Unlike last year's playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, the Buffalo Bills have their defensive leader available for the AFC Championship Game.

Chiefs had been having their way with the Bills defense early in the AFC championship game. Ed Oliver changed that trend

The Chiefs, who are in the AFC Championship Game for the seventh year in a row, have directly ended the Bills' season three of the past four years, and Oliver hasn't forgotten. The franchise defensive tackle is hoping that Kansas City is not the final stop on Buffalo's Super Bowl run.

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.

The Buffalo Bills will take on the Kansas City Chiefs for the fourth time in the last five playoffs--this time with a ticket to the Super Bowl on the line.

Once again, the Bills season comes to an end in Kansas City with a sickening 32-29 loss to the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.

At the 8:46 mark of the second quarter, Jackson scrambled for 11 yards before Oliver dragged him down as they went out of bounds. Although no penalty was called, Oliver has now been fined $16,883 for his "unnecessary roughness (hip-drop tackle)."

The Chiefs were driving, at the Buffalo 23, on the doorstep of possibly taking a 14-3 lead. Alas, Patrick Mahomes fumbled while pulling the ball back from running back Isiah Pacheco’s belly. Defensive lineman Ed Oliver recovered for the Bills at the Buffalo 28.

It's Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs for the AFC championship. Can Josh Allen and James Cook lead the Bills to win vs Patrick Mahomes and company?

Appearing on NFL Network prior to the Bills' divisional round matchup against the Baltimore Ravens, Crosby identified Oliver as a potential difference maker against Baltimore's hi

And there was another thing that gnawed at the defense’s collective craw. The Ravens protected the football better that any team all season. The Bills were the best at taking it away. The challenge was obvious. “That was our motto all week: Let’s see who’s better,” Phillips said.