A Buffalo Bills fan shared a new camera angle of Dalton Kincaid’s costly drop late in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game defeat at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs, and let’s just say it’ll sting the long-suffering fanbase even more.
Facing a 4th-and-5 situation and down by three points with two minutes left, Bills quarterback Josh Allen threw a desperate heave downfield to Dalton Kincaid near the Kansas City 35-yard line.
A completed pass would have at least put Buffalo in field goal range and in a position to go for the game-winning touchdown, but the second-year tight end was unable to come up with the football:
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The Chiefs got the ball back and melted the rest of the clock to punch their ticket to Super Bowl 59. For the fourth time in five years, Allen and the Bills were eliminated from the postseason by their longtime Kryptonite.
X/Twitter user @bills_opinions was at Arrowhead Stadium to cheer on their beloved Bills. In this new camera angle, you can see just how wide open Dalton Kincaid was on what would be Allen’s final pass attempt of the season:
Here is my view of Kincaid’s 4th down drop. He is much more open than shown on the telecast and the worst part is he didn’t adjust literally at all. I am sick. pic.twitter.com/KuNapo9iPm
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Speaking to reporters on Monday, Allen came to the defense of Dalton Kincaid, who battling several injuries throughout the year. Allen also said he could have but Kincaid in a better position to make the catch, per ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg:
“I got to be better for him. I didn’t feel like I put him in enough good situations this year, ball-placement-wise. He can sit there and think about that play over and over, but I got to be better for him. That’s what it comes down to, and get him more involved.
I know he’s been battling throughout the entire year, bumps and bruises and probably games that he shouldn’t have played he was in, but he’s a tough sucker, and I got nothing but love for him, how he’s approached this year. He’s going to be so much better next year. Let his body heal up, and I’m going to be better, better for him, and I can promise you that.”
While the Bills are left to wonder what went wrong in another gut-wrenching playoff defeat, the Chiefs are set to square off with the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 59.
Unfair To Put The Blame On Dalton Kincaid
It’s easy to blame Kincaid, given the timing of his drop. But the Bills defense should also be blamed for giving up over 30 points in yet another playoff game, and for not getting one more stop after Buffalo turned it over on downs.
Allen played well but missed several open receivers and couldn’t convert on the 4th-and-inches QB sneak with his team up by a point in the final frame. Blame Kincaid if you want, but the Bills lost as a team on Sunday.
