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I think when you're as good as the Bills the expectations coincide with it. We all so badly want a Superbowl and we all know this might be our best chance at one. I also think we need to truly appreciate this winning streak. No team this season has a more impressive five game stretch of wins than the Bills. Browns were during a snowstrorm with no practice and a last second venue change. Lions are the hottest team in the NFL. This is followed by winning three straight division games. To win three straight division games this late in the season is brutally hard. Its that much harder when all the divisional opponents are 500 or better.

Not sure what a Bengals loss means besides I guess we should at worst be 2nd. Man I hate the Chiefs final three games. Let's hope the Raiders hatred for the Chiefs truly runs deep.

I'm cheering for the Dolphins to win their remaining games and finish with the 5th seed and for the Jets to lose out. I want nothing to do with those two teams if we end up 2nd or 3rd. Things just get too weird with divisional opponents unless its the Patriots because that offense is awful. Give me a world where the Ravens, Chargers, or Patriots come to Buffalo Week 1.

When everyone was writing about your funeral for trading Tyreek Hill? Yes you do! Or do you forget the the gauntlet that was supposed to be Russell Wilson, Josh McDaniel and Devante Adams, and the Super Duper Chargers? I will admit their schedule leaves alot to be desired and I am not sure just how good they actually are. They were lucky and played the Niners when 3 quarters of their defense was injured. No Eli Mitchell and CMC was literally traded that week and caught the Chargers in their 2nd game at the peak of their injuries. Looking at their schedule, and their best win was Week 2 vs the Chargers at home on a Thursday. Read into that as much as you would like.

Are they overhyped? Yes in comparison to the Chiefs of the past few years, they are. They are also one of the healthiest teams this season and haven't really hit adversity. No in that Mahomes is more than capable of taking that team to a Superbowl Victory. Have to give them credit. Everyone was talking about how amazing the AFC West would be and questioning if the Chiefs would even win that division. All they've done is motor along and continue to dominate the Raiders, Chargers, and Broncos. ChiefsPlanet vulgarity aside, it isnt a particularly knowledgeable fanbase from what I've read there. They only know surface level statistics and seem to ride and die on that when down playing anything related to the Bills, Bengals, or Chargers.

Nah. They've looked like this for a long time. Suspect defense that isn't getting a decent rush from their dline. Mahomes has to go All-Pro every game for them to win. Late in the season we are slowly seeing how important Tyreek Hill was to that offense. As the nicks and bruises start to add up, and teams tendencies become more and more exposed the football becomes less about systems and more about who can ball out. Chiefs are dangerous but no one is tilting that field like Hill used to.

They'll win but everyone is ignoring the fact that the Chiefs have been struggling with a lot of pathetic opponents recently while placing the Bills under a constant microscope. Big difference between the Lions, Patriots, Jets, and Dolphins vs. the Rams, Broncos, Titans, Jaguars, and Texans.

I agree the oline has been problematic. I also understand the thinking here by Beane. Bates came on like a gang buster last season and deserved a shot to start. He is also a natural left guard so I haven't given up on him as a starter. I hope he goes back there when Stafford is gone. Stafford is what he is. A highly regarded vet. who came to Buffalo on a sweetheart deal. Why wouldn't you roll that dice if you're Beane? He hasn't been amazing but he's been better than what the Bills have been lining up at guard the last few seasons. Either way interior guard is a day 2 pick in my opinion, if not a 1st round pick. Spencer Brown is the real question mark. It would feel too soon to cut bait from him but how much longer do you let him develop before he gets Josh Allen killed on the blindside? Tommy Doyle will be an interesting player to watch in camp next season. Beane needs to seriously address the offense next year and switch his ideology of going defense in the 1st round of the draft. 3 straight years of going RB in the first 3 rounds might catch up to us.

Was he figured out or did Josh Allen and the oline get hurt and the Bills ran into superior teams? People are really downplaying Josh Allen's injury and also the fact the Bills basically didn't practice during the Vikings - Browns - Lions stretch which was followed by the Pats and Jets. Two top 5 defenses and a Miami defense with a nasty dline with two starting olinemen out.

I think the frustration really boils down to the fact the Bills legit only have one scary weapon in Diggs and a very basic oline. Dorsey's play calling can be frustrating at times but honestly isn't that all OCs? I remember losing my mind at Daboll. Ita just annoying looking around the league and seeing the Bengals, Cowboys, Eagles, Niners, Dolphins with vastly superior weapons and the Chiefs with a vastly superior oline. 11 - 3 sounds pretty good though

Its a combination of poor oline play. Josh Allen playing hero ball and forcing the ball downfield instead of taking the easy 5 to 8 yards. Davis being a # 3 receiver not a # 2. Mckenzie being a gadget player not a slot receiver. I think I'll hold back on outright critism considering Allen finally threw for over 300 yards again and 4 pass tds.

Rest up and miss Chicago. 9 days between Bears and Bengals. Thats 16 days total. Hopefully he's healthy by then. This late in the season football is a war of attrition as much as execution. Health is key and the Bills don't have anymore injuries to spare to key players with Hyde and Von already done. Credit to the Chiefs. Outside the year where their oline was torn apart against Tampa in the Superbowl, they've always been a healthy roster.

Sucks for Chicago. Green Bay and Buffalo are literally the only other franchises that won't care. Bills need to put a beat down on the Bears early and get the starters the heck off the field and rested for Cincinnati.

Dawson Knox balled out today and Mckenzie look competent. Its really that simple for this offense to improve. Still wish Gabe Davis had more separation downfield and that Allen took a few more check downs instead of going for the throat each drive.

I hope at this point anything Covid is in the rear-view mirror. It was just another stupid topic that further divided people.

This is great. Guy has 4 games to get back in the swing of things and is well rested for the stretch run. I'm sure everyone will be excited to have him back and whatever happened last season is water under the bridge.

Elam figuring out how to play corner in this defense is vitally more important to this defense than even Von Miller. Change my mind.

Also completely ignored is the Bills have been dealing with Josh Allen's injured elbow, a snow storm that shut down practice for a week, a short week against a Lions team that's playing its best football of the season, and 3 road games in 12 days. Last week the Bills went ultra conservative offensively against a Patriots team that had no hope of scoring on our defense. This isn't 2020 or College football. The Bills don't need to go for style victories, just victories. Better question is what AFC playoff team would fair better against Buffalo in those conditions? The answer is outside maybe the Bengals, no one. The Jets are by far the best equipped AFC team to play in those weather conditions and they still lost by 8 points.

90% of this league would struggle to put up 20 points against the Jets in pristine conditions yet we are complaining about the offense in a brutally wet slippery day. I was at the game. The conditions made me remember why I want a roof over the stands in the new stadium.

The offensive playmaker for this team where never superior talent outside Diggs. What will make the Bills forever special is Josh Allen scrambling ability and ability to extend plays. Watching the games the past few weeks it is imperative that we find a solid slot receiver with sure hands who can also attack the middle of the field.

First off the Jets always play us brutally tough. Two seasons ago when the Bills were running defenses off the field, the Jets held us to 6 field goals in the redzone. The Jets are the best defense in the NFL. I don't care what the STATS say. Anyone who watches football can see the Jets are playing on another level defensively. The Vikings game Allen was playing with half an arm. That carried over to the Browns game which was moved last second during a snow storm with no practice. The Lions as we are seeing are a legit team, and that was on a short week where Allen was still hurt. Takes us to New England where the Bills soundly beat them and played Conservative football offensively. This week was played in a sloppy icy game against the top defense. Bills need a serious upgrade at slot receiver and possibly another outside WR to push Davis. Improvement at interior oline and more consistency at Right Tackle would help as well. The play calling has been the least of our concerns.

Don't tell the Media this. Mahomes slays a dragon every week.

Many aren't rational anymore. Easier to slip into panic. Chiefs have been scrapping by bad teams for a while now. Miami was playing in the CFL for the past 5 weeks.

Not shocked by this. Chiefs have such insane luck. Last year they caught Green Bay the one week Roger's was injured. This year they caught the Niners when they were missing most of their defense. Once again KC plays in a sieve of a division and their schedule turned out to be a joke. All this adds up to me not being shocked KC lost to the two best teams on the schedule. They are missing that fear factor Hill used to put into teams when he would take a 5 yard slant to the house. Mahomes has to go God Mode for them to win the Superbowl.

Honestly the best part of this weekend is not even taking back 1st place. It is The animosity and disdain the Bengals and Chiefs have for one another. Whenever the Chiefs played Buffalo it felt like Mahomes found an extra gear for them. I think the Bengals now get that extra gear Mahomes. It would be amazing if these two teams somehow faced off in the 1st or 2nd Round. I think the NFL media will obsess over the Chiefs and Bengals as the AFC favorites. This is great for Buffalo who can now sit in the shadows and be the quiet assassin. The preseason Superbowl hype was nauseating and made this Bills fan uncomfortable. I prefer being the small market team that comes out of nowhere and shocks the world. Dolphins proved today what we all knew about them. They ran over the CFL teams of their schedule but Tua ultimately had no answers when playing a legit NFL defense. Media so badly wants Miami to be good. It is weird. Lions are quietly 4 - 1 over their past 5 games with their lone loss coming against a badly beat up Bills team missing most of their defense on a short week after a snow storm. That Lions win is going to keep looking better and better. I see the Lions winning out and sneaking into the playoffs. How did the Vikings go 4 - 0 vs. the AFC East? They're so flawed. Jets are a dangerous team. Not a Superbowl contender by any means but right now I'd favour them vs. Miami, Tennessee, and the Ravens. They are the kind of team that can blow up a playoff bracket as they can beat anyone, but ultimately don't have the offensive horses to make a playoff run. If they find a qb... LOOK OUT! I think the Raiders and Seahawks winning today could be very important for Buffalo. Raiders have the Rams, Patriots, and Steelers coming up. Win those three and all of the sudden they have something to play for when they play KC at home late in the year. Seahawks have to be thinking AFC West title after the injury to Grappolo and will not be an easy victory at home vs. the Chiefs.