Chiefs at times deployed rare ‘triple spy’ system on Sunday: ‘You never see this’
Following the Bills’ 28-21 win Sunday in Orchard Park, New York, Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo had a simple message for Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen.
“I don’t want to play you anymore,” Spagnuolo said. “I want you to retire. Nice job.”
Unfortunately for Spags, Allen isn’t pondering life after football. Allen completed 23 of his 26 passes against the Chiefs for 273 yards and a touchdown. He also had a pair of 1-yard rushing touchdowns.
Allen ran for just 19 yards in six attempts, and one reason for his modest rushing totals was a special defensive plan from Spagnuolo.
As the NFL Network’s Brian Baldinger pointed out, the Chiefs at one point had three different players spying Allen to prevent him from running for a first down on a fourth-and-2 play.
“Here’s something that you never see,” Baldinger said in the video. “Maybe it’s just a Josh Allen defense here on fourth-and-2, but it’s definitely only reserved for MVPs. Like you watch Leo Chenal, right? He’s spying. You watch Drue Tranquill. He’s spying. All right. You watch Chamarri Conner, like these three guys’ only job is to limit Josh Allen and not allow him to run.
“The triple spy, you never see this. And then Josh makes his throw over the middle (to Khalil) Shakir, and it’s perfectly timed by Bryan Cook, but the Chiefs employed the triple spy and tried to limit Josh Allen. I mean, that’s wild.”
Here is the postgame interaction between Spagnuolo and Allen.
This story was originally published November 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM.
