Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills took their annual turn getting smacked in the gentleman's area by Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in the postseason, as Sean McDermott's team was knocked out of the playoffs by their red and yellow-clad rivals for the fourth time in five seasons.
With Allen driving in the fourth quarter, Buffalo's fourth-and-five play was immediately blown up by a Chiefs defensive back blitz. Allen was left with no chance but to throw the ball up and hope one of his playmakers could do something with it. Tight end Dalton Kincaid was just inches away from pulling off one of the most improbable catches in recent postseason history.
The resulting drop from Kincaid was one of the most painful moments in Bills playoff history, which is really saying something given the history of this franchise. As bad as it looked on TV, it may look even worse from the All-22 angle.
When Allen somehow managed to get the ball down the field to Kincaid, the Utah alum was wide open with few other Chiefs defenders even in the same area code as him. Unfortunately, Kincaid couldn't hold on to the ball, and the 32-29 scoreline was finalized.
New angle shows how bad Bills TE Dalton Kincaid's drop was
Kincaid caught just three passes against Baltimore and Kansas City. After he was expected to take a bigger role in the passing game following the trade of Stefon Diggs, Kincaid managed to hit a wall in his second season and picked up bad habits that showed up at the worst possible times.
Kincaid was the second AFC tight end in as many weeks to break their fanbase's heart with a backbreaking drop, as part of the reason Buffalo is even in this position is Baltimore Ravens stud Mark Andrews having the two worst moments of his career back-to-back in the fourth quarter.
What makes these losses even more frustrating is the fact that Allen has almost always played well against Mahomes and Steve Spagnuolo's mighty Kansas City defense. Stars have come and gone, and the frustrating results remain the same for Buffalo.
Any dynasty, be them in Dallas, Kansas City, or New England, is built on a fair degree of luck. Where a Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes throw like that may have ended up being caught, Allen's heave to Kincaid fell incomplete. That what really adds even more salt to this still open wound.