The Kansas City Chiefs earned another trip to the Super Bowl with their AFC Championship win over the Buffalo Bills. The defense, led by Steve Spagnuolo, stopped one of Buffalo’s most efficient plays.
Chiefs cornerback Joshua Williams recently appeared as a guest on the ‘Up and Adams Show‘ to discuss the multiple short-yardage stops in the AFC Championship victory.
“I don’t blame the Bills for doing that; they have a big, strong Quarterback (Josh Allen) back there, 6’6 and 250 pounds or whatever. You know, that’s usually an easy pickup right there for them. You know, a lot of the things we practiced during the week were short yardage, 3rd and 4th down.” said Williams. “During the week he’s (Steve Spagnuolo) telling us we have to get these stops, we have to get these stops. A lot of times you get into the game and it’s not exactly what you did at practice because there’s so much other factors. You being tired, them going right to the line, and quick hiking. I think our defense just did a good job getting up there. Everybody getting in their gaps, shooting their gaps, and you know, we picked up the stops because of that.”
The Chiefs’ defense stepped up tremendously in those moments and will have to take it to another level against the Philadelphia Eagles, who revolutionized the short-yardage play.
