Gabriel Davis wasn’t a high priority on the Kansas City Chiefs’ list of playmakers to stop. The Buffalo Bills’ wideout was, in terms of total targets in 2021, his team’s WR4.
In the Divisional Round, he was exactly that. WR4. As in the wide receiver who caught four of Josh Allen’s touchdown passes in a 36-42 overtime loss in Arrowhead Stadium. He was responsible for each of Allen’s scoring plays and 201 of his 329 passing yards on the day.
Davis set an NFL record by finding the end zone four times, breaking an 18-way tie atop the league’s leaderboard and putting current and future Hall of Famers like Jerry Rice, Larry Fitzgerald, Rob Gronkowski, and Fred Biletnikoff in his rear view. Each of his touchdowns came from at least 18 yards out, striking at a weakened Kansas City secondary forced to play most of the game without Tyrann Mathieu at safety.
