Heavy Kevi

Totally. You are right on about it in this post. But we know for sure that McD can't, so we should probably try something else, no? Otherwise we are just wasting away with no hope. There have been quite a few good options over the last couple years too, we just didn't get in on the conversation. Let's even pretend that there aren't great coaches in the making that us fans don't know about... And we can at least say we could have tried Ben Johnson, Jim Harbaugh, Vrabel, etc. We could have our pick of anyone because we have Josh Allen and the chiefs job ain't coming up anytime soon. There is no guarantee that anyone would be better. That is 100% true. But it's closer to a guarantee that McDermott can't get it done. I refuse to believe the devil you know is better than the devil you don't and live in fear of a worse coach when we know we can't get to the promised land with our current leadership.

I think they can/should create a helmet that has a secondary layer built in, so they don't look so stupid and players want to wear them. Like it or not they look goofy and (some) players care about that. Either way, the amount of friendly fire injuries this year was jarring. And Benford probably shouldn't have played.

I'm convinced the best move is to promote Brady to HC. Then you keep offense intact and he can bring in a new defensive staff. It's a way to keep the magic of the McDermott locker room (and not lose all the momentum/culture) for a year or two and see if Brady can take the next step with it. If not, then you can blow the whole thing up and hire whoever you want. With Josh Allen here, you just have to fire the coach in-season and you'll be the #1 destination for anyone they fancy. But I'm also convinced it won't be happening. McD has his excuse for this year (no talent except Josh) so he gets a pass. As a matter of fact it might actually strengthen his case with ownership "we were a few plays away from the SB with just Josh".

I think if Josh "choked", Brady did as well. Playcalling in the first half was bad and it's clear they should have had a few wrinkles for the tush push formation. They tried it 657 times tonight and it failed 656 times. And the one time it worked Josh fumbled and luckily managed to fall on it🤷🏻‍♂️ The over reliance on that play was even crazier given that after the first stop, it was obvious the chiefs spent A LOT of time in practice on stopping that exact play. I do recognize that at least one time (maybe twice), they did get it and the refs called it wrong. But I'm not going to complain about the refs when we knew going into the game we were playing chiefs and zebras. Everyone knew it and it was up to the bills to overcome it.

Fair point. Counterpoint: it's proven McD can't do it, so maybe give somebody else a shot?

Welp there we go again. See y'all at the draft. But at least McD got his excuse again... No talent except Josh. McD gets a pass

Yeah and it was a canary in the coal mine. But the Canary did not come back.

Brand new game. Let's go!

Damn benford is done

Buffalo 37-30

Interesting. I haven't thought that about flying but it makes sense I've been expecting him not to play but not for any particular reason, just a feeling.

We sure are. How in tf did that happen!?

Yes for sure. Josh's first afccg I was very nervous... Pacing the day away, etc. This time not so much. Not because I think we will win, but acceptance has crept in. Whatever happens happens. We should win, but last night I had the realization: bills were always going to arrowhead for this game. Since last year it was destined. After our win earlier this year, everyone just said "can't wait to see this game again in the playoffs". No surprise this team loves Mr Brightside, "destiny is calling me". And... Newsflash- this won't be the last time we go to arrowhead in January. This is Peyton Manning vs Brady only better. Non football fans know how big this game is. And now I'm going to fire up the big green egg and smoke this "new" cut my butcher sampled me, namely a "pork brisket" or so they call it, basically the dark meat under the fat cap filleted out and cleaned up. And since I'm the "brisket guy" he said he wants my opinion. I'll happily oblige!

I think the playbook will open up this week and we'll see some dice rolling. The formula is there from lions and chiefs earlier this year... Take a lead to halftime and then score every time you touch the ball in the second half. As much as they were preparing for the ravens matchup, this chiefs game is the one they have been waiting for and I think they pull out all the stops. Don't know if it's enough but it certainly could be

Gosh I effing hope so. BIG SB party at hog free food if they make it... "Parade" (block party) down Linden if they pull it off! Sound check......... Can you play shout + mr. Brightside? Lol

To get to and win the dance? No opinion from me on this one, just a temperature check of the board. Is this the year we get the trophy?

I think the "second play" on the kill call were pretty bad all day. When Josh said "we're good" the plays worked, but I think a lot of the time, BOTH plays were bad so Josh didn't have great options to check into. Plus a couple blown plays where Josh called his own number but were not positive plays. I didn't like the offensive calls much all day. It felt kind of like Greg roman for a minute, with over commitment to the run (esp on 1st down and it felt like it never worked), up until the last drive or 2. We have run well all year, but when it's not working it's not working. Baltimore was intentionally stopping the run and screens in the second half

Commanders, please!

Agree on all. McD and Babich is an interesting case. It felt like the second half of the game was coached like there was only 2 mins left and they were holding on for dear life... But at the end of the day you had to have stopped the run (or at least tried) and that's what they did It was ugly but a W against a bully of a team like B-more is really all that matters. I've complained plenty about coaching but yesterday's game just isn't the place and time. Hope everybody remembers this was the team we didn't match up well against. The team that beat us up and took our lunch money earlier this year. If you kick the bully in the nuts to get away with a W, it still counts. That all said, Philly is not entirely unlike the Ravens and I would prefer to play the rookie in SB if we get there. And we match up way better with the chiefs. Let's remember this.... As much as we didn't want to play the ravens, we are that team for the chiefs. Chiefs fans were ravens fans yesterday.

I hate this line. Should at least be chiefs -2.5 It's more like 2.5 points for home field advantage these days, but yeah.

100%

I think that was the point

Which is funny since they have as many losses as the Bills and Chiefs combined. Honestly I look at being home dogs as a blessing. We've seen this team fail to meet expectations when they were sky high. This year it's "house money" from the outside looking in, but from the inside it's a HUGE mist-win for Sean and Josh. And I think the biggest difference this year is Josh has that "aura" about him. The rest of the team is playing above their skill level because they don't want to let Josh down. It's kind of remarkable. And for all the ***** I give to McD, he's recognized it as well, and has changed his approach to the way he makes some decisions, like going for it on 4th last week when a FG puts them up 9.

Would it though? What if they promoted Joe Brady? The defense would get new leadership and the team a new "mentality", but you could certainly avoid a "cold restart". The offense could stay basically the same, GM stay the same, and Joe could bring in whoever he likes for DC. Given the defense hasn't been good this year anyway, how risky is that really? I get it, new coaches can be highly turbulent. But in this specific case, IF they were to promote Brady; I would argue that's about as clean a transition as would be possible since we have a highly regarded HC candidate on staff currently.

I'm actually ok with this. You don't want to leave too much time left in the clock in case you either score quickly or don't score. 50 seconds with 3 timeouts is an eternity, so you don't have to be in a hurry. And he learned in the 13 seconds game that another team can score quickly. Why leave them extra time?