Kansas City, Mo. — In the final, frustrating minutes of the AFC Championship game, Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen lost his composure.
He was sacked for the fourth time in a blowout, 38-24 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, and he let his anger show. After he hit the deck, he tossed the ball at the helmet of Alex Okafor and was hit with an unsportsmanlike penalty.
But the play didn’t stop there. Okafor responded by standing over Allen, who was down on the ground from the sack. Bills right guard Jon Feliciano saw that his quarterback may be in some trouble, flew over and shoved Okafor away from Allen. Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins got involved after that, pushing and yelling, causing a mini melee for a few seconds.
After the game, Allen said that there was obviously a lot of emotion around the fact the Bills were about to lose in their final game of the season. But he explained why he didn’t handle the situation properly.
“The way it ended doesn’t sit right with me with how chippy and ticky tack it got. I’m disappointed in myself,” Allen said. “I let my emotions get to me there. That’s not how you’re supposed to play football.”
As Allen has done all season when the Bills have come up short in a game, he placed responsibility for the loss on his own shoulders. Allen completed just 58% of his passes and had two touchdowns, an interception, and two or three more balls that could have been.
Along with the skirmish in the final moments, Allen said the Bills will take the experience in Kansas City and learn from it.
“It’s going to fuel us. I have no doubt in my mind that we will be back,” he said. “We’re still young and we’re only going to get better. That’s one thing I take from this. We’re close. The results weren’t good tonight but I’m super proud of how our team fought all season and how we bonded together.
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