: WHO SCOOTS TO ABOUT THE THREE. SCOOTS TO THE THREE. AGAIN, NO HUDDLE. >> Tony: KEEPING PERSONNEL ON THE FIELD FOR KANSAS CITY, NOT ALLOWING SUBSTITUTIONS, SMART. >> Jim: HANDOFF, TOUCHDOWN! TOUCHDOWN UNTOUCHED FOR BUFFALO. RUNNING BEHIND DAVID EDWARDS. THEIR FINEST WILL GUARD. THREE-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR JOHNSON. HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON. ALL SET UP ON THE BIG PASS PLAY TO KINCAID. I TEACHING TAPE BY THIS OFFENSE, GOING NO HUDDLE. JUST A SIMPLE INSIDE ZONE TO THE LEFT. BUT THE NO HUDDLE WAS THE SECRET HERE. KEPT KANSAS CITY IN THE SAME PERSONNEL GROUPING, AND THE LAST THING SPAGNUOLO WANTS. >> Jim: EACH TEAM GETS A THREE-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN WITH THE BALL CARRIER UNTOUCHED. PLACE SCHEDULE. THEY WILL MEET AGAIN NEXT YEAR IN THE REGULAR SEASON BECAUSE IT’S A YEAR WHERE THE AFC WEST PLAYS THE AFC EAST, AND THAT GAME WILL BE AT THAT NEW STADIUM. ON CBS. IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL 4:25 GAME WEEK UP WITH, WOULDN’T IT? >> Tony: I LIKE IT. >> Jim: HERE’S THORNTON. THORNTON. STILL GOING. THORNTON, OUT TO ABOUT THE 41. [WHISTLE] >> Jim: THIS CBS TUESDAY, YOUR FAVORITE CRIME-SOLVING TEAM IS BACK. ALL NEW EPISODE OF NCIS, 8:00, 7:00 CENTRAL, CBS, AND STREAMING ON PARAMOUNT PLUS. >> Tony: IT’S THE CAT AND MOUSE GAME. NOW YOU HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE PLAN FOR BOTH TEAMS. WHO IS GOING TO ADJUST BETTER THAN THE OTHER. >> Jim: IT’S HASN’T PLAYED, BEEN INJURED SINCE WEEK FOUR. EXTRA POINT, NO GOOD. 6-0 RAIDERS, BACK TO YOU. >> Jim: SO HAPPY TO HAVE HIM BACK. THEIR LAST GAME BECAUSE THEY HAD A BYE LAST WEEK WAS AT KANSAS CITY. WE WERE THERE AND THEY MANAGED ONLY THREE TOUCHDOWNS. >> Tony: YOU CAN PLAY MAN-TO-MAN ALL DAY UNTIL YOU PUT SOMEONE LIKE BOWERS OUT ON THE FIELD. THE FOR KANSAS. >> Jim: RICE EASILY TROTS AWAY FROM ONE DEFENDER AND PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN AND A GAIN OF EIGHT. THREE CATCHES, 51 YARDS. PLUS HE’S RUSHED FOR A TOUCHDOWN. >> Tony: THEY ARE USING HIM IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, JIM. THEY PUT HIM IN THE BACKFIELD, IN THE WILDCAT. THEY STARTED SPRINKLING HIM IN LAST WEEK. TAKES A SWING ROUTE LIKE HE’S A RUNNING BACK. GETS DOWN THE FIELD, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. DOES IT ALL. >> Jim: COMES OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. LEAVING HUNT FLANKING MAHOMES ON FIRST AND 10. CHASED. NOW, JUST THROWS IT AWAY. MATT PRATER HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH IT BUT COULDN’T HOLD ON. GETS HIT AT THE END OF THIS BY ROUSSEAU. >> Tony: THAT’S A HUGE HIT. THERE IS RICE. YOU SEE HIM IN THE BACKFIELD LINED UP OUTSIDE. HAD HIM FOR A SECOND BUT REALLY, IT WAS A COVERAGE SACK/THROW AWAY AT THE END. GREAT DISCIPLINE BY THE BUFFALO D-LINE NOT TO ALLOW MAHOMES TO GET OUTSIDE AND CONTAIN. >> Jim: KELCE, TO THE RIGHT. HE HASN’T BEEN TARGETED THUS FAR. FIVE MINUTES TO GO IN THE SECOND. >> Tony: GREAT POINT. >> Jim: EDWARDS, THE RUNNING BACK. THEY HAND IT OFF TO CLYDE AND HE’S ABLE TO GO FOR ABOUT SIX. >> Tony: BEST DRIVES FOR BOTH TEAMS HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATIC, GETTING FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YARDS IN THE RUN GAME. WE KNOW ABOUT JOSH ALLEN. WE CALLED IT THE PLAY OF THE YEAR LAST TIME. WE’RE NOT QUITE TO THAT TIME FRAME OF THE GAME YET. >> Jim: NO, THAT WAS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER LAST YEAR HERE. >> Jim: THIRD AND THREE. LOBS IT AND THERE IS A FLAG OUT AS BISHOP CAME FLYING IN THERE TO BREAK IT UP. THE BALL MIGHT HAVE BEEN DEFLECTED. >> Tony: DEFLECTED OFF HIS HEAD. >> Referee: ILLEGAL FORMATION, OFFENSE, PENALTY IS DECLINED. FIRST DOWN. >> Jim: PENALTY DECLINED. CALL ON TAYLOR, WHO HAS HAD FLAG ISSUES, ALTHOUGH FEWER OF LATE. AND THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT HERE ON FOURTH AND THREE. >> Tony: HE’S BEEN PLAYING GOOD. JUST GOT TO STOP THE PENALTIES. HE’S BEEN OKAY AS YOU SAID AS OF LATE. GOT TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN’T EXTEND THE PLAY. >> Jim: TIME-OUT. CALLED BY BUFFALO. >> Tony: YOU SPEND ALL WEEK TO COME UP WITH THESE GUYS AND THEN ONE GUY DOESN’T GET THE COMMUNICATION BECAUSE THE CROWD IS SO LOUD. THE COACHES SAW THAT. TAKE A TIME-OUT. CAN’T GET THE FREE RUNNER. >> Jim: BUFFALO SCRAMBLING TO GET LINED UP. THIS IS ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND McDERMOTT SEES THE CHAOS AND CALLS A TIME-OUT. >> Tony: EXACTLY RIGHT. IT’S LOUD IN HERE. WHEN YOU PLAY AT HOME THE DEFENSE HAS TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. >> Jim: BACK TO FOURTH AND THREE. >> Tony: SEE WHAT McDERMOTT COMES UP WITH RIGHT HERE. ANDY REID IS AMAZING AT THESE. >> Jim: QUICK PASS. BROKEN UP. BROKEN UP BY BISHOP. HE WAS ABLE TO DEFEND AGAINST RICE AND JUST LIKE THE CHIEFS DEFENSE DID, WELL, BILLS DEFENSE MAKES A STOP ON FOURTH AND SHORT. ON ABOUT THE SAME SPOT ON THE FIELD. >> Tony: WHAT MAHOMES, 4-10, 12-14 FOR JOSH ALLEN. TWO GREAT QUARTERBACKS BUT THE STORY, ONE OF THE SUB STORIES OF THE GAME IS THE TWO FOURTH DOWN STOPS. ONE EACH. AS COOK SLIDES PAST THE FIRST WAVE AND GETS DOWN TO THE 43. IT WAS GILLIAM AGAIN WHO HELPED CLEAR THE PATH. >> Tony: SAME EXACT PLAY WE SAW EARLIER. ON THE LONG RUN WE SHOWED YOU, BUT WATCH. GILLIAM RIGHT HERE, LOOKS LIKE HE’LL GO FORWARD BUT HE ACTUALLY WORKS BACK. IT’S THE SECOND TIME TODAY THEY HAVE GOTTEN THE CHIEFS ON THAT PLAY. >> Jim: THAT’S THE PLAY THAT WENT FOR 64 YARDS ON A TOUCHDOWN AT CAROLINA LAST WEEK. EXACT SAME. >> Tony: THAT’S WHY WE SHOWED IT. OUR PRODUCTION STREAM IS INCREDIBLE, SAYING THIS WOULD HAPPEN A LOT TODAY. >> Jim: FIRST AND 10. BACK TO HIM. LOOK AT THE HESITATION. PATIENCE. AND ONLY ABLE TO GET THREE. THERE WAS NEVER ANYTHING THERE, AS WE APPROACH THREE MINUTES TO GO IN THIS FIRST HALF. >> Tony: THIS IS STRENGTH ON STRENGTH. BUFFALO LEADING THE LEAGUE IN RUSHING YARDS PER GAME. BUT THEY ARE GOING AGAINST A TEAM GIVING UP A HUNDRED YARD RUSHER. >> Jim: SINCE WEEK ONE LAST YEAR, LAMAR — >> Tony: EXACTLY. >> Jim: THE LAST RUNNING BACK TO GET A HUNDRED AGAINST THEM WAS WHITE ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 2023. >> Tony: HE’S ALREADY GOT 62 SO FAR AN 10 TOTES. >> Jim: SECOND AND SEVEN. HOLDS ON TO THE FOOTBALL WITH McDUFFIE AND WILLIAMS. THEY CAN RUN THIS DOWN TO THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. >> Tony: AS THEY SHOULD. AND THEY WILL. ALL THESE LITTLE DECISIONS IN THESE TYPE OF GAMES MAKE THE DIFFERENCE SOMETIMES. TWO WELL-COACHED TEAMS, RIGHT, JIM? >> Jim: EXCEPTIONAL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE NINE PREVIOUS MATCH-UPS WITH THESE TWO QUARTERBACKS IT’S SO CLOSE AS FAR AS YARDAGE, TOUCHDOWN GIVE YOU THE SCOOP. STEVE AT ROSY’S HANDCRAFTED ICE CREAM, LOCAL FAVORITE, AND A LEGEND, SERVING UP A TASTY TREAT. PLAYED FOR TEAMS OF YESTERYEAR. THIRD AND THREE. SHAKIR, HE’S ACROSS THE LINE FOR A FIRST DOWN. BIG PLAY. AND SHAVER HELPED OUT ON THAT SIDE WITH A BLOCK. >> Tony: YOU TALK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE THIS ALL THE WAY DOWN. YES, THEY DID. THEY TOOK THE TIME-OUT SMARTLY RIGHT THERE. >> Jim: SO THE CHIEFS CALL IT. AFTER GETTING THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 33. THERE IS OUR CREW. IT’S GREAT TO HAVE THEM ON SITE HERE AGAIN. WITH THE COACH, AND THE HALFTIME COMING UP. >> Tony: IT’S FUN TO WATCH THEM. THEY ARE GREAT AT IT. >> Jim: COACH COWER HAS ONE OF HIS LONG TIME FRIENDS AND COACHING OPPONENT AS WELL. THOSE TWO ACTUALLY GO BACK TO PLAYING MIDGET FOOTBALL TOGETHER IN CRAFTON, PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE CRAFTON LITTLE COUGARS, BATTLING AGAINST THE LITTLE RANGERS. >> Jim: MARVIN CALLING THE GAME ON NATIONAL RADIO. HERE’S A FIRST AND 10. DOWN THE FIELD. OPEN MAN. WHO ELSE? ANOTHER TIGHT END. THIS TIME IT’S KNOX. KNOX GETS INTO THE ACT WITH KINCAID, FOR ANOTHER BIG ONE. SETTING HIM UP INSIDE THE FIVE. >> Tony: THIS IS WHY WHERE THEY RUN THESE PLAYS YOU’LL HAVE THAT WIDE STRETCH BY JOSH AND YOU SEE THEY GET WATSON TO BITE ON IT. JUST A REALLY HIGH LEVEL EXECUTED PLAY, AND YOU SET THAT UP ALL WEEK ON THAT RUN, AND IT WORKS. >> Jim: THAT WENT FOR 30. THE BUFFALO TIGHT ENDS, ALL THREE, HAVE CAUGHT BIG PASSES IN THIS HALF AND LOOK AT THEM. THEY HAVE GOT 123 YARDS SO FAR IN THIS GAME ON FIVE CATCHES AND A TOUCHDOWN. FIRST AND GOAL. COOK. COOK — DRIVING — HE’S OVER THE TOP OF THE PILE BUT THEY ARE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING WAS TOUCHING THE GROUND BACK INSIDE THE ONE. >> Tony: YOU WOULD RATHER BE STOPPED SHORT. KANSAS CITY WILL TAKE A TIME-OUT IF YOU’RE GOING TO SCORE. IF YOU DON’T, THEN YOU WANT TO GET IN. >> Referee: SECOND CHARGED TIME-OUT, KANSAS CITY. RESET THE GAME CLOCK TO 1:45. THIS IS A 30-SECOND TIME-OUT. >> Jim: HIS KNEE TOUCHED DOWN. YOU SEE MIKE DRAGGING HIM DOWN. THEY JUST BROUGHT HIM BACK FOR THE THIRD DIFFERENT STINT IN KANSAS CITY THIS WEEK. >> Tony: I DON’T THINK HIS KNEE LOOK LIKE IT HIT THERE. JUST STOPPED THE FORWARD PROGRESS IT LOOKED LIKE. BUT WHAT AN EXTRA EFFORT. I MEAN, COOK IS NOT THE BIGGEST GUY. BUT HE PLAYS LIKE IT, JIM. HE’S GOT SOME RARE GIFTS. AND HE’S IMPOSING HIS WILL RIGHT NOW IN THIS FIRST HALF. LET’S SEE. STILL NOT DOWN. >> Referee: NUMBER 70 IS ELIGIBLE. >> Jim: YOU HEARD IT, ANDERSON HAS COME IN ON THAT LINE. >> Tony: THIS IS WHERE THEY BRING IN BIG PERSONNEL. YOU TAKE OUT A TIGHT END AND BRING IN EXTRA ALIGNMENT. YOU’VE GOT SIX. DING-DING-DING. >> Jim: COOK LINED UP BEHIND HIS QUARTERBACK. >> Tony: REMEMBER, THEY DIDN’T GET THE TUSH PUSH LAST YEAR IN SOME BIG KEY AREAS. >> Jim: HERE’S GILLIAM PUSHING HIS CORNERBACK — [WHISTLE] >> Jim: AND STILL NO SIGNAL. GILLIAM CAME UP TO DO BUFFALO’S VERSION OF THE PUSH. >> Tony: I THOUGHT HE GOT IT. >> Jim: I DID, TOO. JOSH LOOKS UP AT THE MONITOR. LOOK AT GILLIAM. I TELL YOU, ON THAT REPLAY, I WOULD SAY NO. >> Tony: DIDN’T LOOK LIKE IT THERE. THIS IS THE ONE RIGHT HERE. >> Jim: THAT RIGHT THERE IS CLOSE. YOU CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT THAT TOUCHED THE FRONT OF THAT LINE. >> Tony: BUT THAT WAS SUCH A HUGE MOMENT. LAST YEAR IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP — >> Jim: THEY TRIED THIS FIVE TIME AND THEY WENT ALWAYS TO THE LEFT SIDE. THAT’S A TOUCHDOWN. THEY JUST CALL IT A TOUCHDOWN. THAT ANGLE RIGHT THERE WAS THE CLINCHER AND GILLIAM, THAT’S RIGHT, THE MISTER LET ME DO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, GOT HIS QUARTERBACK THAT TOUCHDOWN. >> Tony: YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT. MREFRG — HE’S DONE EVERYTHING SINCE THE START OF THE GAME. MOST IN NFL HISTORY. >> Jim: THAT’S 47 GAMES WITH A TOUCHDOWN PASS AND A TOUCHDOWN RUSH FOR A SCORE. >> Tony: SAME THING, GILLIAM PUSHED HIM, BY THE WAY, LAST WEEK, JIM. >> Jim: YES. >> Tony: I THINK THE ONE THING IS IT’S ABOUT ADJUSTMENTS. THEY CHANGED UP SOME OF THEIR TECHNIQUE THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY GOT STOPPED. THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN SOME WAYS THAT GAME. IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK, THERE WERE HUGE MOMENTS. >> Jim: HERE’S PRATER FOR THE EXTRA POINT, AND 21 ON THE BOARD NOW FOR BUFFALO. LAST WEEK IT WAS JOSH ALLEN BREAKING CAM NEWTON’S RECORD FOR MOST GAMES WITH A TOUCHDOWN PASS AND A TOUCHDOWN RUN. ANOTHER WILD SUNDAY. WEEK NINE AND THEY WILL HAVE THE RECAPS COMING UP ON THE “VERIZON HALFTIME REPORT.” YOU JUST SAW JOSH ALLEN, ON THE THREE TOUCHDOWN DRIVES HE’S BEEN A PERFECT 12-12. AND EACH TEAM HAS TURNED A FOURTH DOWN STOP BY THEIR DEFENSE INTO A TOUCHDOWN. RUNS IT OUT TO ABOUT THEEVER. 68 YARDS. 6-3 RAIDERS, EARLY THIRD, BACK TO YOU. >> Jim: WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT. IT’S NOT EXACTLY A LOT OF FANFARE THE WAY IT HAPPENS, BUT GIVE TO IT HIM. HE HAD A 70 YARDER HE MADE IN THE PRE-SEASON IN EARLY AUGUST AGAINST PITTSBURGH. CAM LITTLE NOW HAS THE ALL-TIME RECORD. NOW LET’S SEE WHAT KANSAS CITY CAN DO. HERE’S THE PASS TO HUNT WITH 1:20 TO GO IN THE HALF AND ONE TIME-OUT TO WORK W. SICK UP SIX. >> Tony: IF THERE IS ANYBODY YOU WANT, OBVIOUSLY JOSH ALLEN IS UP THERE IN THE STRATOSPHERE. BUT PATRICK MAHOMES IS THE STANDARD IN THESE SITUATIONS STILL. >> Jim: SECOND AND FOUR. ON THE RUN. HE’S GOT KELCE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND TRAVIS, TACKLE FROM BEHIND, AT ABOUT THE 41. >> Tony: NOBODY BETTER THAN THOSE TWO. AS SOON AS MAHOMES SCRAMBLES, YOU KNOW KELCE WILL FIND A WAY TO GET OPEN. >> Jim: THAT WENT FOR 20. NOW, GOING FOR THE DEEP BALL. HE’S OPEN. IT’S HOLLYWOOD, AND THEY DON’T GIVE HIM THE TOUCHDOWN. THEY SAY HE’S A FOOT OUT. >> Tony: THIS IS A REALLY TOUGH CALL. YOU GET UP, CALL THE TIME-OUT? I WOULD GET UP AND RUN A QUARTERBACK SNEAK REAL QUICK AND TAKE A TIME-OUT. >> Jim: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF HE WAS IN. YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. >> Tony: YOU GOT NO CHOICE. GOT TO GET UP AND GO. OH, BUFFALO. >> Jim: TIME-OUT CALLED BY THE BILLS AFTER THAT 40-YARD PASS PLAY TO HOLLYWOOD BROWN. >> Tony: WOW! THAT WAS SMART, BY THE WAY. BUFFALO CALLING THAT. GETTING THE BIG PEOPLE ON THE FIELD. DID HE GET IN? NO. >> Jim: THAT WAS A PERFECT CALL. >> Tony: HOW LONG DID THAT TAKE FOR THEM TO GO THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD? >> Jim: THREE PLAYS. >> Tony: DO YOU THINK THEY CAN GO PRETTY FAR IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME? 13 SECONDS. >> Jim: IN THIS MATCH-UP. >> Tony: THEY HAVE GOT DOWN THE FIELD A LITTLE BIT. >> Jim: GREATEST DIVISIONAL GAME PROBABLY OF ALL TIME IN THE NFL ANNALS. >> Tony: BY THE WAY, HOLLYWOOD BROWN RAN AN INCREDIBLE ROUTE THERE. IT WAS MAN-TO-MAN ON BENFORD AND HE JUST SMOKED IT. >> Jim: THEY GAVE IT TO NATHAN JONES, FIELD JUDGE, RIGHT ON THE SPOT TO MARK IT EXACTLY WHERE IT BELONGED. ABOUT 20 SECONDS, STILL WITH ONE TIME-OUT. PUNT. UNSTOPPABLE, MOST OF THE TIME FROM HERE. BUT NOT THIS TIME. AND MAHOMES REALIZED, I GOT TO CALL A QUICK ONE. [WHISTLE] >> Tony: THAT’S AN ABSOLUTE HUGE PLAY BECAUSE NOW — >> Jim: DID YOU SAY 13 SECONDS, BY THE WAY? WHAT WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT? HERE WE GO AGAIN. >> Tony: HERE WE GO AGAIN, JIM. I JUST THINK SEAN McDERMOTT TAKING THAT TIME-OUT GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ALL OF THESE BIG GUYS IN HERE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSONNEL FOR, YOU KNOW, THE TWO MINUTES BASICALLY AT THE END, WHERE YOU GET SMARTER PEOPLE IN. >> Jim: BY THE WAY THEY ADDED TWO SECONDS BACK ON THE CLOCK. THAT WAS JORDAN PHILLIPS WHO REALLY KIND OF BROKE UP THE PLAY INITIALLY. SO NO TIME OUTS, TONY WHAT DO YOU DO ON SECOND AND GOAL? >> Tony: IF YOU RUN IT YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE TWO PLAYS CALLED IN THERE SO I’M THINKING PASS IF I’M BUFFALO. I’M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BE LIKE, IF YOU’RE WINNING TO RUN THIS AND RISK IT SO BE IT BUT EXPECT A PASS AND ESPECIALLY TO THE SIDELINE. >> Jim: WATCH RICE IN THE TO THE LEFT. MAHOMES DANCING AROUND. BACK AT THE 14. AND THROWS IT AWAY WITH NINE SECONDS. WORTHY WAS IN THE AREA. BENFORD ON THE COVERAGE. >> Tony: THIS IS NOW, THERE ARE SO MANY PERMUTATIONS. YOU WILL SEE THE MOTION. COMES BACK. THEY WANT TO ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT BACK TO THE FLAT. BUFFALO VERY PREPARED FOR THAT. IT’S NOT FOURTH DOWN. SO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANYTHING YOU WANT HERE. >> Jim: A CHANCE TO DOUBLE UP, AS THEY WILL GET THE THIRD QUARTER KICK AFTER DEFERRING. CAN THEY SCORE HERE? >> Tony: STILL WILL BE A PASS. MAHOMES KNOWS, IF HE EXTENDS THE PLAY EVENTUALLY HE’S GOT TO LET IT GO. >> Jim: HERE HE GOES. LOOKING LEFT, BACK OF THE END ZONE AND INCOMPLETE. TRYING TO GET IT TO KELCE AND BISHOP AGAIN WITH THE BREAKUP. AND THEY ARE GOING TO BRING OUT BUTKER. >> Tony: BISHOP HAS BEEN IN ON THREE MONSTER PLAYS. JUST WATCH, RIGHT WHEN KELCE COMES OUT BISHOP COMES FLYING BACK IN AND MAHOMES HAD TO BEAT HIM BECAUSE THE INSTINCTS, REMEMBER, HE STOPPED, TWO FOURTH DOWNS. ONE WAS CALLED A PENALTY WHEN IT HIT HIS HELMET AND HE COMES RIGHT BACK AND STOPS THE OTHER FOURTH DOWN AGAIN HERE. >> Jim: THAT HIT BY BISHOP HAD TO HURT AND KELCE LOOKED A LITTLE SHAKY GOING TO THE SIDELINE. FIELD GOAL, CHIP SHOT. GOOD. BY BUTKER. FROM 19 YARDS OUT AS THE BILLS’ DEFENSE ABLE TO HOLD THEM OUT OF THE END ZONE WITH THREE PLAYS RUN FROM THE ONE YARD >> Jim: WE’RE BACK WITH JUST THREE SECONDS TO GO BEFORE THE INTERMISSION. KEEPS SAYING I LOVE IT, AS THEY GIVE HIM A LITTLE BUSINESS. OKAY. >> Tony: YOU WOULD HAVE TAKEN THREE POINTS WHEN YOU STARTED THAT DRIVE IF YOU’RE KANSAS CITY, NO QUESTION, BUT GIVE SEAN McDERMOTT CREDIT FOR THAT TIME-OUT, JIM. >> Jim: AND INTO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. TO THINK THERE HAVE BEEN THESE STOPS ON FOURTH DOWN THAT LED TO TOUCHDOWNS, BUT HERE WAS THE HIT ON KELCE ADMINISTERED BY BISHOP RIGHT THERE. AND, YOU LOOK AT THIS 21-13, WHAT’S THE STORY OF THIS FIRST HALF, WOULD YOU SAY? >> Tony: THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT NOW IS BUFFALO’S ABILITY TO CONTROL THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, BUT THE BIG PLAYS, THE IMPORTANT PLAYS HAS REALLY MADE THE DIFFERENCE AT THIS POINT, AND I. THAT TIME-OUT, GENIUS BY SEAN McDERMOTT. GAVE THEM A CHANCE TO HOLD IT TO THREE POINTS BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO SCORE IF THEY DIDN’T GET ALL THE BIG GUYS IN. >> Jim: AGAIN, CHIEFS GET A CHANCE TO OPERATE ON OFFENSE TO BEGIN THIS THIRD QUARTER. COMES TO THORNTON. FROM THE TWO. HA GROUND 176 YARDS IN THE OPENING TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME TO KINCAID. 123 YARDS TO HIS TIGHT EDS, BY FAR THE MOST HE’S EVER HAD IN ONE HALF TO THE TIGHT END GROUP IN HIS CAREER. BY THE WAY, YOU SEE KELCE OUT HERE FOR THE FIRST SNAP. >> Tony: YOU ARE RIGHT. THEY WILL NEED HIM. >> Jim: THEY CUP RIGHT TO HIM. HE COMES OUT AND MAKES A CATCH AND LET’S GET A REPORT FROM TRACE. >> Tracy: THANKS A LOT. YOU TALKED ABOUT KELCE GOING IN EARLY AFTER THAT HARD HIT BY BISHOP. HE WAS LOOKED AT IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND, I WATCHED HIM WHEN HE CAME OUT AND HE LOOKED GOOD TO GO. I GOT THE THUMBS UP, JIM. >> Jim: JUST MADE HIS SECOND CATCH OF THE GAME FOR 25 YARDS AND IT’S A SECOND AND FIVE. ABLE TO SLIDE OFF THE FIRST HIT BY BISHOP BUT NOT BACK TO THE LINE, AS BISHOP RETURNS AFTER FIRST MISSING. COMES BACK AND GETS THE TACKLE. >> Tony: BISHOP COMES FLYING FROM THE THIRD LEVEL. THE SAFETY POSITION, AND, BOY, HAS HE HAD AN IMPACT ON THIS GAME. YOU SEE THE EFFORT AND COMMITMENT HERE. THIS IS A BIG DRIVE AND A HUGE PLAY RIGHT HERE. >> Jim: BY FAR THE BEST HALF OF FOOTBALL HE’S PLAYED IN HIS SECOND YEAR OUT OF UTAH. BEING DRAFTED IN THE SECOND ROUND A YEAR AGO. THIRD AND SEVEN. ROLLING. THINKING ABOUT IT. NOW RELEASING. AND IT’S INCOMPLETE. GUESS WHAT? IT WAS BISHOP AGAIN. >> Tony: YOU CALLED IT. THIS IS BISHOP AGAIN. THE RUSH LANE INTEGRITY. YOU SEE THE SPY COME FLYING IN. WILLIAMS RIGHT THERE. THE BALL HAS TO BE THROWN. WHO IS AT THE POINT OF CONTACT RIGHT WHEN THE BALL IS THERE? BISHOP, FOR THE FOURTH OR FIFTH TIME. >> Jim: THINK ABOUT ALL THE INJURIES IN THE SECONDARY WITH TAYLOR RAPP, LOST FOR THE RULE. HAMLIN OUT, AND JOHNSON WITH A GROIN INJURY ON FRIDAY. THAT WAS A LATE SCRATCH. >> Tony: THAT WAS HUGE. >> Jim: HUGE. JUST ADDED TO THE LONG LIST BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE IT SO FAR. THAT WAS A 50-YARD PUNT. JOSH ALLEN ANDTY DEFERRED AT TH TOP. GAVE THE FOOTBALL TO THE BILLS, AS YOU SEE ALL OF THIS INTERACTION ON THE SIDELINE. TERRELL BENARD IS DOING A LITTLE LEADERSHIP. SO THEY DEFER AND THE BILLS END UP SCORING ON THE OPENING DRIVE BUT THEIR FIRST DRIVE OF THE SECOND HALF IS THREE PLAYS AND A PUNT. >> Tony: WHICH WAS THE SAME THING KANSAS CITY STARTED THE GAME WITH AND IT SHOWS YOU, THIS IS AN ADJUSTMENT GAME. IT REALLY IS AND WHOEVER ADJUSTS AS THE COACHING STAFF AND NO ONE IS ANY BETTER THAN SPAGNUOLO AND ANDY REID, BUT THEY HAVE PROVEN KANSAS CITY TO FIGURE IT OUT AS THE GAME GOES ON EVEN WHEN IT DOESN’T LOOK GREAT. >> Jim: ON SECOND AND SEVEN. STAY WITH THE TIGHT ENDS, SAYS JOSH ALLEN. THE WAY THAT’S WORKED OUT SO FAR. BRILLIANT. KIN KINCAID. TWO YARDS SHY. >> Tony: THIS IS OBVIOUSLY PART OF WHAT THE GAME PLAN WAS COMING IN. THE BILLS OBVIOUSLY LEANING INTO THE QUICK GAME EARLY. IN THE SECOND HALF. LIKE THEY DID TO START THE GAME. FOUR OF ALLEN’S FIRST SIX PASSES WERE BASICALLY BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. SO THEY ARE GOING TO COME OUT AND DO IT AGAIN. RUN THE BALL AND THEN EVENTUALLY ATTACK DOWNFIELD. THEY DO NEED CHRIS JONES TO HAVE A SPLASH PLAY. HE’S THERE AND HE’S A MONSTER. >> THIRD AND TWO AND ALLEN KEEPS IT. THEY HAVEN’T HAD MANY DESIGN RUNS FOR ALLEN THIS YEAR LIKE THEY DID A SEASON AGO, JUST A COUPLE BUT THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AND IT GOES FOR A FIRST. >> Tony: EXACTLY RIGHT. WE’LL PRETEND WE WILL RUN THIS AND ALLEN WILL COME DOWN THIS WAY. THAT’S THE THIRD, ONLY THE THIRD DESIGNED QUARTERBACK RUN, NOT SCRAMBLE, AND YOU USE CHRIS JONES GOING TO THE QUARTERBACK AGAINST HIM SOMETIMES. GET UPFIELD. GO AHEAD BECAUSE I’M GOING TO RUN RIGHT THERE. >> TORRENCE WAS OPPOSITE HIM AND ABLE TO CLEAR THAT PATH. FIRST DOWN. GAIN OF 11. TO COOK. TO THE 40. >> Tony: LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD BE ABOUT FIVE YARDS BUT THEY ONLY GOT THREE AND HE WENT DOWN A LITTLE EARLY BUT THAT DESIGNED QUARTERBACK RUN, ISN’T IT FUNNY, ANDY REID BRINGS OUT ALL THE NEW, COOL STUFF WHEN THE TEAM NEEDS IT, WITH HOW THEY FORMAT THINGS, WITH THE FORMATIONS. GUESS WHAT THE BILLS DO. THEY DECIDE TO USE JOSH ALLEN’S LEGS IN BIG GAMES IN THE SAME WAY. >> Jim: SECOND AND SEVEN. HE’S GOT TIME AND HAS HIS TARGET. A FLAG DOWN IN THE SECONDARY AS KINCAID MAKES ANOTHER RECEPTION. >> Tony: THIS WILL STAND BECAUSE IT WILL BE ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> Referee: HOLDING, NUMBER 20. DEFENSE. THIRD DOWN. >> Jim: 12-YARD PASS PLAY, AND JOSH ALLEN HAS COMPLETED HIS LAST NINE PASSES. >> Tony: WATCH HIS EYES. JUST DIALED IN. I THINK HE’S DOING A GAIT JOB RIGHT NOW UNDERSTANDING, COMING INTO THE GAME, WHERE ARE THE CHIEFS VULNERABLE? THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH PRESS COVERAGE. MAKING IT LOOK DIRTY. IT’S ALL DISGUISED. GUESS WHAT? THE TIGHT END IS RIGHT HERE. LET’S GET HIM THE BALL AND THEY ARE DOING IT. TIGHT END AND RUNNING BACKS. >> Jim: FIRST DOWN. TO COOK. A LITTLE STUTTER STEP, AND BRINGS THEM BACK AFTER ONLY ONE. >> Tony: THE TIMES THAT THE CHIEFS HAVE STOPPED THE BILLS IS WHEN THEY HAVE WON FIRST DOWN. EVERY TIME THE BILLINGS CONTINUE TO WIN FIRST DOWN, THEY HAVE NOT EVEN REMOTELY BEEN CLOSE TO BEING STOPPED BUT IF YOU CAN SLOW THEM DOWN, BOLTON HAD THE TWO RUN THROUGHS EARLY IN THE GAMES, SPAGNUOLO — IT’S A PASSING SITUATION, YOU CAN CALL FOR COOL STUFF. >> Jim: SECOND AND 10. ABLE TO ESCAPE. GOT AWAY FROM AMROM AND LOBS ITF BOUNDS. >> GOT TO FIND WAYS TO GET THEM OFFSCHEDULE. IT’S FUNNY, WHEN WE WERE MEETING WITH JOE BRADY ON FRIDAY HE WAS TALKING SCHEDULE AGAIN. WE’VE JUST GOT TO ALWAYS STAY ON SCHEDULE. WE HIT OUR PLAYS, WE CAN BE A FORCE. IN THE ATLANTA GAME WHICH WAS A SHOCKING LOSS, DIDN’T EVEN RECOGNIZE HIS GAME BECAUSE THEY WERE OFF SCHEDULE SO MUCH THAT DAY. DIDN’T KNOW WHAT HE WAS WATCHING. >> Tony: YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THEY HAD TO GET BACK TO THE FOUNDATION. RUN THE BALL. KEEP IT SIMPLE. DON’T BE RANDOM. DON’T JUST CREATE BACKYARD FOOTBALL. YOU CALLED IT, JIM, EXACTLY RIGHT. >> Jim: THIRD AND 10. SHAKIR, BOLTON WAITING FOR HIM AND THROWS HIM DOWN. THEY WERE ABLE TO STOP THE FIRST DOWN RUN. >> Tony: BY COOK. >> Jim: AND NOTHING MATERIALIZED AND THEY COME OFF THE FIELD. >> Tony: LITERALLY COULDN’T SAY IT ANY BETTER. BOLTON HAD TWO OF THOSE EARLIER IN THE GAME. WHEN HE RAN THROUGH. STOPPED THE RUN ON FIRST DOWN. BECAUSE BUFFALO IS PLAYING IT SO CLOSE TO THE VEST. THAT NOW YOU GET THEM IN OBVIOUS PASSING SITUATIONS AND YOU DON’T WANT TO DO THAT AGAINST SPAGNUOLO. BIG STOP FOR THE CHIEFS. >> Jim: — SIGNED WITH BUFFALO ON SEPTEMBER 30. AND HE PUNTED IN TWO SUPER BOWLS WITH THE 49ers AGAINST KANSAS CITY. GOING AGAINST THEM AGAIN TODAY AND HE HAS IT BOUNCING AROUND AT THE 11. SOLOMON DOWNS TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR THE BILLS. NOW BUFFALO IS BACK OUT HERE AT THE 11. THE EARLY ACTION. PIVOTAL TO THINK, THOUGH, THE DOWNSIDE IF YOU LOSE, TAKE KANSAS CITY, A FOURTH LOSS IF THAT HAPPENS, AND YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A TEAM THAT’S ALL ABOUT THE ONE SEED. HERE IS MAHOMES FIRING IT TO BROWN. AND THAT WAS THE ROOKIE HAIRSTON ON THE COVERAGE, ON WORTHY, ACTUALLY, WORTHY DEEP. BACK TO THAT POINT, TONY, ABOUT WHAT KANSAS CITY IS FIGHTING FOR WITH THE BRONCOS AND CHARGERS. >> Tony: YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THIS IS A GREAT JOB, BY THE WAY, JIM, OF GETTING RIGHT BACK THERE BUT HAIRSTON, A FIRST-ROUND PICK, JUST STARTED PLAYING LAST WEEK, A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME PLAYS BUT HE COULD BE A GAME CHANGER. IF HE CAN RUN WITH XAVIER WORTHY ON A GO ROUTE. >> Jim: HOW ABOUT THAT. >> Tony: THIS CHANGES BUFFALO GOING FORWARD BUT THIS IS A MONSTER GAME. >> Jim: HIS DEBUT LAST WEEK. HAIRSTON. >> Tony: YOU SAID THE DOWNSIDE IS REAL. >> Jim: THIRD AND NINE. LAUNCHES IT. LOOK WHO IS OPEN? KELCE AT THE 40 YARD LINE. MAHOMES DANCED AROUND AND BOUGHT ENOUGH TIME TO PICK UP 28. AND MOVE THE FOOTBALL ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE 40. >> Tony: THIS IS JUST THE BACKYARD FOOTBALL OF TWO HALL OF FAMERS, HONESTLY. THERE IS NOTHING THERE. MAHOMES BACKS UP AND THROWS THE BALL AND GUESS WHAT? SOMEBODY ELSE KNOWS WHERE TO GO. LISTEN, I’M OPEN. JUST THROW IT UP. THAT’S A GREAT CONNECTION. >> Jim: BIG TIME CHANGE OF FIELD POSSESSION. POSITION. AS THEY HAND IT BACK TO YOU. >> Jim: FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, ADAM, IF JACKSONVILLE WINS AND KANSAS CITY LOSES KANSAS CITY WOULD FALL BACK TO EIGHTH POSITION. >> Tony: WOW! >> Jim: AGAIN, ONLY TOP SEVEN MAKE IT. I KNOW WE’VE GOT MILES TO GO BUT TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE DOWNSIDE THAT YOU MENTIONED AND THE CONSEQUENCES AND CHALLENGES YOU FACE IN THE BACK HALF OF THE SEASON AS MAHOMES STEPS UP. FLINGS IT, INCOMPLETE. GOT ANOTHER THIRD DOWN ON THE WAY COMING UP FOR MAHOMES. MICHAEL WAS ALL AROUND MAHOMES WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO THROW THAT. >> Tony: THEY ARE TALKING WHETHER THIS WAS INTENTIONAL GROUNDING, BECAUSE NOBODY WAS IN THE AREA. DID GET PAST THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. IT WAS A GREAT THROWAWAY BUT I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO Y’ALL IT. >> Jim: WOW! HOW ABOUT THAT. THROWS OUT THE FLAG. >> Tony: OR CROSS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. ONE OR THE OTHER. >> Referee: INTENTIONAL GROUNDING, NUMBER 15. [CHEERS] >> Referee: 10-YARD PENALTY. LOSS OF DOWNS. THIRD DOWN. >> Jim: PATRICK MAKES AN APPEAL THAT HIS ARM WAS HIT WHEN HE THREW IT AND THAT’S WHY IT CAME UP SO SHORT. >> Tony: SO — WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE THE POET. SO HE KNOWS HE’S ABOUT TO GET HIT RIGHT THERE IN THE POCKET. NOW WATCH. GO AHEAD AND RUN THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE SINGLE HIGH. BUFFALO HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING TWO GUYS HIGH AND NOW HE THROWS IT INTO AN AREA THAT NO ONE IS AT. HE JUST WANTED TO GET RID OF THE BALL KNOWING, WITH HIS GREAT INSTINCTS HE’S ABOUT TO GET HIT PRESIDENT DON’T PUT THE BALL IN HARM’S WAY. THAT’S THE CORRECT CALL IN THE POCKET. >> Jim: THIRD AND 16. >> Tony: MAHOMES MAY NOT BE WRONG, THOUGH, JIM. DID THAT BALL GET TIPPED? IF THE BALL GETS TIPPED IT CHANGES EVERYTHING. >> Jim: THAT WAS DEFINITELY TIPPED. IT GOES DEAD. IT HIT THE FINGERTIPS OF HOYT. THAT’S WHAT PATRICK WAS TRYING TO SIGNAL. IT CHANGES THE ENTIRE INTENT OF THE THROW. I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO OVERTURN THEIR OWN CALL. LET’S BRING IN GENE STERATORE FOR HIS INTERPRETATION. >> VERY UNIQUE. WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN REVIEW A PASS INTERFERENCE IF THE BALL IS TIPPED. IN THIS SCENARIO HOYT DEFINITELY TOUCHES IT AND WE SEE A RECEIVER BREAKING INTO AN AREA WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE PATRICK MAHOMES IS THROWING TO. I DON’T SEE WHY WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REVIEW SOMETHING THERE BECAUSE WHERE THIS FOOTBALL LANDS IS RELATED DIRECTLY TO THE FACT THAT THE BALL GOT TIPPED, SO IN THE AREA, THAT GETS MOVED AROUND BECAUSE OF A TIPPED BALL. AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT ANDY IS PLEADING TO RIGHT NOW. >> Jim: ANDY IS NOT HAPPY. >> Referee: AFTER DISCUSSION, THERE IS NO REVIEWABLE ASPECT ON THE PLAY. IT’S THIRD DOWN. >> Jim: SO GENE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE OVERTURNED. >> WITH THE INTENTION OF GROUNDING, YOU KNOW, JIM, I’VE BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS. THIS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE SEEN A PLAY LIKE THAT. MY QUESTION WOULD BE, THOUGH, IF YOU’RE THROWING THE BALL IN THE AREA OF A PLAYER AND A TIPPED FOOTBALL CHANGED THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO REVIEWABLE IF, IN FACT, IT’S NOT AT THIS POINT. >> Jim: IT CERTAINLY WAS A MISS. >> Jim: THIRD AND 16. AND MAHOMES IS GOING DOWN. AS VOYT WAS ALL OVER HIM ON THE PREVIOUS PLAY, THEY GET HIM FOR THE SECOND TIME ON THIS GAME. >> Tony: WATCH RIGHT HERE. THIS IS A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING THIS SPOT COVERED. EVERYONE HAS RUSH LANE INTEGRITY. SEAN McDERMOTT. BOBBY, OUTSTANDING JOB RIGHT THERE TO NOT ALLOW HIM TO EXTENT THE PLAY. >> Jim: BUFFALO DEFENSE. SO SCRUTINIZED, COMING INTO THIS WEEK. THAT WAS A 60-YARD BOOT. BY PROVIDED BY GOODYEAR. IT’S BEEN A SCORELESS THIRD QUARTER WITH 5:30 TO GO, AND THE BILLS LEAD IT 21-13. COOK, SLIDES TO THE RIGHT. TRIES TO CUT BACK MIDDLE AND THERE IS A WHOLE HOST INCLUDING BOLTON WAITING FOR HIM AFTER A GAIN OF THREE. >> Tony: THESE ARE THE MOMENTS THAT YOU SEE, CAN BUFFALO MAKE IT SIMPLE. YOU RUN THE FOOTBALL. YOU’RE GOING TO GET THE BEST THAT THE CHIEFS HAVE RIGHT NOW. CHAMPIONSHIP DNA. THEY KNOW HOW TO SHOW IT. YOU’VE GOT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING GOOD IF YOU’RE BUFFALO. >> Jim: SECOND AND SEVEN. DUMPS IT OFF TO SHAKIR. OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 50 AND ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR THE BILLS. A GAIN OF 20. >> Tony: ACROSS, DRAG ROUTE. THE GREAT JIM NANTZ TO START THE GAME SAID, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY THROWN THE BALL — >> Jim: 18 CATCHES LAST YEAR AND TODAY NOW WITH SEVEN CATCHES. SO DOING THE SAME KIND OF WORK. >> Tony: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. TIGHT ENDS, SECURE RUNNING BACK. >> Jim: BOOTLEG TIME. TRYING TO LOAD UP. IT WASN’T THERE. DUMPING IT OFF INSTEAD. COLEMAN THERE. A GAIN OF 11. >> Tony: A GREAT JOB BY JOSH. WE’RE RUNNING IT OVER HERE. COMES BARK AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN RISKY WITH THE BALL BUT HE KNOWS IN BIG GAMES YOU CAN’T BE RISKY WITH THE BALL. GREAT DECISION. STAYING IN PHASE. >> Jim: ALLEN HAS HIT 12 OF HIS LAST 13 PASSES. SECOND CATCH OF THE GAME FOR COLEMAN. COOK. [WHISTLE] >> Jim: TRYING TO RUN BEHIND GILLIAM. AND IT’S GAIN OF ABOUT TWO. >> Tony: THE SAME PLAY WE’VE SEEN, GILLIAM STARTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE, RUNS TO THE LEFT. GUESS WHO HAS ADJUSTED? KANSAS CITY AND SPAGNUOLO. CAN’T DO THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AGAINST THIS TEAM. >> Jim: SO THEY HAVE A LINE CHANGE, IF YOU WILL. SPAGNUOLO HELPED SOLVE THAT ONE AT HALFTIME WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS. THREE WIDE RECEIVERS COME IN ON SECOND AND EIGHT. DOWN THE FIELD AND IT’S CAUGHT AND IT’S ELIJAH MOORE WITH JUST HIS SIXTH CATCH OF THE SEASON. >> Tony: THIS IS WHY IT’S A HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT. NO ONE THROWS UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE, LAYS THE BALL RIGHT IN BETWEEN BOTH DEFENDERS. OUTSTANDING BY JOSH. >> Jim: AND THEY MOVE QUICKLY WITH NO HUDDLE AFTER 28 YARDS. IT’S COOK. FOR ABOUT SIX. >> Tony: YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE GOING FAST AFTER CHUNK PLAYS. EXPLOSIVE PLAYS DOWN THE FIELD TO KEEP THE DEFENSE ON THEIR HEELS. REALLY GREAT JOB BY THIS STAFF TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT BIG MOMENT IN THE GAME. A QUICK HANDOFF LIKE EARLIER. >> Jim: SECOND AND GOAL. THERE IT IS. TO COOK. COOK TRYING TO BACK IT IN. [WHISTLE] >> Jim: UNABLE TO GET THERE. SPENCER BROWN, TRYING TO GET OVER THERE IN TIME, BUT COULDN’T QUITE MAKE IT. >> Tony: QUARTERBACK SNEAK, HERE WE GO. IT’S NOT THE HUM BUM. IT’S THE JOSH ALLEN. >> Jim: JOSH, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS. THAT’S A TOUCHDOWN! CAME OVER AND HEAD BUTTED HIM. HE HELPED PUSH HIM ACROSS. >> Tony: THEY ARE PREPARED. WATCH TORRENCE ON THE RIGHT SIDE RIGHT HERE. TRYING RIGHT HERE, AND THEN HE GRABS HIM AND JUST SAYS COME HERE, BUDDY. YOU CALLED IT, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS. >> Jim: JOSH ALLEN, FOR REGULAR AND POSTSEASON GAMES, NOW HAS 79 RUSH TOUCHDOWNS IN HIS EIGHTH YEAR, GIVEN AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THAT STANDS ALL TIME. 25th. HE JUST MOVED AHEAD OF CAMPBELL >> Jim: JUST TO AMPLIFY ALL THESE RUSH TOUCHDOWNS, FOR ALL ACTIVE PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE, HE’S SECOND NOW WITH 72 TOUCHDOWNS. JUST REGULAR SEASON. ONLY DEREK HENRY AMONGST ACTIVE PLAYERS HAS MORE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS THAN JOSH ALLEN. >> Tony: THAT’S CRAZY. BECAUSE HE DOES PLAY RUNNING BACK. >> Jim: THE ADDED DIMENSION THAT YOU GET AND HE’S 253 YARDS WITH A TOUCHDOWN. THORNTON. LAST MINUTE AND A HALF OF THE THIRD QUARTER. FACING A 15-POINT HOLD. FAKE HANDOFF. PLAY ACTION. AND HIT. THE BALL OUT. THE BALL IS OUT — AND RECOVERED BY HOECHT. I THINK THEY WILL SAY THE ARM WAS GOING FORWARD. A.J. EPENESA WAS IN THERE DELIVERING THE BLOW. IT’S AN INCOMPLETION. >> Tony: YES, IT WILL BE INCOMPLETE. EPENESA WITH A GREAT PASS RUSH. USING A SWIM MOVE. GETTING OUTSIDE, AND RIGHT AT THE END, YES, YOU CAN SEE THAT. GENE? >> CLEARLY GOING FORWARD, FELLOWS. THAT’S AN INCOMPLETE PASS FOR SURE. >> Tony: STILL MAKES YOU FEEL AS A QUARTERBACK THEY ARE GETTING AROUND ME. SPEEDS UP YOUR INTERNAL CLOCK. HE’S GOT TO CALM DOWN. A HUGE DRIVE RIGHT NOW. >> Jim: SECOND AND 10. >> AGAIN. FEELS THE HEAT. BACKS AWAY. AND OVERTHROWS RICE. >> Tony: HE’S TRYING DESPERATELY TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. THAT WAS WAY TOO RISKY. HE SHOULD HAVE THROWN IT AWAY BUT BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS PLAY THEY WENT ON FIRST DOWN. NOW HE’S GOING TO TRY AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. WATCH THE HIT AT THE END, JIM. >> Jim: EPENESA TWO STRAIGHT PLAYS, ALL OVER HIM. OH, BOY. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. >> Tony: I KNOW THEY HAVE SOME PEOPLE INJURED BUT I KEPT SAYING, THEY ALLOCATED THE RESOURCES TO THE D LINE. THAT’S THE WAY TO WIN, THE WAY THEY ARE PERFORMING TODAY. >> Jim: THIRD AND 10. WIDE OPEN. IS BROWN. AND THEY GET OUT OF A THIRD AND 10 JAM. GUTSY THROW FOR 36 HERE, TOM. >> Tony: IT’S A SEMI PICK PLAY, AND INGRAM, WHO IS THE DIME NICKEL, IS IN THE SLOT, AND MAH MAHOMES, ONE OF THE BEST EVER RECOGNIZING A MISTAKE, TWO PLAYS, DOWN BY 15, WHO DO YOU WANT TO THROW TO RIGHT NOW? PUT THAT DUDE OUT THERE. THE CHIEFS AIN’T GOING AWAY. >> Jim: ON FIRST DOWN. WILL GO TO JUJU. SCHUSTER, A LITTLE TOE-TO-TOE WITH CAM LEWIS ON MINIMAL GAIN. CAUGHT RUNNING DOWN HERE ON THE THIRD QUARTER. AND THAT’S GOING TO DO IT FOR THE THIRD. ONLY POINTS SCORED IN THAT QUARTER. THE TOUCHDOWN FROM A YARD OUT BY JOSH ALLEN. >> Tony: THE JUGGERNAUT OF THE CHIEFS COMING IN HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN BUT THERE IS STILL A QUARTER LEFT, JIM. >> Jim: IT’S A TWO-SCORE >> Jim: WELCOME BACK TO HIGHMARK STADIUM. JIM NANTZ HERE WITH TONY ROMEO AND TRACY. TRYING TO AVOID A FOURTH LOSS ON THE SEASON.O AND TRACY. TRYING TO AVOID A FOURTH LOSS ON THE SEASON. SECOND AND EIGHT FROM THE 31 OF THE BILLS TO START THE FINAL QUARTER. IN TROUBLE AGAIN, AND THEY GOT HIM. JOEY BOSA. >> Tony: THERE HE IS. WHAT AN ACQUISITION. JUST WATCH. THIS I’M GOING TO PRETEND TO SPEED THE POWER. A SWIM MOVE AND RIGHT THERE IS WHY YOU GO GET SOMEONE OF HIS CALIBER. BOY, HAS HE SHOWN UP THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS IMPRESSIVE. HE HAS CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS DEFENSE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. >> Jim: RIGHT TACKLE. TAYLOR. DOWN ON ONE KNEE. WE HAD A GREAT VISIT WITH JOEY BOSA THIS WEEK. HE’S JUST THRILLED TO BE HERE. AFTER THOSE SEASONS IN A CHARGER UNIFORM WHERE HE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO PLAYING KANSAS CITY TWICE PER YEAR. FRESHPET. FRESH FOOD FROM THE FRIG. >> Jim: MORRIS COMES IN FOR TAYLOR. BEING LOOKED AT ON THE SIDELINE. THIRD AND 17. MAHOMES JUST SACKED FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THIS GAME. >> Tony: MOTION TO SEE THE DEFENSE — LOOKS LIKE ZONE. >> Jim: DOWN THE FIELD. AND INCOMPLETE. GOING TO WORTHY AND IT IS INCOMPLETE. >> Tony: HE’S ABOUT TO GET PUSHED INTO MORRIS ON THE BACKSIDE. HE WISHES HE HAD THIS THROW BACK. IT’S A PRETTY GOOD THROW BUT HE COULD HAVE THROWN IT RIGHT ON HIS CHEST. GOOD ATTEMPT. WORTHY COULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT BANG-BANG PLAY. >> Jim: HOECHT. >> Tony: HE’S BEEN EVERYWHERE. ALL AROUND THE FIELD. GREAT ACQUISITION THIS OFFSEASON. GIVES THEM POSITION AND FLEXIBILITY AND HE WAS A BIG PART OF THIS PLAN TODAY. >> Jim: A BIG PRESENCE LAST WEEK AGAINST CAROLINA. MAHOMES IS STILL OUT HERE. >> Tony: WOW. >> Jim: 40 YARD LINE, FOURTH AND 17. >> Tony: FIRST THOUGHT? THEY MAY TRY AND DRAW THEM OFFSIDES, JUST TO GET INTO — I DO BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING FOR IT. HE’S ALSO ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN ON FOURTH DOWN. SOMEONE WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR A CATCH, TO POSSIBLY GET IT. >> Jim: WISE HAS NOT BEEN TARGETED OR TOUCH THE FOOTBALL IN THIS SECOND HALF. TIME-OUT. CHIEFS, SOME OF THEM HAVE GIVEN UP ON THE PLAY, AND A WHISTLE. SOME OF THEM COULDN’T HEAR IN THIS RUCKUS ENVIRONMENT. >> Referee: PRIOR TO THE SNAP, FIRST CHARGE TIME-OUT BUFFALO. A 30-SECOND TIME-OUT. >> Jim: YOUR THOUGHTS ON GOING FOR IT, WE’VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION IN THE PAST, NOT EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD WOULD THINK ABOUT GOING FOR FOURTH AND 17 EXCEPT IF YOU’VE GOT PATRICK MAHOMES. >> Tony: NEVER A GOOD SITUATION AND ALMOST NOBODY WOULD DO IT ESPECIALLY WITH THIS AMOUNT OF TIME LEFT IN THE GAME, BUT I’LL SAY THIS. IF IT’S FOURTH AND 17, I WOULD TRY AND DRAW YOU OFFSIDES TO GET INTO A MORE MANAGEABLE FOURTH DOWN, FIRST-OFF, AND POSSIBLY GET A KICK WHICH YOU DON’T NEED RIGHT NOW. BUT MAHOMES IS UNBELIEVABLE IN THESE SITUATIONS. I’M NOT JOKING. IT WILL BE BANG-BANG PLAY, AND HAVE A CHANCE. >> Jim: WATCH OUT FOR RICE. LINED UP AT THE TOP. FOURTH AND 17. MAHOMES SPINNING BACK AROUND. LOOKING WAY DOWN THE FIELD. HE’LL NEED A BIG ONE HERE. TO RICE, THEY DELIVER ON FOURTH AND 17. YOU COULD JUST FEEL THAT ONE COMING. 29 YARDS TO RICE. >> Tony: WHAT AN AMAZING CALL. THIS IS ALSO WHY YOU GO FOR IT ON FOURTH AND 17. POSSIBLE PASS INTERFERENCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT WATCH. THIS HERE’S BOSA. THEY AREN’T GOING TO BLOCK HIM. MAHOMES TENDS TO ROLL OUT. A PRETEND SCRAMBLE, GETS BACK TO THE POCKET. ANDY REID GENIUS. >> Jim: HANDOFF TO HUNT. AND BANGING AROUND. [WHISTLE] >> Jim: TO ABOUT THE SIX. >> Tony: REMEMBER, I TALKED ABOUT HOW ANDY REID BRINGS HIS BIG GUNS OUT IN BIG GAMES. THAT’S ONE I HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE. JUST CHIP IT. PRETEND LIKE HE’S SCOTT RUNNING UP THE FIELD AND RESET THE POCKET. BY THE WAY, THAT WAS THE LONGEST FOURTH DOWN EVER CONVERTED BY PATRICK MAHOMES IN HIS NFL CAREER. FOURTH AND 17. WHO GOES FOR IT UNLESS THE GAME IS ON THE LAST PLAY. >> Jim: SECOND AND SIX. >> Tony: TOLD YOU, THEY ARE GOING TO FIND SOME WAY. IT’S REAL. >> Jim: FROM THE SEVEN. MAHOMES STEPS UP. THOUGHT ABOUT FLIPPING IT. GETS WITHIN A YARD OF THE FIRST. BROUGHT DOWN FROM BEHIND BY ROUSSEAU. PATRICK MAHOMES RIGHT NOW IS UNDER 50% PASSING. 13-27. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE’S RUN IN THE GAME. HE’S HAD GREAT SEASON RUNNING AND SCRAMBLING WITH THE FOOTBALL. >> Tony: HE REALLY HAS. ON A RECORD PACE. GETTING THE BALL UP THE FASTEST OF HIS CAREER. RUNNING MORE. NOT TODAY. THE BILLS HAVE BEEN SWALLOWING THAT UP, BUT HE IS AMAZING BRINGING HIS TEAM BACK AND HE’S SHOWING IT AGAIN. >> Jim: THIRD AND ONE. TWO YARDS FROM PRATER. HUNT. DENIED. HE WAS, AGAIN, ON THIRD AND ONE OR FOURTH AND ONE. INCLUDING AN EARLIER CONVERSION TODAY. 18-20, BUT STOPPED THIS TIME. >> Tony: WE SAW HIM GET STOPPED ON THE SECOND DOWN WHICH DOESN’T EXACTLY COUNT BUT HERE IT IS. DO YOU GIVE IT TO THEM AGAIN, OR NO? >> Jim: I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO PUT THE BALL IN THE HANDS OF THE QUARTERBACK. THEY HAVE ALREADY CONVERTED ON FOURTH AND 17. NOW THEY JUST NEED A YARD. THEY HAVE GOT TO HAVE IT. NOPE. IT IS HUNT AND HE GETS IN WITH EASE. TOUCHDOWN KANSAS CITY! SPREAD EVERYBODY OUT. AND KAREEM SAW ENOUGH OF AN OPENING. A LITTLE CREASE. DIDN’T NEED MUCH, AND, LOOK, HE’S GOING FOR TWO. ANDY CALLING FOR TWO. INTERESTING, THE BIG DEBATE, DO YOU GO FOR IT HERE AFTER THE NEXT ONE? THEY ARE GOING FOR IT RIGHT NOW. >> Tony: OKAY. WE STOPPED THEM. NOW HER GOING TO THROW IT. EVERYONE THINKS IT AND YOU JUST DO IT AGAIN. HE GOT STOPPED ONE, 18-20. DO IT TWICE. ANDY REDOING THIS BECAUSE THERE IS ENOUGH TIME ON THE CLOCK TO GET MULTIPLE POSSESSIONS IS WHY HE’S DOING IT. OTHERWISE, SIX MINUTES, YOU WOULDN’T. >> Jim: TO GET IT TO A ONE-SCORE GAME. IT IS RIGHT THERE FOR KELCE. >> Tony: RELIABLE. >> Jim: 28-21. >> Tony: GUESS WHO SHOWS UP? >> Jim: THIS IS THE ONE THAT SET IT UP. HOW DID RICE GET THAT OPEN? >> Tony: BECAUSE HE GAVE THE GREATEST I HAVE SEEN PROTECTION PLAN THAT NO >> Jim: WE’RE BACK HERE AT HIGHMARK STADIUM. NOT THE HIGHEST OF PROBABILITIES TO GO FOR IT ON FOURTH AND 17 BUT THEY GO FOR IT AND MAHOMES THROWS A STRIKE TO A WIDE OPEN RICE FOR 29 YARDS TO HELP PROPEL THEM TO ANOTHER WITH NFL TODAY YOU CAN COUNT ON CBS AND STREAMING ON PARAMOUNT PLUS. >> Jim: NOW, SEEING THEIR LEAD TRIMMED TO SEVEN, IN THE MOST IMPROBABLE WAY, ALLEN, FAKES THEM OUT AND TAKES OFF. SLIDES FOR SIX. HE’S GOING TO CHUCKLE ABOUT THAT ONE [LAUGHTER] >> Jim: GOT THEM TO COMMIT. >> Tony: HE DEFINITELY — OH, THAT’S A LITTLE ACTING, IT LOOKED LIKE. HEY, HEY. OH. NO. THAT HURT SO BAD. HE WAS CHUCKLING. I’M ALMOST GOT YOU. >> Jim: HE’S GOT AN OFFSEASON HOME IN HOLLYWOOD, MAYBE SETTING UP A FEW MORE COMMERCIALS DOWN THE ROAD, OR SOMETHING BIGGER. SECOND AND FOUR, AS COOK GETS NEAR THE STICKS. THEY WON’T GIVE TO IT HIM. HALF A YARD SHY. THIRD DOWN ON THE WAY. >> Tony: THIS DRIVE WILL TELL ME A LOT. GOING FORWARD FOR THIS BUFFALO TEAM. COME IN. BEFORE THIS WEEKEND, THE NUMBER ONE TEAM RUSHING YARDS PER GAME, HERE COMES THE OLD TUSH PUSH. I DON’T THINK THEY WILL NEED TORRENCE HERE. >> Jim: THEY GO LEFT AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT WORKS AS HE BOUNCES OFF THE FIRST CONTACT. AND HAS THE FIRST DOWN. AGAIN, THEY WERE 2-5 AFTER ALL OF LAST SEASON, THEY ONLY FAILED ONE TIME ON THE SNEAK, THEN THEY GOT INTO THE AFC TITLE GAME AND WERE DENIED THREE TIMES INCLUDING A CONTROVERSIAL ONE IN THE FOURTH. >> Tony: IT SHOWS YOU EVEN THERE THEY GOT STUFFED RIGHT AWAY AND THE PUSH ALLOWS IT TO BE A FIRST DOWN. YOU JUST CALLED IT, JIM. SO MUCH OF THE GAME CAME DOWN TO THAT AND OTHER BIG PLAYS. >> Jim: COOK, LOOKING FOR A HUNDRED. NEEDS 13 TO GET THERE. HE’S GOT 14. THAT’S THE FIRST RUNNING BACK TO TAKE A SEAT AND STAND UP. JIMBO JAMES COOK. HE’S GOT 101 YARDS. >> Tony: COME DOWNHILL. READ IT. BOUNCE. BOUNCE. HIS VISION IS NEXT LEVEL AND THIS IS WHY I SAID THIS DRIVE IS GOING TO BE REALLY TELLING, CAN BUFFALO MAKE THE GAME SIMPLE? DON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH JOSH ALLEN TO CLOSE A CAME OUT. CAN YOU GIVE IT TO COOK AND LET HIM CLOSE IT OUT. >> Jim: SINCE LAST YEAR, FIRST RUNNING BACK AGAIN SINCE WHITE OF THE RAIDERS ON CHRISTMAS DAY OF 2023. LET’S GO DOWN TO TRACE. >> Tracy: THE DEFENSIVE END MICHAEL HOECHT WHO JUST RETURNED FROM THE SIX-GAME SUSPENSION LAST WEEK GOT HURT ON THAT LAST DRIVE. IT WAS A NONCONTACT INJURY. COULD NOT PUT ANY WEIGHT ON IT. HE REFUSED TO GO IN, THOUGH. WANT TO STAY ON THE BENCH. WITH HIS TEAMMATES. THEY ARE CALLING IT AN ACHILLES INJURY AND HE’S OUT. >> Tony: NEVER GOOD, RIGHT? >> Jim: NOPE. >> Tony: NONCONTACT AND HE PLAYED AWESOME LAST WEEK AND WAS PLAYING GOOD TONIGHT AS WELL. >> Jim: SECOND AND 10. AND LOOK AT THAT TACKLE. THAT WAS McDUFFIE. THAT’S ONE WAY TO BRING HIM DOWN. BOLTON WAS IN THE AREA AND A LOSS OF FOUR. >> Tony: THIS IS WHERE SPAGNUOLO AND BOLTON ARE INCREDIBLE. WATCH RIGHT HERE. I’M GOING BACK TO THE MIDDLE. NOTHING TO SEE HERE, AND THEN, BOOK. AS SOON AS YOU I.D. THE MIC AND YOU SAY, HE’S NOT COMING, DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT. THEY TRICK YOU, AND REMEMBER, ON THAT LAST PLAY, SPAG BROUGHT A BLITZ THEY WERE NOT PREPARED FOR. DID IT AGAIN THERE. >> Jim: THIRD AND 14. HALFWAY THROUGH THE FOURTH. STEPPING UP. TRYING TO FIGHT OFF A TACKLE BUT WON’T GET AWAY. CHENAL, WHAT A PLAY BY LEO CHENAL. AND THE CHIEFS HAVE THEIR SECOND STACK OF THE GAME AND IT COULDN’T HAVE COME AT A BIGGER TIME. >> Tony: CHENAL IS PRETENDING TO RUSH. JONES PUSHES IN THE POCKET. BUT CHENAL’S JOB AS A D-LINE STANDING THERE IS TO BE A SPY AND HE JUST COMES OFF THE BLOCK, AND JOSH ALLEN THOUGHT HE WOULD GET AWAY AND BE FREE. TWO WELL-COACHED TEAMS RIGHT NOW AND HERE WE GO, JIM. >> Jim: ACTUALLY, SACK NUMBER THREE BECAUSE THOSE LAST TWO PLAYS BOTH WENT DOWN AS SACKS OF ALLEN. NOW, KANSAS CITY WILL GET THE FOOTBALL INSIDE SEVEN MINUTES. FAIR CATCH SIGNAL. [WHISTLE] >> Jim: AND SECURED. >> Tony: I WAS SURPRISED THEY DIDN’T RUN THE BALL MORE ON THE LAST TWO PLAYS HONESTLY, ESPECIALLY AFTER THAT >> Jim: ANOTHER CLASSIC HERE UNFOLDING HERE AT ORCHID PARK. SEVEN-POINT GAME WITH UNDER SEVEN TO PLAY. IT’S HUNT. LOOK AT HIM BOUNCING AROUND. WHAT A RUN BY KAREEM HUNT FOR EIGHT YARDS. THEY OPEN THE SEASON, COMING BACK FROM 15 DOWN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO BEAT BALTIMORE. CAN THE CHIEFS COME BACK FROM 15 DOWN AT BUFFALO AND DO THE SAME THING THAT THE PHILS DID AGAINST THE RAVENS HERE. >> Tony: ABSOLUTELY. IF ANYONE CAN DO IT, IT’S THE CHIEFS. JUST WATCHING THAT THEY MADE IT SIMPLE. INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE BALL INTO MAHOMES’ HANDS THEY DECIDED TO GIVE IT TO HUNT. WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE ON THE OTHER SIDE. COOK PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE BALL. THE TIMES ARE ACHANGING, AS BOB DYLAN SAID. >> Jim: SECOND AND TWO. THEY ARE STAYING WITH HUNT. HUNT, ALWAYS RUNS HARD BUT THIS TIME, HE GOT BASICALLY NOTHING AND THERE IS A FLAG ON THE FIELD. >> Referee: HOLDING. NUMBER 64. OFFENSE. 10-YARD PENALTY. SECOND DOWN. >> Jim: THAT’S CALLED ON MORRIS, WHO CAME IN FOR JUWAAN TAYLOR EARLIER IN THE QUARTER, RIGHT TACKLE AFTER TAYLOR WAS HURT. >> Tony: SEE IT RIGHT THERE. ROUSSEAU HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING CONTAINED TODAY. SPILLING THAT ONE. >> Jim: AND TRACY REPORTING THAT THE INJURY FOR TAYLOR IS AN ANKLE INJURY. HE’S NOT RETURNED SINCE GOING OUT. THAT’S THE FIRST PENALTY ON THE CHIEFS OF THIS HALF. AND IT’S A BIG ONE. DROPS THEM BACK TO A SECOND AND 12. >> Tony: NOW BUFFALO CAN DO DISGUISE. THEY KNOW 90% THIS IS A THROW. HERE WE GO. MAHOMES’ TIME. >> Jim: RUSHING FORWARD. THROWS IT. DUMPS IT OFF TO KELCE AND HIS FALLS FORWARD FOR THE FIRST DOWN. >> Tony: NOBODY BETTER THAN THESE TWO AT FINDING THE SOFT SPOT. IF YOU’RE GOING TO RUN A ZONE DEFENSE KELCE WILL CHIP. EPENESA, AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE A ROUTE THAT SES GO ACROSS THE MIDDLE. NO, THIS SPOT IS OPEN AND MAHOMES WILL FIND ME AND HE DOES ON A HUGE PLAY FOR KANSAS CITY. >> Jim: FIRST AND 10. JORDAN IS IN THE SECONDARY FOR THE BILLS. THE OLD VETERAN, AND CLOGGING UP THE MIDDLE ON SMITH. WHOLE GROUP OF DEFENSIVE LINEMEN, INCLUDING MATHIS, AND NOW YOU’VE GOT THE LEFT GUARD INJURED. HE’S GOING TO HANG IN HERE. BUT BANGED UP A BIT ON THAT PLAY. >> Tony: I WAS LIKE — >> Tony: WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DO WITH TWO TACKLES NOW OUT? DO YOU THINK THEY WILL WANT A LONG PLAY — >> Jim: SIMMONS IS STILL OUT FOR PERSONAL REASONS. TAYLOR OUT. >> Tony: CAME IN AT RIGHT GUARD LAST WEEK. HAD A LITTLE ROUGH TIME SO TO ME EXPECT A RUN OR A QUICK SCREEN HERE. >> Jim: SECOND AND 10. >> Tony: NOT SOME LONG DEVELOPING PLAY. >> Jim: HOLD ON. OFFICIALS STOP IT. >> Referee: SECOND CHARGED TIME-OUT. BUFFALO. >> Tony: SAME THING HERE. . >> Tony: THAT’S WHY THEY CALLED TIME-OUT. THE CALL GOT IN LATE. JUST A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION. THAT’S BIG, THOUGH THAT COULD COME BACK TO HAUNT THEM. >> Jim: BILLS WITH ONLY ONE TIME-OUT. SECOND AND 10. SET UP A SCREEN. BOUNCES OFF A HELMET AND FALLS INCOMPLETE. NOW YOU’VE GOT THIRD AND 10. >> Tony: LIKE I SAID, AS SOON AS YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF GUYS DOWN, YOU’LL WANT SOMETHING FAST. THIS IS GOING TO BE A SCREEN PASS. THAT HAS TO GO AROUND TRACE’S HEAD AND THAT’S BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE BEING APPLIED BY BUFFALO. MAHOMES KNOWS IT. YOU CAN’T ALWAYS WAIT FOR IT TO BE PERFECT. BIG THIRD DOWN. >> Jim: SUAMATAIA BACK AT THIRD AND 10. UP WITH STARTER BACK. DEEP BALL. INTO DOUBLE COVERAGE, AND IT’S PICKED OFF! PICKED OFF BY HAIRSTON. THE ROOKIE. >> Tony: GUESS WHO PROVIDED THE PRESSURE? INTERCEPTION HAPPENED BECAUSE OF BOSA, THE PRESSURE. BOSA CLOSES THE EDGE, AND MAHOMES KNOWS HE’S GOT TO LET IT GO. COULDN’T FIND EVERYONE AND THE ROOKIE, WHO I THINK COULD BE THE GAME CHANGER IF HE DEVELOPS AND HE’S THE GUY THEY THINK, WOW! LOOK AT THAT HIT. HE HAS SPEED. AND HE HAS SHOWN UP TODAY IN THE BIGGEST PLAY OF HIS YOUNG NFL CAREER. >> Jim: JUST HIS SECOND GAME. HIS FIRST PICK FOR THE FIRST-ROUND PICK. OUT OF KENTUCKY. JOEY BOSA, AGAIN, MAKING PLAYS THAT DON’T SHOW UP AS A STAT, BUT QUARTERBACK PRESSURE, YES. PLUS A SACK ALREADY IN THE GAME BUT THAT WAS HUGE. >> Tony: HE’S BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE MAKERS IN THIS GAME. THAT’S LIKE A PUNT, THOUGH, RIGHT? IF THEY THREW THAT INCOMPLETE. >> Jim: CHIEFS HAVE ALL THEIR TIME OUTS AS COOK GO TO THE GROUND. AND HE’S GOT TWO MORE. [WHISTLE] >> Tony: THERE IS STILL A TON OF TIME RIGHT NOW AND THE STRATEGY GETS REALLY IMPORTANT AS TO HOW MUCH TIME, HOW MANY TIME OUTS, WHAT’S THE SCORE? YOU PUT IT ALTOGETHER? WHAT’S THE DOWN IN DISTANCE. JOEY BOSA HAS BEEN EVERYTHING THEY WANTED. SPAGNUOLO WANTS ONE OF HIS GUYS TO DO THE SAME NOW BUT I HONESTLY THINK THIS IS THE PLAY, IF IT’S THIRD AND LONG, THE CHIEFS ARE INCREDIBLE AT GETTING OFF THE FIELD. I WOULD TRY AND GET THE FIRST DOWN ON THIS PLAY IF I WAS THE BILLS. I WOULD BE AGGRESSIVE. >> Jim: SECOND AND EIGHT. 3:30 TO GO. HE GETS IT TO KEN CADE AND HE’S GOT A FIRST DOWN. AS HE TUMBLES OVER McDUFFIE. >> Tony: EVERY FIRST DOWN. JUST TAKE A LOOK ON THE SIDE. SIMPLE FLAT ROUTE. McDUFFIE HAS TO RIGHT INSIDE. BY THE TIME HE GETS OUT IT’S TOO LATE AND WHAT A GAME KINCAID HAS HAD. >> Jim: FINALLY JUST WENT OVER A HUNDRED WITH HIS SIXTH CATCH. 101 YARDS. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN SINCE THEY GAVE UP A HUNDRED-YARD RUSHER. THEY HAD NOT GIVEN UP A HUNDRED-YARD RECEIVER IN 11 GAMES SENSE JARED JUDY DID A GAME AGAINST CLEVELAND PLAYING FOR THE BROWNS LAST YEAR IN DECEMBER. >> Tony: THE DIFFERENCE IS, THIS IS THE HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT. >> Jim: COOK. RIPS OFF A RUN TO THE 50. AND NOW — >> Tony: THE CLOCK MATTERS NOW. YOU’LL HAVE TO TAKE A TIME-OUT. LOOK AT THIS. SEE, EVERYONE, LOOK — WOW! THAT’S AGAINST CHRIS JONES. >> Jim: SPENCER BROWN PUSHING HIM BACK THE ENTIRE DISTANCE OF THAT CARRY. >> Tony: THE ONE REASON I FELT LIKE, IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO COME INTO BUFFALO AND WIN A HUGE GAME WHEN THEY ARE BRINGING EVERYTHING. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TRAP GAMES. YOU’RE A LITTLE BIT — HAVE A LETDOWN, BUT TODAY, SPAGNUOLO KNOWS IT WAS GOING TO BE TOUGH BECAUSE JOSH ALLEN IS INCREDIBLE BUT THIS RUNNING ATTACK, FIRST GUY GOING OVER A HUNDRED YARDS, COOK, AND NOW THEY ARE DOING IT UNDER PRESSURE, IN THE BIG MOMENTS OF SEVEN. STILL WILL COME DOWN TO A THIRD DOWN AT SOME POINT, I THINK. >> Jim: CHIEFS WITH TWO TIME OUTS REMAINING. SECOND HUNDRED-YARD GAME OF KINCAID’S CAREER. HE’S COME UP LARGE TODAY. >> Tony: THIS COULD BE A TOSS. ITS A HANDOFF TO COOK AND HE’S BACKED UP AND THE CHIEFS WILL TAKE ANOTHER QUICK TIME-OUT. AGAIN, McDUFFIE MAKING A LOT OF PLAYS. >> Tony: OUTSTANDING BY THE CHIEFS, WHEN THEY WANT TO STOP THE RUN, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TOSS. INSIDE WAS NOT THE WAY TO GO THERE. McDUFFIE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING THIS YEAR. MAHOMES JUST WANTS ONE MORE CRACK AT IT. >> Jim: BY THE WAY, YOU SAID IT. COMING DOWN TO A THIRD DOWN. THIRD AND THREE. THE CHIEFS HAVE JUST THE ONE TIME-OUT AND THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. >> Tony: GIVES YOU A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE TO SAY THE LEAST. BOTH OF THESE TEAMS ARE NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT EASY ON YOU. >> Jim: YOU DON’T USUALLY — LAGS. >> Tony: LAGS. NICE JOB. YOU’RE ALL OVER IT. >> Jim: REMEMBER, THREE QUARTERBACK DESIGNED RUNS ALL YEAR. >> Tony: ONE OF THEM WAS TODAY. >> Jim: BY THE WAY YOU PREDICTED LAST NIGHT IN OUR PRODUCTION MEETING WE WOULD SEE AT LEAST ONE TODAY. IT’S ALREADY HAPPENED. YOU SAID AT LEAST BUT HE’S GOING FROM UNDER CENTER HERE. >> Tony: NOT A QUARTERBACK DESIGNED RUN. TRYING TO DRAW THEM OFFSIDES FIRST. >> Jim: THROWS IT. TOSSES IT, IT’S COOK. THEY GOT THEIR FIRST DOWN AND HE STAYS INBOUNDS. >> Tony: HOW GOOD IS THIS GUY? WOW! >> Jim: EXCEPTIONAL. >> Tony: TO STAY INBOUNDS, TO HAVE THE AWARENESS. THIS IS — EVERYONE IS OVER HERE. AND HE’S GOING TO COME OUT THE OTHER END. THREE CHIEFS’ PLAYERS EXPECTING THE RUN. WHAT A PLAY CALL. >> Jim: BY THE WAY, AFTER HE FALLS, JOSH ALLEN RUNS ALL THE WAY OVER TO HIM. WE WERE TALKING TO JOSH YESTERDAY. AT THE FIELDHOUSE. >> Tony: SO SMART. >> Jim: ONE OF HIS FAIVORITE PLAYERS, BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE PRACTICES, HE RUNS OUT 50 YARDS AFTER EVERY REP IN PRACTICE. THIS TIME IT WAS ALLEN RUNNING AFTER HIM, AFTER THE CATCH. >> Tony: ALLEN SAID I SHOULD PROBABLY DO IT. JERRY RICE, RIGHT? SET THE STANDARD. [WHISTLE] >> Tony: THE GREATEST, AND HE’S OUT THERE, EVERY TIME HE CATCHES A BALL, SLANT IN PRACTICE, HE WOULD FINISH THROUGH THE END ZONE. AND I THINK COOK HAS SOME OF THAT AND THAT’S WHY THIS YOUNG MAN IS SHOWING OFF THE WAY HE HAS, SUPER IMPRESSED. >> Jim: CHIEFS DEPLETED OF TIME OUTS. >> Tony: GOT TO HOLD ON TO THE BALL AND NO PENALTIES, IF YOU’RE BUFFALO. >> Jim: COOK. LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF SEAM. IT’S NOT THERE. MAYBE A YARD. >> Tony: THIS IS — THIS IS SLIGHTLY UNCOMFORTABLE SPOT, RIGHT? SO IT’S A LITTLE TOO FAR TO BE COMFORTABLE, JUST TO BE LIKE, HEY, LET’S JUST GET YARD AND DO NOTHING. BECAUSE YOU COULD MISS THE KICK AND GIVE MAHOMES SOME TIME. AND WHEN WE RETURN WITH A TEASER — WHY DON’T WE COME BACK WITH A TEARS. I MIGHT TAKE YOU THROUGH HOW MUCH TIME WILL BE LEFT. >> Jim: YOU’RE GOOD ON THE TEASERS. TWO MINUTES TO GO HERE IN WESTERN NEW YORK. WILL YOU’RE IN GOOD HANDS. >> Jim: WE’RE BACK WITH TWO MINUTES TO GO, AND A SECOND AND NINE THAT’S PIVOTAL YOU BELIEVE RIGHT HERE, TONY. >> Tony: EXTREMELY PIVOTAL. HOW AGGRESSIVE DO YOU BE? MOST PEOPLE RUN STRAIGHT AHEAD. I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME BUT I TOLD YOU, THEY WILL PROBABLY GET A YARD AND THEY ARE GETTING MORE. >> Jim: GETTING PUSHED FOR ANOTHER AND ANOTHER. BEFORE THE WHISTLE RULES IT DOWN AT THE 35. AN INTERESTING SITUATION. THE CLOCK WILL ONE. IF YOU FAIL TO CONVERT, AND IT’S FOURTH DOWN AND YOU TRY A FIELD GOAL TO WIN THE GAME, WHICH WOULD BE 53 YARDS BUT YOU’VE MISSED, YOU GIVE MAHOMES THE FOOTBALL AT THE 43, SHORTEST FIELD WITH A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING. SO — SEE WHAT DO YOU ON THIRD AND SEVEN. >> Tony: YOU USE A REALLY COOL PLAY. BUFFALO WILL TAKE THIS DOWN AND TAKE A TIME-OUT WITH ONE SECOND. I DON’T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT BUT THEY WANT TO GET THE CORRECT CALL. YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT SOMETIMES, RIGHT? SO THERE IS THE TIME-OUT WITH ONE SECOND. IF YOU RUN THE BALL. YOU’RE GIVING MAHOMES ROUGHLY 23 TO 27 SECONDS, GETTING THE BALL BACK. IF YOU GET STOPPED. IF YOU MISS THE FIELD GOAL. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO 23-27. IF YOU THROW THE BALL YOU GIVE THEM A LOT OF TIME BUT YOU COU OF 84%. >> Tony: JOSH ALLEN, INCREDIBLE TODAY. BY THE WAY, PATRICK MAHOMES, THE LOWEST COMPLETION PERCENTAGE OF HIS CAREER IN THE REGULAR SEASON. SHOCKING. BUT THEY ARE GOING TO RUN THIS ONE. >> Jim: HERE’S A HANDOFF TO COOK. >> Tony: IT’S THE RIGHT DECISION. >> Jim: GOT ONE. >> Tony: NOW YOU TAKE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN. KICK THE FIELD GOAL. IF YOU MISS, HE’LL HAVE 23 SECONDS, IF HE MAKES IT, BALL GAME. >> Jim: RUN IT DOWN, LIKE YOU SAID, TO THE MID-20’S. AND PRATER, WHO HAS MADE IN HIS CAREER 82 FIELD GOALS OF 50 PLUS. HE’S BEEN NURSING A CALF INJURY THIS WEEK. HE WAS LIMITED MIDWEEK IN PRACTICE, BUT THIS WOULD ICE IT. PRATER. WITH THE KICK — AND THE KICK — NO, IT HITS THE UPRIGHT. AND NOW MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS WILL TAKE OVER AT THE 42 YARD LINE, WITH 22 SECONDS TO GO. >> Jim: RIGHT IN THAT RANGE OF TIME THAT YOU DESCRIBED, AND WE’VE ALREADY SEEN HIM PULL OFF A FOURTH AND 17. LISTEN TO THIS. >> Tony: YOU COULD HEAR THE DOINK, AND WOW! THIS IS WHY YOU MAKE EVERY DECISION. BY MAKING THE DECISION TO RUN IT THREE TIMES YOU BASICALLY SAID HERE’S THE CLOCK, HERE’S SO MUCH TIME. DO I TRUST MY DEFENSE, WITH MAHOMES WITH THE BALL WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE TO GO 60 YARDS BASICALLY? CAN WE STOP HIM? >> Jim: AND THEY HAVE NO TIME OUTS. MAHOMES ROLLING TO BUY TIME. USES THE SIDELINE AND HE’S GOT WORTHY. HE’S GOT WORTHY AT THE BUFFALO 41. THAT PICKED UP 18. >> Tony: WHAT A DRIVE STARTER RIGHT HERE. PROTECTION PLAN AND THEY GET OUT OF BOUNDS. REMEMBER, WHAT THEY DID AT THE END OF THE HALF? THEY WENT DOWN THE FIELD VERY QUICKLY. THIS PLAY IS GOING TO BE THE KEY, JIM, MORE THAN THE LAST. >> Jim: I’VE ALREADY WARNED ONCE. YOU BETTER WATCH OUT FOR RICE BECAUSE NOW IN MOTION. 17 SECONDS. PASS. AGAIN, TOWARD THE SIDELINE AND OUT OF BOUNDS. 11 SECONDS. IT WAS PRESSURE ON HIM THAT TIME BY BOSA. >> Tony: WHY THAT PLAY WAS SO IMPORTANT, FROM THIS DOWN AND DISTANCE? WHERE YOU ARE ON THE FIELD. BECAUSE, YOU SEE HIM GET HIT BY BOSA AGAIN. WREAKING HAVOC. BUT NOW THE BILLS HAVE AN INCREDIBLE ADVANTAGE. THERE IS ONLY SO MANY PLAYS. YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY ARE POSSIBLE. THE FOURTH, THEY GOT A CHUNK THERE. THERE WERE MULTIPLE AREAS THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN — >> Jim: THEY DROP THE TWO SAFETIES DEEP TO THE 10 YARD LINE. OFF THE LOW SNAP. MAHOMES, PRESSURE. STEPPING UP. WILL MAKE THE MIRACLE PLAY — AND IT FALLS INCOMPLETE. WAS GOING FOR THORNTON. NOW YOU’VE GOT ONE LAST DESPERATION HEAVE. >> Tony: I TOLD YOU, MAHOMES, THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT BUT BISHOP AGAIN — >> Jim: AS HE HAS BEEN ALL GAME. >> Tony: FOUR OR FIVE TIMES, BUT THEY HAVE GOT TO DO IT ONE MORE TIME. WITH A GUY WHO HAS NEVER NOT PLAYED IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THE BALL. >> Jim: ONE PLAY NEEDING 40 YARDS. >> Jim: AND HERE WE GO. THEY RUSH FIVE. HE BACK PEDALS SOMEHOW HE GETS IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FIVE — AND IT’S KNOCKED DOWN. INCOMPLETE. AND THE BILLS HAVE WON IT. >> Tony: THE RIVALRY CONTINUES. >> Jim: YOU WONDER, WILL THEY MEET AGAIN IN THE POSTSEASON? IT’S ALL BOTCHED UP IN THE AFC, AS THE CHIEFS SUFFER A FOURTH LOSS. THEIR THIRD IN THEIR OWN DIVISION NOW BEHIND DENVER AND THE CHARGERS, AND THEY ARE EIGHTH IN THE AFC BECAUSE JACKSONVILLE WON IN OVERTIME TO MOVE AHEAD OF THEM.

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  1. both teams came to fight but the Chiefs just had that extra spark 💪 those plays were wild, crowd was losing it 🤯 Buffalo tried but something was off 💭 you could feel KC controlling that vibe the whole way 🏈💥 felt personal out there, like nobody wanted to blink 😤

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