NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Buffalo Bills will stick to their winning playbook when they meet the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s AFC Championship, head coach Sean McDermott said on Wednesday, as the team hope to end their three decade-long wait to reach the Super Bowl.
Playing the postseason for a sixth straight time, the Bills have come heartbreakingly close to reaching the NFL title game in recent years, with the Chiefs their main antagonist.
With one final hurdle to punch their ticket to New Orleans, McDermott said they will stay the course when they meet the back-to-back Lombardi Trophy winners on Sunday.
“When you know who you are, when you know what works for us, it’s a lot easier. If you have to adjust things this time of year then it gets more difficult perhaps. We’ve been taking the same approach rather consistently all season,” he told reporters.
“In order to win you can’t be afraid to lose and I think those go hand-in-hand.”
The Chiefs beat them four years ago in the AFC title game and ended Buffalo’s hopes in the divisional round in 2022 and again last year.
They have a tall task against the Chiefs again this time, with Kansas City gunning for an unprecedented Super Bowl “three-peat,” as they come off a franchise-best 15-2 record.
“That’s probably not as appreciated as it should be – how one team is able to sustain success in such a competitive, year-to-year, week-to-week league like the NFL,” said McDermott.
“That is a great example of continuing to evolve over time, stay out in front of trends, roster-wise, scheme-wise, coaching-wise… that’s always what we’re trying to do.”
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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