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Bruce Arians Confirms He'll Return As Buccaneers HC for 2022 Season
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It wasn't all bad news for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fol- lowing Sunday's 30-27 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Divisional Round.
"Oh yeah," head coach Bruce Arians told reporters when asked if he would return in 2022.
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport noted that echoes
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what Arians suggested last
week when he said, "I'm coach- ing till I can't."
Sunday's loss would have been quite the game to go out
on.
Tampa Bay looked com-
pletely overmatched when it trailed 27-3 late in the third quarter, but it came storming back with 24 straight points to tie it up.
Bills Lose To Chiefs And The Amazing Patrick Mahomes
It was one of the greatest games in NFL playoff history. The Kansas City Chiefs pulled off one of the greatest come- backs in NFL history. The Bills won't care about their role in the historic game. It was just a soul-crushing loss. The Buf- falo Bills had it.
Josh Allen hit a huge fourth-down pass for a touch- down and a lead with 1:54 left. Even after Patrick Mahomes hooked up with Tyreek Hill for a 64-yard touchdown with 1:02 left, Allen hit Gabriel Davis for another score with 13 seconds left to take the lead. It seemed like it was finally the Bills' time. It felt like a fran- chise-changing playoff win.
But Mahomes pulled off some amazing magic. There's a reason people are already won- dering if he might end up in the conversation as the greatest quarterback ever.
In an absolutely stunning turn, Mahomes got the Chiefs into field goal range with two big completions in the final few seconds, and Harrison Butker hit a 49-yarder as time expired in regulation to send the game into overtime. The Chiefs got the ball first in over- time and Mahomes calmly marched his team downfield. Mahomes hit Kelce for a walk-off touchdown and a 42- 36 win in an instant classic.
The Chiefs will host the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC championship game next week.
The Bills went 11-6 and won the AFC East for a second straight season. They beat the New England Patriots, their rival who had tortured them for years, in a near-perfect playoff performance in the wild-card round. They played an absolute classic against the Chiefs. And none of it matters.
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Chiefs, Bills Trade Big Plays
The Bills and Chiefs didn't come out trading uppercuts. They spent most of the first 28 minutes of the first half settling in.
The game was tied 7-7 when Patrick Mahomes hit Byron Pringle for a touch- down just inside of the two- minute warning. Josh Allen answered right back with a touchdown pass to Gabriel Davis after two Chiefs defend- ers collided and fell down. The Chiefs missed a field goal at the end of the half and it was 14-14 at halftime.
The Bills trailed 26-21 when they took possession early in the fourth quarter. They went on a drive that looked like it would send them to the AFC title game. Little did they know the drama was just starting.
Bills Vs. Chiefs Comes Down To The Wire
Allen made some huge
plays in the fourth quarter. He picked up multiple first downs on a 17-play, 75-yard drive, in- cluding a few with his legs. The Bills were on the brink of los- ing when they faced a fourth- and-13, but Allen calmly found Davis in the end zone, after his defender fell down for what looked like a signature play. The Bills got the two- point conversion to take a 29- 26 lead, but Mahomes still had a lot of time.
The Chiefs didn't need long. The drive started slow but Hill's explosive speed led to a quick touchdown and a 33-29 Kansas City lead. He caught a crossing route, turned it up and outran the Bills defense for a 64-yard score. Then it was Allen who still had a lot of time. He got the Bills into the end zone, hitting Davis for a touchdown with 13 seconds left. The Bills led 36-33.
Mahomes got the Chiefs into field-goal range with only a few seconds to work with. He hit Hill for 19 yards and then Travis Kelce for 25 more to set up a 49-yard attempt by Harrison Butker. Butker hit it and an amazing game went to overtime. Mahomes won it in overtime when he hit Kelce near the sideline for the winning score.
The Bills won't care about their role in the historic game. It was just a soul-crushing loss.
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