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Originally Posted by frozenchief

Some (a lot, actually) of people are bitching about Buffalo kicking into the end zone. The thinking is that a squib kick would have taken seconds off the clock.

Butker was asked about it and he agreed with Buffalo. He said that KC's return team could have taken a squib kick 40+ yards down the field, and while that would have taken time off the clock, it would have put KC in position to only need 1 play, if any, to get into FG position. Buffalo's decision, then, was to put their defense on the field, a defense rated #1 in DVOA throughout the entire season, to stop KC rather than take a chance that KC's special teams would give them an excellent return.

While it did not work, if that was the thinking, then at least it's a reasonable decision.

Yeah, I think the bigger problem was the Kelce play. They should have mugged him at the line of scrimmage instead of giving him a free release.