Superlatives get thrown around pretty recklessly on the internet. Calling a game or play the “best ever” or “most amazing” is a good way to get readers to click on your post, but it also results in some terribly shortsighted evaluations. And yet, it is not hyperbole to call Sunday’s Chiefs-Bills divisional round matchup the best playoff game in NFL history. A 42–36 overtime thriller that saw 25 points scored in the final two minutes of regulation? That’s an all-timer for sure. The only way it could have been better is if Josh Allen and the Bills were given a chance to answer the Chiefs’ touchdown drive on the first possession of OT, but the comparatively anticlimactic finish has the league’s tie-breaking procedures under the microscope once again.
If you missed it, or just want to relive the ups and downs, here are the five best plays from that incredible game.
