MJS

My head: Chiefs - 28 Bills - 24 My heart: Bills - 32 Chiefs - 30 Assuming Mahomes plays...

The more negative attention, the better. The Bills seem to take this stuff personally, especially the defense, and it helps keep them motivated. So I hope people come down hard on Allen and dismiss the defensive effort against the Ravens. The players will notice and come out extra motivated. Not that they need it. That kind of motivation should already be there. There is a large percentage of NFL fans and media who have been talking up the Chiefs all year and believe they cannot be beaten.

And he had a pick 6.

They'll get under the cap. They have to. The team may look pretty different though.

You can keep restructuring, adding years, etc. But yeah, there is a limit to what you can do.

And why would they be mentioning the power of grizzly bears? Grizzlies are from North America. Not sure what kind of bear they have in Kazakhstan, but they aren't grizzlies.

Why wouldn't they be able to? You have to release and restructure contracts. You might have a far worse team when it's all done, but you have to get under the cap.

What's with the crappy videos of people recording their TV? Have we not, as the human race, moved past that technologically?

I'm going to need a charity if any more charities pop up that I need to donate to....

I agree that Allen is awesome and a run game would help for sure, but we saw Brady compete at a high level without a decent run game for many years. They used short passes and screens as an extension of the run game. So either way. Get ridiculously good at dissecting zone and the short pass game, or get a good run game. But part of me wants Allen to struggle through it and figure it out because he always does. Then he will be unstoppable, and at THAT time we can invest in the run game.

Good listen and great points. It is really interesting to see how the Ravens dropped into coverage and didn't blitz much. That's the next level for Josh Allen. Knowing how to dissect zone coverage and take the checkdown when needed. Developing that quick pass game. He is already proficient, but he could be better. For some reason the offense has gotten away from pre-snap movement. I hope we get back to that in this next game. Maybe Daboll has been saving some stuff for KC.

Oh, I agree. There were plenty of bad moves to criticize.

Well that used to be what you could do with the Bills. Just criticize every move they make, because you knew eventually they would screw it up. But that mentality doesn't work anymore, so fans and media have exercise a little more critical thinking.

What about the rocket arm? Allen has one. Jackson does not. Jackson needs a full windup to get it anywhere over 7 yards. Allen can flick his wrist while having guys on him or falling down and get the ball all over the place. I'd say that's a big difference. And there are many others. What they are really saying is that Jackson would benefit from having one of the best receivers in the league. Well duh. What QB wouldn't?

People just make snap judgements. They are often unwilling to change their opinions until they have been thoroughly embarrassed. They point to the few times their snap judgements happened to be correct as justification. The way to guard against this is to keep an open mind, give the benefit of the doubt, and to not make final, unequivocal statements (especially in game day threads).

Sometimes players go to different teams and perform better. Just like sometimes players come to OUR team and perform better. There are many, many factors to contribute to this.

Yeah. I think fans delude themselves a little bit. The decision to bench Tyrod was widely accepted. There were some who questioned it for sure, but there were tons of people who agreed with it and tons, including local and national media people, who predicted that Peterman would perform better. Tyrod threw for less than 100 yards in multiple games that year. And his rushing ability was pedestrian. He was doing literally nothing to help the offense. People view the move with the benefit of hindsight, as if they should have somehow known that Peterman, the practice champion, would throw three interceptions. The one to blame is Peterman. He had opportunities and squandered them every time. Much like Tyrod has had multiple opportunities across multiple franchises and squandered them all.

I poked around the Chiefs message board. I don't post, I just read. Wow. They are pretty toxic. Surprisingly so. I'm really hoping Mahomes is back and any other player they have who is hurt. And then I hope the Bills crush them. Because those fans deserve the humiliation. But realistically, the Chiefs should be favored if Mahomes is back. But to think that the Bills have no shot to win is just foolish.

"The crowd was like it was at full capacity. Couldn't hear the snap count, couldn't hear really anything going on. Even at guard, I was having trouble hearing the snap count," Bozeman said. "Lamar was trying to be loud. It was as loud as max capacity in my opinion. The Bills Mafia, I guess they came together and cheered their butts off last night." Incredible. What a performance by the fans.

I'd take the Superbowl. But it's a silly question.

I'd be fine playing a concussed Mahomes.

Henne blows. What a terrible pass.

I feel like the Browns should have gone for two the last two TD's they scored.

You do not have to take a shot to the head to get a concussion.

I'm not sure it matters. Why do you care if people defend Jackson?