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I think Diggs wanted out for a while. Given that there is no reason for Josh to push for Diggs to stay. That is true whether they have a positive or negative personal relationship. Once Diggs wanted out, it was just about finding a trade the team felt benefitted them more than hanging onto Diggs.

2024 is now officially a rebuild year.

Negotiating lower prices or PSL caps wasn't part of the deal, apparently.

I'm less concerned about Diggs dropping a pass or 2 than his lack of production over the second half of the season. I hope there was a hidden injury that he can recover from. I don't actually believe he doesn't care or isn't trying.

They are referring to Smiley, the special teams coach... not Clappy, the head coach.

I'm disappointed but not crushed. Of there wasn't a chance of losing, they wouldn't play the game so we have to accept it. I felt like we almost created another epic debacle with the fake punt. It would have been like 13 seconds again. But instead we got bailed out and fought until the end, then lost. So while it is essentially the same outcome as the 13 seconds game (we go home and the Chiefs go to the AFC championship), it doesn't feel as bad. Maybe that's because with the injuries I felt we were barely hanging onto this game, whereas in 13 seconds it really seemed like we had it won and lost it. Whatever the reason it isn't quite as bad emotionally as a game where we blow a late lead or one where we get robbed by the refs. We just didn't make enough plays to win.

One has to wonder how bad Haack looked for them to choose to go with Martin.

How can you distinguish "the Bills offense didn't do enough" from "the Chiefs defense made the difference"? Mahomes and the Chiefs offense scored 27 against an injury plagued Bills defense which was solid before injury. Allen and the Bills offense scored 24 against a mostly healthy (but less so after injuries in game) Chiefs D that was ranked like #2 in some stats. I don't see that you can easily say which one "made the difference". If our defense was healthier, maybe the Chiefs only score 20 or 23.

He still hit some of them in their hands and they dropped the ball. I saw Mahomes miss some throws, I did not see any KC drops (other than those caused by a defender).

If you put any of about 28 other QBs on our team instead we'd have been blown out.

You do realize we beat Miami, and the Chiefs just beat them badly?

I don't believe this. He was accurate on everything except deep passes this season. Tonight he was accurate on those as well but there were drops.

So after June 1 he should be cut and replaced with an average kicker. Just because cutting him causes dead cap, does not mean that we can afford to have a roster spot taken up by a kicker who can't kick. I'm assuming he's not injured, if he is hurt then try him out again next year.

For most kickers it's 90+ in that situation.

Martin was injured.

This. Leave player "WAGs" out of it. Unless they s**t talk Buffalo first. Anything fans do to Taylor will only make them look like crap. You are talking about someone who is famous for actually performing and songwriting, not a Kardashian, influencer, or OF star. Just ignore her presence. Better options: - Taunt Kadarius Toney and tell him where to line up. At the trough maybe? - Call Mahomes or Andy Reid whiners for crying about refs.

If it's that bad, it seems like they would be better off sending him to IR for a spot. There's only so much time to recover even if we win the next game.

Easier said than done in 6 days. If he loses a step temporarily, he may not be the right guy out there. Let's just hope it is not worse.

It's sort of a consolation prize.

In all seriousness, he is still recovering.

We can't have nice things.

Hmm. We already have Josh Norman and AJ Klein. We need another CB or 2. And another LB or 2?

Maybe they are just suspected concussions. And wasn't one guy already out for a week?

It's the playoffs. The refs want to "let them play". KC knows how it works, maybe we are learning.

Great play by AJ Klein.