Even the damn kicker is in on it. As Jake Elliott watched his 59-yard field goal bend through the uprights with the trajectory of a right-handed slicing golf shot, he held his fist in the air like a guitar player about to hit the encore’s money note. It was at that moment we should have all realized that Elliott wasn’t the least bit curious as to whether the ball was going to split the posts and send the Eagles to overtime despite it being just two yards short of his career long and in a driving rainstorm. He knew he was going to hit it with the same degree of confidence every other member of his organization knows they can do anything related to winning football games.
It was also at that moment Josh Allen and the Bills should have realized their initial overtime possession was merely a formality. Short of a walk-off touchdown, there was nothing they could do to stop the inevitable.
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