See ya again in January? Chiefs have little room for error after loss to Bills Eric Larsen, USA TODAY November 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM 0 ORCHARD PARK, NY – Round 10 is in the books. It happened again. The Buffalo Bills topped the Kansas City Chiefs again at Highmark Stadium on Nov. 2, marking the 10th meeting between the teams since 2020 with a convincing 2821 effort that proved, well, they can still knock off Patrick Mahomes & Co. in the regular season. That's five in a row, by that measure. See ya again in January? Well, maybe. Maybe not.
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Eric Larsen, USA TODAY November 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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ORCHARD PARK, NY – Round 10 is in the books.
It happened again. The Buffalo Bills topped the Kansas City Chiefs again at Highmark Stadium on Nov. 2, marking the 10th meeting between the teams since 2020 with a convincing 28-21 effort that proved, well, they can still knock off Patrick Mahomes & Co. in the regular season. That's five in a row, by that measure.
See ya again in January? Well, maybe. Maybe not. It's not so automatic this time that the next sequel will come in the AFC playoffs again.
If the playoffs started tomorrow, the Chiefs would be sitting at home.
Sure, that's a strange thought. Kansas City has advanced to the AFC Championship Game in every season that Mahomes has been the starting quarterback and has won nine consecutive AFC West titles.
Yet the setback on Sunday – coupled with a Denver win at Houston – left the Chiefs (5-4) two games behind the division-leading Broncos.
5. Buffalo Bills acquire Kelvin Benjamin from Carolina Panthers (2017) The 2014 first-round pick never quite lived up to the potential he showed in his rookie season with the Carolina Panthers. After catching 73 passes for 1,008 yards and nine touchdowns his first season, Benjamin missed the entire 2015 season after tearing his ACL in training camp.
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5. Buffalo Bills acquire Kelvin Benjamin from Carolina Panthers (2017) The 2014 first-round pick never quite lived up to the potential he showed in his rookie season with the Carolina Panthers. After catching 73 passes for 1,008 yards and nine touchdowns his first season, Benjamin missed the entire 2015 season after tearing his ACL in training camp.
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4. Chicago Bears trade for Chase Claypool (2022) Chase Claypool enjoyed two seasons of solid production with the Pittsburgh Steelers after the team made him its second-round pick in 2020. Across 2020 and 2021, the Notre Dame product had 121 catches for 1,733 yards and 11 touchdowns.
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4. Chicago Bears trade for Chase Claypool (2022) Chase Claypool enjoyed two seasons of solid production with the Pittsburgh Steelers after the team made him its second-round pick in 2020. Across 2020 and 2021, the Notre Dame product had 121 catches for 1,733 yards and 11 touchdowns.
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3. Indianapolis Colts send first-round pick to Browns for Trent Richardson (2013) Trent Richardson tallied 950 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground, 367 receiving yards, and one touchdown catch as a rookie in 2012. At the time, he seemed the lone bright spot in an otherwise brutal year for the Cleveland Browns. First-round quarterback and 28-year-old rookie Brandon Weeden had the fourth-worst passer rating in the NFL. Cleveland finished 5-11 and in last place in the AFC North.
" style=padding-bottom:56%>3. Indianapolis Colts send first-round pick to Browns for Trent Richardson (2013) Trent Richardson tallied 950 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground, 367 receiving yards, and one touchdown catch as a rookie in 2012. At the time, he seemed the lone bright spot in an otherwise brutal year for the Cleveland Browns. First-round quarterback and 28-year-old rookie Brandon Weeden had the fourth-worst passer rating in the NFL. Cleveland finished 5-11 and in last place in the AFC North.
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3. Indianapolis Colts send first-round pick to Browns for Trent Richardson (2013) Trent Richardson tallied 950 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground, 367 receiving yards, and one touchdown catch as a rookie in 2012. At the time, he seemed the lone bright spot in an otherwise brutal year for the Cleveland Browns. First-round quarterback and 28-year-old rookie Brandon Weeden had the fourth-worst passer rating in the NFL. Cleveland finished 5-11 and in last place in the AFC North.
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2. Green Bay Packers think John Hadl is their franchise quarterback (1974) In 1973, a 33-year-old Hadl played in his first season with the Los Angeles Rams after 11 years with the San Diego Chargers. By the end of the year, the former Kansas Jayhawk earned a sixth Pro Bowl nod to go along with his first-team All-Pro honors (a career first) and second-place finish in MVP voting behind running back O.J. Simpson.
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2. Green Bay Packers think John Hadl is their franchise quarterback (1974) In 1973, a 33-year-old Hadl played in his first season with the Los Angeles Rams after 11 years with the San Diego Chargers. By the end of the year, the former Kansas Jayhawk earned a sixth Pro Bowl nod to go along with his first-team All-Pro honors (a career first) and second-place finish in MVP voting behind running back O.J. Simpson.
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1. Minnesota Vikings trade their future for Herschel Walker (1989) The Minnesota Vikings' trade for Herschel Walker is among the worst trades in NFL history, midseason or otherwise. It even has its own Wikipedia page. Walker had established himself as Dallas' best player by 1988, his third season as a pro.
" style=padding-bottom:56%>1. Minnesota Vikings trade their future for Herschel Walker (1989) The Minnesota Vikings' trade for Herschel Walker is among the worst trades in NFL history, midseason or otherwise. It even has its own Wikipedia page. Walker had established himself as Dallas' best player by 1988, his third season as a pro.
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1. Minnesota Vikings trade their future for Herschel Walker (1989) The Minnesota Vikings' trade for Herschel Walker is among the worst trades in NFL history, midseason or otherwise. It even has its own Wikipedia page. Walker had established himself as Dallas' best player by 1988, his third season as a pro.
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1 / 23Did one of these NFL trade deadline deals ruin your fantasy league team for the year?The NFL trade deadline is quickly approaching. Some teams could make trades that boost their playoff and Super Bowl odds, but others will make bad deals that hamper their rosters. There's no way to know which trades will turn out the best until one is able to look back with the benefit of hindsight. However, several deals from the past have not aged so well in the years since they happened. More than a few bad moves happened midseason at the trade deadline. The following five trades have aged exceptionally poorly and could be considered among the worst trade deadline deals in NFL history.
Sure, it's only midseason. There's plenty of football left. The Chiefs have two head-to-head meetings with Denver on tap.
But there's a whole lot less room for error. That was the prospect for whichever team lost as arguably the NFL's most compelling rivalry resumed before the typically rabid Bills Mafia. For the first time in this heavyweight rivalry pitting Mahomes against Josh Allen, the NFL's reigning MVP, neither team was in first place.
Unlike previous encounters, the outcome couldn't be projected as a crucial swing factor that might determine the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs.
Survival was the ticket, which fueled a playoff-like atmosphere. The Bills (6-2) survived to remain a half-game behind the revitalized New England Patriots (7-2) in the AFC East. And the margin is actually bigger than that, when considering the tiebreaker edge the Patriots claimed by winning here in Week 5.
In any event, Buffalo's survival was effectively clinched with rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston's interception of a deep Mahomes heave with just over four minutes to play. It doused Kansas City's hope for a huge comeback after the Chiefs put together a 66-yard TD drive early in the fourth quarter – which include Mahomes converting on a fourth-and-17 pass that was the longest fourth-down conversion of his career – that was capped by Travis Kelce's grab of a two-point conversion.
Yet the Bills defense, despite a manpower shortage that included the absence of star D-tackle Ed Oliver (torn biceps) and a secondary that has had tremendous challenges all season, didn't wilt in crunch time.
Throughout the game, it kept heat on Mahomes, who entered the contest with a streak of three consecutive games with three TDs. He left the game with zero TD throws, his lowest passer rating of the season (57.2), and for the first time in his career didn't complete 50% of his passes (15-of-34).
Still, Mahomes, who once stung the Bills in the playoffs by leading a field goal drive in 13 seconds, had a last-gasp chance at a miracle, but two final heaves to the end zone were batted down by Cole Bishop and Hairston, respectively.
Tough defense was just part of the formula. James Cook rushed for 114 yards on 27 carries – the first running back to top 100 against the Chiefs defense since Christmas 2023 – a week after shredding Carolina for 216 rushing yards.
Allen threw 26 passes and had just three incompletions, with a TD pass and 123.2 rating. He also rushed for 2 TDs. Dalton Kincaid, the mobile tight end, was the receiving tight end with 101 yards on six receptions.
And Bills coach Sean McDermott made some shrewd decisions that paid off.
See them again in January. History suggests that the Chiefs lose to Buffalo in the regular season and break the Bills hearts in January, which has happened with four consecutive playoff wins.
We'll see. As it stands now, history guarantees nothing at the this point.
And the Bills will surely will take that.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kansas City Chiefs left looking up at Bills, Broncos after loss
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