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Robert Zeglinski

Jim Nantz’s call of Tyler Bass’s wide-right miss poured salt in the wound for Bills fans

Buffalo Bills fans are accustomed to postseason torment. Scott Norwood’s “wide-right” miss to lose Super Bowl 25 is perhaps the most famous (and infamous) play in franchise history. If that’s the case, then Tyler Bass’s wide-right miss to lose to the rival Kansas City Chiefs might be a very worth second place.

CBS announcer Jim Nantz captured the moment of heartbreak in a particularly devastating fashion. After it was clear that Bass’s kick had hooked right, Nantz wasted no time invoking past demons in the Bills’ history. Because of course he did.

MORE: This Bills fan summed up exactly how heartbreaking Buffalo’s latest playoff loss to the Chiefs was.

“Wide right” is now indeed synonymous with not one but two heartbreaking Buffalo postseason losses:

Nantz isn’t wrong. The last thing Buffalo needed was for “wide right” to potentially mean one of two heartbreaking defeats. Sunday night proved to be another dark day in Buffalo professional football lore.

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