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So… it was likely a missile fired by Ukraine (yes, in response to Russian bombing) that landed in Poland. Zelensky and other Ukrainian politicians immediately called for/alluded to Article 5. Yet, every media outlet is proceeding to discuss this war as if it was a Russian launch anyway. More billions to Ukraine. Obsessive war talk again. Sketch war continues to be sketch.

It is impressive, but they also "look" far less dynamic. Reid/Mahomes aren't going anywhere, but Kelce is the best TE I've ever seen year in/year out, and he never misses time. He's 33.. at some point he will slow down. The reason that team is so unstoppable, is because they have a TE on par with any dominant WR, plus he can also block at a high level. Mahomes is elite. Reid is elite. But Kelce is that dude.

Marquez Beckham Jr This is likely our potential addition to the WR room, so hopefully he can give us something.. anything.

I disagree on our likely trajectory for the rest of the season. I'd bet more on us winning out than playing on the road WC Weekend. I do agree that McDermott/Frazier, and so far, Dorsey, have held this team back. That's not to negate the fantastic job McD did building this team, but he's got them 90% up the mountain and it very much remains to be seen if he's the guy that can get them the next 10%.

I want to agree completely.. I probably do partially.. and the narrative is likely much different if 13 seconds never happens (which was out of Josh's control), but you don't get any benefit of the doubt when the guy you're compared to has a SB, MVP, has won both Playoff head to heads and finishes higher than you year to year in the regular season standings. Josh takes more blame than he should because our team is not coached up anywhere close to the level of the Chiefs. He never should have been put in a position where he could fumble on a sneak or throw a pick at the end. Chiefs Defense/Coaches rarely put Mahomes in those positions.

Did they get their act together and finish ahead of us? What about the year prior? Where are they currently in the standings right now?

Sure, injuries change the equation, but Mahomes/Chiefs don't have a history of being erratic. Allen/Bills do. If they were chasing us, they'd likely bank on us dropping a game or two. I can't say, aside from injury, that I feel the same about them. Would love to be proven wrong though.

He's never played a road playoff game. Anybody acting like it's not a big deal if this team doesn't get the 1 seed (and especially if KC does) is just coping. It would be a complete regular season failure. I get we have sustained a ton of injuries, but this team is built to get the 1 seed. The beauty of what Beane has built is in both it's high end players AND depth. Most teams have one or the other. That depth is supposed to carry us in the regular season, and then Allen, Diggs, Von etc take over in the Playoffs. Pegula isn't spending league leading cash over cap to constantly trot out a 3 seed because this team can't figure out how to win games in the middle of the season.

I do believe we can win out.. especially if we ever get healthy. That said, I also believe KC can as well. Agree with the OP. If we lose one more game, I believe it's a wrap, because KC is way more consistent than us and they're likely not dropping two.

Please move this game.. I am not about getting into the habit of potentially losing one game per year because of "home field disadvantage". Pats last year. Now staring down the barrel of this..

I hate how much I like post-Pats Brady.

Do we find out how iron clad Article 5 is?

Two Detroit games in 5 days would be wild

How fantastic! Game just went from "get right" to complete toss-up.

Mentally prepares self for RD1 S, RD2 DT, RD3 CB... Josh can make due with some 4-6 OL and skill players.

GMFB discussing us this morning. Overall pretty positive, basically said we'll figure it out on Offense and just need to get healthy on Defense... but definitely a little bit of a concerned/sarcastic tone when talking about Tre White and when he's coming back. I only point that out to say that it's not just people on this board.

You can have a Dirk Diggler **** and still point out, after 3 games of horrible turnovers from your QB, that it’s hurting the team.

I wouldn’t be shocked at all if they get things together over the next two games. Get healthy. Run the table. That being said, if I feel we can do that .. where is KC losing? If we’re going to KC, again, with this coaching staff.. not sure I feel very confident at all in that.

Such an underrated comment. They constantly allow just enough for the other team to go for it. It's maddening.

I actually 100% agreed with the decision to go for it there. Up 17 probably ends it. Up 13, after just giving up a big play and the defense out there playing well at the time, but with so many backups (remember Edmunds is now out at this point) would have screamed to me that we're content taking this game down to the wire.

Well, when you lose 90% of close games and can't win in OT, probably going to be on the bad end of "Games of the Year" more often than not. It's absolutely reflective of coaching. One game here, one game there, can be on a player/players. A trend like this is coaching.

I don't know... I go back and forth, but I think we all forget how poorly Josh played in the middle portion of the season last year until Tampa Bay 2nd Half. The difference, to me, is I don't remember Josh having so many throws that literally don't make any sense. He struggled with the Cover 2 shell teams threw at us - If y'all remember, the Bills and Chiefs were both going through slumps. However, in the last 10 quarters, he's had about 4 turnovers where in a re-watch of the play, either he and the WR are on different planets as to what was supposed to happen, or defenders are literally invisible to him at times. Including the throw that lost the game yesterday where it was 5 yards off target of any Bills player and thrown into a mess of coverage for no reason.

Reading this post like oh, ok, wow interesting, definitely concerning.... andddd post falls off a cliff.

Very. At 6-3, If this team can't get to 8-3, there are serious problems. I think there are correctable issues, but not serious problems, with the obvious question of "Can this coach get them over the hump?" lingering over them.

You can think Beasley stinks, and he does seem to be done. But that doesn’t change how players in our locker room felt about him and the issue at hand. All unsubstantiated but it sounds like Bills players both loved him and agreed with his stance. Dude spoke out for other players, and one of them was Gabe Davis, another may very well have been Josh Allen. We don’t know and will probably never know with him.. nor should it matter. But Cole was a big piece of this team. He’s not just some guy who became a distraction.