Let’s talk about Bills vs Vikings

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Originally Posted by Stryker

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From ESPN+...

Super Bowl favorites: Bills vs. 49ers


The Chiefs and Bills split votes and basically should comprise their own Super Bowl out of the AFC. "Those are the two best teams," a veteran NFC scout said. "They are the deepest and have the best players [Allen and Mahomes]." The Bills get the nod because they are battle tested, have a deep roster and know they are good. "This feels like their time," an AFC exec said.

The Eagles are widely viewed as the NFC's most complete team, and "getting home-field advantage will be big for them," the AFC exec said. But the 49ers garnered enough votes to earn the spot. "Battle tested and explosive playmaking on both sides of the ball," an NFL personnel director said.

Lol. The Chiefs aren't battle tested? They've been in FAR MORE big games over the last several years than the Bills. The Chiefs also have a pretty solid roster top to bottom, maybe not quite as deep as the Bills, but definitely solid. That's great that the Bills 'know they are good'. You know who else knows they are good? The Kansas City Chiefs. The team that has hosted the AFC Title Game the last 4 years and has gone 8-3 in the playoffs over that span. Last I checked, that's pretty good.

I have no problem with them making the Buffalo-SF pick; I get it.

But if THIS is the reasoning then that's ****ing stupid.

[JustDíqLix]

Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin

Lol. The Chiefs aren't battle tested?

They are.

But the Bills have beaten that battle tested Chiefs team 2 of the last 3 times and were a bad coaching decision away from beating them 3 times in a row.

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Originally Posted by JustRyan

They are.

But the Bills have beaten that battle tested Chiefs team 2 of the last 3 times and were a bad coaching decision away from beating them 3 times in a row.

Meh.

And the Chiefs have beaten the Bills the last 2 times when it REALLY mattered.


Until that changes . . . . .

[irafreak]

Originally Posted by JustRyan

They are.

But the Bills have beaten that battle tested Chiefs team 2 of the last 3 times and were a bad coaching decision away from beating them 3 times in a row.

I still can't fault the coach for kicking it deep. Tyreek had a huge punt return earlier in the game. I mean 13 seconds...the defense should have been able to keep the from driving the field in 2 plays...

[JustDíqLix]

Originally Posted by irafreak

I still can't fault the coach for kicking it deep. Tyreek had a huge punt return earlier in the game. I mean 13 seconds...the defense should have been able to keep the from driving the field in 2 plays...

I think people meant squib kicking, and not playing defense 20 yards back leaving the middle of the field open.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by JustRyan

I think people meant squib kicking, and not playing defense 20 yards back leaving the middle of the field open.

Even then the leagues #1 defense should have been able to get 1 stop in 13 seconds.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by JustRyan

They are.

But the Bills have beaten that battle tested Chiefs team 2 of the last 3 times and were a bad coaching decision away from beating them 3 times in a row.

KC was a slipped CB away from making that coaching decision irrelevant.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by JustRyan

They are.

But the Bills have beaten that battle tested Chiefs team 2 of the last 3 times and were a bad coaching decision away from beating them 3 times in a row.

hmm. the 'battle tested' thing is so subjective, I hate using it to prop up any argument. How many times in the last four years have had trolls come in here and scream, "we're more battle tested than you are''?

BUF is the best team in the AFC right now. On paper, they are the most complete team.

But it's also true that BUF hasn't beaten KC in the playoffs in the Mahomes era. So who's more battle tested? The team that's won a couple regular season matchups, or the team that got the W in the playoffs when it mattered the most?

Which team has been to the AFCCG and won it more often since 2018?

From that perspective, KC is obviously the more battle tested team, and BUF isn't "battle tested" at all.

[JustDíqLix]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

hmm. the 'battle tested' thing is so subjective, I hate using it to prop up any argument. How many times in the last four years have had trolls come in here and scream, "we're more battle tested than you are''?

BUF is the best team in the AFC right now. On paper, they are the most complete team.

But it's also true that BUF hasn't beaten KC in the playoffs in the Mahomes era. So who's more battle tested? The team that's won a couple regular season matchups, or the team that got the W in the playoffs when it mattered the most?

Which team has been to the AFCCG and won it more often since 2018?

From that perspective, KC is obviously the more battle tested team, and BUF isn't "battle tested" at all.

Agreed.

It’s KC’s crown until someone takes it from them.

Mahomes shitting the bed doesn’t qualify as Cinci giving it to them IMO. I know people won’t like that but KC was the better team regardless of outcome.

[raybec 4]

Originally Posted by JustRyan

Agreed.

It’s KC’s crown until someone takes it from them.

Mahomes shitting the bed doesn’t qualify as Cinci giving it to them IMO. I know people won’t like that but KC was the better team regardless of outcome.

I doubt anyone with any sense has heartburn with that statement. It's definitely true. We love Mahomes but can recognize he wasn't good in the AFCCG

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by raybec 4

I doubt anyone with any sense has heartburn with that statement. It's definitely true. We love Mahomes but can recognize he wasn't good in the AFCCG

Well...2nd half was a meltdown. First half was incredibly good. He had pretty much the biggest gap in performance you can possibly have in the same game. ESPN gave him 98/100 QBR for the first half and 2/100 QBR for the second half. Lol