Let's Talk About the Bills, 2023 Divisional Round Edition

[Bearcat]

Discuss.

[Gravedigger]

Tickets for the game seem pretty reasonable for the importance of the event and the fact that it's Bills Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes' first road playoff game.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Bills fans are confident - I get it. They won at Arrowhead earlier this year to start the whole thing and Allen is an alien.

But seeing them trash talk the Chiefs' recent wins is kind of funny. Since the Chiefs' recent wins are the Bills' recent wins, other than the Cowboys.

They hammered Dallas at home. Cool. Cowboys are a fraud as we have now seen again.

They escaped the Easton Stick-led Chargers. Cool. They're terrible. The Chiefs beat the same Chargers a few weeks with ****ing Blaine Gabbert at QB, while giving up fewer points and playing a bunch of subs on D.


They handled the Patriots 27-21. Chiefs cruised 27-17.

They took out Miami for the divison, a game they were losing . The Chiefs completely manhandled the Dolphins. Weather was a factor for sure, but the Chiefs gave them nothing.

Yes, emotions and motivations for the Bills will be high. But emotion only carries you so far, and the emotions and motivations for the Chiefs will be sky-high, too.

Funny how history repeats itself every damn year... people deep dive into these pointless regular season games to convince themselves of shit and then the Chiefs beat the Bills in the playoffs.

Hell, if the Chiefs beat the Bills in the regular season it's "tough to beat a team twice!" ....and if the Bills win, it's "we already did it once!"

I feel like the Chiefs might have some (sorry) 2020 Bucs in them... lost to the Saints twice and one wasn't even close, lost to the Chiefs in a game that could have been a blowout... and after they won the SB stuff came out about how they simplified things late in the season to protect their 76 year old statue of a quarterback and starting clicking at the right time.

And the Chiefs this year don't have a good record against their best competition... a spade is a spade. Unlike looking at say the Dolphins schedule or others, they haven't been dominated though, so it's safe to assume they don't have a huge gap between where they were losing games to the Eagles, Bills, etc; and where they need to get to.

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by Lzen

You don't think Miller and Oliver are enough? I mean, pretty much nothing flusters him when he's playoff focused. But they might bother him a bit. We will need WRs to step up, offensive line to not make mistakes, and Kelce to stop dropping passes and we'll be fine.

Miller's been overrated this year, but he should still be good for maybe an impact play? I don't know. And Ed Oliver is a good tackle but there's not much you can get on us up the gut unless Trey Smith holds.

Their outside rush has been very good, though, and that's where we'll struggle.

The thing is: Andy Reid usually has really good gameplans dialed up against high-pressure DLs, especially when there's not much behind the DL to man the fort, which there isn't.

The opportunities are all there, the Chiefs have a real solid path to victory here.

It will just depend on the receivers doing their jobs. Which...

[strickjn]

I'd rather be the healthier team than the home team. We were in a bad spot in the regular season game and should have won. Just don't beat ourselves.

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Funny how history repeats itself every damn year... people deep dive into these pointless regular season games to convince themselves of shit and then the Chiefs beat the Bills in the playoffs.

Hell, if the Chiefs beat the Bills in the regular season it's "tough to beat a team twice!" ....and if the Bills win, it's "we already did it once!"

I feel like the Chiefs might have some (sorry) 2020 Bucs in them... lost to the Saints twice and one wasn't even close, lost to the Chiefs in a game that could have been a blowout... and after they won the SB stuff came out about how they simplified things late in the season to protect their 76 year old statue of a quarterback and starting clicking at the right time.

And the Chiefs this year don't have a good record against their best competition... a spade is a spade. Unlike looking at say the Dolphins schedule or others, they haven't been dominated though, so it's safe to assume they don't have a huge gap between where they were losing games to the Eagles, Bills, etc; and where they need to get to.

The Chiefs are very healthy heading into this game, too. The Bills are not very healthy at all, especially on defense.

The Chiefs missed Donovan Smith and Isiah Pacheco against them in the first matchup, and if it weren't for Kadarious Toney's toes, they'd have won the game.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brother

Allen FAKE SLID on his TD run then later drew a cheap PF on a late slide. Hit him HARD. Late even for being a prick. Yiu can't pull that shit and STILL get protection from the officials. You may as well just wallop him anyway.

This is not being talked about enough. His "great 52 yard run" happens because a defender let up because he looked like he was sliding. It's not some brilliant play by Allen. He exploited the rules designed to protect QBs.

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by strickjn

I'd rather be the healthier team than the home team. We were in a bad spot in the regular season game and should have won. Just don't beat ourselves.

No Tranquil and Bolton just getting back from injury in that game was huge. Cool did whatever he wanted early, and it took the Chiefs a bit to adjust.

Once the Chiefs adjusted, the Bills did very little offensively.

[Rainbarrel]

Clyde had a 3.5 average on 11 carries for 39. Good for CEH

[BleedingRed]

Chiefs 32
Bills 21

AFC Champ game back in KC after Texans beat Ravens in shoot out.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by tredadda

This is not being talked about enough. His "great 52 yard run" happens because a defender let up because he looked like he was sliding. It's not some brilliant play by Allen. He exploited the rules designed to protect QBs.

I’ve watched that play and there is no fake slide. He jukes a defender, that’s it. I’m not even sure what a “fake slide” would look like.

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by Rainbarrel

Clyde had a 3.5 average on 11 carries for 39. Good for CEH

That’s the equivalent of Pacheco going 11 carries for 97 yards and a TD when you adjust for CEH-flation.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by chiefqueen

I HATE to spoil everybody's party but Phil Simms and James Brown said something during the postgame show I completely agree with. To Buffalo, Sunday's game is not "just" a playoff game it's personal, unless each Chief player makes the game just as "personal" to them (and this is something the Chiefs' coaching staff CANNOT DO) I see Buffalo blowing KC out. I really, really, really, REALLY hope I am wrong.

If your Chiefs takes are as terrible as your Jayhawks takes, I don't think we have anything to worry about.

[Rainbarrel]

They went for the ball instead of Allen's legs

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by tredadda

This is not being talked about enough. His "great 52 yard run" happens because a defender let up because he looked like he was sliding. It's not some brilliant play by Allen. He exploited the rules designed to protect QBs.

I might hate JA more than anyone else here but this is just stupid. If PMII had done this everyone here would be praising how smart he is and how he schooled the D.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

That was probably the best Chiefs team we've ever had, too, but injuries completely ravaged our OL.

Agreed. The loss of Fisher in the AFCCG after it was essentially over was probably the biggest playoff injury for KC since Montana.