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I want more speed on the defensive side of the ball too, particularly in the front 7. Micah Parsons ran an ungodly 4.36 and has the instincts to boot, so he plays that fast. Sadly a player that dynamic won’t be around at #32. But a heat seeking missle at LB, a speed DE, or a big ugly disruptor like Jordan Davis is what I want.

He also snuck the ball to the wrong gap - the one the Titans said they were advised he always sneaks to. If you look at the overhead shot of the play, if he sneaks behind the right guard he may barrel in for a TD. The left side was far too bunched up, 2 players within centimeters of each other and the player on the end was arguably their best DL.

I’ve noticed the Chiefs social media team isn’t putting out any instagram posts or tweets they’ll later regret this time. All is mum over there… 🤐

Anyone remember that report about Belichick scoffing at the notion that Allen was an MVP candidate last season? To that point in the season, the Bills had played the Pats once and barely won thanks to Cam’s fumble. Allen had never really had great success against Bill, but after that report (I think by Simms), he came out and really carved up the Pats in the 38-9 victory on their turf. I think Belichick’s feelings on Allen as a player and QB have changed drastically since that specific game.

I wonder, from a physical or skill standpoint, besides deep ball accuracy, what does Mahomes have over Allen? Field vision? I think they’re similar there. Anticipation/throwing receivers open? Slight edge Mahomes? What else?

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Would be interesting to know if the majority of the team was there and if he addressed them in a cheerleader-like fashion, “this is your time, bring it home for the east,” or if he only spoke with McD/Allen/Daboll.

They’re extremely fortunate they didn’t lose that last regular season game against the Broncos too. I thought they were thoroughly outplayed.

I just don’t get why teams don’t line up a DE over Kelce and jam him at the line when he’s lined up off tackle. Disrupt their timing. He torched the Bills last year and Frazier never adjusted. He was just allowed to run unimpeded down after down.

I didn’t look up the stats to confirm my suspicions, but I feel Melvin Ingram has always terrorized the Bills whenever we went against him, back to his days with the Chargers. He got the better of Dawkins in week 1 this year, but Dawkins is a different player now than he was then. Bills OL vs Chiefs DL will determine the outcome of the game.

I remember a few reports coming out of camp that Vallejo was ahead of Milano. Also remember thinking “maybe we got the 6th round pick right and the 5th rounder wrong.” Went digging to see if I could find anything about it and came across Joe B’s observation: At the time, Joe B wasn’t the only one reporting Vallejo was ahead.

Didnt know Vallejo was still in the league. If you guys remember, he looked better than Milano early on, but wow have things changed.

I hope Mahomes lays an egg and Josh balls out. The narrative would certainly change.

Stand corrected! Looking back on that game I see we actually trailed 0-16. Don’t know how that escaped me.

Are you talking about the pass to John Brown along the sideline? I don’t recall the Bills being down by double digits in that one.

I’d like to see a nice, double digit come from behind victory. We almost got that with the Bucs game. Aside from that, just the ice water, clutch gene that Jordan and Brady seem to have. It’s a bit of recency bias because he had those throws last year against the Rams, Dolphins, & Cards, but this year he’s oh-fer.

I’d think this would be more on the position coach than the HC since he works much more closely with the players. When Bates went in and McD saw the effectiveness of the OL, no doubt he’d overrule any attempts to put Ford or Feliciano back in there.

Had the Pats won, KC would’ve played the Bengals.

Going back and watching the highlights of that week 5 game, Mahomes ran all over the place, often in key situations. Leslie Frazier will have his work cut out for him in this one. The offensive line will as well, as this may be the best defensive line we’ll likely see for the rest of the postseason.

Chris Jones and Melvin Ingram weren’t there when we beat them earlier in the season, so you add in Frank Clark and Spag’s aggressive blitzes and I hope Daboll is coming up with a plan that relies on screens, slants, and other quit hitters. They’re not going to give Josh time to throw.

Chiefs are an extremely aggressive defense. Need to make them pay for all that blitzing and crowding the LoS.

As explosive of a player as he is, I’d move on from Diontae if I was the Steelers. Don’t know if any WR in the league drops more passes than him, just too unreliable.

Great call!

Ben looks content to waste downs.

Earlier in the season they were getting beat physically as much as mentally (stunts/loops/etc), but now there’s cohesion across the board. Williams is playing better at guard, Brown is playing better as a rookie, Dawkins is actually looking like a pro bowler, Bates is extremely smart and aware, and Morse has been playing his best ball. They waited for more than half a season to come together, but they’re humming now. Let’s hope it continues, we’ll need these performances for a super bowl W.