Miyagi-Do Karate

great topic. This is going to be a real head scratcher. this regime has been able to get by with low draft picks and cheap vets at the secondary positions just by getting guys who are good in basic zone coverage. But it’s clear you have to play man to beat Lamar and Mahomes. And those great man cover guys are the high draft picks and high-end free agents. i think they have to decide whether they are ready to make a fundamental shift in their defensive philosophy. That will dictate how they approach free agency.

dude had the defensive play of the game for us against the chiefs with that sack. Should have won us the game!

The Bills have now suffered their 56th wrist injury of the season.

How about this? Winner gets the second overall pick in the draft.

I actually thought he looked a little dazed on that breakup to Hollywood Brown too. I think it was the prior play.

I hear you, man. This one hurt more than any of the others because I allowed myself to feel like we were winning. I was so sure of it when we had the ball, including on the last drive. I Couldn’t sleep last night. i actually even thought of just giving up on the NFL and the Bills altogether. Why put myself through this? But having a few young kids who are die hard fans— I can’t do that. just trying to not think about it….

We need to re-think the defensive scheme And the type of players we draft. Big D-lineman, thumper LB, and man corners. it’s clear that that’s the sort of defense we have to run to beat these playoff teams.

I actually think the chiefs got some bad sideline calls too. Late in the game, pachinko ran to the sideline and got down in bounds, and the ref called him out of bounds to stop the clock. the sideline officials were just incompetent.

Same here. The one play I started to re-live at about 4 am was actually the weird overthrow to Shakir. I think that was a wasted play, which forced us into 3rd and long. The other play was around 6 am, and it was the last play. Bernard has to be able to run with Perrine on that. He tackles him in the open field and we get the ball back.

Allen feasts on Vic Faggio defenses. Would have been a shoot out.

yet their vaunted D gave up 29 points, and probably 36 if Kincaid catches that ball. Despite all the money and draft capital and coaching they spend on D, they only win due to their QB.

Worst night of sleep I had in a long time my time. Kept waking up every 2 hours and re-living all the key missed plays.

Agreed. It’s all about execution in the playoffs. i remember the lions win and thinking how well we all executed on offense— guys making hard catches, etc. We needed a broken tackle from coop, or a better block from Torrance, or a hard catch from Kincaid. That would have been the game.

this whole “You gotta beat the champs, to be the champs,” is nonsense. KC isn’t a good matchup for us. Let someone else take them out for us one time. Just like the Steelers in 2005, 2009, and 2011– they couldn’t beat Brady and the Pats, and some other team did it for them.

I wonder if this had to do with how they sort of combine ref crews for the playoffs. I wonder if you had some guys working the sidelines that don’t normally do that? The spots were wildly off all night.

In the end, it all came down to that last Allen pass and execution. Missed block by Torrance and no blitz pickup. That forced Josh to scramble, and not go to Shakir, who was wide open. The heave to Kincaid was actually perfect, and he dropped it. need to execute in the big moments to win in the playoffs.

Praying for a miracle,

How about a methodical offense here?

classic bills fashion— it would have been negated by a weak defensive hold call.

I bet we see ingram mixed in there and we are going to have to play a lot more zone. On O, need to pound the rock.

It’s all on McD, Babich, and this D. if they can make some huge plays, we can steal this one.

Have to get ingram in there.

Come on, D!! Make a play!!

I can’t believe cook Scored there! Thought he was going to lose 3 yards!

That benford injury is so worrisome. I pray he is okay. Getting two concussions in two weeks is not good.