‘“Oh, it crushed me early on,” McDermott would say in 2017, after landing his first head coaching job with the Buffalo Bills. “It crushed me from the standpoint of, I looked introspectively, just looked at myself and said, ‘What did I do wrong?’”’
Archives for October 2020
Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes vs. Bills’ Josh Allen: Who has the strongest arm?
‘”What we haven’t seen yet [in 2020] is [Bills receiver Stefon] Diggs running a curl on the left, and Josh breaks a tackle and rolls to his right,” Palmer said. “And Diggs just takes off toward the goalpost and Josh throws one 78 yards across his body — which is totally doable.’
Projecting Josh Allen’s next contract with Bills: How should Buffalo pay QB after rookie deal?
‘With No. 3 pick Sam Darnold and No. 10 pick Josh Rosen as non-factors and Mayfield turning into more of a caretaker in Cleveland, Allen figures to be at least the second-highest paid QB from the class after Jackson going forward. Jackson, with league MVP on his resume from Year 2, currently deserves that jump over Allen.’
Revisiting the Chiefs’ bold trade up with Bills to pick Patrick Mahomes in the 2017 NFL Draft
‘For Kansas City, groundwork was laid toward winning Super Bowl 54. In Buffalo, it began a slightly longer process toward consistent relevance that’s been advanced with the 2018 selection of Josh Allen. Both teams have their franchise quarterbacks now, and the Bills have a deeper team thanks to that trade with Kansas City and other deals that followed.’
Opinion: Chiefs at Bills: Sal’s keys, notes and stats
‘The Raiders pulled the upset of the Chiefs last week by getting to Patrick Mahomes with their front four on defense, allowing their secondary to blanket the field. They sacked him three times overall, but Mahomes often had to scramble and make plays outside the pocket. He’s good at that, but doing that also takes away some of the field he wants to read. The Bills haven’t been able to generate much of a pass rush this season (they’re 21st in the league in sacks per pass attempt), so if they want to follow this blueprint they’ll have to be find a way to be better at it than they’ve been.’
WKBW Week 6 predictions: Bills host Chiefs in battle of 4-1 teams
‘Can the Bills win this one? Yes. Do I think they will? No.’
Mitch Morse gets ready to face his former team as the Bills host the Chiefs
‘“I think appreciation, they gave me an opportunity to enter this league and grow as a football player so I’ll always be appreciative of that. I had some good times and really good friends along the years as teammates there and very fond memories,” Morse said.’
Bills look to right the ship vs. Super Bowl Champs
‘The 42-16 loss to the Titans exposed weaknesses on both sides of the ball that the Super Bowl Champion Chiefs will no doubt look to take advantage of.’
Last home Monday night game against the Chiefs: 1973
‘According to Storm Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Patrick Hammer, the weather that Monday night in 1973 was a crisp 48 degrees and rain. Hammer said, “exactly like today.”‘
Super Bowl champ Demone Harris comes home to face Buffalo Bills
‘Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the defensive end can’t get together with family and friends for dinner, but he did have wings delivered. “I had Bar-Bill delivered to the front desk, courtesy of my family,” Harris said.’
Thad’s Three Things: Bills vs. Chiefs
‘The Bills entered week six third in the NFL for blitz percentage. All those blitzes have netted Buffalo the fourth worst percentage of pressures on opposing quarterbacks. Failed blitzes against the Chiefs conclude with the ball in your end zone.’
Bills vs Chiefs preview
‘The storylines are written. McDermott vs Reid. Allen vs Mahomes. Offense vs offense. Both teams coming off a loss and looking to get back on track.’
5 Bills-Chiefs players to watch Monday
‘Welcome back Matt Milano. The Bills best linebacker and possibly most important person on defense is set to return just in time. Kelce is not a tight end. That is too limiting. He is a weapon for the Chiefs . So far this season Patrick Mahomes has targeted Kelce 46 times in 5 games with 32 catches, 405 yards and 3 touchdowns. When Mahomes needs a big play or needs to spark his offense, he looks for 8-7. Milano needs to be on his game to try to contain Kelce on Monday.’
Milano OUT: Murphy and Phillips benched?
‘Milano is missing his third game of the season, second in a row, as he continues to deal with a pec injury suffered in Las Vegas.’
NFL analysts | Bills vs. Chiefs game predictions | Week 6
‘I’m curious if Bills coach Sean McDermott is ready to embrace playing every week in the 30-plus-point range, because that’s the type of Bills team he’s coaching. Kansas City Chiefs 35, Buffalo Bills 30.’