One of the biggest plays of the AFC Championship game also ended up being one of the most controversial plays of the game, and it happened early in the fourth quarter of Kansas City's 32-29 win over the Buffalo Bills.
Sean McDermott has stood behind a podium and answered questions about why his team could not solve Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in the playoffs.
Once again the Buffalo Bills took on the Kansas City Chiefs with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line, and once again the Bills fell short. This time the Bills fanbase is ready to take head coach Sean McDermott to task.
The Bills lost once again to the Chiefs, this time in the AFC Championship Game, and now they have to fire head coach Sean McDermott.
Josh Allen and Sean McDermott have pushed the Bills to the precipice of the Super Bowl but have been thwarted by the Chiefs four times in the past five years.
A controversial fourth down play changed the AFC championship game, but Sean McDermott and Josh Allen are giving the Chiefs credit.
For fourth time in five years, the Bills got tense, got conservative in the clutch moments, and let Patrick Mahomes run all over them.
Speaking after the game on the questionable play that swung the momentum of the contest, Bills head coach Sean McDermott was frank: he did not agree with how the sequence unfolded.
Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott gave his thoughts on a close fourth-down conversion attempt by Josh Allen that failed during his team's 32-29
Line Judge Jeff Seeman and Down Judge Patrick Holt had different spots and lines of sight, the one with a better potential view of the ball (Seeman) indicated Allen got the first down, but he then deferred to the one who couldn’t have seen it and called it short (Holt).
Oct 16, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) celebrates with Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott against the Kansas City Chiefs during the second half at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. / Denny Medley-Imagn Images