SaulGoodman

Sacks are far more unpredictable and inconsistent than receiving yds. Again, the only point was that Rice had an elite start to the year. It was clear he'd made a solid jump in the offseason. Bottom line: Rice/Worthy/Brown/Smith-Schuster/Royals should be a very solid WR corps. The numbers don't matter.

That's stating a fact. Through three games, he was on that pace. I never predicted what his final stats would have been or will be in the future. That said, nothing he did was flukey or gimmicky. With Kelce slowing down, Brown injured and Worthy needing time to learn, he probably would have put up big numbers.

I didn't project anything. I just said he was putting up elite numbers before his injury. Bottom line is that he's very talented, and the WR room as a whole should be much better than what we've seen in recent years.

I said that Rice was elite before his injury. Doesn’t guarantee he’ll be consistently elite for the rest of his career, but he was putting up elite numbers. Rice was injured at the beginning of the 4th game. In his first three, he had 103, 110 and 75 yds. Nothing he did was gimmicky or flukey. He’s just an explosive, physical player with good body control.

He was on pace for over 1600 yds and 11 TDs. No, I don’t think it’s a stretch. Was any WR in the league on a better pace? He’s explosive and a YAC monster.

PPG don’t tell the full story, but KC averaged 27 after Hollywood Brown returned, against some of the best defenses in the league. Add Rice, who was elite before his injury. Upgrade at LT (huge upgrade if Simmons is ready). Improved RB room, Royals. I’ll be surprised if the offense isn’t very good.

That was when KC's defense was at its most vulnerable and they had a terrible LT. It was also before Worthy emerged as a consistent threat, and no Rice or Hollywood Brown. The Chiefs' offense will be plenty good.

A healthy KC team was already substantially better than the Broncos, and they improved way more this offseason then Denver. Buffalo's eeked by the Jets and Patriots at times, but I doubt you think they're on the verge of overtaking the division any time soon.

It's possible, but I don't see any reason to expect it. They're still one of the youngest teams in the league and this is probably the best and deepest roster they've had in the Mahomes era. Easily the best WR corps they've had since Hill/Watkins (probably better overall).

A team that’s won 23 of its last 25 and had a great offseason is fading?

Also, 4 of these 5 Bills losses are vs the Chiefs' offense.

My point is that mistakes were made on both sides. It's not easy to be a ref and to get every call correct in real time. If there were an agenda to help KC, it doesn't make sense that they'd overlook blatant penalties on the opponent. The easiest way to help a team is to call the obvious ones.

I didn't pay enough attention to the spots to have an opinion on it, but if your agenda is to hurt a team, there are much better ways to do it than to short them by six inches or a foot on some spots. Especially an offense as strong as Buffalo's, which is usually automatic in short yardage situations. Meanwhile, it was obvious in real time that the Bills defender jumped offside way before any false starts occurred, yet they called a false start that put KC in 3rd and 15 and killed a drive. On another play, a blatant facemask on the ball carrier was ignored, which would have set KC up for a FG try at minimum. Instead they punted.

Which decisive calls are you referring to? Only one I can remember was the DPI vs the Bengals, which set up the game-winning FG, and that was one of the most blatant DPIs you'll see. Only one thing I disagree with here...people always focus on what happens near the end of the game, but big plays/calls are impactful and play a role in the outcome no matter when they occur. Which is why it irritated me to hear people going on and on two years ago after the AFCC vs the Bengals and the Eagles SB. Nevermind that the late hit vs CIN was clear and obvious...would the game have even been close enough for it to matter if the officials hadn't taken both a TD and an INT away from KC? No one even acknowledges that those things happened. In the SB, would the defensive hold have mattered if they hadn't made a questionable call that took Bolton's fumble TD off the board? You have to admit, Buffalo was pretty lucky to recover all 5 fumbles and have multiple INTs dropped (plus a botched handoff). What are the odds of all those things going your way? But yeah, they were probably unlucky with that 4th down spot. Maybe the 3rd down spot too. Only saw one angle of that and it was hard to tell. It was right in front of the Bills' bench though, so you'd think they'd have challenged if it appeared he had it.

8-9 bad spots for Buffalo and 100% good spots for KC? Don't you think that's a slightly biased take?