From 4 straight Super Bowl losses to Josh Allen's Patrick Mahomes problem, Bills might be cursed
James Jones explains how the Super Bowl window is still open for Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills.
Former NFL quarterback-turned-analyst Dan Orlovsky sat on the ESPN desk for "Get Up" the day after Championship Sunday with his head down.
Taking a breath, he spoke his mind after seeing the Buffalo Bills fall to the Kansas City Chiefs again in the playoffs – four straight times Josh Allen & Co. fell to Patrick Mahomes.
"I think it’s the most haunted organization and might be the most haunted player in the history of the NFL," Orlovsky told his colleagues. "Four straight Super Bowl losses 30-plus years ago, and now four straight losses to Patrick Mahomes when your quarterback plays just as good. Just as good in all those games, and the point differential is only five points."
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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen walks off the field after the AFC Championship against the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)
Does Orlovsky have a point? Are the Bills, and Allen, the most haunted organization and player in the history of the league?
There are 12 teams who have never won a Super Bowl, four of which have never seen the "Big Game" on their schedule: Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars.
Of those 12 teams, only two have been to the Super Bowl four times but lost every time – the Bills and Minnesota Vikings. But there’s only one team in the history of the NFL to go to four straight Super Bowls and lose them all, and "Bills Mafia" had to deal with four years of the highest of highs followed by the lowest of lows in terms of fandom.
There were the "Curse of the Bambino" and "Curse of the Billy