Chiefs/Bills Notes

Sunday’s later/late start NFL semi-final/AFC Title game will be the 7th post-season clash between original AFL teams the Kansas City Chiefs, who “go in” as 2 time defending champions, (15-1) in meaningful 2024 tilts, (15-2) overall and started out as the Dallas Texans, winning a 1962 AFL crown “as” in their last pre K.C. year, and the Buffalo Bills who have only 2 “all the way” AFL crowns to show for their previous 64 seasons. (The original Houston Oilers now the Tennessee Titans and L.A. then long time San Diego and now L.A. again Chargers also have just “all the way” AFL crowns to show for what is 65 seasons).

Read it the Bills have a chance this season. They are slight 2 point(s) underdogs in the at K.C. “semi” but will have to overcome a “history” that in the previous 6 years the two teams clashed in the ‘offs, all since the start of Super Bowl or as in that event’s first year (’66) NFL/AFL Championship Game play, the/a winner of the “reg” clash between the Chiefs, who are (4-2) vs the Bills in the ‘offs with only last year’s road “slots”/”div” round win in a title season, lost in the ‘offs rematch 5 times.

Being precise, and explaining (the/a above), in 1966 the teams met twice in the regular season with each team winning a road tilt. The Chiefs, subsequently went to Buffalo and ripped the Bills in the first AFL title game with a later final/NFL/AFL Championship Game/Super Bowl bid at stake.

In the 5 subsequent but also previous years in which the two franchises met in the ‘offs, the regular season losing team won the playoffs game between the two, 4 times. (K.C. won in the reg at Buffalo and in the title tilt/”semi” at home in pandemic plagued 2020).

Thrice the Bills “reg’d” the Chiefs, doing so this year as well (maybe it is not so well, however Reid, I believe will “pay” for his take the safety in completely unnecessary fashion last week) before meeting them in the playoffs. On the two previous occasions, 2021 and last year, they lost the subsequent ‘offs game.

K.C. won regular season games vs the Bills in both ’91 and ’93 only to lose in the subsequent playoff(s) game.

Finally, in 5 of the 7 seasons in which a Chiefs/Bills playoffs game manifested the regular season game was played at Kansas City. In all 7 there was a “reg” clash, it being in Buffalo in 2020 and 2024.

In all 5 seasons of an “at K.C.” regular season game between the two teams, that game’s winner lost in the subsequent playoff game.

For the record, the “Reid thing,” really did not affect me. Day FG’ing and more relevant not taking more time off the remaining such via clock, hurt much more. Day, first name Ryan and the Bills had a Tom Day on both AFL title teams, did not do anything wrong but a FG there was not entirely, maybe not in any way necessary.

Reid as stated clearly played G-d with millions maybe billions of dollars taking a truly unnecessary safety.

I really do not care who wins Sunday. Also repeating Mr. Reid is an excellent coach, partly because he leaves the excellent Chiefs’ defense in the hands of his superb defensive coordinator, Steve “The Blitz Man” Spagnuolo.