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This reflects the prevailing wisdom in the national media regarding the Bills...we might not like it, but it's hard to refute it: "Josh Allen is amazing but the team around him is not good enough." Last night was Exhibit A for that argument.

Why does McDermott necessarily get another year? Nick Siriani, less than 12 months removed from a Super Bowl appearance, is on thin ice in Philly. Why is it inconceivable that McDermott gets canned after four straight years of failing to capitalize on the most dynamic QB in the league--maybe even in league history?

To me, the most discouraging part of the game is that the Bills had everything go their way in this game. The game was in Orchard Park, the Bills recovered three of their own fumbles, the Chiefs fumbled the ball through the end zone on a play that should have put them up two scores, and we literally got every possible call from the refs, including a few that could have been overturned but stayed in the Bills favor. And of course, this was the most vulnerable Chiefs team we’re ever likely to see. I guarantee they won’t go into another season with a receiving corps like this one. And yet with all these things going our way, we still lose to the Chiefs. If we bring back this staff, what is going to change to turn this in the Bills’ favor? Hell, how are we even going to beat the Bengals? I just don’t see it. Gotta move on from this coaching staff.

And yet our receivers are better than the Chiefs’ WRs…so there is more going on here. Our whole offensive scheme is inferior to theirs…

I agree. I hated the fact that all season long, and tonight, we never took advantage of second and short. Every single time we ran it to pick up a first down instead of taking a shot downfield once in a while. And I hated the way Brady turned Josh Allen into a game-manager in the second half tonight.

He’s had his chance. Time to move on. Not super interested in seeing Brady back either.

Hmmmm

Diggs with a fumble and a drop to start the game…

Any team going into the playoffs with a suspect place kicker is asking for trouble. That might be KC’s biggest edge tomorrow.

If you’d asked people their opinion of Bernard last year at this time, you would have heard something similar.

We have a lot of depth in the defensive backfield and the Chiefs receivers aren’t exactly Hill and Waddle. Not too concerned.

Lighten up, Francis.

It’s a false narrative anyway. Even if the obvious penalty had been ignored, Josh Allen would have gotten the ball back with time outs and over a minute left on the clock…the Bills still would have won.

Why?

Look at the Chief’s’ defensive numbers on the road…as we found out with the Browns’ “generational defense” this weekend in Houston, it makes a big difference.

Overall, the Bills have been as healthy as any team in the league this year.

Other interesting connections: the Reid/McDermott history and the fact that KC drafted Mahomes with the pick they got from Buffalo…

I’m not sure how you can say this. Mahomes is the best scrambler in the league. I think the Bills will win, but I’m not sure how you can deny Mahomes’s scrambling ability.

Sorry, I disagree with this. Zerovoltz’s original post was a really terrible take that was guaranteed to generate a heated response here. However, we have to consider it in context…Zerovoltz has a long history of coming here and posting highly informed and respectful takes about all sorts of Bills and Chiefs-related issues. IMO, he’s one of the best of the fans of other teams who posts here. So, as bad as his original post was, I don’t think it was made in bad faith and it does not even come close to outweighing his positive contribution to this community.

Probably true. Araiza may be a talented punter but he’s never punted in an NFL game and hasn’t punted in any game in more than two years. This is the playoffs and weather conditions won’t be ideal. There are experienced punters on the street who can fill in. Hell, we signed Martin off the street and he did just fine.

McCarthy is going to be fired after a 12-5 season.

They are calling for everyone’s head.

Not long ago, morons said he is better than Josh Allen.

Good Lord, what has happened to the Eagles? They might be the worst team in the playoffs. Just a total collapse.

It’s no accident that teams who go deep into the playoffs all have outstanding kickers. This is a big problem for the Bills moving forward.