Mecole Hardman scored TD for Bills on an iconic Chiefs Super Bowl play
The NFL is a copycat league, but this is ridiculous.
After signing with the Packers in the offseason, former Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman was released by Green Bay midseason. He soon after signed with the Bills and was on Buffalo’s practice squad.
“It’s kind of weird a little bit, going against these guys for the last six years,” Hardman told reporters in November.
Because of injuries, Hardman was elevated Friday to the Bills active roster, and he made an immediate impact Saturday in Buffalo’s Divisional playoff game at Denver.
Hardman caught a 4-yard touchdown pass from Josh Allen late in the first quarter, and it looked familiar to Chiefs fans. The play the Bills ran appeared to be the same as the Chiefs’ game-winning play in overtime of Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
The Chiefs beat the 49ers 25-22 on this TD catch.
And this was his touchdown grab against the Broncos on Saturday. Does this look familiar?
As mentioned earlier, the NFL is a copycat league which makes this story even better. The Chiefs stole/borrowed that game-winning play from ... the Bills.
The Chiefs used it to great effect against the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII and were happy to see it work again to beat the 49ers a year later.
“I think last year was the one that, you look at it, we thought, ‘They’re never gonna let us get that type of motion again,’” Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy told The Star. “And we put something in off of it, and it happened to be open to Mecole.”
This story was originally published January 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM.
