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The Buffalo Bills have a big opportunity when they welcome the Kansas City Chiefs to Highmark Stadium, and tight end Dawson Knox is well aware of the challenges Andy Reid's team presents. With the Bills at 8-2 on the year and the Chiefs undefeated, Buffalo has a huge opportunity to close the gap on Kansas City in the race for playoff seedings. A win and the Bills will be neck and neck with the Chiefs, but lose, and the No.
1 seed, barring a huge end-of-season collapse from Kansas City, will be out of reach. But for Knox, his team is doing all they can to treat this AFC heavyweight showdown like it's another game. “It's something we talk about a lot, not making one game bigger than the next,” Knox said .
“So we want to treat each game as the same size, we don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves looking forward to the playoff picture or anything like that. They're an incredible team, it's always an awesome challenge, awesome opportunity for us. They got talent all over the place and their standard that they've been playing at is pretty incredible to watch.
It'll be a great challenge, great opportunity for us.” Danny Wild-USA TODAY Sports Knox and the Bills can try and treat this like any other game, but in reality, it's not. Two AFC heavyweights going toe-to-toe with potential playoff implications on the line is about as big a regular season game as you can get.
Related: Will Bills Veteran Shock Chiefs With Emergency Role? The Bills are 3-2 in their last five meetings against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, with the two losses coming in the postseason when it "really" matters. But regular season, Buffalo has been the one thorn in Kansas City's side, winning the last three outings, all by one-score. So, while Knox and the Bills are trying to downplay the significance of this Week 11 clash, we know that it is bigger than a normal game.
Buckle up and bring your popcorn, folks. Playoff football has come early. Related: What Did Amari Cooper Say About Bills' Availability?.
