Updated: 5:41 PM CST Jan 20, 2021 The Associated Press Quarterback Josh Allen spent the regular season leading the Bills to a franchise-record matching 13 wins and their first AFC East title in 25 years. Buffaloâs defense has done its part the past two weeks in getting the team to its first conference championship game appearance since 1994.Both units will need to be much sharper than in a 26-17 loss to Kansas City in Week 6 if the second-seeded Bills (15-3) stand a chance of upending the top-seeded and defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs (15-2) in the AFC championship game on Sunday.The outcome three months ago left Bills coach Sean McDermott taking a sobering approach to correcting what went wrong.âTwo good opponents, I know. But the minute losing gets easy, thatâs not a good deal,â McDermott said following the loss, which came on the heels of a 42-16 defeat at Tennessee.âWe take it hard. Thereâs no moral victories,â he a
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes "cleared certain steps Monday, 'some big steps', but he remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol," ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter said on Twitter.