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Their NT, right? Which isn’t nothing .. I think he plays the second most DL snaps for them after Jones?… if I read correctly. If I had to guess, we’ll see an uptick in running the ball from Allen, Cook and Johnson.

McDermott followed up by saying he’s not too concerned about Diggs availability for the game. I think the gameplan should probably revolve heavily around Cook, Shakir and Kincaid.. as they attack KC where they are more vulnerable, but you do need functional outside WR’s. We’re already down Gabe. Sherfield/Harty can handle his role, but after them, it’s a slot/gadget guy who’s barely played in Isabella.

McDermott followed up with media that Bernard won’t practice today but will be evaluated tonight into tomorrow. Sounds like a true game-time decision. Diggs “limited, at best” today with his foot injury.

Gabe, Rapp, Spector, Benford OUT Bernard, Martin will practice and/or are holding out hope to be available on Sunday

This is absolutely a legacy game for the short term. Everything changes if we win. “Bills can’t get past KC” officially becomes a thing if they can’t get it done, at home, on Sunday. “Is Allen better than Mahomes?” becomes a mainstream question if he plays like we think he will and we beat KC/Mahomes in their first ever road playoff game. If we win the Super Bowl.. Allen becomes the best QB in the NFL / face of the league.

Currently we have an in-depth Rocky movie discussion.

His physical abilities are elite, but if he’s out there KC will surely identify him and attempt to put him in conflict. Hopefully McDermott can scheme him into some easier assignments and just allow him to play instinctively.

Get Johnson, Dodson and Douglas back and this Defense still has the ability to make it's mark on Sunday. Linebacker will be tricky, especially if Rapp can't go and we have to rely more on Dime package, but I do have faith McDermott can get this unit ready to slow down KC and give them problems all game. The DL is healthy, we have both Hyde & Poyer in a good spot, Douglas says he's 100% and he's one of the best CB's in the league plus gives us that dawg mentality in the back end. Taron is an All-Pro. Jackson & Dodson will have the opportunity to truly make themselves some money this off-season. Let's go and get it

Meanwhile…

Really strong number for the Bills game, given it was at 4:30 on a holiday that half the country was still at work for.

In the way they both glide when they run.. but the premise is based on Cook catching like the did at UGA, and not dropping TD passes every other game.

Cook has been underwhelming in the past few games until the Steelers game. He ran the ball very well against Pittsburgh. He has a ton of talent, and if he stops dropping passes, I do believe he has a lot of Alvin Kamara in him.

Ty Johnson was limited all last week in concussion protocol and cleared before the weekend. That's promising to see with Taron Johnson.

Or.. just do it to them. Hit Kelce and beat him up every play and then knock around/grab their receivers. Especially with a potentially depleted defense in the middle of the field. Force the refs to throw flags just like the Chiefs do.

A lot of rappers out here feeling real comfortable reppin Trump… Black women aren’t going to be in play, but black men have been (slightly) moving red over the past few years. If Trump can pull a Brian Kemp (Georgia Gov Race vs Stacy Abrams), he will cakewalk to the Presidency.

Send them out with a Super Bowl and let's move on. They are Bills Legends and will go down as All-Timers, but if I had to guess how this secondary plays out.. Hyde retires, we part ways with Poyer, extend Rasul and Tre restructures to avoid being cut.

I honestly don't take anything away from the Chiefs/Dolphins game. We all know KC, like BUF, can play in cold weather. MIA cannot. Look at some of the tape breakdowns on X of huge plays Tua missed because he couldn't throw the football in cold weather. And our Defense is beat up, but it's not Miami level beat up and McDermott is a better Defensive mind than Fangio is currently.

We need McDermott to coach his *** off on Sunday, especially if we don’t get some of these guys back. I know Josh Allen has to go up against a healthy, elite level defense in KC. I don’t know what Mahomes will have to face in Buffalo. I want to win, of course, but I’ll be sick if Mahomes comes in here.. in his first road playoff game.. and gets to play a beat up defense.

Von had some pre-ACL reps towards the end of last night. If he can carry that on into Sunday Night, adding that to what we already have would be huge.

This dude uses the entire width of the goalposts from XP to XP.. I don’t trust him to kick anything right now.

That wasn’t a fake slide, and this is wild coming from a fan of the dude who constantly prances around pretending to go out of bounds, only to grab another five yards when the defender lets up.

This dude makes zero sense ha. …Balled out last playoffs. …Bizarro season where he’s hurt, maybe, doesn’t play.. can’t get on the field. …Forced into action due to injury in a playoff game, again. -Gets trucked -Insane penalty -Flawless defense and filthy ball skills, pick -Holds his own the rest of the game

It’s one of the most underreported stories of their run since Mahomes came onto the scene. They suffered OL injuries and got wrecked by Tampa in the SB, but aside from that… they’re always healthy while teams like Buffalo and Cincinnati are battling through multiple big injuries in the playoffs.

Too good…

The Rams are actually starting to annoy me with how bad their defense is right now.