GoBills808

😂😂We exist in a world where Allen is simultaneously too busy w golf and shooting commercials in the offseason and also somehow scouting college wrs and helping Beane develop his draft board

yup i dont think we're very far apart tbh whether it was intentional or just the way the game played out is incidental to me (altho the similarly approach we took the following yr suggests it wasn't just happenstance but regardless)...we were going on 14, 11, 15 play scoring drives and then watching the chiefs match us point for point using about half the time. iirc the game came down to a few plays even discounting the Diggs drop: mahomes missing a wide open Kelce for a TD in the 2nd that would have really put us to the sword, the Sherfield drop which really hurt, and the absolutely batshit crazy Hamlin fake punt which turned into a Hardman fumble thru the endzone. agree 100% if we play that game 100x we probably lose 95 of them. the margins are just too thin for us in those spots...it's like how every little inconsistency in your golf swing loses a quarter of a shot per contact and suddenly you're staring at a 15footer for bogey or in our case a 45yard FG to tie

tbh I've thought about the bomb to diggs, in the context of that particular drive and the game in totality, and what it represented way more than is healthy😂😂 I think they panicked there. I think they looked at 8mins left and calculated that even tho they had played basically a perfect ball control game on offense up to that point, the likelihood of capping it off w an 8min scoring drive was low and they needed one more possession to be safe. After it failed they got stuck in no man's land and we all know how it played out from there. I think that play, more than anything else, was such a poignant admission of why this whole low risk conservative approach isn't the way to go. Even after the perfect game script they were forced to abandon it and get completely out of character

But I believe we all come to the same conclusion eventually - get better personnel on offense to allow for a more diverse, potentially more productive/explosive/whatever offense in these high leverage do or die games

We disagree on the extent to which the gameplan affected the production I've felt very strongly that our playoff offense the last 2yrs in the rounds you mention has been determinedly focused on limiting possessions and keeping games close

agree ive been concerned that an underreported part of playing in this offense is the amount of damage Allen takes as a function of the personnel

that is the unfortunate conclusion that many will draw

i think in these 7 divisional+ games we have 1 single turnover for comparison the chiefs' last 7 divisional+ games they have 8 i believe

2023 and 2024 tbh

tough to say what it would look like if they got aggressive on offense in the playoffs...outside the 2021 yr where it was probably the greatest single offensive run in playoff history they have been determined to play low risk ball control. expecting great offensive production past the wildcard round w the style we've been running the last 3 seasons is unrealistic. they've still been incredibly efficient

once he gets his head right i absolutely want to see him out there again we need more weapons and it doesnt seem like they're very interested in going out and getting one so coleman developing has to be a priority

His floor is HoF?

I think Bishop has the potential to be excellent Love what he's shown this far, I just don't want to project him too high is all Agree physically he's in a different tier, just thinking what a successful career would look like

Micah Hyde

They're 2nd in the league in offensive EPA

And I think they should be recorded for posterity Separate the wheat from the chaff

Benford average?

We have a lot of good players tbh Benford is great. Hairston and Bishop might be great. Walker as well. Rousseau and Epenesa are good. Bosa is good Oliver is better than good Bernard when healthy is good We have plenty of talent on defense

These are probably the same people who B word about Allen every game tbh

oh wow

did you seriously just call him a thug

why people keep acting like it's some surprise is the ridiculous part lol he is literally the MVP. best in the league

not for me i don't see the sustainability issue tbh i worry allen takes MORE damage when we're trying to be conservative on offense. focusing too tightly on TOP, turnovers, avoiding negative plays etc makes them play tight and slow. you need to lean into letting allen loose, w a better offensive staff and personnel, and suddenly he's the twitchy throw-from-any-platform running through linebackers never miss a start freak that can win basically any game for you

yes, when the offense is structured that way this is them asking Allen to win because hes the best player in the league, not because it's how the offense is designed. it's not going to be perfect but it's VERY obvious which direction they need to go

it's a players league schemes that don't make enough room for your best guys are nfl malpractice