Disagree. With our elite secondary and very good pass rush, leaning into the run makes sense. It was clearly the Bills game plan to do that and hit screens, and it was working. Every time they tried to chuck it deep it was a lost down, but give 3-4 downs with the run/screens and the Chiefs were struggling.

Glad they started trying to throw at the end. My nightmare was they would just keep getting first downs quick and score a TD without any time on the clock. Passing is what killed them.

Agreed. I just do not think Lamar has the poise or accuracy to sustain drives if we are winning on first down. The opportunity for our defense to create turnovers will there.

Cooks last several runs weren't gaining shit. It's hard to do it all game against our defense.

I would say they learned their lesson last night, but that shoulda been done weeks ago

If they don’t bring reinforcements in along that interior, Ravens will attack early and throughout

Dude.

Look at the entire history of the Mahomes era.

When do we get beat by teams piling up rushing yards?

If the Ravens think they can go run-first and beat us, good luck. It never works.

They'll win TOP but not the game.

Spags dared the Bills to run and dink and dunk and they took the cheese.

The lack of big plays bit them in the ass in the end.

It's also because of things like weighted DVOA and opponent record like for example..

The Ravens have played 10 home games, 7 of them are playoff teams and all 10 had winning records. The average score was 32-17 and they have a +151 point differential.

They also have the highest weighted DVOA of all time through this round of the playoffs.

Our linebackers started crashing the running lanes. Our defense adjusted.

Ravens have always dominated NFC under Lamar for whatever reason, and they did again this year. The AFC games are generally competitive.

Nnadi took 45% of the snaps this season, 2nd only to Jones at DT. It's not because the coaches think he's great. They're just not as deep at DT as other defensive positions. His absence meant someone even worse was going to receive his snaps. I wasn't as excited as other posters about his injury for that reason.

I wish Wharton didn't get hurt last year because he was coming along.

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It's great if you CAN make those big plays, but the entire history isn't quite the same as this year. Downfield passing is tougher than ever against this D. If you have anything that is moving the chains consistently, you should keep doing that thing. If Josh Allen can't complete passes down field I doubt Lamar is going to do much better.

Chiefs are 5-2 with Shawn Smith.

Thank God not Blakeman.

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