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Originally Posted by jettio
I noticed a lot of the talk shows are calling the Bills the best team in the AFC, like the Rams were the big shots last week.
Hopefully, Ward, Clark, Fenton and Gay will be able to play. I expect Chiefs will handle the Bills. Bills have made some upgrades on defense.
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Yeah, I think a lot of that is reaction to the quality of teams they have played. That Bills team is also set up well to massacre teams that are overmatched.
The two shutouts came against the Dolphins (who lost their starting QB mid-game) and the Texans (who are an absolute mess and played Davis Mills at QB).
They blew out the Redskins, helped by 4 turnovers that gave the Bills the ball in the red zone or extremely close to it.
The only team Buffalo has played that actually had its starting QB available the entire game was Pittsburgh, and they lost.
When you look at the way the teams matchup, I'm not sure the Bills have done anything on defense that adjusts the matchup. They added some promising young players on the DL, but that unit still is just OK. The LB group is the same - though now possibly without Matt Milano - who, even if healthy, is not a changer. He got roasted in the AFC championship game last year. They have the same basic secondary. One really excellent CB in White, a pair of good safeties, and JAGs at the rest of the spots.
All that said, I do think the Bills are still the Chiefs' biggest competitor in the AFC. It's a game KC can absolutely lose, especially if the defense continues to play poorly. But I will need to see it to believe it.
I'd hope the Chiefs D adjusts a bit - moves Jones inside to gain a better matchup for pass rush - and continues to do a good job playing enough games with Allen to throw him off on enough drives to let the Chiefs O score and take control of the game.