The Bills did a lot of impressive things Sunday night in a 26-15 victory over the Steelers that got you thinking (if you weren't already) about the correct way to look at the top of the AFC. Most impressive might have been the way they closed out the game.
Up 11 points with 7:11 to play, Buffalo intercepted a Ben Roethlisberger pass and never gave the ball back. The Bills ran 13 plays and gained 52 yards the rest of the way while Roethlisberger and the Steelers' offense just stood there on the sideline, powerless to do anything about it. Josh Allen converted a third-and-11 with 5:52 left, a third-and-1 with 2:06 left and one final third-and-1 with 1:08 left that allowed him to kneel down twice and put the thing in the books.
It was a soul-snuffing finish to a night on which the Bills looked like the better team. And while it left Pittsburgh 11-2 and Buffalo 10-3, it got us thinking about whether the Bills just might be the answer to the AFC's critical question: Which team can beat the Chiefs in the playoffs?
My friend and "Get Up" show colleague Paul "Hembo" Hembekides has, as he often does, some numbers to back up what my eyes thought they saw. There are two big reasons to think the Bills are the team best equipped to beat the defending-champion Chiefs, and one of those reasons is that they might be equipped to keep Patrick Mahomes on the sideline as much as possible.