Quarterback Josh Allen and Buffalo Bills were the only ones who could have saved us from having to watch Kansas City Chiefs play in yet another Super Bowl.
They failed.
Again.
It was not Allen’s fault. But Buffalo fell 32-29 to Kansas City in the AFC Championship game on Sunday evening and sent Chiefs to Super Bowl with a shot to win three in a row.
The bills have now seen four of the last five seasons end in the hands of Kansas City, and also release the AFC Championship in 2021 before a couple of department rounds extended Buffalo’s suffering against Chiefs.
Year after year, it felt like the bills just had to break through sometime. Buffalo fans entered every season and thought it was the one that could end in February. Title or not, at least the bills would have made another step in the right direction.
But here is Bill’s mafia, still waiting.
Some serious conversations will need to happen this season. If they don’t, Buffalo may never pass by Kansas City – at least not this version of it. Sure, the bills may one day end up in a 38-year-old Patrick Mahomes, but then the injury will already be done.
Allen should be regarded as the only person in the entire organization that Buffalo 100 percent needs to retain. His supportive role has often released him when it is most important, whether in the form of dropped balls, poor passport protection, questionable coaching decisions or just straight up embarrassing performances on defense.
Drastic changes suck. They do. Going out and doing them is an uncomfortable experience, but if that is what it takes to prevent the bills from being often on the way to AFC -Royalty, so it was.
Save money does not make money. It is a saying that has never served me well while six beers deep at the casino with the eyes of ATM, but hey, maybe it can do some wonders for Buffalo. Go out and take some risks. Maybe everything will be paid. It is either that or continue to live in Chief’s shadow.
Kansas City is in the highest position to become the first team in the NFL history that won three consecutive Super Bowls.
It would just be fantastic, right? I feel that I haven’t heard about the managers enough over the past decade. Certainly, a historical performance will finally get the national media to talk about this modest group of dudes that have not found a way to seep into every aspect of your everyday life.
Sarcasm aside, knowing that Kansas City fans or Eagles fans will be those who are celebrating this year will get my stomach fight. The vast majority of those who rooted for the managers probably did not start watching football until 2017 or were born then, while Philadelphia faithfully called in the last Super Bowl victory of the birds by taking on the streets and eating horse S —.
What is worse is that you decide.
This will probably not be the last time we see Kansas City play the second Sunday in February either. The managers are clearly a dynasty built to hold, one that judges are also fond of, so do not expect them to go anywhere.
And that’s exactly why I’m going to spend my Super Bowl on Sunday away from the TV and at the casino – with a seventh beer in my hand and my control account balance on an ATM screen.
