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In fairness, the 49ers have Nick Bosa and it hasn't mattered when they've had their shot at Kansas City. That said, they also don't have Josh Allen and with him cancelling out Patrick Mahomes, the main difference between their postseason defense and ours has been health, Spags and Chris Jones. We have to, at least, find our Chris Jones this offseason... and all the smoke points to Maxx Crosby. Dexter Lawrence, if we could make a move for him, would also make a lot of sense next to Ed Oliver.. essentially upgrading our DT position in two spots by upgrading one.

“Do you stand by these onesies!?” and ”I don’t really care, Margaret” What a week for one liners…

Incredible scenes..

If this statement is true, there is zero reason to pay Benford. As we stand, we have a recent 2nd Round pick at Safety, a highly paid slot corner and a CB1 who looks to command a 20M+ AAV contract. That’s 3/5th of the Secondary.

DL is of far more importance and will, by default, help the secondary if they improve. I would go into next year with Rapp-Bishop and Benford-Ingram-Johnson and then go heavy Secondary in the middle rounds of the Draft to bring in depth, competition and provide a year of experience in case we move off Rapp or let Benford walk after next season.

It wasn't "the" reason. You're deliberately misrepresenting the sentiment most NFL fans have. Buffalo could have played better, of course. But if we win, the same could be said about Mahomes/Kansas City. He had the turnover. He took the sack near FG range. But we have to own our mistakes, while KC is always absolved of theirs.

Im not sure what your laugh emoji’ing about.. the MAHA movement is massively led by moderate suburban moms. The ones who help decide elections.

Dems are walking a dangerous line today with RFK. RFK has tremendous support amongst suburban moms. Hes the top confirmation choice for most women I know with kids.

Rousseau could be a monster DE2 opposite a guy like Crosby, but he's not a DE1 on a team that doesn't have an elite playmaker at DT or DE. The price tag for him, on our end, should reflect that. Benford is a play out his contract next year and then let him go. He hasn't been healthy when it matters in every single playoff run we've had with him. He's a very good cover corner, but he's not elite. Bernard, like Rousseau, should depend on the number. He's good, not elite, and he's undersized which year in/year out is an issue with this Defense. If we bulk up the DL in front of him, that should help. Shakir is a re-sign unless he wants ridiculous money. Same for Cook, re-sign unless he wants ridiculous money. For me, in summary.. Shakir & Cook are 80/20 re-sign guys. Rousseau and Bernard are 50/50. Benford is 10/90.. I just don't think he's a smart 20M CB investment at all. Draft a bunch of corners in RD4/RD5 this year to get them a year in the system and then give Rousseau Benford's money IF we get a playmaker on the DL and he balls out as the 2nd/3rd piece with Oliver.

Chiefs are the main draw in the NFL. Let's not pretend otherwise. That said... I do think the NFL is pushing the limits of what the NFL fanbase is willing to take given the constant officiating controversy. The Bills are pretty clearly their second biggest draw. Which is saying something given the baked in viewership numbers of national teams like the Cowboys.

The Los Angeles Rams run an Offense that requires their WR's to block and are still able to maintain a vertical passing game with outside separation. If Amari Cooper is not that guy any longer, it makes zero sense to bring him back and we desperately need to find a separator on the outside, given we should absolutely bring Hollins back, but that essentially locks in two big body receivers in Coleman & Hollins on the outside that haven't shown much separation ability. Maybe Samuel, if he can finally be healthy, can give us that on the outside more next year but it's clearly not something we should be relying on.

At this point Beane should just ask himself who would Kansas City Draft. We're now 0-2 in McDuffie vs Elam and Worthy vs Coleman (granted, the book isn't written on Keon yet)

Well said.. Mahomes had the only turnover of the game. Mahomes took a sack in the open field when they were close to FG range. That is 6-10 points right there that if the game goes the other way, people would point to as why Mahomes/KC made mistakes they couldn't overcome. The only reason we never do this with them is because they get the game altering calls in close games that allow them to overcome those mistakes.

We had to get a two score margin, which was why the slow start hurt so much. We ended up playing a tight tug of war until the 4th Quarter when we had a chance to go up 8.. but we all know what happened. Which is why you just can't get to the 4th Quarter against the Chiefs without a working margin, otherwise you allow the refs to make game altering calls in high leverage moments that always seem to go their way.

God forbid the refs call a penalty like that in a tight playoff game. I suppose we’ll have to settle for not calling penalties on a long kick return for KC as well, but obviously making sure they find the time to throw a flag when Elam’s hand touches a Chiefs players facemask.

I’ve seen Allen get tackled into the end zone more times than I can count. You don’t see Bills players do this. ….because they would get flagged. Is there anything else you’d like to argue about, or are you just sick of fans venting about us getting screwed over by league officiating?

*Phillips got 15 It should have been offsetting. When do you see a guy allowed to run up to the defender and get in their face like that after a TD. That was above and beyond Hollins stepping over a guy.

I have zero patience for the type of fan who says “we had our chances, don’t blame the refs” Nah, **** off. I will 100% blame the refs. Who knows how that game goes if we have it 1st and 10 at the Chiefs 40 up 1 in the 4th Quarter. That is an insanely huge bad call. And that’s even after we got the 50/50 Chiefs get their way call on Kincaid, 50/50 Chiefs get their way call on Worthy, phantom facemask on Elam, no penalties when obvious ones occurred on the long kick return and Kelce taunting Hamlin but *we get 15…. After all that.. with no calls going our way, we still should have had the ball with a chance to go up 8, at least 4 in the 4th Quarter and the refs simply stole the ball from us and gave it to Kansas City near midfield. Mahomes gets absolved of his sins because they get the calls and win. Never has to answer for committing the only turnover of the game or taking a sack that knocked them out of potential FG position or getting sacked on an and-goal situation late in the game. Instead it’s Allen, once again, having to atone for his teammate letting him down on a late drive. Once again, it’s a fanbase let down, because the league plays favorites. Good stuff.

I find myself getting angrier every time I see social media discussion about the biased officiating than I do my getting more chill as time passes. This league is an absolute joke.

I think 31 other fanbases feel the same. Ive gotten texts from Falcons and Panthers fans down here in the South echoing the same sentiment. That nothing matters anymore in this league because of how KC is treated. We’ll see what happens with the Eagles, but they had a Super Bowl decided with a phantom penalty on Darius Slay last time they faced KC in this spot.

It wasn't Allen's best performance, but he played Mahomes to a draw, as he usually does. I'm not sure why I need to respond to "what did he do the first 3 downs" when he literally hit Kincaid in the hands to give us 1st and 10 at the Chiefs 30.

I'm probably too hard on Hamlin, but I just want new blood tbh. I'm sick of slow, undersized guys who our coaching staff stays obsessed with due to their consistency. Yes, they are consistently mediocre and/or consistently come up small in big moments. I want something different. I want a guy like Cole Bishop to play through rough patches in-season because we see his ceiling and want it to show as we enter the playoffs. I don't want a bunch of guys who play reliable regular season ball and either can't or won't show up when it matters. Draft a better measurable Safety in the Draft and let Damar Hamlin types go the Levi Wallace/Dane Jackson route of fading into obscurity elsewhere.

Allen hit Kincaid in the hands and did everything in his power to have us set up at the KC 30, down 3, with under 2 minutes and 2 timeouts. Allen was shaky to start, yes. Mahomes also fumbled early, leading to a 14 point swing. Allen gets held to a comical standard because the team and coaches around him choke. It is what it is.

In terms of who we pay, if I'm Beane, I judge them by these games. James Cook moved into the "pay him" category for me after Sunday. Bernard, Benford and Rousseau, for me, are play out their contracts next year and then let them test the market. One guy didn't make an impact while his partner at LB did, the other got injured in the postseason again and the third plain didn't show up in a big moment. Rousseau and Benford will likely be 20M+ guys.. we can't keep pay good, not great players who either don't show up in big moments or are frequently unavailable.

Is it bad that I am rooting for KC to win with help from the refs? I want it to be blatant. I want the NFL to own it.