Bills legend sees Super Bowl path for team as kryptonite in Chiefs may miss out on playoffs

The Kansas City Chiefs' playoff chances took a large deed implicit the weekend, overmuch to the delight of Buffalo Bills fans everywhere.

The Bills person dominated the AFC East truthful acold this decade, but the New England Patriots are backmost connected the prowl, and the 2 rivals volition look disconnected successful New England this weekend.

With a win, the Patriots would clinch the part and inch person to the No. 1 effect and bye successful the AFC, but Bills fable Andre Reed is inactive holding connected to immoderate hope.

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Andre Reed spikes a shot aft scoring a touchdown. (Jamie Germano/USA Today Network)

"This is going to beryllium 1 of those games that we got to spell up and triumph this game. And hopefully if that happens, erstwhile that happens, the Patriots suffer 1 oregon 2 of the past 3 games that they have, and Buffalo sneaks successful determination and wins the division. I don't cognize if they'll get a bye oregon not, but they'll beryllium capable to big a playoff crippled astatine the stadium there," Reed told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

"The Bills, truly each twelvemonth person been benignant of, up, down, up, down, up, down. They played similar that each year. But arsenic agelong arsenic you got one-seven backmost there, arsenic agelong arsenic you got Josh Allen backmost determination starring the complaint determination and being the backmost there, they got a accidental successful immoderate game."

The last crippled earlier the Bills determination crossed the thoroughfare is slated for Jan. 4 against the New York Jets, and Bud Light's caller Blizzard Brews volition beryllium sold astatine the stadium's farewell. The 16-ounce cans volition beryllium made of existent snowfall from Highmark Stadium, shoveled up by Bills fans, to wage tribute to the stadium.

"This is to observe the fans and the ambiance there, Bills Mafia, this is for them. And I'm gladsome to beryllium partnering with Bud Light, for this Blizzard Brew here. And judge me, it's going to beryllium good," the Bills fable said.

Buffalo Bills fans respond during the 4th fourth against the Baltimore Ravens astatine Highmark Stadium connected Sept. 7, 2025.  (Gregory Fisher/Imagn Images)

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"Bills fans are evidently just, they're large fans. They unrecorded and die, sleep, drink, devour shot successful Buffalo. So this is, again, it's a testament to them and their passionateness for the Bills and their city."

In 1990, arsenic the Bills made the archetypal of 4 consecutive Super Bowls, 1 could person astir guaranteed that the enactment would person a Super Bowl by the clip Highmark Stadium closed its doors. But the Bills fell abbreviated successful each of those Super Bowls, and this iteration of the Bills has yet to get implicit the hump.

It would beryllium a imagination to either adjacent Highmark Stadium with a Lombardi Trophy oregon unfastened the caller venue with one, and with the Chiefs connected the cusp of playoff elimination, the doorway appears arsenic unfastened arsenic it ever has. The Bills person been eliminated by the Chiefs successful 4 of the past 5 Januaries.

Reed does not judge that determination is unit connected the Bills to triumph earlier the stadium closes, but if anything, it's determination due to the fact that the Chiefs mightiness beryllium location this postseason.

Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen (17) looks to walk against the San Francisco 49ers during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024.  (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

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"Well, I mean, there's ever been unit connected them. The 1 squad that has stopped them is the Chiefs, everyone has enactment them retired of the pasture. Until I spot them laying connected their back, I’m not going to accidental anything…" Reed said. "The Bills conscionable got to interest astir them. They can't interest astir the Chiefs oregon anybody else. They got to spell retired and play shot this week against the Patriots, and past effort to tally the table."

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