GunnerBill

Yea the worry isn't that this stat is misleading - it's not. It is that without the incredible efficiency Brady has generally been able to coax out of this offense with Josh at the helm it struggles. There is no "cheat code" for the days or even the drives when they are less efficient.

Xs and Os wise the Bills definitely outcoached the Chiefs.

Wow your tastes are even more weird than mine.

I can't say for definite that was the case on that play. I'd have to watch it back. But the other two defensive timeouts McDermott used were 100% because the D was not lined up right.

But not enough years to know it is spelt Kelce, clearly!

If we can get Budda Baker for a reasonable price (a day 3 pick or two) I am all in. I had a first round grade on him coming out have always loved him. But unless it is that kind of relatively cheap deal for a proven stud on a bad team I'd ride with what we have.

I wouldn't have tried anything past 55. I'd have punted. But 52 yards, yea, your kicker just HAS to make that kick. No excuses.

I definitely think we should be getting Hairston in full time sooner rather than later. I'm fine for now with them time sharing.... but by the time we hit December this needs to be Max's job. However, I'd just hold horses on the rest. I don't think Bishop's improvement as Poyer has come in alongside him is a coincidence. Po has always been known as an excellent communicator back there and I think that is making a massive difference to Bishop being in the right spot to let his physical gifts (which have always been there) allow him to make plays. And I think Cam has played well at nickel. Frankly he has played better than Taron this year. They need to make sure they have packages that get Hancock some experience but he isn't ready to just be thrown out there yet. He is still working through some growing pains. They are using him more at safety anyway, but I still think our long term nickel should be his future home.

Think "saved the season" is a stretch, but it got rid of Babich by the looks of it (I mean he is still here making McDermott a coffee, but he is no longer calling plays) and look, suddenly the Bills 3rd down defense has improved to 29% which if it had been that all season would LEAD the NFL. It was at 44% under Babich's play calling. They are still having lining up confusion issues so that still requires a solution but I said it a lot the year and a bit Babich called the D that his design on 3rd down left a ton to be desired. He ran that same delayed overload blitz with quarters cover 4 behind it relentlessly. I remember it working once. And it reminded Brady he has to stick with James Cook. He tried in those two games vs New England and Atlanta to "open up" the offense the way some had called for. It does not work. We don't have the talent on the boundary. That is indisputable at this point. Run Cook, work Shakir inside and in the flats and use the tight ends. That has to be our offense. It isn't the offense I'd want if you gave me a free choice, but right now it is the offense we have to have.

Yep a lot of people did. I think it was because a lot of people would frankly have an offense where a running back is a complimentary piece and not that important to our success or failure - a Daboll offense for example, where the backs were just guys to run once every 5 or 6 snaps to stock defenses totally selling out against the pass. I agree with them too but that is NOT the offense we have. Cook was and is our only explosive offensive weapon except for Josh - even with Kincaid having a nice year. But I really question the sanity of anyone who thought Ray Davis was in the same stratosphere as Cook talent wise and could easily replace him. I like Joe but that was a strange take.

Just looking here for "Cook isn't worth paying" folks again.... are they in hiding?

You and most others. Gilliam has ALWAYS been worth his roster spot.

If you can't trust your kicker from 52 yards when a make wins the game you have the wrong kicker.

If we'd have lost Prater would have deserved a big chunk of blame. Imagine that is a playoff game. Your kicker has a 52 yarder to win you the game. He HAS to make that kick. We all KNOW that the Chiefs kicker makes it in that scenario. Because people can rag on the 4th and 17 moment it has barely had a mention. But Prater nearly cost us. You have to try that kick. It is 52 yards. And the kicker HAS to make it. People on this forum will always find a way to blame coaches not players but that was 100% on Prater.

This is definitely not the problem. There was definitely one third and long where we played press man which allowed the Chiefs to pick Ingram at the line. Indeed last night we played press on a fair few 3rd downs. The long third down to Kelce was a breakdown in zone defense. The 4th and 17 was not on that it was on the defensive front who misplayed the play.

I wanted Horton too. I wasn't a massive Franklin early guy, but where he ended up going he was definitely worth a punt.

I honestly think Poyer is part of the light going on. He has always been an exceptional communicator and I strongly suspect he is talking Bishop through the game a lot out there. While I am still as concerned as anyone about whether thry really have enough at safey, my temptation is not to mess with it right now. Because if playing next to JoPo for half a season is the thing that turns Bishop into the future of the position for us then long term it is worth it.

There is no way Miami is trading Waddle, a talented young player in his prime, within division. They might trade a Chubb, Minkah or Judon within division - possibly - where they feel there isn't a ton of juice left. But they are not trading us Waddle.

Hmm. Not the 2023 divisional round for me. I think Mahomes was the better Quarterback that day. But beyond that there is a case for it.

We actually held them to -4 on the double dip. The Bills scored 7 inside the final 2 minutes of the half, they responded with 3 and then we had them 3 and out to start the second half.

The Bills D held Mahomes to the lowest completion percentage of his career in the regular season. And okay his left tackle is out but he had all his weapons. People will fixate on a couple of long conversions - most notably the 4th and 17 - but the Bills D overall played an excellent game. Even after that drive Mahomes had two more shots with the ball needing a TD to win and the Bills defense got it done. And yes, Allen was excellent today. He said himself in the week he had to play better than he has the last handful of games for the Bills to win today, and he did. Hopefully he can maintain this focus because even with our injuries on defense if Josh plays like he did today the #1 seed is still possible.

No. Just before.

All of these plus Mad Max and actually Rousseau who was quietly excellent. Unlike the AFCCG he contained Mahomes to his side and forced him back into Bosa and/or Epenesa.

Done for the year.

Ball game!!!!! Great win. Love it.