Bills vs. Chiefs Analysis: AFC Championship Preview

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00:00Let's get you ready for conference championship weekend in the National Football League. We will

00:05start with the marquee matchup on Sunday evening inside Arrowhead Stadium between the Chiefs and

00:11the Bills. Donnie, of course, we have made note of the many times these two teams have faced off

00:17against one another in the last five NFL seasons here in similar spots in playoff football. 2020

00:24AFC championship game in Arrowhead. 2021 divisional round in Arrowhead. Last year in the divisional

00:31round in Western New York and now back inside Arrowhead Stadium in the AFC championship game

00:38for the 2024 campaign. And let's go right to the numbers. 34 cents of difference. That is it on the

00:46money line for KC minus 126. The Bills a very slight dog in Kansas City plus 108. Donnie, it's

00:55almost a similar question to Buffalo getting ready to host its own division around matchup

01:00last weekend against Baltimore. At this stage, I asked you, do you agree with the odds or do you

01:06give the edge to the other side? When you look at how close the numbers are on the money line,

01:11who gets the edge in your mind entering the AFC title game? It's simple for me and I understand

01:18this. We just had Mark Zinawan. I'm saying to myself, like, I am actually rooting for the

01:21Buffalo Bills. Not because it's saying, okay, I think the Eagles match up better with the Bills

01:25or Kansas City. But just from a fan perspective and a content perspective, we do a lot of Super

01:29Bowls around here and it's just boring talking about the same things and the same matchups and

01:33one team always gets there. The Buffalo Bills are a fun story. There'd be nothing better than the

01:37Buffalo Bills going into Kansas City and vanquishing those playoff demons and moving on

01:41to a Super Bowl, something we haven't seen for the Buffalo Bills since the early 1990s when they lost

01:46four straight Super Bowls. It's a great fan base. They'll be passionate. They'll show out in New

01:50Orleans, no doubt about it. But from a money perspective, I gotta be honest, like, I'm

01:54surprised that 70% of the betting public, at least at the FanDuel Sportsbook, is lining up ticket-wise

01:59just to take the Buffalo Bills. We're not knocking the Bills, Ben. We're not saying they don't deserve

02:03to be. They absolutely do. They beat one of the most talented teams in football last week and

02:07moved on to face the Kansas City Chiefs. But it once again gets down to this compelling notion.

02:13We're not looking at the Chiefs going like, oh, I wonder if that ankle is healthy from Holmes.

02:16It's 100% healthy. You gave Travis Kelsey a couple weeks off. He looks rejuvenated as good as ever

02:21catching the football and running after the catch. You take a look at the offensive line that's

02:25shifting around players from guard to tackle and it's worked out and a defense that's one of the

02:29best in the NFL with a great defensive coordinator. And then the other opportunity as well, you can't

02:34take Kansas City, Ben, at eight and a half points at home. You know they're probably going to win,

02:38but not cover. And then you go, wait a second. You're just asking Patrick Holmes, Andy Reid,

02:43and the Chiefs to win a football game by a field goal at home and you move on and cash your ticket.

02:49How do you actually pass that up based on what we've seen?