One of the NFL's top rivalries successful caller years – the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs – kicks disconnected its latest section successful Orchard Park, New York, connected Sunday successful a highly anticipated matchup.
The Chiefs stay undefeated aft blocking a game-winning tract extremity against the Denver Broncos, portion the Bills person ripped disconnected 5 consecutive victories to travel successful astatine 8-2 connected the year.
The squad to bushed successful the NFL is the Chiefs, and though they person been successful immoderate adjacent games, they person done immoderate it takes to get the occupation done and marque definite their nonaccomplishment file remains clean.
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Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen, #17, stiff-arms Indianapolis Colts antiaircraft extremity Dayo Odeyingbo, #54, during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled connected Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 successful Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
So, what bash the Bills request to bash to get a triumph against their rival? NFL fable Rob Gronkowski knows it each comes to those last minutes successful the 4th quarter, amended known arsenic "crunch time."
"The Bills request to play a implicit game. All 4 quarters, there’s nary uncertainty astir that," Gronkowski told Fox News Digital astatine Great Wolf Lodge's expansive opening successful Naples, Florida, connected Thursday. "And erstwhile it comes to crunch time, they cannot marque immoderate mistakes due to the fact that Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, they don’t marque mistakes erstwhile it comes to crunch time. They cognize however to win, nary substance what benignant of crippled it is.
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"Patrick Mahomes knows however to set to immoderate concern is going connected retired connected the field. Same with the full full enactment of the Kansas City Chiefs. They’re truthful hard to bushed due to the fact that they know, nary substance what the concern is, they cognize however to grip it. They cognize however to act, and they cognize however to flooded it.
"So, erstwhile it comes to the Bills beating them, we cognize it’s going to beryllium a adjacent game. It’s going to travel down to the ligament similar each different crippled with the Chiefs this year. [Buffalo] gotta beryllium capable to beryllium cleanable successful crunch clip and not marque those mistakes. Catch the ball, they can’t person a drop. They can’t person an interception, they can’t person a fumble erstwhile it comes down to the last minutes."
Of course, what "Gronk" is saying is easier said than done, but it is the truth: The Chiefs cognize precisely what to bash successful crunch time, whether it is simply a large fourth-down halt against the Atlanta Falcons, driving down the tract for a touchdown successful overtime against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, oregon blocking a game-winning tract extremity past week arsenic clip expired.
Say what you privation astir the Chiefs – they simply cognize however to triumph shot games.
Rob Gronkowski astatine Fox Sports media time astatine the Phoenix Convention Center successful Phoenix connected Feb. 7, 2023. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
However, Buffalo fans cognize that this rivalry has not been lopsided.
The Bills person won 3 of their past 5 meetings, though some of the losses successful that span person travel successful the playoffs. One of them was an all-time NFL classic, arsenic the Chiefs bushed the Bills successful overtime to beforehand aft Mahomes infamously got downfield successful 13 seconds to springiness Harrison Butker the accidental astatine a tract extremity to nonstop it to overtime.
Since the playoffs are what genuinely matters to some of these teams, Gronkowski knows what a triumph for Buffalo, his hometown team, could bash for them erstwhile it comes clip for the matchup everyone wants to spot successful the playoffs erstwhile again.
"The Bills request to triumph this crippled due to the fact that they request that assurance of going into the playoffs to cognize they tin bushed the Chiefs," helium said. "They conscionable gotta bash it astatine slightest once. If they bash that this play coming up, I consciousness similar it volition springiness the Bills assurance to bushed anyone erstwhile it comes playoff time."
Gronkowski was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame earlier this week, and each helium heard was Bills-Chiefs speech with the country afloat prepared to get rowdy connected Sunday night.
"It’s astir apt going to beryllium the champion crippled of the weekend, which is large for the NFL and large for Buffalo," Gronkowski said.
Former NFL subordinate Rob Gronkowski looks connected earlier Super Bowl LVII betwixt the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles astatine State Farm Stadium successful Glendale, Arizona, connected Feb. 12, 2023. (Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports)
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Gronkowski was sitting by the excavation successful Naples, Florida, aft a hard greeting of moving up and down stairs astatine the expansive opening of the Great Wolf Lodge successful the Sunshine State.
"I’ve been present astatine the Great Wolf Lodge since 7 a.m. this morning. I went down each 12 h2o slides," helium said with a large grin connected his face. "The Great Wolf Lodge besides teamed up with Make-A-Wish. There’s been 12 Make-A-Wish kids arsenic good here. We each went down the h2o slides, had a bully time, and I consciousness similar a kid again. Everyone looks astatine maine arsenic a large kid due to the fact that I americium a large kid adjacent and beloved to my heart."
While Gronkowski unlocked his interior kid connected the h2o slides, helium besides unlocked $60,000 -- $5,000 for each descent – which volition beryllium donated to Make-A-Wish Southern Florida.
Rob Gronkowski poses astatine the Great Wolf Lodge successful Florida. (Great Wolf Lodge)
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Great Wold Lodge is besides offering a peculiar expansive opening discount of up to 40% disconnected modular country rate, and with each booking, the institution volition beryllium making a $10 donation to the American Red Cross to enactment hurricane alleviation efforts successful the area.
As idiosyncratic who is simply a Tampa resident, and whose parent lives conscionable 30 minutes distant successful Fort Myers, the full Gronkowski household is acceptable to instrumentality connected the slides for years to come.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.