It’s Chiefs week - and the season is on the line

[Heavy Kevi]

23 hours ago, The 9 Isles said:

Since 2017 KC is #1 after a loss with a record of 20-7

 

Since 2017 (McDermotts first year as Buffalo’s HC) the Bills are #2 after a loss with a record of 27-13

 

Since 2017 Buffalo is #1 coming off of a bye-week with a record of 7-0

 

Strength vs Strength

 

This is a bigtime matchup for both teams. It should be another good one.

 

Hopefully we come out on top. 

 

OP is right. Playoffs start on Sunday.

[Since1981]

AFCC is there for the taking, if you get an invite. Josh is the FSU of the AFC

[pennstate10]

4 hours ago, FLFan said:

I am not sure why they would be more likely to suddenly be good this week,  although that is always possible I suppose.  

Not a long time Bills fan, eh?

[LABILLBACKER]

5 hours ago, Big Turk said:

 

Agreed...it's almost unfathomable how we are in the position we find ourselves in. 

Jets....NE....2 of the most embarrassing loses in the JA era.

[Joe Ferguson forever]

season is not over with a loss.  high 50-60% chance of playoffs if chiefs win but we win out the rest.  BEST chances w win over KC however.

Edited December 5, 2023 by Joe Ferguson forever

[CSBill]

A thought:

 

The Bills need to go no-huddle but use the entire play clock. It keeps the KC offense off the field and, more importantly, the Bills D off the field.

 

Did anyone else notice that the Eagles were milking the clock the entire game--it seemed every snap was with less than 5 seconds on the play clock. Why? To keep the Bills offense off the field, and with that, we still scored over 30 points.

 

We know the Bills' offense can score points again; now, use the offense to protect and help the Defense.

[BuffaninSarasota]

6 hours ago, Since1981 said:

AFCC is there for the taking, if you get an invite. Josh is the FSU of the AFC

ummm ..... ok ??

[kkim0904]

38 minutes ago, CSBill said:

A thought:

 

The Bills need to go no-huddle but use the entire play clock. It keeps the KC offense off the field and, more importantly, the Bills D off the field.

 

Did anyone else notice that the Eagles were milking the clock the entire game--it seemed every snap was with less than 5 seconds on the play clock. Why? To keep the Bills offense off the field, and with that, we still scored over 30 points.

 

We know the Bills' offense can score points again; now, use the offense to protect and help the Defense.

I don't like the Idea of using the full play clock unless we are up by 3 TD.  Bills are not good time management team.  Josh often change the play call with less than 10 seconds and when we rush the play call change, the results are not usually positives.  Being away game at KC, this will not help.

[finn]

12 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

Can't wait for this game to get the bad thoughts of the Philly game out. I been saying all season that KC offense is not good.  They have had good games just like us but also bad games just like us. I think we actually have better weapons than they do this year.  They have Pacheco and an aging Kelce.  Thats about it.  As long as our offense plays like it has the last two weeks, we have a good shot at winning this one.  

But but but... Mahomes is the Annointed One! He's better than Allen and everyone else because he wins championships, no matter who he has around him! Isn't that what everyone is always saying? 

[Gregg]

Mahomes has a few things in his favor over Allen. He has a much better HC and coaching staff in general. A much better OL. The best TE in football. For a while a great WR in Tyreek Hill when he was there. His defense knows how to get critical stops in big games. Allen's D can't protect a 3-point lead with 13 left and the other team starting at their 25. Talent, wise I think Mahomes and Allen are equal, but he is considered the best because of those two Lombardi trophies while Allen has none.

[Ray Stonada]

This game is there for the taking.

 

Shade coverage towards Kelce, press the rest and let the pass rush feast.

 

On offense, lots of play action, keep running it, grind them down and add a wrinkle--how about a screen pass to Josh with a whole mess of blockers?  

[aristocrat]

we've got to have the killer plays this week. no missed tds like in the eagles game. put them down early and keep the foot down. get to 32 and they are done. 

[HeHateMe]

I'm envisioning McD's defense playing soft all game afraid to get beat deep by no name scrub WRs while letting Mahomes eat all game underneath.  Another L for Clappy.

[Straight Hucklebuck]

The Bills should be at full-strength. 

 

Knox should be back, Fournette still has call-up availability, and there are no other injuries on offense. 

 

On defense, Rapp should be back, Dane not sure with 3 DNP's the week before, but possibly back, Elam has sat out his 4 weeks if you want it, another week for Rousseau to get healthier. 

 

I expect a great effort out of the Bills. 

 

 

 

[Gregg]

3 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

The Bills should be at full-strength. 

 

Knox should be back, Fournette still has call-up availability, and there are no other injuries on offense. 

 

On defense, Rapp should be back, Dane not sure with 3 DNP's the week before, but possibly back, Elam has sat out his 4 weeks if you want it, another week for Rousseau to get healthier. 

 

I expect a great effort out of the Bills. 

 

 

 

 

They gave a great effort in Philly as well. 

[Gman10]

Hoping for a big game by Diggs. Lets go!

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

11 hours ago, 90sBills said:

Women weaken legs. 

The estate of Burgess Meredith thanks you.

[Yobogoya!]

14 hours ago, WotAGuy said:

If the Bills aren’t ahead by 17 with 2 minutes left, it’s a loss. 

 

Thanks, you've just the set the stage for our next "instant classic" soul crushing loss, that will obviously come to be known as the "17 and 2" game. 

 

I hope you're happy. 😂

[Gregg]

1 minute ago, Yobogoya! said:

 

Thanks, you've just the set the stage for our next "instant classic" soul crushing loss, that will obviously come to be known as the "17 and 2" game. 

 

I hope you're happy. 😂

 

If anyone can blow a 17-point lead with just 2 minutes left its Coach Mc13seconds.

[boyst]

18 hours ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

 

Wir schaffen das 

meine katze ist nett und schon. das wetter is schlect, haben eine regenschirm?

[zow2]

21 minutes ago, Yobogoya! said:

 

Thanks, you've just the set the stage for our next "instant classic" soul crushing loss, that will obviously come to be known as the "17 and 2" game. 

 

I hope you're happy. 😂

 

If Josh Allen walks off the field with a lead or even a tie at the very end...and the Bills ultimately lose,  McDermott should be canned on the spot.  Not allowed to fly back on their Delta charter.  

[NewEra]

39 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

The Bills should be at full-strength. 

 

Knox should be back, Fournette still has call-up availability, and there are no other injuries on offense. 

 

On defense, Rapp should be back, Dane not sure with 3 DNP's the week before, but possibly back, Elam has sat out his 4 weeks if you want it, another week for Rousseau to get healthier. 

 

I expect a great effort out of the Bills. 

 

 

 

People still talking about Fournette as if he is part of this team?  Might as well be talking about Eli Ankou. 

20 minutes ago, boyst said:

meine katze ist nett und schon. das wetter is schlect, haben eine regenschirm?

Sì

[BritBill]

Bills win this quite comfortably. 

[Marcus Aurelius]

29 minutes ago, boyst said:

meine katze ist nett und schon. das wetter is schlect, haben eine regenschirm?

Es gibt einen UMLAUT in schon (schön) ...

Du hast „schlecht“ falsch geschrieben.

[boyst]

2 minutes ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

Es gibt einen UMLAUT in schon (schön) ...

Du hast „schlecht“ falsch geschrieben.

meine deutsch ist nicht perfekt. 

[Roundybout]

1 minute ago, boyst said:

meine deutsch ist nicht perfekt. 

Hast du Deutchen Klassen gehabt?

[dorquemada]

21 hours ago, Negan said:

I wonder who made the run calls on first down in OT against the Eagles.  I have a feeling it was McDermott.  

 

We're are soo screwed with McDermott, its no wonder we haven't won an OT game in years.

 

Has there been a coach with a worse record in OT than McD?  It's the costanza factor, the team would be better off doing the exact opposite of whatever MCD's instinct is.  We all knew that the Bills lost in Philly the second they tied it in the 4th.  McD can't win late, can't win in OT, and can't win the biggest games.  I don't see what can possibly change since he seems immune to learning

[SWATeam]

4 minutes ago, dorquemada said:

 

Has there been a coach with a worse record in OT than McD?  It's the costanza factor, the team would be better off doing the exact opposite of whatever MCD's instinct is.  We all knew that the Bills lost in Philly the second they tied it in the 4th.  McD can't win late, can't win in OT, and can't win the biggest games.  I don't see what can possibly change since he seems immune to learning

Yep, I just knew Josh and Gabe would miss a wide open game winning TD...  Damn you McD!!!

[boyst]

18 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Hast du Deutchen Klassen gehabt?

meine arbeit ist für eine gmhb deutsch

ich lerne deutsch mit duolingo

Manchmal lerne ich Deutsch, aber nicht oft

[Straight Hucklebuck]

40 minutes ago, NewEra said:

People still talking about Fournette as if he is part of this team?  Might as well be talking about Eli Ankou. 

Sì

Well I guess the point is everyone is available to McDermott and the staff. 

 

The big 3 injuries were White, Milano and Daquan. 

 

Douglas has replaced White (84 PFF overall to 68 PFF overall). 

 

So we are down D. Jones and Matt Milano for this game, and that's it. 

 

Joseph is grading at a 37 PFF overall and Daquan at a 90 PFF overall, so that's not been close to a full replacement, at least by their grading. 

[dorquemada]

18 minutes ago, SWATeam said:

Yep, I just knew Josh and Gabe would miss a wide open game winning TD...  Damn you McD!!!

 

The implication here being that for the Bills to win a game that they had a 2 score lead in that it definitively requires heroics by Josh Allen, not wise coaching, not a big play on D, not the bravery to take a shot downfield with 30 seconds left.  You absolve the coach of any responsibility whatsoever. 

[Blackbeard]

Pacheco is my only concern.  

 

That dude is fast and good.  If he breaks open, no one is catching him.

 

 

[boater]

"It’s Chiefs week - and the season is on the line"

 

That's the understatement of the year.

 

@ Chiefs
COWBOYS
@ Chargers
PATRIOTS
@ Dolphins

 

We're flirting with having a losing season.

[WotAGuy]

1 hour ago, BritBill said:

Bills win this quite comfortably. 

It’s the only way the Bills are capable of winning. 

[Success]

23 minutes ago, boater said:

"It’s Chiefs week - and the season is on the line"

 

That's the understatement of the year.

 

@ Chiefs
COWBOYS
@ Chargers
PATRIOTS
@ Dolphins

 

We're flirting with having a losing season.

 

If we beat the Chiefs, I'm feeling good.   I like the match-up w/ Dallas, especially at home.  Chargers & Pats should be W's, unless we continue to lose games that there is no way we should lose (possible, but unlikely imo).  

 

And if we're heading into that final week on a run and needing the win to make the playoffs, that's all we can ask. Obviously, we can beat Miami - we usually do.  It will be a tough game, but they could be resting starters at that point too.

 

[Mango]

One thing to note about the percentages on the NYT tool is that when you select the Bills to win out, it only calculates odds for those results. It isn't "smart" in that it doesn't assume any data you don't give it. 

So if you have the Bills win out they have 11 wins to everybody else in the leagues 10 or less. Once you start mapping the other games the Bills playoff chances start to drop drastically. 

 

[CincyBillsFan]

1 hour ago, SWATeam said:

Yep, I just knew Josh and Gabe would miss a wide open game winning TD...  Damn you McD!!!

There is never a game in which players execute the offense perfectly.  Well wait Allen and company's win in the playoffs against NE comes close.  But over all it's an insane expectation.  The FACT is that the Bills offense played great against the Eagles.  That loss as with many others can be laid at the feet of questionable coaching decisions.

 

 

[dorquemada]

1 hour ago, boater said:

"It’s Chiefs week - and the season is on the line"

 

That's the understatement of the year.

 

@ Chiefs
COWBOYS
@ Chargers
PATRIOTS
@ Dolphins

 

We're flirting with having a losing season.

 

Remember in the preseason when one of the bobbleheads on TV predicted the bills would be 8-9 and we all lost our minds? Good times, man

[boater]

22 minutes ago, dorquemada said:

 

Remember in the preseason when one of the bobbleheads on TV predicted the bills would be 8-9 and we all lost our minds? Good times, man

I remember Steve Tasker predicting them to go all the way.. because of "all the talent on the roster"

 

"Talent" ha ha.

[ngbills]

I got beat up so much over my take that Harty and Sherfield are not an upgrade from McK, Crowder and whoever. Many said we have the best WR room in the league. That Kincaid was going to be running seams all day long.