Edwardsville High School alum A.J. Epenesa and the Buffalo Bills fell to the Kansas City Chiefs 32-29 in the AFC Championship game. The Chiefs advance to Super Bowl 59 to face the Philadelphia Eagles.

Tony Romo deflected the question as easily as Buffalo Bills defensive ends A.J. Epenesa and Gregory Rousseau ... about Patrick Mahomes than about Josh Allen and the Bills. Not so, said Romo ...

It's the little things that made the Kansas City Chiefs the winner in yet another epic game against the Buffalo Bills.

On the other, it left the Bills stuck in their own Groundhog Day prison, beating Kansas City to seemingly prove their legitimacy in the fall only to have their season ended by that same foe in the winter.

And just like that, the Bills' season ended in heartbreak once again, as they fell to the Chiefs 32-29 in the AFC title game on Sunday. While the offense posted

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen completes a 32-yard pass to Bills wide receiver Mack Hollins against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.

With a trip to the Super Bowl on the line, the Bills fell short, losing the AFC championship game 32-29 on Sunday night. As it always seems to between these two teams, the game came right down to the end.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen's 24-yard fastball to wide receiver Khalil Shakir is just as speedy as it is accurate.

Edwardsville High School grade A.J. Epenesa and the Buffalo Bills meet Kansas City in the AFC Championship game on Jan. 26, 2025, with the winner to Super Bowl

We have two games to determine which teams represent the AFC and NFC in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, and it is going to be one heck of a show. We're analyzing things from every conceivable angle here at CBSSports.

What would cause more heartache: losing four straight Super Bowls or losing to the same team in the playoffs four times in five years?

Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Joe Burrow, Jared Goff and Lamar Jackson are finalists for The Associated Press 2024 NFL Most Valuable Player award. Barkley, Burrow and Jackson also are finalists for Offensive Player of the Year and Burrow is also in the running for Comeback Player of the Year.