DapperCam

Could have been McDermott last year if the Bills didn’t go on a run (and the Dolphins didn’t choke away the division).

And what happened when Dungy left the Bucs? I think Dungy is actually an excellent comparable to McDermott. The problem is, Pegula is incompetent and we were lucky to hire the quality of front office and coaching that we have. It is almost certainly that any replacement would be much much worse.

Allen actually plays a lot better than Marino did in the playoffs and has a better record to show for it.

Just to add to the “defense sucks and is why we lost” argument. Allen was gashing them with throws down the field. Especially the middle of the field. But we have to play small ball and ball control offense because we know our defense cannot compete in a shootout. It changes the offensive gameplan and partially is a cause of these 3rd/4th and shorts.

It really depends on who they bring in and what resources they spend. It would be hard to be worse than this year though, so I feel like they will be better.

How about we don’t ask the offense to have the greatest offensive playoff performance of the last 5 years in the NFL just for a chance to win because our defense is that bad. It’s an unrealistic expectation.

The Ravens, Broncos and Chiefs were 3 of the top 5 defenses this season and the offense put up 31, 27 and 29 on them while doing well in TOP in each game and only giving a short field once (which was the BS call of the 4th down this game), with zero lost fumbles or interceptions. The defense just flat out stinks and gave zero resistance to the Ravens or KC. They have to do better if we want to make the Super Bowl.

Allen had the 3 best throws of the game. 3rd and 13 to Shakir, and the two deep balls to Hollins. Mahomes best pass was a 50/50 ball to Worthy that should have been an incomplete pass.

How about the fact that the offense put up enough points where they could even put together a final drive. KC hasn’t scored 30 points all season! This was literally the worst defensive performance of the season against the Chiefs and the 2nd best offensive performance against the Chiefs. You have to look at the whole game. Defense was terrible (but that was predictable).

If you look at their individual performances, it’s hard to say Mahomes outplayed Allen. Allen had way more high difficulty throws and had to play against the much tougher defense. It is what it is, but the Chiefs are more well balanced, better special teams and better coaching.

Hard to say that. Spags is the best DC in the league and Mahomes never has to face him.

Scoring 29 points against the Chiefs defense on the road is exceptional. The offense wasn’t dreadful at all.

If Allen scored a TD there to win, it would be the most points given up by KC in like 4 years and their defense is way better now. If that is what it takes to win, then it’s too much. The defense needs to be better. The KC offense was mediocre this year.

They really didn’t create a turnover. That was an unforced error on a failed handoff. I give them credit for recovering, but that whole play was lucky and not forced.

Defense let Mahomes march down the field with zero resistance. You know they could have actually gotten a stop and given up no points so Allen could go for a game winning FG instead of his back against the wall.

Most points given up by the Chiefs this year (not counting week 18): 30 points to the Bills. Second most points given up: 29 points to the Bills just now. The offense mostly did its job. If you have to score 33 points on the road against an elite defense, then you are pretty much already cooked.

Allen could have been a little better, but how many perfect throws down the field into tight windows did he have to make. Did Mahomes even make one? We need better scheming guys open, or better separation from skill guys (same story all year).

Felt like based on how we played the score was actually closer than it should have been. Credit to Allen for that.

At the end of the day, KC’s defense made every yard hard to get and it felt like our defense rolled out the red carpet. Margin for error was zero and we didn’t quite get it done.

Kincaid dropped the ball. Allen put it right on him.

I guess let them score quickly.

If we didn’t chase points earlier I think we’d be up by 3 right now (because KC wouldn’t have gone for 2).

Good coaching that drive to push the ball down the field to score quickly. Even if our defense capitulates it makes it more likely the offense will get another drive.

Hamlin had weak effort on that TD run

Holy crap Allen fumbled that ball