Buffalo Rumblings
The Buffalo Bills defeated the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, winning 28-21 in their latest regular-season win over their perennial playoff tormentors. Buffalo improved to 5-1 against Kansas City in the regular season since 2020, but they remain 0-4 against those same Chiefs in the postseason during that same span.
For 60 minutes on Sunday, none of that mattered, as the Bills came up with one of their best performances of the 2025 season in a game that they had to have in order to keep pace with the rest of the AFC. With the New England Patriots sneaking out of their contest with the Atlanta Falcons earlier in the day, winning 24-23 to maintain their hold on first place in the AFC East, the Bills needed a win not only to keep just half a game back in the division, but to keep on the playoff board at the season’s midway point.
Buffalo looked good on both offense and defense, and our five players to watch all played a fairly large role in the game—with one exception. Here’s how those five players fared.
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QB Josh Allen
In terms of passer rating, this wasn’t even a top-10 performance for Allen, as his 123.2 quarterback rating was the 18th-highest total in his illustrious career. In terms of the way he controlled the game, though, I felt that this was one of Allen’s finest games as a profesisonal. He never tried to do too much, as he just put the ball exactly where it needed to be more often than not.
From the start of the game, Allen looked decisive, comfortable, accurate — all of those things that we knew he needed to be if the Bills were going to win on Sunday. Allen himself said in his postgame press conference that he was “slotted,” which is his term for being in a flow state. He knew that the ball was coming out well, and he trusted his mechanics more than he had in the four games prior.
Allen threw one touchdown pass, an opening-drive score to a wide-open Dalton Kincaid to open the scoring. He also scored twice on tush-push plays. However, it was his efficiency that was truly amazing, as he threw the same number of incomplete passes (three) as he had touchdowns on the day.
While the Bills utilized screens and quick throws early, he was able to hit some big plays downfield, as well. The aforementioned touchdown to Kincaid was one, and he hit his big tight end on two more deep throws, but he also hit Dawson Knox on a big shot off a play-action fake and split double-coverage downfield on a big pass to Elijah Moore.
Allen was 23-of-26 for 273 yards and that one touchdown pass, adding 19 rushing yards and two touchdowns on six carries. Kincaid finished his day as the first 100-yard receiver the Chiefs have allowed all season. It was a strong day for the Bills’ offense, and it was definitely...
