Bills WR Gabriel Davis makes history in loss to Chiefs
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The Buffalo Bills turned in a memorable offensive performance during Sunday’s divisional-round playoff matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs.
And Bills WR Gabriel Davis made NFL history in the process.
He became the first player ever to have four touchdown receptions in a single game. As the Kansas City defense was focused on Stefon Diggs, it opened up opportunities for the second-year receiver out of UCF.
Davis and QB Josh Allen were electrifying.
Each of the 22-year old wideout’s touchdowns came from at least 18 yards out and he accounted for eight catches with 201 of Allen’s 329 passing yards as well as all four of his TD tosses.
The tandem connected for Davis’s first score of the day on an 18-yarder with under a minute to play in the first half, tying the game at 14-points apiece.
Then in the third quarter, Allen found Davis again for a 75-yard rocket that was the Bills’ longest play from scrimmage this season and one that tied the QB’s career-long for a pass.
Josh Allen absolute BOMB. 75 yards.
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— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) January 24, 2022
The third scoring catch of the day was a 27-yard toss that came just under the two-minute mark giving Buffalo the lead.
Then, with only 17 seconds left in the game, Allen would hit Davis for 19 yards and another TD to take the lead, breaking the NFL mark for TDs in a playoff game.
Gabe Davis for 4️⃣
Davis is the first player in NFL postseason history with four touchdown receptions in a single game.
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— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) January 24, 2022
With that fourth scoring catch, the wideout broke what had previously been an 18-way tie for the league record of three TDs in a playoff game. The old record holder group included the likes of Jerry Rice, Larry Fitzgerald, Western New York’s own Rob Gronkowski.
The Bills defense would give up 44 yards in the final 13 seconds of regulation, allowing the Chiefs to kick a field goal to tie the score and send the game to go to overtime. There they would again cease to stop Kansas City who, upon winning the coin toss, scored a touchdown on an offensive drive ending the game.
While the loss is a difficult one for the Bills, the young core of talent they have in players like Davis and Allen, performing at the elite level they did, projects favorably in the team’s ability to compete for years to come.
