Tyler Bass laments missed FG after Buffalo Bills' loss - ESPN

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The kick initially looked like it was headed through the uprights. Then, it sharply changed direction with the 11-13 mph winds in Orchard Park helping the ball go up and to the right, away from the upright.

The missed 44-yard field goal by Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass left 1:43 on the clock for the Kansas City Chiefs, the ball at the Chiefs' 34-yard line and a three-point lead.

«Ultimately, it's completely on me. I've got to do a better job of getting through to my target,» Bass said. «I've got to do a better job of playing it a little bit more left when you have a left to right [wind]. I've been here long enough to know that you have to do that. You know, I was trusting my line that I had in warmups. Hit a good ball, but it didn't work out. I feel terrible, you know? I love this team and it hurts. This one hurts bad. Yeah, I've got to do a better job. Totally on me.»

Bass finished the regular and postseason with his lowest field goal percentage in his four-year career (76.5%). Coach Sean McDermott said after the game that they have «full confidence» in Bass. The coach also pointed to defense and special teams not playing the «way we needed to.»

The field goal attempt will be just another what-if moment for the Bills in a game full of chances and a variety of additional game-changing moments that ended with more of the same. For a third-straight season, the Bills' year ended in the divisional round of the playoffs with the 27-24 loss at home to the Chiefs and extended the team's record vs. Kansas City with Patrick Mahomes at quarterback in the postseason to 0-3. Another postseason, another loss for Buffalo to Kansas City.

«I wish [Bass] wouldn't have been put in that situation,» quarterback Josh