Richard Noggin

Let us not forget how good this Colts defense was last season. They have the DNA.

I know a crew of 8 die-hard 30-year old Bills fans (passionate guys despite a veritable lifetime of team mediocrity) who traveled to KC for the game...to my uninformed surprise they were all blown away by how friendly and welcoming the Chiefs fans were. Just saying. The internet allows for all kinds of otherwise suppressed ugliness to emerge. Bills fans post questionable/ugly stuff on other internet/social media sites all the time. We should probably use this thread to illuminate the civil, thoughtful culture cultivated on TBD by mods and posters alike...

No one mentioning the Super Bowl loss hangover?

I agree with basically all of this. Solid breakdown. CB/DB with top pick makes a ton of sense, followed, in my opinion, by possibilities at OG/C, DT, and offensive playmaker (WR, TE, RB...whatever flashes value/upside in the draft). I favor boundary CB in the 1st. The time will be right to add another late-1st round talent in the secondary. Gotta keep the cupboards stocked there. Then again, I'll never be angry about drafting linemen.

I think the poster meant "pressure" to mean blitzing, essentially. Pressure by design, versus pressure by execution.

Could easily photoshop "meals" to read as "emails." Just sayin

Has he been flagged much outside that pivotal play against Pittsburgh? I'm Google-lazy

With respect to the "success" Chiefs DBs had sticking to Bills WRs in the Championship Game, this is the perfect crew to squash all that blatant clutching and grabbing BS. But yeah, I suppose that blade can cut both ways. While I don't think the Bills DBs are particularly handsy, I could see White getting flagged on a big-time, borderline pass breakup (or pick, as we've seen already this season), for example.

Tell me you wear that emblem on your chest...

To express my desired plan on defense this week, I'd like to show a gif of Belichick during last week's matchup with Tampa: he punched his palm and shouted "Hit number eighty-four!" But I can't find one. (He was referring to jamming TB's TE Cameron Brate at the line.) The main idea being that we should take the advice of the best defensive coordinator in NFL history, and disrupt Kelce at the line, while playing tighter to the WRs (and of course giving safety help to whomever is covering Hill). This is how you hope to force Mahomes to come off his first read and hold the ball, which can allow the pass rush to fluster him. Gotta disrupt the Chiefs quick passing game while also keeping a lid on Hill over the top. Then you need the d-line to deliver.

Plus their offense is historically elite. All-time great. Minus a SB game with all reshuffled backups along the o-line.

"Ah I almost broke it!" -Josh Allen while being piled on following a QB sneak. Priceless.

Wait...you thought Tua could play sustained winning football in this league?

The Mahomes-led KC offense might be the best ever.

Not For Long

I'll bet there is data out there to support or refute this observation. Not data I'M gonna track down, mind you.

Fun to see Edmunds play downhill. He had a pop to his game we don't get to see much. Next step: do it against quality competition.

Happy to admit Edmunds deserves recognition for his aggressive, impactful play today. Reeeaaally need to see that same approach next week. Especially in Milano's potential absence. How I wish this was a regular performance for Tremaine. Let's hope it becomes the norm.

It's Jordan-esque

How about this olive branch? (For context, I'm the type of Bills fan who sees the glass as half full as long as specific players give me any glimpses to do so. I'm usually reluctant to jump off any Bills player's bandwagon, and my default setting is one of hope and support.) I think Edmunds MUST do good things in pass coverage, in his zone drops, that fit what McD's looking for in that aspect of the game (and that we can't always see or demonstrate as fans and 3rd party analysts). And so it's possible that Tremaine Edmunds is some new kind of MLB who is actually more of a S in that he excels dropping, backing up, moving laterally, and taking away plays for which there isn't always evidence of success. There are current players who suggest that a modern-day MLB can in fact impact plays BOTH as a more passive pass defender AND as a downhill attacker (I can think of a few, and likely so can you), but maybe (?) what Tremaine does well is more important as the NFL progresses as a pass-first league? That being said, there is NO way Edmunds has earned an elite payday. He just hasn't. That doesn't mean he's garbage, that doesn't mean he's a bust. But to pay him what the market will likely dictate seems like lunacy to me. His passive and quiet trickle-down effectiveness against the pass cannot justify big, long-term dollars. We can't lose sight of the big picture here.

Fair enough.

He showed up against the Seahawks on the road in primetime, IIRC. Defenses like ours, and theirs at the time, can be carved up by composed, confident QB play (pass rush being the x-factor, of course). He played great in his 1.5 games this season. The dude can play good ball under controlled circumstances. Doesn't beat himself against more disciplined, passive Ds, like ours. Totally agree that he's not the guy to lift a team against superior competition, when it's on him. But as an effective cog in a complimentary gameplan...he's above serviceable-level. (I'm not some Tyrod apologist. No way. I was super glad when the Bills moved on. But the guy can be an effective QB in a system designed to accentuate his strengths.)

I'm not suggesting TE was the reason Heinecke scored on that scramble, but I AM suggesting he failed to come off his coverage responsibility even as the QB crossed the LOS and advanced the ball. I'm suggesting TE is often hesitant and late to react and therefore does not make plays outside the scope of his prescribed responsibilities. Which means he is just a talented chess piece who only impacts plays in a passive way, if at all.

On that QB TD run to the right Edmunds was still bizarrely GIVING GROUND in the endzone (adhering to his pass coverage responsibility like a good boy) while Heinecke was already advancing the ball upfield toward the right pylon. It was crazy how late he finally planted a damned foot in the ground and moved toward the actual threat. Does anyone else recall that slow-mo replay? I try to be objective on TE, but that play was just mystifying. WTF was he doing staying back WELL after the QB broke the line of scrimmage? I cannot reconcile that play, and I'm afraid it's representative of his passive play in general.

For a plant that isn't performance enhancing and IS legal in many states? Yeah! Get him!