- Toney will miss the primetime postseason game due to ankle and hip injuries
- The role of the receiver in the teams’ regular season meeting will not be forgotten
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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Kadarius Toney will miss his team’s AFC Divisional round game against the Buffalo Bills with hip and ankle injuries.
The expected clash between the teams that will be the finale of this weekend’s four postseason games will force the Chiefs to win on the road with an already thin wide receiving corps.
Toney was instrumental in the Bills’ victory over the Chiefs on Dec. 10, when he drew an offside call on what would have been the go-ahead goal with less than two minutes remaining.
That play featured a catch by Travis Kelce and a lateral by Toney, which led to the sideline and post-game press conference tirade from Patrick Mahomes.
The win proved crucial as Buffalo earned the No. 2 seed and had multiple home games in the postseason.
Toney was a central figure in the regular season battle between the Chiefs and Bills in December
The Kansas City wide receiver will miss his fifth straight game due to ankle and hip injuries
Toney will miss his fifth straight game due to injury, with rookie wide receiver Rashee Rice stepping up to fill the needed void.
Toney’s last appearance for the Chiefs came in Week 15 against the Patriots, where the Florida alum also came under fire for dropping a seemingly easy catch that was intercepted by New England.
Buffalo-Kansas City will write a new chapter between perhaps the most consistent pair of AFC teams in recent years.
The game at Highmark Stadium will come two seasons after their epic overtime clash, which prompted the NFL to change the overtime rules in January 2022.
Kansas City and Buffalo combined to score 25 points and had four lead changes in the final two minutes of regulation, leading to overtime. The Chiefs won the coin toss and promptly scored the game-winning touchdown, denying the Bills the ball in the extra frame.
Now both teams must gain offensive possession in overtime at the end of an NFL postseason game.
The Bills have won the last two meetings between the teams, while Kansas City has not defeated Buffalo in regulation in the last four meetings.
Oddly enough, the last five meetings between the teams have all taken place at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs haven’t played in Buffalo since 2020.