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Bills prove it hurts to miss tackle after tackle after tackle. Every part of our defense made errors that were inexcusable and lead o huge chunk plays. D line failed to contain almost the entire game. And oh yeah, the Bengals D line actually contained with 3 rushing and still got 3 sacks that I saw. We left the field with 0. Edmunds and Milano were often run thru and over or were beaten in coverage, as Milano was beaten for the walk off TD. Our entire D backfield took terrible angles and were almost intimidated by Hill; and who can forget Wallace getting left in the dust at one point along with all his fellow Dbs, and he wasn’t done as he made sure ( along with poyer) to stand still and avoid pressing Kelce on the drive resulting in the tying FG with 13 seconds left. Add a huge punt return, with the punter making the saving tackle ( this was caused by fatigue from a penalty resulting in having to cover TWO PUNTS quickly,) and top it off with the cherry being no coach telling the kicker about the Squibb kick he was supposed to do to force Kc to burn time! When you actually read thru all that, it was consistent with a total collapse and basically a comedy of errors on defense. It was atrocious , especially compared to seeing it was possible for a team to hold Hill to 0 yards in the second half and hold Kc to 3 points for an entire half and OT! We were living with past mistakes and beatings and looking at it now, we were intimidated and we kept ALLOWING KC to run free ( both with the run and pass game) and our D FAILED TO MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT PLAYS AND I DONT REMEMBER OUR DB’s making any game CHANGING INTS IN OT! We just took the beating looking exhausted all the way down the field as Mahomes drove them to the winning TD. We were done with losing the coin flip while Cincy actually had an effective D plan and beat the trend of 10/11 playoff teams winning the flip and then the game! Who knew you could actually expect your D to make plays against Mahomes and KC!? We showed up on O , but our D was a huge failure and goes to show all the hoopla about the “ stats” and “ D rankings”, and being the #1 D was a façade ! We saw this in most of our losses , the inconsistency of play , and our 0-6 record In one possession games. This is more evidence that Frazier and his soft coverages are just a great way to continue to lose to Mahomes in the future if we can’t sack QB’s and don’t hit / press receivers off the line. I hope McD learned today and either they finally hit Qbs and have the talent to press receivers , and have a creative coordinator who can make game day adjustments , or we will keep staying home while a. second year QB was able to make it to the Super Bowl. Choices matter!

Harbaugh is a joke ! Took him ten tries just to beat the Buckeyes and even that was because it was a home game against a freshman QB who was playing his first game at Michigan ! He was terrible against Urban , and we see how long he lasted in the NFL! Teams were always woefully unprepared and very error prone. The games against Urban coached teams were just not competitive most of the time. He had success against the bottom dwellers of the Big Ten and he also didn’t do well in Bowl games. ( going form Memory as I don’t have exact record in front of me , but remember how often Michigan’s beaten) . He was all, but gone if he lost to Ohio state and had to take a huge pay cut to stay there this past year to salvage his stent there. McDermott has the better qb and roster and alps coaching experience. Just like having Harbaugh at Michigan was a great thing as a Buckeye fan , if he takes the Fins job, Mcd will have a couple of easy years before Harbaugh starts to figure out how to even try to stop Josh. He was a mediocre player , mediocre head coach and this will be two Harbaaughs for Mcd to beat up on next year ! This is great for our division chances , how would you even think he would be a better coach than Mcd because when your alma mater makes you cut your salary in half just to stay,ore year because you have lost to THE KEY RIVAL IN YOUR LEAGUE, it’s a clear evaluation that the majority of the time his coached teams were just bad. The more concerning issue as a bills fan is that it looks more and more like Frazier will be back. That performance by the Bengals D in dominating the Chiefs at home , getting multiple sacks, allowing 18 less points than the Bills all while having a SECOND YEAR QB leading the team to a Super Bowl is unprecedented ! That really is a coaching concern regarding the final McD / Frazier final D PRODUCT that also got beaten by a two win Jags team! Not to mention blowout losses like the Colts game and going 0-6 in ONE POSSESSION games! It’s indicative of how huge of a blown opportunity that KC loss was.! If Frazier doesn’t land a job , we will be stuck with the same passive D that Mahomes shredded, and we have to play both he and the Bengals next year in addition to the Rams and more. After today, I am even more convinced that defensive collapse is a big red flag and it’s only off set by Josh being a true superstar.

Wow. This is making our d line look like a bunch of bad tacklers , aging and slow ! Could be a fact. Cincy had some answers. Frazier , not so much !

Yep , goes along with that shrill voice. If I had to listen to that voice all the time I would have to find some quality well hidden ear plugs or phones around him. Would be funny if KC bled the clock only to turn it over ,,,,or get knocked out of fg range by a taunting penalty! Lol!

Kc isNot playing in a vacuum. Cincy has been the one responsible for making them look bad and you can’t just say it’s only KCdoing nothing on offense, somethings making them break down

Well this is a good reason/ example why Frazier may be having a hard time being hired ( at least as far as I know today). Unless KC scores 21 in the 4 th , it’s an example of how that #1 ranking was just not what we expected as Cincy is getting some stops. Yes we did get 2 I think in the first half, but when it mattered most in the 4 th and Ot , they were absent. Cincy even managed to get a sack with a three man rush and didn’t lose contain for a 31 yard scramble. Also makes you wonder if Mahomes would look so STELLAR away from arrowhead. Frazier lost one job to Daboll , and if things keep going like this with only. 41 yards of offense in the 3 rd, Frazier will be stuck in Buffalo and worse, it’s vice versa ( as Cincy gets another sack ! )

On a move like that , white has no say. It’s professional sports, you work to get paid, you are paid to work, not get along with an individual. That’s like needing to clear every move with every player about prior grudges! Not going to happen. Plus gronk only came out of retirement to be with Brady in a no Belicheck environment. He has his rings. Brady was as close to a sure thing as gronk could have ever hoped for, and without the promise to go to the SB , he is not that hungry at this point. He will go back to tv; needs to stay away from football as an analyst as he was a joke. Tre is a good football player, not management; it’s not like keeping Allen “ in the loop “ regarding the O coordinator, which is to keep your Franchise Superstar invested emotionally, even tho he will play with the same intensity regardless who they go with, because he is a true pro and just wired competitively that way. In Buffalo, it’s pretty clear with all the benchings, personnel moves or lack thereof, who is running the asylum! 😄

The OP’s point was how THE PATS treated Brady , he only mentioned the Bucs in reference to Bradys retirement. I think it’s obvious the Bucs were loaded, and was a in direct opposition to Bradys last years with the Pats !

Actually an interesting point. In todays NFL, and to a much greater or worse extent in college , players have had almost all of their decision making done on a play to play basis by the coaches. Its not enough to have a guy with a mic in his helmet, but they have armbands, hand signals, large cue cards , etc on the sidelines as players have essentially lost all their ability to go play to play or are not allowed to have a down “ unsupervised or un-coached” I am guessing as it’s seen to be so fact filled to be trusted for any time without input. These guys are so regimented in every aspect of their day to day lives regarding their football careers and playing days , that maybe they just can’t make any decisions without input, so they stick to routine so much so that they , especially young players or rookies, don’t expect to ask questions or speak much. Rather than question someone , they might just feel they are expected to be obedient, so if the coach didn’t get the message to Bass, he just stayed quiet and went to do his routine job. It even showed up regarding the Kelce plays. Guys, lineman and dbs, were were within earshot of Kelces conversation with Mahomes and then Mahomes yelling for Kelce to do it , and a d lineman ( a young, inexperienced obada ) was within 3 feet of Kelce at the line , yet no one moved an inch to press him off the line! They just stood in place , like good soldiers obeying what they were coached to do even tho I could never fathom that would have happened with the 90’s team/ players; they were too intelligent and they freelanced all the time. Freelance now and you will be benched by McD! It just goes to show they have complicated the game so much that now every moved is micromanaged and not without coaching input! No freelancing , and Heaven forbid if you do something on your own even when based on your football intelligence and Iq, it’s just not acceptable. It’s such a rigid environment that individual decision making , and thinking on your feet, is outdated! 😁

Like your post. It was indeed supposedly the year. Couple that with knowing going into the KC game that the Titans , Rodgers, and Brady were already out , and it was a once in who knows how long to have tbe AFC CHAMPIONSHIP game at home! Yes, we will be competitive with Josh. However ,looks likely Daboll is gone and Frazier with his passive d scheme stays , which I think is the worst scenario concerning coordinators. Hopefully the qb coach moves up for continuity but it’s his first year as a coordinator so we will have a learning curve scenario. Frazier staying really bothers me. This d benefited from playing several teams with horrible qbs. In the crucial games , good qbs carved this d up. Take a look at next years schedule , it looks formidable. KC again in KC stinks! On the road against the Bengals, Rams as well. It’s not a soft schedule like this year. Green Bay , titans coming to Buffalo in addition to division schedule. It will be tough as our o adjusts ( Daboll def gone to giants, as it’s on NFL home page reported by rappaport. ). Beane has stated we will not be that active in FA. He had a chance to make moves like Ingram , and blew it. He doesn’t want to give up draft picks again like he did to get Diggs, he said it during the draft. Imho , he values draft potential over established free agents too much. This is not the old NFL, other teams are willing to make moves. He stated they will prob keep adding to the d line , and will have to with turnover related to age. Mcd is 0-4 in playoff road games. This is not like the 90’s where we kept our core with no FA and no cap to deal with. If Frazier can’t get a job after 9 openings were present , I think That tells you how others view his “#1” defense. Yes , we will have a shot with Josh. Lots of roster changes coming and now offense will be different without Daboll. The d staying under Frazier looks like a bad move to me. Teams will watch what the Bucs , Chiefs, Titans did and mimic the use of plays run against soft zone coverages. I was hoping we would get an aggressive minded D coordinator in. The Bills draft will lean toward the d , and I just wish Beane would give Allen another Big receiver with long strides like Gabe or get a legitimate back with speed for use in screens and to add to our offensive weapons. Continuing to try to beat KC with d, one great edge guy won’t work. You have to outscore them. I hope we recover from this, having been around to see us lose 4 SB’s, it’s a lesson that there are no promises. We were peaking at the exact right moment , and coaching with players on the d inexplicably freezing ( regarding the Kelce stuff) lost a huge opportunity this year and it will be a challenge to have that fall in place again.

I think you make great points ; the Bills success after has nothing to do with the call. You can certainly bet tho had we NOT scored, this would have been extensively discussed! Also , just that pic shows he is TAUNTING BEFORE HE SCORES! I don’t know how the NFLS rule could be much different, but in college I know I saw taunting calls nullify scoring plays just like this , with a guy taunting on his way during the play , not just AFTER it was over ! Imagine if it was called, seen to occur as it did prior to crossing the goal line and that TD was nullified! Arguably could have had a major impact on the game. Having said that , I am glad it turned out alright without that call. We should have one , I am convinced we were the better team , just had a terrible coaching lapse and mental breakdown defensively at the worst time. For once the refs were not a huge negative factor or distraction. I think it should prove to the league how great the product and game can be when so many penalties are not called and how this was seen as one of the greatest games ever ! It should be a model going forward how stupid it is to have points of emphasis on calling things, rather than emphasizing how great the product is if flags are kept to a minimum. THAT SHOULD REALLY BE THE POINT OF EMPHASIS, LESS REFEREEING, BETTER QUALITY FOOTBALL , LESS CONTROVERSIAL OUTCOMES! You made great points and it’s valid to say , this was not called as it had been all year , proves how subjective it is in the first place , and once again it shows if you aren’t going to call it all the time, it should not be enforced or be a rule at all then.

I watched it live and they started off talking about it fairly quickly. Definitely within 15-30 min as it was such a huge thing. The main film analysis guy is Eric , and he has been excellent with film sessions the entire year. Very talented guy, and he Was forceful and backed it up without divulging his source , that a Squibb was the call. He obviously has an inside connection he can’t identify. It’s not click bait. His proof was the kicking teams players response during and after the play, as well as sideline coaches responses. In a year of watching him I have learned quite a bit of strategy, he is honest , very pro bills , and he was adamant he was informed it was to have been a Squibb kick. I really believe him and the show also had video with audio clips of Kelce telling Mahomes the seam would be open , and Mahomes the yelling for Kelce to “ do it Kelce, do it “ which refers to having Kelce adjust his route by in breaking ( opposite of an exact same formation play ran earlier in the game where Wallace tried jamming and followed Kelce. Had they just done that same D , no. Way Kelce runs free down the seam to set up the fg! ). It’s worth checking the first hour which is all about the last13 seconds and the d breakdowns only. Last hour is offense about all Allen’s great plays. Main point is the communication breakdown from ST coach to kicker. This is high school stuff and it’s shocking to see happen at the NFL level. In my field , a comparison would be like a dr with 20 years experience , making a Med school student level mistake. Special teams played a role in losses this year , now a large role in losing this game ( also gave up the long punt return) ,so this is more than one incident. Mcd is taking the high , leadership road, just saying it was “. Execution “ , and so it will be up to him how it goes forward. I would not be able to trust the ST coach again , fearing a similar blunder , so personally it would require a scenario now for full proof communication , or I would move on. Depends on how much Mcd values this as growth and as a human we all make mistakes , or does he see it strictly as a business that requires competency at a certain level to go forth. Good film session tho , and I am convinced Mcd knows they blew it , starting with the kick , but it also shows they melted down with decision making defensively even after using 2 time outs to be sure they knew the KC formations. The players then froze and allowed Kelce to out think and out play them. It is sickening in a way because Wallace and the d line come off looking unintelligent as players situationally. Lost opportunity is the stark , painful reality.

That last Jab to wade phillips was incorrect in an otherwise truthful article. Wade refused to fire his special teams coach and Ralph fired him in return. That’s hardly throwing your special teams coach under the bus. Strange place to even go to in that article. Mcd needs to throw his D coordinator under the bus, and frankly the O coordinator had a strange and somewhat ineffective first half, stalling on several drives while throwing to Gilliam in the flat?

We dominated the pats offensively if you don’t remember that. 7 possessions/7 tds. It made it easy for the D with the exception of Hyde’s play. But seriously, you can’t be comparing the pats qb to KC’s. , can you? Mahomes shredded this d as did the other good qb, Brady until letting off and Our O came back. Kc beat “ Tomlin” with a deteriorating Big Ben and little offense . Yes , losing a game with 13 seconds left makes that a bad D, in addition to being dominated the entire game. Losing to the Jags makes this a bad D. You can live by stats all you want but it’s only the W/L that matters. This D came up short in many games , especially its big games ( Titans also dominated the d). Who cares what the d is ranked , it’s about winning the super bowl and this year was a step back with a divisional loss. Giving up 42 points is poor defense all day long and at all levels. With the O doing a 17 play, 8 min drive , what excuse would the D have to be so exhausted and “ spent” ? It was horrible scheming , horrible situational awareness, and yes , I would gladly take my chances wishing for something else. “13 “ seconds will always live on. I know because I remember the “16” seconds before the music city miracle. Has that ever faded? We are the only team in the NFL to have lost TWICE after taking a lead with less than 16 seconds in a game ,,,,in all of NFL HISTORY ! No other team has managed it even once. Nothing could be worse or more heartbreaking; it was right up there with wide right. I’ll take my chances !

Just wanted to say great points and write up. I think the results speak more to coaching. After all it has to ne the coaches pressing Beane to get all these lineman in the first place. I have never seen a system with such heavy rotation. Most players have said they use moves to set up other moves with later reps. Imagine if Bruce Smith was on this d line , and we stuck to this heavy rotation! He would be in for less than 50% of the reps! We will not be developing players like Bruce with this rotational play and it doesn’t appear the “ fresh player “ strategy is superior results wise to a traditional rotation that helps player development. It’s like seeing patients in medicine , it’s a known fact you get better with experience and seeing more things. You don’t get better as a dr by seeing less cases or working less! I think it’s also cause and effect with the d line guys Beane has drafted. With the heavy rotation, it may take twice as long or more for them to hone their craft and skills. It contributes to making Beanes picks harder to assess and it might actually cause them to fail as this league is results based, known for its not for long philosophy and there are very limited chances to show your growth. They have less contact in practices and it’s possible this is just a horrible developmental strategy for d line players. You mentioned how Hyde and Poyer have thrived here; well , there is no heavy rotation of the safeties or dbs, and so they are actually getting the reps to improve. Mcds defensive strategy is dictating the heavy investment of picks into the d line and 5 years out, it looks like an absolutely failed strategy for having impact players on the d line. We have to keep reaching into free agency and this staff has been here long enough to have have developed their own players and it has not happened outside of Oliver. We have to keep raiding other teams rosters for IMPACT PLAYERS ! It’s the same issue with the o line and rotating guys from right to left sides. Ford is going to be an example of how this can cause a player to become a bust. I just think this coaching philosophy is hampering us in the long run. Imagine if Josh was subject to rotational play; it’s an absurd concept , right? A qb would never develop like that , yet we are expecting results with our draft picks along both lines. Brown has been an exception and it may speak more to his own God gifted size and talent than it doe for our rotations and o line coaching! The bottom line is in previous times staffs had been given 3 years for results and getting to a Super Bowl. Mcd is a great leader of men and I think he deserves the time to keep improving , IF WE KEEP IMPROVING! This divisional loss , with a possible AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN BUFFALO , with Brady and Rodgers already out in the NFC , is a huge, huge setback. It IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH showing continuous improvement with the whole team, but there is no doubt Josh improved to the level of superstar and QB is still the most important cog in getting.a SB victory. So I think Mcd needs to stay and hopefully that will pay off. However, if he is about continuous growth, let’s hope he can step back and take at look at his obsession with these heavy rotations on the lines, and actually develop a strategy that results in impact players from within because as Josh’s salary kicks into the cap , Beane will be limited in his ability to fill gaps with free Agency. Just take a step back and think, would a Bruce Smith develop like this and would he stay in a place where he could only hope to play less than 50% of the time !? Finally , we can’t forget the 13 second failure. Frazier had a terrible game and that was a failed situational defense. It speaks to how our issues revolve around poor coaching rather than a talent or draft failure. Everybody had Frazier as the top prospect for the Bears. Well, he is not in the final three coaches who are being considered according to NFL network. I think that says a lot about how at least he is viewed. He may get lucky with 9 Jobs open , but I am thinking everybody saw that #1 defense was a fraud and my hope for him to move on may be fading.

He is already pretty invisible as is! I have only occasionally spotted him in the opponents backfield. Much more commonly spotted 5-10 yards downfield guarding the first down markers while pulling offensive lineman with him. The age argument has gotten tired ; that he’s so young and will just get better. Younger , recently drafted LBs ( see cowboys ) actually are impactful ! The clogging the passing lanes argument is a null argument that can never be proven. I do know he rarely has PBU’s ( had 44 chances for at least one yesterday) and has less career ints than years playing ( or it’s very close). Call me the next time he makes a game winning play or gets a huge turnover. He also get much credit for getting the D aligned correctly. If yesterdays results are an example of this required talent for our D to be successful, then the results speak for themselves as he was on the field for the “13” seconds and he was there for the overtime. 42 points , scoreboard, is what matters in assessing this #1 D. How many can truthfully say they didn’t see this at least as a possibility after watching this d play all year. I’m not talking about “ statistically “ how they ended up ranked, but how they played at critical times as we watched them. They benefited from one of the Worst group of opposing QBs I can remember. I trust Mcd because of his results. He has gotten us to the playoffs but I think it’s fair to say he has had his share of disappointments there. I know he knows talent better than I do. Sometimes tho as compassionate human beings , which I know Mcd is, we are very willing to give second chances and overlook others shortcomings. In this case mcds heart may be winning over his intellect. I know he values Edmunds as a good person. I have heard players like Fina praise how edmunds moves down the line. Yet , I have seen impactful LBs like Talley and Biscuit, who I would take in a heartbeat over Edmunds. They were impactful , they made plays that won games for us! They played with passion and visible leadership! I saw them do it with my own eyes; I wish i could say the same about Edmunds.

True , you expect more , esp after all the self created Drama, posing on the field after the game last year. Prior 1s still showed up in big games. Reed wasn’t ever held to 7 yds in a game. He caught the 2 point conversion , but allowed himself to be taken completely away otherwise. The one thing he did was draw double coverage and that helped Gabe , who did show up with perhaps the game of his career , however long it might be. But Diggs has to be more productive than just being a decoy as you #1 receiver. He disappeared in several games this year , not to this extent , but it happened and I suspect he took his success a little fir granted. Time will tell, even yelling if he can remain a true #1. What happened to knox, Sanders, mckenzie who all also were allowed to mysteriously disappear in the biggest game of the season!? I suspect this is from Dabolls inconsistency , lack of use of motion, lack of formations to create mismatches. Amazing how Reid was able to still keep Hill, Kelce, and his other receivers all productive. This type of game is my main issue with Daboll. Why complain you say, we scored 36 points? Well , we lost ( mostly on the d) but we had several wasted possessions in the first half. It’s a typical game of lull periods that Dabolls play calling produced in almost every game but the Pats playoff game. How do you not get Knox more involved , or mckenzie after the success in that game? Daboll is an OC who allows himself to be dictated to We should have been out in front in the first half and not having to depend on Josh heroics in the last two min. This was a pattern over and over this year. With our talent , their starting safety out in the first quarter , we should have been testing them more earlier rather than waiting until we were down by 9! There is no excuse for the horrible d performance , and believe me , “13 seconds” will live on for years for Bills fans. Josh was indeed heroic and is a superstar QB. The o had a great opening drive and then once again got stale, questionable ( why in this game did we start throwing to Gilliam?), and lacked urgency after the few stops the d managed in the first half. Good OC’s don’t have several of their receivers shut down ; they create situations that force the D to react to new choices. Daboll has very often been forced to be the one to react and it didn’t happen until late in the game when many of his options were situationally limited. Josh will be fine without Daboll. It’s just an unknown for him as he only has experience withDaboll. It’s time for fresh ideas ; you have a once in a lifetime talented QB and it’s time for a truly creative OC to take over. Our O success is because of Josh , not based on creativity to support his amazing talents. Look at coaches succeeding with players like Jimmy G ( imagine Shanahan wiith Josh!) or the creative use of support for Burrows in Cincy with the drafting of young , speedy wide receivers , and of course , look at Reid’s offensive production and creativity. I will be fine seeing Daboll go elsewhere , and I suspect he will not have the success “ transforming” another QB like how much credit he gets about Josh. The D failed and was the primary reason for our loss, but it’s a complimentary game and the O putting up just 14 first half points while our D still was fresh, was just as big a failure. 7 more points in that half , which should have happened instead of the “ return of the lulls” , and we would never be remembering “13seconds” for perhaps the remainder of our time as fans of the Bills! It was a wasted opportunity yesterday, and I have seen that before from the Bills , and I hope the team does recover and keep moving forward. Players will be a year older ( hyde/ poyer) , more than a few will be gone, and you never are promised the same chemistry or to have a home AFC championship game against a playoff inexperienced team like the Bengals to just simply happen again. All the pre game breaks fell in line for the Bills , and that lost opportunity might linger longer if the right changes don’t fall in place for the organization. One such change may be done for us, getting fresh coordinators ( this might be the ceiling for this group) because ours have moved “ up” to HC positions. My hope is this will be a positive change!

Well, it’s possible to reach all of our pre season goals with a win today propelling is to a home AFC championship game ! Feeling nervous so o am rewatching last years afc tile game in KC. Things I am noticing, in using several things going against us last year. This is not your last years Bills team! We were obviously not close to full strength. I had forgotten. One of our main Cbs was Josh norman ! He was terrible In addition our o line was Williams at right tackle with Feliciano and Ike with Dawkins and Morse. The line was really overmatched with jones having his way with Feliciano. Also our rbs were motor on a very limited basis with YELDON ( not even in the league this year I believe, certainly didn’t play meaningful min ) playing significant time. Our wr of course were mostly injured and Brown was limping after most plays. We actually started with a 9-0 lead that quickly went to 21-12 in the second quarter. Bass missed his first extra point. ( after last week , this has me a little concerned) Our d was undermanned with Norman , and players like Love and Butler playing significant time. The Frazier scheme of sitting in soft zones was too easy for Kc to beat with speed and it was an abysmal failure. The Chiefs went 4/4 I. The red zone by 3:29 left in the third quater! Romo kept pointing out how Kelce and the receivers came off the line untouched and it was a huge error in our d philosophy! We actually missed several sacks that ended up with Mahomes breaking several tackles and completing passes ( once even with Milano draped on him). Our LBs and dbs missed many tackles as the KC players came off the line untouched at full speed and there were many huge chunk plays as we kept in soft zones the whole game and we NEVER HIT KELCE as he came off the line , allowing him to catch 8 or 9 balls uncontested in the first half. It was crazy watching them just let him run free and then Settle either in front of a deep dropping Edmunds or in the zones vacated as Mahomes scrambled. It looked like no one was ever assigned to hit him or really check him. White actually looked average in that game as Hill beat him for big plays several times and Tre really did not play a physical game. He was not good in run support that game either. Also oir d line never contained Mahomes and we never held the outside leverage on runs like we so now with GROOT! We.we’re abused in the run game and I still can’t believe how soft we were as a team not hitting guys , esp Kelce and the receivers as they CRUISED TO AN EASY 38-15 lead with 8 min left in the game. We were NEVER DEFENSIVELY EFFECTIVE I. THAT GAME! Our O was not much better. Brown disappeared and Allen really kept making bad choices. He continued to AVOID throwing to open receivers short , and I watched him look off them when initially open and then he would try coming back after they were no longer open. He had many passes broken up and at least three should have been picked by KC dbs who were just not used to his velocity. He was also inaccurate early in the game. The big issue tho was he was rarely used to run the ball ( until they were desperately behind!) and he kept playing the hero ball we have all come to dread as he held the ball way too long , and that’s a big part of what made the line look so bad. He really has not looked that bad since the jags game this year. He was a 180 version of himself in KC compared to last weeks New England game. He was never confident with reads and it just looked like he never had any answers that day. We were down 31-15 beginning the 4 th quarter. Like Romo stated ,” it feels like everything is hard” regarding the offense. Allen was playing from behind and his play looked frantic as he was not setting his feet to throw. It was not until the late third quarter that McKenzie got involved ( he did catch a TD I’m the late 4 th quarter with only 4 min to play ,) and Josh started to run a little. All the players began to press and Brown tipped a catchable ball into a KC db for an easy pick in the early 4 th. THERE WAS NO EFFECTIVE USE OF MOTOR OR CALLS BY DABOLL to help take pressure off Josh by running the ball. As I watched this game for the first time since that loss, I am encouraged because as bad as some of our games have been, I have a hard time saying Josh ever played as poorly in this year ( with his choices ) as he did in that game. Until you go back and actually see the growth Josh has shown , it’s hard to believe how poorly he really played in that game. If we see anywhere close to the Josh we saw last week , KC has no idea how much he has progressed over this year ! McDermott also made many coaching errors including going for a failed 2 point conversion when the score was 38-21 resulting in the game remaining a 3 possession game. It was even made a worse decision as we recovered the onside kick the next play and we’re down 7 as opposed to 16 with 3 time outs left and almost 4 min left ! Wow , it was hard to rewatch ! So how do we beat this team today. We play like last week and please don’t be out coached as badly as we were that game. 1) we have to play physically. Quit just dropping into soft zones and not punishing their receivers. Press the receivers! Hit them and effect the timing of the pass game! We don’t have to blotz but we have to send different guys and mix it up from the first game! We are better stopping the run and maintaining the edge. We have to make Mahomes throw from the pocket because he is just too accurate when he starts scrambling. Keep the fresh guys rolling in and keep lane and gap integrity. SMACK THEIR RECEIVERS IN THE MOUTH EARLY AND LET THEM KNOW IT WILL BE A LONG DAY ! When you don’t hit guys , they are fresher than you and the speed is Allowed to have its full effect ! ThIS is a huge game for Frazier; Is this truly a good defense , or will he call a game where he doesn’t trust his talent and tries to soft zone his way to a win. If he has a game plan like last years, we will lose and he will prove he is not really head coach material. You have to WIN THE BIG GAMES AND HIS SCHEME Last year was ONE OF THE REASONS WE WERE NEVER IN THAT GAME! 2]. Daboll also has to keep the gas pedal down from last week. Run the ball, call early runs for Josh and use play action from under the center, EARLY. Daboll has to get across to Josh to get the ball out of his hands early and take the short open receivers! It will open up later. Last year Josh took too many bad sacks that WERE HIS FAULT , as the o line play was at least average. We have a much better line so use it to drive block , gap run , pin and pull , and we can maul the KC defense ! As long as Josh gets rid of the ball quickly early in the game , we will see a different Josh than the one KC easily beat last year. Don’t be afraid to motion or issue mckenzie early ; he has speed and creates mismatches and he can have a huge game if Daboll will use him ! Use Beasley on third downs mixed in with McKenzie. This year we will have knox as a mismatch as well. We had ALMOST NONE of that last year! Gabe is a difference maker , while Sanders may make 3-4 important catches. Of course we have to hit Diggs early in the short game and with those weapons , we can score even if FraZier refuses to be aggressive! Get physical , run with motor , Josh , mckenzie , and then hit knox behind the lbs when they come up to stop the run. COACH TO WIN MCD! We don’t need no punter except to hold on PATS! We are a much better team than last year. We have done this once this year ! The Chiefs are really still the same Chiefs. Everybody is touting how patient Mahomes is now after this years Bills loss. Make him patient in a collapsing pocket ! We can do this ! It’s up to the coaches resolving the tactical errors from last year by doing press coverage and make them beat our dbs only to face Hyde/ poyer there for back up; , being physical and wanting it more! We need Josh playing up to his potential. He has to play error free and he needs to be that extra weapon running because he is so talented at it. We can have a HOME AFC Championship game and pound the BENGALS. ITS THERE IF THE COACHS ARE AGGRESSIVE AND we prove EARLY ON this is not last years Bills. We have the talent to beat KC , but like we learned earlier this year, you have to take it from them and not just sit back hoping Mahomes makes a mistake and gives it to you! GO TAKE IT BUFFALO! Hardly anyone believes we can do it , the coaches and players are the only ones who have to believe, and last week they proved they are confident and I think we can win this if we hit them and don’t play like a finesse defense. That worked against the Bills in SB 25, it can work for us now. Go Bills!

You’re not alone! Lol ! Hard to do what we did last week , two weeks in a row! We literally caught all the breaks and calls; first time o can remember that from a Bills perspective! The o line is what gives me hope. When they hold, commit stupid pre snap penalties , let guys unabated to Josh, he gets frenetic and we struggle. However, they are finally stable, have some good games under their belt , and if they open holes for the run game and protect Josh, we have our best shot at beating them while they are hot , playing at home! I’m nervous because I really believe we actually have the talent and deserve to be playing in this championship race! Just wish we had beaten the jags , and I think this game would have been in Buflo! This is the 4/th matchup in a row with them playing at home on KC! Would be so much more confident if they finally had to play a pressure game in unfamiliar surroundings! Hang in there!

No , For us regular humans, bojo now is the mvp! A blocked punt AND a blocked extra point that he held on! How amazing is that! Bojo from Buflo will go down in history! This reminded me of being at my home in Ohio , my office manager of my practice was / is a close friend even including today and we were at my parents home in Ohio it was snowing both in Ohio and in new England. We were there for my fathers funeral having passed from non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. We were watching the snow on Tv as Tom Brady did the TUCK rule fumble / non fumble. Pats went on to win from there. Seeing the snow in Green Bay triggered that memory for me while texting with my friend / prior office manager , a life long Niners fan. I had always kidded with her that if the niners / Bills ever played in one ( she is a huge niners / Montana fan) , we had to go to the SB! Well , niners held up their half so now it’s up to the bills! Rodgers is such an a** hole! Currently in presser saying the o only put 10 on the board , but “ the special teams really hurt us , losing and taking points off the board” ! Nice way to throw your special teams under the bus. Good thing Hof, and mvp is not based on being a quality human being! Rodgers big o puts up 10 and all he can do is dump most blame on the special teams. I get it, but you’re the leader of the while team , and you led your team AT HOME to 10 measly points! This guy is a HOF A** hole! Poor little spoiled QB with 1 SB appearance In 17 years! Guy has zero humility. I could never see Josh or Mcd dumping on other team members. So, a nostAlgic night , texting with my prior office manager , good friend , about a possible niners / Bills SB. 20 years ago while in Ohio for my fathers funeral , I watched another snowy game that ended on the last play as viniteri kicked it thru the snow to win as part of the tuck rule game ( was on Jan 19 th , 2002) with my good friend being there as support during my fathers funeral. Her niners move on with the help of the snow , as I await the fate of the Bills ! How good would the Bills / Niners matchup be. Finally !? Berman would be circling the wagons and both teams. So many experts picking the chiefs tho! I hope we play up to last weeks potential ; 20 years plus waiting since the last Bills SB ( 28 in Atlanta in 94 where I was lucky to attend with my father. ) and I have never been to another SB since. Time flies so fast , as it’s hard to believe we never saw the Bills / niners matchup ! It’s actually a possibility; we just have to take the next step tomorrow! Bills d is not the Steelers , Allen is not Big Ben whose time has run down! Admittedly nervous, but Let’s go sweet potato luck and let’s go Bills!

That play may have set the whole tone of the playoffs for this team ! From giving up a disappointing TD in the very next possession after we scored on a pass Josh was throwing away , to then deflating the Pats as we quickly went up 14-0 after the pick , forcing them to begin to abandon the thought of just running the ball again ! It set the tone , momentum of the game quickly and things snowballed. My only concern with that pic is look how badly Wallace was beaten in that picture ! Imagine how Hill , kelce may take advantage of that coverage if given the scenario of being covered in man coverage bu Wallace or Jackson !? This is the type of game that the QB will be more accurate and the receivers more experienced than the Pats receivers and there won’t be the severe weather conditions that may have influenced some drops by the Pats by wide open guys. We got lots of breaks that game ,even tho I believe the game Showed the true talent difference between us and the Pats right now! That talent gap won’t be there playing the Chiefs in their home, and the episodes of broken coverages we saw at times by the Bills won’t go unpunished in all likelihood. Great pick by Hyde and one of the most athletic plays I have ever seen a Bills db make ! I just hope that picture is not a forewarning of what the Chiefs may do against our dbs without Tre back there taking at least one of those guys out of their game ! There were plays that the Pats blew I think given the pressure of the playoffs and the crazy weather , and the Chiefs have been there, done that already and hopefully the play of Hyde /poyer continues to cover up the huge hole present in our. Coverage created by Tres absence !

Haha! That isn’t a cow ! Not a Buffalo either ,,,,,,but not even close to being a cow ! Not a big farm type person , huh? LOL! Bulls / Bills running over the Thumbtacks is always a pleasant thought! If we get there after beating the Pats/ Chiefs , it would be great karma heading into the SB to finish off the third of the terrible three that we have had things nightmares and bad off seasons have been created by vanquished , and would be one of the best, of not the best run to a SB the Bills would have ever put together! If we can beat those three with two having been in away stadiums , I would be pretty confident in our final step bringing the Lombardi finally to Bufffalo! The only more perfect scenario , but has already been precluded, would have been beating the Cowboys for the SB win ! That would finally have erased years of watching the smug Jimmy Johnson yelling “ how bout those cowboys?! “ in years of pregame shows, commercials, and all the reviews of prior superbowls ! Beating a smug Rodgers would be the a pretty acceptable compromise tho , and would be the epic season to forever be remembered in Bills lore! How good would it feel to have finally overcome that Afc championship loss last year with Diggs staring in disbelief ; the Pats being so thoroughly beaten that it makes them obsess in the off-season about facing Allen for so many more years to come and putting the memory of Brady finally behind us: getting revenge in Tennessee for the music city miracle and Josh slipping on the last play of the game , and last but not least , finally ending the confusion between cows and bulls! Lol!

Don’t get too far Ahead. Been a bills fan since ‘63, went to two SB’s and watched them lose 4 with multiple hof players , coaches , and even front office personnel! That was the BEST BILLS performance I have ever seen , even better than the 51-3 win over the Raiders headed to SB 25! So all these years , and that game felt like a once in a lifetime experience! It all came together, even the breaks ( pats had wide open guys dripping balls) , the lack of flags , the lack of turnovers etc in one glorious night! BB knows the NFL NOW has FA, AND A CAP! It’s built to change from year to year so teams do go from worst to first and vice versa. He is not stuck with Jones , who happened to drop to him in the first round. It’s not like they blew draft capital going after the guy! Did you ever think you would see Brady in Tampa! Things happen and change happens to the best teams quickly! Yes , we have JA17 and that gives us an edge for awhile. What happens if Watson or Wilson somehow end up with the pats!? Could happen ! The bucs are incredibly lucky to have all their guys back but for how long , and injuries etc can derail a year or more. Bb will not want to leave with TB having won a SB and BB not even sniffing another one ; otherwise for all time the pats SB successes will be associated with BRADY PREDOMINANTLY, and I don’t see Bb going oit that way esp after the worst playoff defeat of his career. Don’t minimize anger and narcissism as driving factors ! I am just saying if a guy doesn’t go out on top after winning 6 SB’s , it’s pretty unlikely one horrible loss will make him end his career ! He lives for football. Kraft or someone will have to force him to quit. Every year now in the nfl is a fresh start. He can build a pretty good D with FA; whose to say he won’t upgrade Qb at some point and the billls will have to adapt to life without daboll and Frazier soon most likely, and sanders / possibly beasly will need replacements as well. That’s the current NFL, so BB I think never goes away completely empty handed. Maybe he lucks into one last SB or afc championship and then leaves. He still has his health. If that changes he will quit , but otherwise he still has to prove all that winning didn’t happen just having Brady as his qb! He won’t quit until he is sure he has proven the world knows that as a fact! The cap changes all the time. He will always have $ to spend. He only has to get it right one more season and I don’t think he walks until that happens or his health dictates his fate!

Not really. Don’t underestutne Titans at home. ESP with rest, Brown who has worked us the last two meetings and we don’t have tre or a good match up cover for him. Plus Henry will be back and if he survives cincy ok , he will know what his is capable of and won’t be thinking about his foot ( which will be strong with a bone callous around a screw and or plate ) If they beat cincy they will be confident as hell and we have seen the music city miracle there, really got blown out the prior year with COVID changes , and we had Josh slip there when that almost never happens. Lots of bad karma in that place! I’m more concerned about brown as we have played the run better , but did you see at least three or 4 blown coverages vs the pats and luckily most of the passes were dropped! Jackson looked ok but on some plays he wasn’t fully set and who knows whose responsibility those wide open guys were!? If we get past Kc ( whose offense and d are notably better than when we last played , but that goes for us as well), I would rather face a rookie qb at home in Buffalo than a team with post season success at their home ! Maybe the bengals catch them a little rusty after the Titans were off a week and it’s Henry’s first game back , so they do have a shot at beating them. When either KC or we roll in there , the rust will be gone and they will be playing with confidence ( against us) knowing they beat us the past two games there. So the Bills still have a tough road. We will be more to handle than the Steelers who had zero offense but KC put up similar points and even had similar gadget plays with the pass to the o lineman and that shovel pass they used to score against us before , and now kelce threw a td pass from the 5 or so. That red zone o will present problems ! Need to run like we did to keep kc off the field and limit their possessions. Going in As an underdog after a near perfect game should be a warning this is a game that won’t be safe until it’s over! The best scenario after KC is playing at home against a qb who has never played in that stadium and would give us a nice advantage ! I think the Titans can lose because we have seen a week off sometimes causes a slow start and the bengals are hot now! Home field advantage will be at stake for the championship game if the bengals win. But just beating KC still leaves us possibly having to win in the music city and that game will be competitive, so the winner of Bills / kc is not a sure SB participant. No way to just say it’s the real afc championship as you can’t ignore our history in that Nashville stadium! I hope we beat KC , and never have to go to Nashville again this year! Pats and Steelers were both weak offensively , but none of the other remaining three teams we will or might face are incapable of playing in a shootout and scoring just like the Bills, so don’t count your chickens ahead of time if we win in KC! We would prob go to Nashville as an underdog because if playing an almost perfect game against the pats has us going in to kc +3 , I would think going to Nashville would have us seen in the same light just based on history there!

Poyer is going to have a great game ; love his humble attitude but it’s obvious he and the team are motivated to lay some hits on the Patsies! I really think they want to make amends for that loss and “ embarrassment “ at home and I think the playoff level of. Intensity is something Jones will not be ready for. Bb can scheme the d to mimimize the O somewhat , but he can’t shelter jones from the cold , pressure , the big moment he will face Saturday night . This is not the college national championship in a dome under ideal conditions where your team is much more talented than the opponent, it’s against a better team in a hostile environment with everything on the line in terms of pride , respect , prestige, money, and a legacy. I like what I am hearing from the players. I just hope Frazier has them coached up so they have figured out those attempts to get them to take false steps ( esp the LBs) and don’t give up any more the cutback runs by over pursuing early because off their adrenaline. That one huge run in that last home game took the crowd out of it early and the Bills never recovered. Let’s hope Frazier has been working hard on countering. Misdirection run plays , because if it comes to the passing game or Jones has to come from behind , I think it plays into the Bills hands and we get ready for the Steelers or Chiefs! If there was ever a time for karma for this team , it’s now! How amazing would it be to get a second chance at Big Ben and send him oit of the league like the jags did to Kelly. For once it would be great to look back at history around SB time and watch replays of Ben’s last game played being in Buffalo! Let’s go Bills, it’s a new season , and it’s time to make all that work and preseason hype become a reality! ( btw , how many suites are available? Poyer offering Pat and Hawk suite tickets and Tasker offered two suite tickets to Kyle Brandt and wife! How do I get on one of these shows to be offered suite tics !? Lol! Been a loyal fan since ‘63 , went to two Sbs that we lost to the cowboys , but I have never seen a live game in Buffalo.! ( ashamed!) Man if I’m offered suite tickets by Tasker or Poyer for a Saturday night prime time playoff game , I’m even uberring my way up there just to avoid any chance of omicron and tipping people to get.into the suite a few hours early just to take it all in before my time is up! Lol).