Sunday’s 27-25 win over the Ravens propelled the Bills into the AFC Championship Game and there will be a familiar foe on the other side of the field.
Next Sunday’s trip to Arrowhead Stadium will mark the ninth meeting between the Bills and Chiefs since the start of the 2020 season. The last of those meetings took place in November when the Bills handed the Chiefs their first loss of the 2024 season. .
The Bills also beat the Chiefs in the regular season in 2021 and 2023, but they ended up getting eliminated by the AFC standard-bearer in the playoffs both years and quarterback Josh Allen had that in mind when asked how the November victory was factored in. his thought process for this week.
“The regular season is what the regular season is,” Allen said. “No matter how well you perform when you get to the playoffs, it doesn’t really matter. We lost 35-10 (to the Ravens in the regular season). It’s hard to beat a team twice. We understand that. We know it. It’s a team we beat at the start of the season, but it’s not the same team.
Allen accomplished a lot during his career, but his inability to beat the Chiefs in the playoffs served as an important counterbalance to those accomplishments. By failing again this week, some will wonder if he will ever be able to climb that mountain.
