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But in the 2nd half Baltimore was daring the Bills to throw- Which is my point as they ran a lot of heavy boxes 1st half? Ok different story as Baltimore did play a lot of cover 2 and cover 3. Which makes sense, as bills had great rushing production in the 1st half, but not much in the 2nd

Why I say it's conservative: 1. Running into heavy boxes in the 2nd half and mostly getting shut down 2. Having 36 runs to 22 passes when you have the best QB on the planet

Kind of the same boat. Can this team beat KC in the playoffs?Absolutely and I have some confidence But got to see it first before the hopes get too high

100 percent agreed. Because I feel like he's unbiased. And knows a lot about the other team and can offer good insights about them

Yep it really is. They are so cocky and refuse to give other teams credit for when the chiefs struggle

Listen to locked on chiefs and it's pretty comical.. They are claiming : -Last meeting between these teams, chiefs played the most vanilla game on purpose -Kept talking about how Andy Reid didn't show anything last week against the Texans on purpose as well -Also said Hopkins only played 16 snaps last week because they had that game well in hand and they were saving him. Note^... It was 13-12 with 5 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter... lol

You got to look more than just points though- Getting 3 turnovers of course is going to impact the points, especially when all 3 turnovers gave you short fields. Here are a couple of metrics to look at: 273 yards- Not good 4.6 yards per play- Not good They got 27 points- 7 was set up from the von miller fumble recovery Another 3 set up by the Bernard fumble recovery They didn't score a TD though- And the 27 total points were inflated because they had 3 turnovers that set them up with short fields

Yes they did in the 1st half. You said Baltimore sold out to stop the run in the 2nd half- That's exactly my point: Why are the bills slamming into heavy man boxes time after time? If they mixed in play action more and took a few more shots in the 2nd half, I think the bills would have won this one easily

Not really- go back to that game. There were a lot of early down runs and the bills were in 3rd and long a ton . Josh was a magician that game

Believe me, i am very familiar with the Joe Brady offence and the everybody eats. One week against Detroit they attack their linebackers, then maybe against the jets you attack them with the run game. I 100 percent understand how he works. Why do you feel like this game plan will be different against the Chiefs? Ravens have the number 1 rush defence and the bills ran a ton on them. Both when they were trailing, tied or leading. So yes the conservative offence has me a bit concerned- Because why should I feel like they are suddenly going to air the ball out? especially when their last 3 playoff games going back to last year, says they want to keep things tighter towards the chest

For sure, all valid points- I definitely see what Joe Brady was trying to do. I just disagree with it- As I think trying to sit on a 11 point lead with 30 minutes to go against the number 1 offence, is a dangerous game to play.

So you are saying you think Joe Brady and Josh Allen were satisfied with 6 points and around 110 yards in the 2nd half?

When did I ever say the bills offence isn't good? It's top 3 in the NFL. All I said was they didn't play well against Baltimore and they need to play better against KC. Especially in the 2nd half. I'm not too sure why there's such a panic when there is mild criticism towards the bills, especially when the point is pretty objective . 6 points in the 2nd half, with barely over 100 yards. Is that considered good to you?

Per the bolded- The ravens strength is their rush D. Number 1 in the nfl if I'm not mistaken . So when you say the bills were exploiting the opponents weakness and us posters don't "understand that", respectfully your point doesn't make sense- Considering they were continuing trying to run against the ravens strength and got very little in the 2nd half. The results in the 2nd half ? Only one 1st down in the 3rd quarter- 6 total points in the 2nd half- And barely over 100 yards in the 2nd half. You think that's a good game plan? Or do you believe it was poor execution? Cause objectively , the 2nd half offence wasn't good at all and it almost cost them the game

If bills offence plays like that again, they will lose by multiple scores. Mahomes/KC isn't turning the ball over 3 times like Baltimore

Theres context behind all those games and you cant just look at the points. (31 points against Miami, 3 turnovers, with one pick 6) The jags one I would say that was the only one that they were aggressive . I hope you're right

The conservative offence worries me a bit. It kind of reminds me of the first 6 or so games of the season. Against KC, going to have to open it up more and put the game in your superstar QBs hands

Just googled some stats and saw some clips of the Texans game. Good mix of 4 and 5 man pressures from Houston . Mahomes passer rating against the blitz since week 12, is 81.6 (25th in the nfl) and 32nd in completion percentage at 56.3 percent. I definitely stand by my original point even more after seeing those stats- Bills definitely have to send some 5 man pressures in some key situations- As it has given Mahomes a lot of issues the last 6 games or so

Correct me if I'm wrong- But didn't Houston blitz a fair amount last week? I know for sure they did at times and it definitely gave the chiefs some problems. (Including the play with the "roughing the passer" call when Mahomes missed Kelce) I just don't know the frequency at the top of my head in which they did it

Would feel much better if it was in orchard park- As the chiefs are extremely tough to beat in arrowhead, and the bills don't have a road playoff win in the McDermott era. But it's still a winnable game. And if the bills play their A game, they are heading to New Orleans

We will see. Bills blitzed/spyed Mahomes and played way more man against them in the previous match up, and it worked good for the most part. In an ideal world, you get pressure with 4 of course. I just don't think Bills can just sit back and rush 4 though- As Mahomes will have all day and will pick them apart

I hear you- But Lamar was also insane against the blitz before the Bills game. His stats when the Bills blitzed him according to Joe marino? 6 for 12 for 99 yards with an INT His stats when he wasn't blitzed? Something like 12 for 13 for around 150 yards and 2 TDs. Moral of my point is- The front 4 isn't good enough to get consistent pressure, and I think they will have to lean into sending 5 guys a fair amount of the time

If the bills lose this game, I want them to go down swinging. Offence: Admittedly I'm a bit concerned with the heavy run approach. I think it's going to be a long day at the office if the bills try to run as much as last week. Even though the Bills were very productive against the chiefs the last meeting, I feel a lot of that was Josh bailing them out of 3rd and longs- Will be hard to replicate that in Arrowhead Josh needs 30-35 drop backs IMO Defence: Love how much they blitzed Baltimore. (48 percent of drop backs) Lets hope Bobby B keeps dialing up pressures. assuming they get their guys back, I think this Bills defence matches up pretty well against KC

Interesting. Milano also posted the next day on his Instagram which is probably a good sign. (Grasping for straws here lol) So you got to think everything is ok? Let's hope

It was really strange- Saw the replay last night. His last play happened and then I believe it was the 2 minute warning. So I'm not sure if it was a fatigue issue, since he would have had rest after the 2 minute warning, unless he truly had nothing left. But the weird part when he was out- I saw him on the sidelines with his helmet on. Not near the injury tent or anything. So who knows what happened, bit of a strange one