Ex-Bills player blames snow for playoff loss to Bengals, says roof would've made it a 'different game'

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The Buffalo Bills entered the 2022 season as one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl. The team finished the regular season with a 13-3 record and earned the No. 2 seed in the AFC for the postseason.

The Bills had home-field advantage in the wild-card round, where they defeated the Miami Dolphins. Next up, the Bills had a game against the Cincinnati Bengals. 

Receiver Isaiah McKenzie, who played for the Bills last season and signed with Indianapolis Colts in the offseason, believes Buffalo was actually at a disadvantage when it faced the Bengals at home. 

McKenzie blamed snow, which fell during much of the game, for the Bills' 27-10 loss in the late January game.

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Isaiah McKenzie of the Buffalo Bills warms up against the Cincinnati Bengals at Highmark Stadium Jan. 22, 2023, in Orchard Park, N.Y.  (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

"If we were in a dome, it would have been a totally different game," McKenzie said on a recent episode of the "Go Long" podcast with Tyler Dunne.

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Despite playing on the road in harsh, snowy conditions, the Bengals jumped out to a 14-0 lead, and McKenzie claims the snow hampered his team's ability to mount a comeback.

The Buffalo Bills' offense huddles against the Cincinnati Bengals in an AFC divisional playoff game at Highmark Stadium Jan. 22, 2023, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)

"I'll tell you this: That snow had a lot to do with it," McKenzie said of the loss. "Let's be real. Our run game wasn't the best run game. ... We didn't have a run game, so