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He has been out there a lot, usually matched up vs. Worthy

Actually we do usually generate pressure on Mahomes in the regular season meetings. In fact, I would point to that being THE main difference as far as "why can we beat them in the regular season and not the playoffs". We have sacked him, pressured him into ints, bad throws, etc............... but only in the regular season.

I refresh TBD every 30 minutes in anticipation of a notable DT/WR acquisition and this is what we get. Typical.

This is also why the Ravens looked as good as ever last season. It was the one season in which they weren’t dealing with injuries. Same thing with the season SF made the Super Bowl a couple years ago; relatively low on injuries. In contrast, the Chiefs are somehow always healthy where it matters most by the time the playoffs start each year, so every year they have the benefit of the Niners a couple years ago and the Ravens last season. Not to mention, usually a first round bye. For those that claim “KC gets injuries too!” When was the last time you saw Mahomes, Kelce, Chris Jones or McDuffie miss a playoff game? On McDuffie, MAYBE in his rookie year? Other than that, the answer is never. So yeah, Chiefs have injuries here and there, but it’s never the guys they can’t afford to lose.

So David Chao is full of BS? Yesterday said decent chance of return in playoffs if he had surgery within 48 hours.

So.... Out for Regular Season... think we can all agree. But since the decision for surgery was made promptly, does anyone know the likelihood of Oliver being back for the playoffs? WC round perhaps??

Interesting little fact. Christian Wilkins was also the next DT drafted after Oliver in 2019, who was the DT drafted after Quinnen Williams.

Yeah unfortunately as of today WR and DT both seem more important than CB thanks to losing Ed Oliver.

This stat reminds me of Myles Garrett.... yesterday.

Probably was his best performance then. According to my research, here are Ed's career stats vs. KC 9 games, including playoffs: 11 solo tackles 10 assisted tackles 1.5 sacks (0.5 in regular season, 1 in post season, believe it was in first quarter and more of a coverage sack if I remember correctly) Not much to write home about. Again, don't get me wrong, huge loss overall, and I wasn't able to enjoy this 40-9 blowout win as a result of this injury (kinda reminds me of Tre White on Thanksgiving, actually) but I don't think his absence was ever going to be a major reason we won or lost to KC next week. I'll tell you what was a worse injury, hands down, and that was Von Miller on Thanksgiving. The season he was having for us to that point, the impact he DID have on Kansas City, it was clear that if he were able to stay healthy, we might have actually had a post season pass rush against Mahomes for the first time ever under McDermott.

If it seems like I am reaching for silver linings here, it’s because I am. With Chiefs up next, I am wondering, has Ed Oliver ever played a truly impactful game against KC? Given his tendency to “disappear” in certain games (in past years) I wonder if he’s always been more of a matchup guy, and I wonder if the Chiefs OL has always been a bad matchup for him. He has gone on record saying the 2 toughest OL he has ever gone up against were both Chiefs. Having said that, he has played 3 games this season and played at a very high level in all 3, so the fact this was trending towards being his best year as a Buffalo Bill is what bums me out the most.

Smartest adjustment we made during the bye week. Dumbest adjustment we made all off-season was convincing ourselves the Chiefs broke the Tush Push just cause they stopped it a few times in the playoffs (including one they didn’t technically “stop” in the first place) If anything, make a small adjustment to the most effective short yardage play you’ve ever had as opposed to removing it entirely

Yes, he did. I'm probably in the minority here, but when we lose a player for the season (likely, in this case), it saps all of the joy from a big win. Oliver was playing his best ball this season. Best I've ever seen him play. This just sucks and takes almost all of the excitement out of a 40-9 win for me. Yeah, yeah I'm the Debbie Downer. It is what it is. If KC has a similar injury to Mahomes, Chris Jones, McDuffie or Kelce, I will feel 100x better actually, but when does that ever happen?

Yeah this really sucks. Ed has had a sack in every game he has appeared in this season...

Bijon made us look like Grey Poupon