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to the tune of Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald
The legend lives on from the Iriquois on down
of the big lake they call Erielhonan
The lake it is said never gives up her dead
When playoffs come with intense emotion
With records better than most, the lakes teams could boast
That they had strong chances in the post season
WIth good rosters on hand, and good game plans
They'd always come up short for some reason
The Lions usually die before you'd eat your pumpkin pie
While watching them play on Thanksgiving
When Barry played, they thought they had it made
But the regular seasons proved so unforgiving
When Campbell came round, they thought they found
A winner who'd bite off your kneecap
But after winning the first two, everyone knew
In San Francisco it was just the same crap
The Browns couldn't survive when Elway had "The Drive"
And later they'd suffer "the Fumble"
Shoetenhiemer moved on but the curse wasn't gone
As the Browns would continue to stumble
The team moved away but the troubles would stay
As the team would become the Ravens
The Ravens would win as Cleveland got a team again
They're still missing the success they've been craving
The Bills got in, four straight times and couldn't win
Twice Dallas, the skins, then the kicker
Then Allen came, and they thought things would change
Because he was bigger, and stronger, and quicker
While better than most, and even if they were the host
They'd be finished early each season
Mahomes and Burrow they'd fight, another kick went wide right
Leaving the Mafia searching for reasons
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5 hours ago, Johnnycage46 said:
It's funny how he just loves to come here and drop these "innocent" reminders of how great things are going for him and his team...on an opposing team's board...who just so happens to have had their season ended 3 times by that team in the last 4 years.
"Hey guys, look at this interesting information about how great it is to be a Chiefs fan...man it's amazing...things are great! Anywho, I'm TOTALLY not a troll!"
No.... this is an example of how sometimes you need some dumb luck.
Things could be totally different if KC was able to do what they wanted in the 2016 draft. The Chiefs get all sorts of credit for trading up and drafting Mahomes.
I'm actually knocking on KC here because it was something of a happy accident that they were in a spot to get him.
In 2016, they wanted Paxton Lynch. They had pick 28 and Seattle had pick 26. The Cheifs, Cowboys and Broncos all wanted Lynch and Seattle was selling their pick. KC ONLY would have needed to move up TWO WHOLE SPOTS to make this happen. But they had tampered with Jeremy Maclin and usualy the leauge doens't care, but for some reason Goodell came in 2 days before that draft and stipped KC of their 3rd round pick that year. So when it came time to make a bid to move up from 28 to 26, KC couldn't beat Denvers offer. Denver was moving up from 31, but they had their 3rd round pick and KC didn't KC had a 4th. Dallas had a 1st and a 4th also. Denvers combo of picks was the best offer. IF KC had their 3rd rounder THEY would have been the team that got stuck drafting MASSIVE DRAFT BUST Paxton Lynch. They also wouldn't have been in the market for a QB in 2017.
And then as if someone showered KC with LUCKY CHARMS....since they couldn't move up to 26 in the 2016 Draft, they moved out of the first round altogther and after a few more D tackles were taken, KC got the consolation prize of Chris Jones......and they used the other pick they got for trading out on OG Parker Eigner who they flipped to the Cowboys for Charvarius Ward.
Goodell saved KC from themselves! We got a cascade of franchise changing good luck by having that 3rd rounder taken from us. The plan was Paxton Lynch.
If left in control of their own fate, KC wouldn't be where they are now.
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5 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:
I thought that was more likely then not .. what a champion player though… something the Bills have lacked in the JA era …Not that alot of Bills fans would care, but it's really amazing how KC getting punished for tampering with Jeremy Maclin in the 2016 offseason, led directly them ending up with Chris Jones and Pat Mahomes. If Goodell dindn't strip KC of their third round pick in 2016, 2 days before that draft, KC would have ended up with Paxton Lynch.
If you are interested in that story, I wrote an episode for Brandon Perna (a Broncos youtuber) a couple years ago about this. You can see it here.
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5 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:
What’s happening with Jones next year ?Unless he signs for some miraculously cheap deal, they will let him walk. It's been a good run.
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Having seen the games...the Bills are a tough tough out for the Chiefs. I'd like to think if the Josh Allen era weren't happening parrallel to the Mahomes era, we'd all be talking about a Bills dynasty right now.
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6 hours ago, Special K said:
I will say, I watched the Bengals beat the Chefs in the AFC Championship after 13 seconds, and that was quite satisfying.....however, in this case, seeing Baltimore win would not be enjoyable either
After KC lost that game, I wished we'd just lost to the Bills. You'd have had your Lombardi.
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I've had a chance to rewatch and think about the game.
2 BIG things that I think as reasons why the Bills lost this game. and a significant, but important 3rd thing.
1. You have Josh Allen. Joe Brady nuetered him. 16 passes completed behind the LOS. No plays over 20 yards. The Bills O was NOT EXPLOSIVE. It wasn't just this game. Joe Brady shifted the Bills to a running team and turned Josh into a game manager. You have JOSH FREAKING ALLEN! Not Jimmy G! Does Josh have alot of the Brett Favre hazards to his game? HELL YES HE DOES! That's the cost of doing business when you have a guy who can sling it. You sling it and sometimes when you put the ball in jeopardy it aint gonna land where you want it to, but the big plays, the fear, the explosions....that's what you want and they nuetered him. I know as a Chiefs fan, KC can frustrate a QB And bottle up some targets. Doesn't matter. you should be agreessive when you have Allen at QB. Go rewatchthe Chargers game if you don't believe me. By the time the Bills played them, that was a team that had quit on it's coach, it's season was over, their D had been gashed all year and Joe Brady nearly lost you guys that game singlehandedly with the playcalling. You have Josh Allen....LEAN INTO IT...not away form it.
2. Maybe it's just that when you run into good QB's it's hard to play championship caliber D, but McDermotts defenses in playoff games VS Burrow and Mahomes, have been BAD. I don't claim to know why....I just know they are. Even the 13 seconds game, if KC doesn't miss a FG and XP, we never get to 13 seconds to begin with if you look back on it...and KC was moving it up and down the field...like they have in every playoff game they've been in. Even Skylar Thompson had himself a day against the Bills playoff D. Phillip Rivers should have come out of the playoff game he had against the Bills with a W...they were able to move the ball. Something is lacking with the Bills D when post season arrives. The common denominator is McDermott.
3. The Bills will have a fighters chance every postseason because of Allen....but I think the current coaching staff has taken him as far as THEY can. McDermott is a very good coach. He's overseen a complete overhaul of the culture and the development of the rawest QB prospect pretty much ever, into an elite QB. His efforst should be applauded. He's done very well. He's not the right fit to take the Bills to the next level. He's marty Shottenheimer and Dan Reeves.
1. Free Josh!
2. Figure out your playoff defense
3. probably find a coach to get you from here to there.
Just my two cents.
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I didn't even read past the first post in this thread.
STOP DOING THIS.
Allen is a great QB. Mahomes is a great QB.
There is no reason to wonder about, doubt, think about "what if" or any of that when you have Josh Allen.
The teams that SHOULD be doing that are the Broncos, Jets, Giants, Browns...you know, teams that passed up Allen when they could have taken him.
Harbaugh just took a job with the Chargers, who have a horrible cap situation going into next year and cheap owners. They have Herbert....who isn't nearly ass accomplished as Allen. That's how much the QB matters in the NFL...and the Bills have one of the 3 best humans in the world at that position. Your problems are not at the QB position. Stop looking there to find fault or wonder about it.
There are VERY VERY VERY few teams who have a QB where the fanbase has ZERO to worry or wonder about and the Bills is one of those. 30 other teams WISH they had Allen.
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It's almost certainly not going to happen but it is worth considering. Dan Reeves and John Elway had alot of success together for several years but could never win a Super Bowl...and they got a to couple of them together and just couldn't get over the Hump. Dan Reeves was a really good football coach and he took Atlanta to their first Super Bowl after he was fied from Denver. It wasn't that Reeves was bad, but he'd clearly gone about as far as he was going to go with Elway and they moved on to Mike Shanahan, who was alot more innovative on offense and they eventually won back to back in 98 and 99 at the very end of Elways career...RIGHT BEFORE it was too late.
Clearly McDermott is a good coach. He's overseen the transition for the Bills from a bad team, to one that made the playoffs with Tyrod Taylor, to drafting and overseeing the development of Josh Allen, who was very talented, but very very raw and he has seen that through with amazing results. All these things are great accomplishments to be celebrated. But....it seems like he's taken this as far as he can....either he's at the limits of his skills and capacity as a coach...stricken by bad luck...message is getting tired and old...or probalby some combo of all that. Making the decision to continue on with McDermott as HC isn't a referendum on him being a good or bad coach. He is a very good coach...but it's rather a choice to give a new or fresh voice and ideas a try where McDermotts methods have stalled.
I very much doubt a change is forthcoming, but it's worth considering IF you think there is a guy out there that has a vision, plan and credibility to go farther.
I don't know who that person would be. I also don't think McDermott is your coach when and if you win a super bowl.
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I've read through all of these.... I'll give a score, but want to give a few observations first -
KC hasn't given up more than 27 to a team all year....including to the Bills who got 20 in KC on a day when the Bills were +1 in TO margin. I see alot of score predictions in the 30's for the Bills.
The Chiefs were 7-1 in games where the TO margin was equal or better. The only loss was week 1 against Detroit by 1 point.
In games where KC was Even or better in TO margin, KC had a +91 point differential.
In games where the Bills were Even or Better in TO margin, the Bills had a +203 point differential. That was the case in 9 games.
Of the Bills 5 losses, they were minus in TO ratio in 4 of those. They were +1 in the OT loss to the Eagles.
Of the Chiefs 5 Losses they were minus in TO ratio in 4 of those, and even in the other one (the loss to the Lions)
Turnovers are a big factor in this game needless to say.
In games where KC did not turn the ball over at all on offense they averaged 29 points a game, but this only happened twice all year.
In games where the Bills did not turn the ball over at all on offense, they averaged 39 points a game, but this was only 3 games
Both teams had exactly 28 Turnovers by their offense/Special teams.
The Bills were second in the NFL in takeaways with 30.
KC was 27th with only 17.
The winner will be EVEN OR BETTER in TO margin. Stats for the season favor the Bills in this regard.
In 4 out of the 5 Bills losses they were held to under 100 yards rushing as a team. The other loss The Bills had 4 TO to Denver but rushed for 192 as a team.
There is no pattern to KC rushing yards and W/L.
KC has a good overall D, but it's average at best stopping the run. Some of this is do in part to KC simply committing to stopping the pass but it's not a good run D.
To win KC will need to keep the Bills, as a team, under 120 at most.
Ok, that said, the above items should be playing into the Bills favor, BUT.....The injuries a really rough here for the Bills.
The 3 big ones -
Benford - KC has suffered badly from poor WR play this year but that SEEMS to have been somewhat fixed by going with an approach where you don't target the bad guys as much and target the good guys more often. Rice has emerged. Mising a key CB won't help, and will likely be something KC will try to exploit.
Davis - KC has been incredibly successful eliminating teams No.1 WR all year. Diggs is going to be bottled up.
Bernard - I understand he's a gametime decision. It's hard to cut on sprained ankles even if he goes. I won't be surprised to see KC roll with a ton of 2 and 3 TE sets trying to get the Bills LB's out on the field.
KC isn't missing anyone of consequence. Big edge to KC on injuries.
The injuries pretty well cover what I think KC will do when on offense VS the Bills D....so when the Bills have the ball, KC is going to leverage their fast, athletic LB corps.
As in the first matchup, there will be a LB (most likely Willie Gay) being used to spy Allen the whole game. All rushed 10 times for 32 yards with a long of 8 in the regular season matchup. With no Gabe Davis, KC might also try and clamp down a bit more on the backs coming out into the pattern more aggressively. No WR other than Diggs will bother KC and he'll find himself in alot of man coverage while KC works to keep the TE's contained. If Knox and Kincaid can be held in check, and KC can effectively limit Allen with a LB spy, then the running game of the Bills is the key to cracking the KC D. KC D isn't that good against the run.
Getting out to a lead will be important for KC to compel the Bills to pass more.
Bills conventional run game will be key
Ok...that all said... I also think there is a degree of all the pressure being on the Bills....they finally get this matchup in Orchard Park, with an electric loud crowd. Probalby will help get a false start or 2 but I think the Bills, if they get behind, will have the pressure of knowing that big cap related roster changes are coming this offseason, and like Tiger Woods on a Sunday in a major, lurking, the idea Mahomes is on the sideline, if the game is close, the idea he's over there might get in their heads.
If there weren't the injuries, I'd be inclined to take the Bills in this game. KC is a rough matchup for the Bills even when they are healthy. I think KC has "flipped the switch" now that the post season is here, they are healthy and don't have the pressure of being in some sort of window trying to get 1 Lombardi.
All this factored in -
KC 26, Bills 24.
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7 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:
The only fake is you, my man. That's the new narrative. I disagree that there's room on this board for this: what you actually did was come onto an opposing team's message board, whine about a completely legal stutter step/juke move, claiming it was something else, and called Josh Allen garbage. You've never made such a post against your own team's QB for doing the same, even worse, and avoided acknowledging it.
What you did was trolling and there is no room on this board for that from an opposing team's fan.
I showed up here back before the Bills played KC in KC and gave an honest assesment of how that game would go. I predicted a Bills win. I am a troll.
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14 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:
I wonder if the bet would have been paid if this had not been brought to light? Between this and the fake slide thread, just go away…the sooner the better.
I sent a PM to to Captain Hindsight several hours BEFORE this was ever posted requesting paypal info.
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Just now, LeGOATski said:
You create your own narrative. That terrible "fake slide" thread you made changed the narrative completely. And for good reason.
....I thought it was a fake slide.
I ALSO thought and continue to think, that there is room here for a fan of a rival team, to make that thread, and have that thread allowed to stand, and not ban the poster who started the thread. I knew it would be an extreemly unpopular take, but you guys have thick skins and can handle it. I wouldn't expect anything less than the response I got.
That doesn't change the fact I don't welch and when KC has lost to the Bills I always show up, post, offer congratulatoins and take my medicine (although this last meeting, I predicted a bills win)
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Not sure where this "welcher" narrative came from. I've always paid up, and showed up.
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Just now, Starr Almighty said:
I've always wanted to ask you a question. Let's say I went to chiefs plant right now as a Bills fan and I don't start any trouble do you think I'd be as well treated as you are here?
This sort of thing has been asked by other Bills fans here to me.
I don't post on Chiefs planet. Not my kind of place. A lot of bad Chiefs fans there. Not representative of the fans you actually find on gameday at the stadium.
In short...you'd probably not be welcomed warmly there. Also...if you search my history...I have complimented this community numerous times. This is a great board...lots of really engaged fans, that show up when times are good or bad. I'm glad to be a small tiny part of it here.
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Just now, Captain Hindsight said:
Update, this has been paid!
thanks TBD and SDS
Pleasure doing business with you zero!
Congratulatoins! You are welcome. Thanks for posting that I paid up.
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I'm here. Sent Capt Hindsight my paypal infor just now.
I pay my bets....and I don't ghost when things don't go my way.
Also, Folks I've bet with in the past in this community have always paid up to me whenever I've won.
I'll wait until Captain gets back to me with his paypal and confirms I've paid, but anyone looking for a little Chiefs Bills action?
I'll take KC and the points....would be willing to make 3 separate 100 dollar bets.
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1 minute ago, transplantbillsfan said:
Oh wait... everyone is making a big deal about him pausing on that TD run???
Geebuz.... next you're gonna tell me he can't pump fake a pass and then pull it down to run because it's just not fair... waaah waaah waaah!!!!
For the record, that defender had plenty of space and opportunity to make the play once he realized Allen wasn't sliding. And also, those complaining about the actual penalty on his slide are ridiculous because that was so obviously a penalty.
A pump fake, juke, fake pitch...etc are all plays that by rule DO NOT require the defender to give up on the play. A slide is specificially intended to protect the QB because by rule, once he slides he has given up, and by rule the defender must also. It's not the same thing.
The defender was quoted after the game saying he wasn't sure if Josh was about to slide or not....causing him to pause...and not that Josh would know or care, but said player had already been fined and suspended for a late hits already this year. The defender to Josh's front right also pretty much gives up on the play (which is his fault, didn't play to whistle) so probably also thought Josh was about to slide. Doesn't look like a guy fighting to stay in the play and make a tackle at all.
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Turnovers will matter alot in this game. KC was 7-1 in games where they were either even or plus in TO ratio for the year. KC was 4-5 in games they were -1 or worse...including the loss to the Bills where KC was -1 in a 3 point loss.
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1 minute ago, Long Suffering Fan said:
Zero, this probably won't help, but since you are normally a reasonable-ish poster. Watch the feet in the above videos. In the one where he slides, he leans back, folds one leg back and kicks the other one out like a normal slide. In the other one he stutter steps and changes direction.
The feet tell the story.
Plus, the fact that the guy he has to juke is not in frame also proves it was a change of direction and not a fake slide. There was no guy about to hit him that he was trying to fake out into letting up.
The Defender that Josh "Jukes" was just coming off a suspension and fine for a late hit. Let's say you are right...lets say that's something other than a fake slide....the defender was quoted as not being sure if he was about to slide causing him to hesitate. And the defender to Joshs front right, coming off a block, clearly hesitates and gives up. That's on him....you shouldn't give up until you hear a whistle...but it sure looks like he lets up thinking the play is about to be over.
The worst part of this for Josh and any other QB...including Mahomes, who gives the impression that they might be considering or not considering a slide, intentional or not, is that the defense is eventually going to clock these guys and just accept the 15 yard penalty in an effort to get them to be alot more clear about their intentions.
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6 minutes ago, stinky finger said:
Me thinks you and your fellow loser Chief fans are a little nervous.
Why wouldn't we be? The Bills are a good team with a great QB. We are going on the road. Plenty there to be nervous about.
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Just now, NoHuddleKelly12 said:
Great. Look man, I normally don’t have any issues at all with your posts and appreciate your contributions as a Chiefs fan to this board, you’ve been around awhile—but this is not the hill to die on. Coming to the board to lecture/troll us about the nuances of Josh’s supposed sliding shenanigans is over the top, especially right after a hard fought win where he played like the lion dog that he is. Let us enjoy this for 24 hours, and then we can all go back to good natured back and forth leading into the game. Fair enough?
I'm not trying to diminish the greatness of Josh Allen. He's awesome. I think that was a fake....alot of people (outside Buffalo) do. I'd like to see this aspect removed from the game. the slide is a rule to protect the QB...and it shouldn't be exploited by anyone. I understand the late hits on slides are judgement calls and sometimes the defender just can't stop...other times they are tyring to get a shot in. I get that Mahomes benefits from this rule on the sideline because players don't want get the 15 yard penalty and Mahomes will get an extra 5 out that circumstance.
Congratulations on the win. I am excited for the upcoming game adn I know the mafia is fired up to be hosting this in Buffalo. Should be a fun week leading up to the game. I'm looking forward to seeing Mahomes on the road for the first time in the playoffs. Hopefully there won't be any bad calls etc that swing the game one way or the other and it's settled on the field.
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11 minutes ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:
C’mon bro, you’re better than this. No comparison to how Mahomes does this move:
You do realize this SAME account thinks Allen faked the slide right?
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11 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:
Just a jealous opposing fan.
Saturday they were saying "nobody does it like Mahomes" when he escaped the pocket and ran, but....there one guy that clearly does it better and you saw him today.
Show me one where I said it was OK to do it.
I can show you some posts from Bills fans complaining about DAK doing a fake slide in that game.
Super Bowl LVIII: Niners Vs. Swifts
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This narrative about Sean being at fault for trading down is wrong.
Some Bills fans don't remember or never did know apparently, the circumstances heading into that draft.
Pegula hired Sean one Month or so before that draft. He did not fire Doug Whaley the GM, but everyone knew he would be let go after the draft and new GM would be brought in. McDermott is a defense side of the ball coach. Not a QB whisperer or evaluator. He was not going to pick a QB in that draft based off of an outgoing GMs scouting reports and without the input of whoever the new GM would be. He wasn't qualified to make that evaluation on his own and decided to trade out of the pick, wait for a new GM and they could all get on the same page about a QB in 2018....with a whole year together to scout and evaluate and then make a pick. McDermott did the prudent thing and made a trade for some extra ammo that a team needing to churn the roster etc...would need. McDermott (and later Beane) came out of that as well as you possibly could under the circumstances. They got a pro bowl Corner in Tre White and ended up with Allen the next year. You can not make that trade, where Mahomes turns out to be awesome, but still come out of it any better than the Bills did. At any rate...IF there is blame for this, it falls on Terry and Kim for handling the 2017 offseason in a wierd way, hiring a coach late, then keeping the GM onboard for the draft only. McDermott did as well as he could.
The Bengals are the team that should be completely lambasted for choosing John Ross at 9...one pick before Mahomes. The Bears...rightfully get some crap about taking Trubisky instead of Mahomes......and the 49ers...since they've done well...also should get pummeld but don't....they needed a QB that year and misevaluated....they took Solomon Thomas. The Browns were all set to take Mahomes at 12 if he fell that far. They had 1/1 that year and also 12 overall. They used 1/1 on Myles Garret. Great player. He isn't a QB. Great DE's don't win titles.