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No. I don’t believe there a gap between the bills and the team that we would’ve had beaten 3 times in a row in their own home stadium if if weren’t for us NOT kicking the ball short of the end zone with 13 seconds left in a playoff game where we had the lead. One play….. and we beat your boys 3 times in a row….. in your home stadium. you got lucky that our coaching staff epically effed up one moment in time. injuries matter. Wait til you have to play a playoff game without Chris Jones. Actually, I don’t really have to wait. I saw how your team performed in the Super Bowl after you lost Eric Fisher and Mitchell Schwartz. The unit that you thought was good enough to win a Super Bowl…. Wasn’t good enough. It wasn’t good enough to even make it a game. The chiefs got OBLITERATED by the Bucs. Mahomes threw O TDs and 2 ints. The chiefs didn’t score a TD. or you can be an ignorant f*** and pretend like injuries don’t matter. you can pretend that the chiefs are in a different tier, above the Bills. Reality says that you’ve had luck on your side. It won’t last forever. We’ll get ours. 17

You can frame stats however you’d like to frame them my man Nfl scoring defense 2022- 2nd 2021- 1st 2020- 16th 2019- 2nd Since allen has been to QB- the bills have had a top 2 scoring defense 3 out of 4 seasons. 3 of the last 4 years, he’s had a top 2 defense 3 of the last 4 years, he’s had a top 2 defense 3 of the last 4 years, he’s had a top 2 defense what?

Which defense? The one with Von Miller, Micah Hyde and Daquan? Injured Phillips, Ed and Poyer. M Or the one with epenesa, Marlowe and Settle? Coaching and injuries were major components in the meltdown vs Cinci. The defense did pretty well in KC holding them to 3 points in their final 3 possessions. We were outmanned and out game planned vs Cinci imo. the O scored 10 points while being healthy (minus Joshs arm).

Absolutely

We were the #2 scoring defense in the league….. how is that different than being the #2 scoring offense? we had multiple huge injuries on D all season. We had no injuries on offense. thoughts?

I’d say he has 2-3 more years of elite play as long as Reid is there. I see him playing til 38ish. He’s such a stud. I have nothing but respect for that guy.

I hear ya. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love another WR2, I just don’t think it’ll happen. Diggs Davis Shakir Harty Sherfield Shorter With kincaid taking much of the slot reps. I can see us adding along the DL, OT and possibly a LB.

And Andy Reid is 65 and isn’t exactly in good health But people are stupid.

Cinci’s elite players are on rookie contracts. “Going forward” they have a lot of work to do to keep their level of talent. Just like us. Burrow, chase and Higgins count under 24M against the cap this year. In 2 years, they’ll be making over 100M between the 3. Maybe 110-120M.

We added Kincaid. It doesn’t matter if that weapon is WR2 or slot imo. As long as we have a reliable target in the middle of the field, we’ll be fine. Maybe I’m biased as Kincaid was my #1 target in the draft, but I think we have something much more than a reliable target in the middle of the field now. Just keep him healthy.

@Billl care to elaborate on the eye roll? as if missing elite players doesn’t have an impact on games. How many elite players did KC miss last year? I clearly remember KC getting trounced by tampa bay in the Super Bowl. Why did they get embarrassed that game? Think it might have had to do with injuries along the OL? Or was it Mahomes not playing well enough to beat them?

Oh yeah, that carolina buddy of yours. 🤣 too funny.

Cinci walked down on a D filled with injured players and backups along the DL and secondary. They had a better game plan that day. True that the Cinci OL was banged up- but with no one to take advantage of them, the advantage was NIL, KC was healthy and had the talent to take advantage and did the chiefs didn’t walk down the field on us IN KC in the 4th quarter. Their 4th quarter possessions ended as such: - Von Miller tackle on Mahomes forced a fg. - Von Miller sack- punt - Von Miller hurry- interception. so what gap is there to close with KC? We beat them in KC without Hyde and Tre. They stayed healthy. We were decimated. Health and coaching game plans- the roster is fine. And now we have Dalton Kincaid 🤣

I don’t think there was a “gap” when healthy. I think the roster was right on par with both teams. We just suffered major injuries. KC doesn’t win the SB without Chris Jones last year….just like we weren’t going to win the SB without Von Miller last year. He changed our defense. A true difference maker. A closer. Without him, we were working on borrowed time. The bengals OL was broken and KC had the healthy horses to make them pay. We didn’t due to injury. We’ve upgraded this offseason. I think the chiefs will be upgraded by off-seasons end. I don’t think the bengals will be better, but more of the same great team. They lost heart of their secondary but upgraded the OL, pass rush and corner. The jags and chargers will be improved. The jets and fins improved. Same with the Ravens and Broncos. stay healthy. The teams that do that will have the best chance imo. Lots of luck involved in winning a title. We’ll need some.

Because he’s only here to irritate people.

Same. I don’t hate the Williams pick like I hated the Bernard pick. Seemed like McB got duped by Aranda

Beane also backtracked slightly yesterday on being Milanos backup. I forgot what he said to the word, but it was along the lines of: we’ll start him outside for now, but we’ll see what happens. You never know. I could be totally off but I saw it as if he was trying to temper expectations for the kid this year by saying he’s Milanos backup in the first PC. Like he was protecting him from ridicule when he isn’t the starter this year. Then the social media outrage ensued for picking another ST in rd 3S. So he decided to open the door for him at Mike this year (even if it’s a backup). IF they drafted him to play outside (and keep Milano outside too) It’s a terrible pick imo. I just don’t believe that was the plan. I think they drafted him to compete to alongside Milano, but probably not in 2023. according to my couch evaluations, Williams was a reach and too small to play Mike. According to many others that aren’t on the couch- Williams has a shot to play the Mike- he just needs to put on some weight and hit the books. he’s a sub 4.5 with long limbs and very good tackling ability. With McD calling the plays I think we’ll see a much greater variety of sub packages. Rapp, Bernard, Williams, Spector, Klein, Dodson. Different skill sets for different situations. I think it’ll be mostly nickel, but not 85-100% every game like under Frazier.

You need meds.

Yeah- that’s my boy dareustein- we had some fun Von Miller Vs Marcel Dareus debates draft debates. @DrDawkinstein what’s was your name before dareaustein? dankenstein?

They’ll regret it more when Stroud turns out to be average and they end up with a top 2 pick again with Caleb Williams and Drake Maye on the board. Maybe they’ll be able to trade for Kyler after the cards take Caleb.

The opposition would just audible and throw right at him if he were on the field nowadays

You might be right. You might be wrong. He’s just as fast as Jack Campbell. Williams also gets bullied in the run game and his Mike instincts aren’t nearly as good as To’oTo’o.

As you continue to put words in my mouth. All I did was state that there are others (that actually get paid for their opinion) that view him as potentially elite. I never said that that was MY opinion. But continue to make things up.

I love Sean Tucker. I hear he has a heart condition

I’ve been messing around the house so I’m now 💯 sure, but I think it started with trading down with Washington. I think we traded that the Cody ford pick for a later 5th and a 6th. We then traded that 6th to Houston for another 6th and a 6th in 2024. We then traded that pick to the rams for another 6th in 2024 and (I think) a 7th this year. So I think Beane basically turned Cody Ford into a 5th and 2 6ths next year….. but I could be wrong.