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‘Beane said the Bills mentality will continue to “keep kicking the door until you knock it down.”‘

‘McDermott followed general manager Brandon Beane, who spoke for an hour and 15 minutes, and touched on various topics, including some of the offensive and defensive breakdowns in the conference title game, the status of special teams coordinator Matthew Smiley amid fan criticism, and his perspective on certain players as they head into the 2025 offseason.’

‘All 10 of the players were on the team’s practice squad in 2024…’.

‘The team has 19 pending unrestricted free agents (UFAs), plus one restricted free agent (RFA), and one Exclusive Rights Free Agent.’

‘The league announced on Tuesday that Bills running back James Cook and center Connor McGovern have been named to the Pro Bowl as replacement players. Cook will go to Orlando in place of Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry, while McGovern will replace Kansas City Chiefs center Creed Humphrey.’

‘”You keep going back and thinking about what you could have done differently, plays even throughout the game. It’s something that’s so little, but dropping the snap on that 2nd-and-6, turning it to a 3rd-and-9, where I probably catch the ball and I dart it to ‘Coop’ [Amari Cooper] and it’s 3rd-and-1 instead of 3rd-and-9. Things that, again, it’s not going to be in the stat sheet, but as a competitor, I think of those things of like, ‘Man, if I could have done this differently,'” said Allen on Monday while meeting with the media during his end-of-season press conference. “Anytime you lose, you’re going to have those thoughts in your head. It’s just understanding you’re not promised opportunities like that all the time. You’re not promised to get into the playoffs each and every year.”‘

‘All of them were on the team’s practice squad in 2024.’

‘The Bills could not rely on the one play they had used so successfully all season. Josh Allen was stopped on multiple quarterback sneaks, including a pivotal (and controversial) sneak while leading 22-21 early in the fourth quarter.’

‘”I got so much pride in our guys showing up each and every day, working as hard as they can. You know, guys truly adopted what we talked about this year going into it,” Allen said.’

‘”We’re a good organization. We’ve had a heck of a season. There’s momentum going into next year. We played a lot of young guys, some because they earned it, some because out of injuries. So this is good experience for quite a few of those guys. And every year is different, right? So you start from scratch every season, but we’re thankful for the success that we had this year.”‘

‘The Buffalo Bills fell short in the AFC Championship against the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 32-29. They fall short of the Super Bowl by one game and enter into the offseason to start all over again next summer.’

‘Lucy pulled the football away at the last second again as Charlie Brown went to kick it, and Charlie, again, fell flat on his back.’

‘In the three previous playoff games between these two teams, the Bills defensive line did not perform well enough. They especially didn’t get enough pressure on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.’

‘”The fundamentals are going to be important: The blocking, the tackling, the throwing, the catching, the kicking. All those areas are going to be important, which includes protecting the house, as far as taking care of the football,” said McDermott on Friday during his weekly appearance on the “Extra Point Show” on WGR.’

‘In the five regular season meetings against the Bills, Mahomes is 1-4 with 10 touchdown passes and seven interceptions. But in the postseason, Mahomes is a perfect 3-0 with eight touchdown passes and no picks.’