If Cincy has struggled to a 1-2 record, how would they of decided to ever back down on their defensive play ?? The Bills didn't let KC's offense run ramshacked even after leading big, they shut them down. No defense is going to allow teams to score or move the ball but our offense handed the ball to Johnny White (Our 3rd string back) on 90% of our remaining plays, would you consider that backing down on offense after mutilating them the previous 3 quarters ??
Does all this leave you where you can understand this now, instead of the first place ?
Cincy's defense has a rank (~4th best), Bills offense has a rank as well. The Bills offense if we continued to press would be ranked higher statistically if we did not back off in the 4th Quarter of the KC game. We would have more points, more total yards rushing / passing & a better overall ranking. We chosed not to play hard anymore to show KC mercy, at the sacrifice of improving ourselves statistically. Please see above link to witness how we turned the offense off at the beginning of the 4th quarter of the KC game. We never turned our defense off & had another few possessions, which based on previous results should of yielded us additional offensive gains if we so chosed.