The Buffalo Bills bowed out of the playoffs in heartbreaking fashion on Sunday night in a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round after kicker Tyler Bass missed a game-tying 44-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter.
Bass’s kick sailed wide right of the uprights, bringing an end to the Bills’ season in a 27–24 defeat.
A critical missed field goal in the playoffs is a sight all too familiar to fans in Buffalo, and Bass’s misfire sent the NFL world down memory lane as they remembered the infamous missed field goal from former Bills kicker Scott Norwood during Super Bowl XXV against the New York Giants.
Football fans on X were quick to make comparisons between Bass’s whiffed attempt and Norwood’s notorious miss from the 1990 season, both of which were from 44 yards out.
KICK IS NO GOOD.
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Great call by Jim Nantz, immediately summoning the pain of Scott Norwood’s Super Bowl wide right vs the Giants
— Ian O'Connor (@Ian_OConnor) January 22, 2024
Tyler Bass doing his best Scott Norwood and sends it wide right.#KCvsBUF pic.twitter.com/aE50ihe3Iq
— Mike McDaniel (@MikMcDaniel) January 22, 2024
Someone check on Scott Norwood.
— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) January 22, 2024
Scott Norwood is about to start trending. Good grief.
— Robert Flores (@RoFlo) January 22, 2024
WIDE RIGHT ❌
Tyler Bass channeling his inner Scott Norwood 😱
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— The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) January 22, 2024
Tyler Bass & Scott Norwood pic.twitter.com/cT5M7XN50c
— Joe Praino (@FixYourLife) January 22, 2024
wide right
Scott Norwood 🤝 Tyler Bass https://t.co/jmbiNtqGRo pic.twitter.com/SlFJL28r3M— Jackson Didlake (@diidlake) January 22, 2024
From @ESPNStatsInfo
Scott Norwood's wide right for the Bills in Super Bowl XXV vs the Giants was also from 44 yards. Tyler Bass missed wide right from 44 yards with 1:47 left https://t.co/WhabjPhNCx
— Jorge Sedano (@Sedano) January 22, 2024
