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I can't be sure but looks to me like Benford was supposed to get depth and carry him downfield. Benford and Dorian Williams both give their attention to the RB out of the flat which probably should not happen. Rapp is the safety on that side of the field but he is spinning to the middle with his back to that sideline so clearly he is not responsible for that side of the field at all. Benford is the only one who looks to me like he has no obvious responsibility on that play, he kind of just hangs out with eyes on the flat even though Williams is watching it too, which makes me think he blew the call. Like I said I can't say for sure though.

What possesses an OT to actively try and break tackles instead of just going down and securing the ball

There is just something off with Stroud this year. Throws are a tick late, or ball placement is a tick off. I wonder if that horrific pass protection has gotten in his head.

Hahaha only the Cowboys could make a 64 yard FG and somehow come away with 0 points.

They should have declined the penalty on the 64 yard FG. Rush is more likely to give the ball away than score 7 points.

Addition by subtraction is a cliche but in this case it's true. The passing offense becamse much more efficient and less mistake-prone ever since Brady mostly phased Davis out of the target share last year, and it's gotten even better this year with him out of the lineup. I was beyond sick of the goofy mistakes and constant miscommunications leading to a bunch interceptable passes. Based on his performance in Jacksonville this year it turns out Davis is even worse than I thought.

Nah that's a catch an NFL receiver has to make every time. The nature of the route is that the throw will lead him towards the sideline. Mahomes put the ball right where it needed to be, Worthy just has to do the simple thing and drag his other foot.

That's fair but him getting open on that play really wasn't because of him. It was a coverage bust where we left that side of the field completely wide open. And ultimately Worthy just screwed it up all on his own. So far he is basically a plus version of Mecole Hardman in that offense. He doesn't look like a total bust but he also doesn't look like someone that will ever live up to the draft capital they spent on him.

I thought about that game too but Mahomes was going through a real rough patch at that point in that season. I remember him missing a lot of throws more than I remember us making a lot of legit stops. I know he hasn't played his best this year but we legitimately made stops yesterday. We took away his favorite target, we shut down the run, and their new shiny toy Deandre Hopkins couldn't get anything going. It felt like a new defensive plan that intentionally didn't just let them get easy yards up and down the field like in the divisional round. It helps of course that the QB of our defense was on the field this time around.

Orlovsky is doing it better than any analyst out there.

He wins with his brain more than his body. Thank you Dave Aranda for giving your buddy Sean McDermott the inside scoop on this player. I'll be shocked if he isn't a long term fixture of this defense.

This was the best the Bills have defended the Chiefs in the Mahomes era IMO. I was impressed with how aggressive we played them. They are going to get theirs and you live with that, but the goal is to keep them below 24 points and create some negative plays and we succeeded on both counts. Mahomes looked confused for much of the game and our pass rush plan worked better than I've ever seen it against the Chiefs.

Bernard is critical to this defense in ways that aren't apparent on the live broadcast.

O'Cyrus Torrence vs Chris Jones: Baldy says later in that thread Torrence only gave up 1 pressure to Chris Jones the whole game. In these clips he isn't even getting help, just winning 1v1s against a future hall of famer. Torrence is still our biggest weak link on the line but he's come into his own over the course of the season.

Burrow had multiple chances at game winning drives and couldn't get it done.

He's a good player but I think he entered the NFL already very close to his ceiling.

Neither QB wants to win this

There is always a Chargers player that makes a game altering mistake. Been the same story for 20 years now.

Herbert's problem has always been that he doesn't make clutch plays. The best QBs raise their play in critical moments. He if anything performs worse in those moments.

Morris also could have tracked the ball and caught it. Just saying. It wasn't way off the mark and that sort of throw isn't a spot throw anyways. Not that I begrudge Morris for it, he's a 3rd string TE for a reason.

Every QB misses throws. Some fans are just unrealistic and/or don't watch other teams' full games. It almost doesn't even matter what he did in the first three quarters. Clinching the game with two of the most clutch TD drives you'll ever see is the story. Pulling that feat off against this Chiefs defense is unheard of. If some fans can't appreciate what they're watching they've lost the plot.

I mean they have Cody freaking Ford starting at LT for them

Cincy's defense just gives them no chance. They need the offense to be perfect to even make it a coin flip game.

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