DapperCam

Failed Hamlin fake punt in the Chiefs playoff game.

He outkicked his coverage at least twice that I saw. Special teams in general is pretty bad and will cost us games. I mean it certainly cost us games last year. Bass pretty much lost us the Eagles game with his missed kicks. 12 men on the field vs the Broncos, and the Chiefs game tying miss. Probably more I’ve blocked out of my memory.

Sam Martin in the worst starting punter in the league. I present to you the PFF grades for the preseason. He is below a bunch of punters that were released.

I guess I just disagree. Mahomes has had some high profile comebacks in the playoffs and superbowl, but in terms of absolute numbers Allen and Mahomes are basically equal. Also having HOF pass catchers, a HOF play caller, and superior o-line play makes it easier to come back when the game is on the line. 4th quarter comebacks: Mahomes - 14 Allen - 13 Game winning drives: Mahomes - 16 Allen - 19

Brady was also a “cerebral” type QB. So the offense was really his. Allen isn’t that type of QB (really no current QB is).

I view Allen and Mahomes as pretty similar in terms of ability. The bottom line is that Mahomes has had a HOF coach that was already known as a QB whisperer, a potential HOF WR in Hill, and the GOAT TE. Also a defense and special teams that have performed very well in the playoffs. Allen has had 4 OCs in 6 seasons (Dennison, Daboll, Dorsey, Brady). A defensive HC that isn’t involved in the offense at all, and zero HOF level skill players. Also a defense and special teams that have performed terribly in the playoffs. Mahomes on average has had a much better offensive line as well. Not to mention probably 20-30 “passing” TDs on gimmick plays inside the 5 yard line that are entirely based on scheme.

I think we all know that Mahomes marches down the field and scores the game winning TD even if Shakir catches that TD on the Jones bull rush. Defense was softer than wet tissue paper that day.

How does running up the score impact defensive DVOA, which is what we’re talking about here? The performance of the offense has been on par with the regular season, or even better.

2019: Defense given a 16-0 lead allows Texans scores on 3 straight drives beginning at the end of the 3rd quarter. Allowed Texans to convert a 3rd and 18 on the game winning OT drive.

Bottom line is that the defense has had one game where they were a big part of the reason we won over 5 postseasons worth of games. That would be the divisional matchup vs the Ravens. We almost didn’t even get to that game because they were a bad bounce away from letting the corpse of Philip Rivers beat them the prior week. I agree the injuries were ridiculous last season, but this has spanned a lot of seasons.

It isn’t just bad breaks. We have one of the worst defenses in the playoffs over the past 5 years and there is enough of a sample size to say it isn’t just a coincidence.

#1. I can't imagine this is a randomly sampled group of players. For all we know it's primarily from division opponents (ahem...Pats are next to ESPN headquarters). #2. I also have to think that the group of players that voted "Biggest trash talker" had a big overlap with players that voted "Most overrated". I.e. a bunch of butt hurt defenders that Allen probably embarrassed. Also, it said an NFC West opponent said he had too many turnovers. Allen has owned the NFC West in every match up (like nearly perfect games...). So, another butt hurt player that got roasted by Allen.

Gabe Davis is gone, so I think this is a real possibility.

We should win by 9, but the first few weeks of the season can be pretty screwy.

He’s better than Fields for sure. I feel like they could have brought in some better competition though.

His issue is that he’s too slow for the NFL. Can’t play special teams for that reason. If you’re going to be a bottom of the roster WR then you need some versatility.

I remember people here (mostly the constantly negative voices) roasting Beane for letting Hodgins go. He didn’t end up doing much.

Part of Allen’s fumbling problems are because he plays hero ball. And by the way, his entire career he has had to play hero ball. His supporting cast has been woeful at times, and the offense play calling seems to devolve to “Let Allen run around and figure it out” when the game is on the line.

Juju has completely messed up knees. Maybe he can give the Chiefs a couple good games, but there was a reason he was cut. Dude is donezo (sad because he’s so young).

Elite passers eviscerate this defense, especially in the playoffs. There just aren’t very many elite passers in the league. McD’s scheme seems to really shut down average passers, so we have great regular season stats. It’s happed every season where the defense is the primary reason we’ve lost in the playoffs, so it’s not a one-off thing (I guess the Bengals loss was a team effort, everything was bad in that one). Mahomes did literally whatever he wanted, what game were you watching? They didn’t even force a punt until the very end of the game. To be fair we were very injured, but in no universe did they play well.

I don’t really understand how Von Miller gets off scot free, but Jones gets 5 games. If anything it sounds like what Miller did was worse, and I think his gf had recordings of the incident. NFL wheel of justice spins again I guess.

This is actually a pretty good point. But if the Bills sweep the Jets, we will finish ahead of them regardless. The bad man Zach Wilson is gone, so we'll see how it goes.

I would trade 2 first round picks and McDermott to the Chiefs for Reid.

I think we have less depth than past years. I don’t expect any trades like this.

McDermott for his faults is actually pretty good at performing well with less talent (remember the Tyrod playoff Bills team?), and Allen is at the peak of his powers. Predicting 4-2 with some absolutely mid teams on the schedule is not delusional.