Archives for November 15, 2002

Tony Gonzalez has not caught more than four passes in five of the Chiefs’ nine games. He’s been thrown to only 53 times (34 catches) — a woeful 20 percent of Trent Green’s passes. Is he under quarantine?

Bills 31, Chiefs 24

The Chiefs are excellent on the run, the Bills live by the pass, and each team has problems on defense against those strengths. A 21-17 victor in ’00, Buffalo has taken four of its last five from K.C.

8. The Music City Miracle

1999 wild card playoff game. Titans vs. Bills. Buffalo takes a 16-15 lead with 16 seconds remaining. Desperate Titans coach Jeff Fisher calls a trick play for the kickoff return, the "Home-Run Throwback." It works — Lorenzo Neal catches the ball and hands it to TE Frank Wycheck, who throws an overhand lateral cross-field to Kevin Dyson, who scampers 75 yards for the winning TD. He crosses the goal line with three seconds left. On the replay, the toss — which looks about as close to a perfectly sideways pass as can be — is ruled a legal lateral.

6. Buffalo Bills at KC Chiefs: For the past couple of games involving the Chiefs, everyone expected tons of points. That didn’t happen against the Raiders and 49ers because each team used ball-possession offenses that kept the Chiefs offense on the sidelines. Well, that might not happen this week. The Bills are giving up 29.9 points a game. They aren’t good at stopping teams with good offenses.

Starting free safety Pierson Prioleau will join Shout! reporters Mike Doser and Lary Bump in the Bills’ chat room Monday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. ET. Prioleau will take fans’ questions for an hour