The template against the Chiefs

[Conlan58]

I'm amazed at how many of you are seemingly just looking past the steelers like this team didn't struggle mightily in the regular season. 

 

Sure, if we dominated every team in that last 5 game stretch, I could see some "looking ahead". But they didn't... they had arguably 1 solid game out of the 5. They tend to let lesser teams hang around too long

 

With that being said... SHOULD the Bills advance... man it would be sweet to send the swifties home crying for once. 

Edited January 14 by Conlan58

[Utah John]

The Bills D is much better than the Dolphins D, particularly with all the injuries the Dolphins have had.  And Miami shut down the Chiefs in the red zone and made life generally difficult for the Chiefs.  You'll recall the Bills beat the Chiefs in KC a few weeks ago.  Now maybe the extra days Reid has to scheme up Bills beating strategies will be important, but the Bills coaches are no dummies either.  

 

So far this is shaping up just fine.  The Texans will go to Baltimore and have a decent chance of winning.  I'd rather face Houston in Buffalo, than the Ravens in Baltimore.  

7 minutes ago, Conlan58 said:

I'm amazed at how many of you are seemingly just looking past the steelers like this team didn't struggle mightily in the regular season. 

 

Sure, if we dominated every team in that last 5 game stretch, I could see some "looking ahead". But they didn't... they had arguably 1 solid game out of the 5. They tend to let lesser teams hang around too long

 

With that being said... SHOULD the Bills advance... man it would be sweet to send the swifties home crying for once. 

They had 1 solid game?  They won all 5!  They did not play to their potential most of the time, that's true, but a W is a W no matter how close the score is.  

[Billsatlastin2018]

Forget the Chiefs…

 

”We’re on to Pittsburgh!”

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

6 hours ago, SCBills said:

It’s not that deep .. we’re better than them.  Go out there and prove it. 
 

1) Allen, limit the nonsense 

 

2) McDermott, show us why you took over the defense

This. I thought Mahomes was pretty composed  last night for the most part.  Could be, that they had an extra week off to prepare but to me it looks like he is mentally ready to make a playoff run. 

 

Josh is going to need to play some clean Football starting Monday.  We really can’t afford to be taking points off the board. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Since1981]

A trip to AFCC or SB is in Bills grasp. It will be interesting to see how mentally tuned they are vs PIT.

[Juice_32]

Double 87, spy 15, tackle 10 with first contact.

[Gman10]

3 hours ago, TAinLack. said:

Not 'if'  but 'when'!

I just don't wanna jinx! Lol

[billsfanmd07]

Our offense could be almost as bad as KC has been. KC moved the ball up and down the field on  depleted dolphins D in -20. We had nice weather and in the 4th last week we only had 7 points. I don't thing we would have gone 90 yards to tie. That punt return saved us. We need a breakout game against Pitt. Houston, Balt offenses are clicking and I would not feel confident yet. Stroud does not make boneheaded mistakes and he is in year 1. Our superstar QB is in year 6 and still can kill us...Luckily the 4th Q he usually brings us back.

[SCBills]

7 hours ago, newcam2012 said:

What makes you think we are better than them? Seriously, no joking here. 

 

QB - Even

 

RBs - Even

 

WRs - Buffalo

 

TEs - KC

 

Oline - KC

 

Dline - Even

 

Secondary - KC

 

Special teams - Even

 

Coaching - KC

QB - Even

 

RB - Even (Cook is the best RB of the group even though I’ve been down on him lately)

 

WR’s - Bills

 

TE’s - Chiefs (out of respect, but Bills TE’s are no joke)

 

OL - Even (Torrence has been struggling / KC’s Tackles have been struggling)

 

DL - Even

 

Secondary - Even (with Douglas)

 

ST’s - Even

 

Coaching - Time for McDermott to show us why he took over defensive play-calling. 
 

And fwiw, I think Allen is the most talented QB in the league, and (if) he gets a Super Bowl, will be recognized as such. 
 

Both teams have top defenses, the difference to me is that the Bills have more explosiveness in Diggs, Kincaid, Shakir and Cook than the Chiefs do in Kelce, Rice, MVS and Pacheco.  And that’s assuming Davis misses next week, should we get there. 

[CaptnCoke11]

I’m not worried about the Chiefs offense scoring lots of points on us… I worry about our offense against their defense 

[Special K]

7 hours ago, BullBuchanan said:

Well there's zero chance he'll be "healthy". It's possible he'll be available though.

 

 

I guess nobody is really “healthy” at this point....but the Bills really need him on the field for the D to be successful vs. the Chefs

[Riverboat Ritchie]

9 hours ago, ChrisWatson#21 said:

I love it!  We get to end Kermit's season, after that MVP-2 and hopefully give Boomer the Bills-San Fran Super Bowl he always wished for.  Also Josh gets to beat his favorite team growing up as icing on that cake.

Lets get pass Pitt.  Great story so far this year but we have played so inconsistent and down to opponents that nothing is a given tomorrow. Glad the changed the date. Start strong and make Rudolph throw and I think we will be OK. Go Bills. 

[Maynard]

11 hours ago, GoBills! said:

Mahomes didn’t look good in the red zone when it was man to man with pressure. I was shocked how many fields goals they had to settle for. 
 

Also the whole team drops passes worse than anyone one of our guys even Knox. 

I was impressed with Rice last night though. Dude seems to be coming on at the right time.

[Special K]

13 minutes ago, Maynard said:

I was impressed with Rice last night though. Dude seems to be coming on at the right time.

 

I was hoping the Bills could draft Rice in the 3rd round......obviously he was taken far earlier than that, and to make it worse, it was the Chefs that got him😡 

[Don Otreply]

11 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

Get past the Steelers first

Well there is this…, 😁👍

 

The key to getting to the KC game is to turf the snot out of the Steelers Qb all game long, make his azs see ghosts by the start of the 2nd quarter…, 

Edited January 14 by Don Otreply

[bigK14094]

10 hours ago, newcam2012 said:

What makes you think we are better than them? Seriously, no joking here. 

 

QB - Even

 

RBs - Even

 

WRs - Buffalo

 

TEs - KC

 

Oline - KC

 

Dline - Even

 

Secondary - KC

 

Special teams - Even

 

Coaching - KC

Fair enough comparison.  But, as they say, you still gotta play the game, and who knows the outcome.  Home field is a factor as well it is statistically shown.  All in all, a great game to watch I am thinking.

[Rockinon]

10 hours ago, newcam2012 said:

I don't disagree but I can see the Bills offense struggling against that solid KC defense. 

 

It's not like the Bills offense has been clicking on all cylinders.  In fact, the offense has played pretty poorly since the Cowboy game. 

 

Spags seems to do well vs Buffalo. He will bring timely pressure and the Bills have struggled with that often; including during the winning streak. 

Offense was clicking against Miami if you take away the redzone turnovers.

[Just in Atlanta]

1. Steal Mahomes’ nuggies 

2. Make Taylor Swift sit with the commoners

[Buffaloflash]

11 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

The Bills offense's ability to operate against KC's tight man coverage and various pressure looks is so essential. If the Bills can avoid early offensive struggles, they can control this contest.

 

Of course, defensively stopping the Pacheco and Edwards-Helaire combo and keeping eyes AND HANDS on Kelce is important, but I believe Josh and Co. have a chance to outpace an inconsistent Chiefs offense and alter the calculus of this matchup. 

Rice could be a handful.

[newcam2012]

29 minutes ago, Rockinon said:

Offense was clicking against Miami if you take away the redzone turnovers.

But you can't disregard the turnovers. 

 

Also, one could say the Chiefs offense was clicking yesterday except for when they hit into the red zone. 

 

It doesn't work like that though. 

[Punch]

6 hours ago, Conlan58 said:

With that being said... SHOULD the Bills advance... man it would be sweet to send the swifties home crying for once. 

This is literally the topic of the thread. It's the first sentence in the OP:

 

13 hours ago, Wizard said:

First, let's rip apart the Steel Curtain on Monday. Then, let's cook the Chefs. 🙂

 

Edited January 14 by Punch

[BigDingus]

At this point, I think it's a confidence/mental thing.

 

The Bills have the template. Hell, they might've created it. They're 3-1 in their last 4 match ups, all in Arrowhead, with the only blowout being in favor of the Bills.

 

So they know they CAN beat the Chiefs. But is the moment too big? Is the anticipation & pressure too much?

 

Now you've got another opportunity, with the entire season building towards this moment. Will it be too much for the Bills? Will it be too much for Allen? At home, in front of tens of thousands of screaming Bills fans placing their hopes & decades of emotional baggage on you, can they overcome the 2 x champs or shrink in the moment?

 

Or will you be caught looking ahead & lose to the Steelers before even getting the chance? Tune in tomorrow & find out!

[27yanks]

Beat Pittsburgh 1st then worry about the Chiefs!!!

[Thrivefourfive]

I’m really not worried about the Chiefs. I think the Bills have their number and will add another one next round. 
 

Gang Tackle crazy Pacheco (for the short time he’s in the NFL)

 

Now game plan for Rice

 

Don't allow lapses in containing Mahomes behind the line of scrimmage as a run threat

 

The Chiefs grab like crazy on Defense, so please don’t it sucked into complaining to the refs. Beat them up and accept the penalties. 

[Brand J]

Sneed is what Kaiir Elam was drafted to be. Long, rangy, fast, and physical man corner. Not sure the light will ever come on for Elam, or if it does, it’ll be with another team and in another scheme.

[NewEra]

15 hours ago, Locomark said:

 

2) spy Mahomes a lot 

This is the key to the game imo.  Containing his scrambling.  I expect him to look to extend drives with his legs more than ever this postseason

[Don Otreply]

6 hours ago, SCBills said:

QB - Even

 

RB - Even (Cook is the best RB of the group even though I’ve been down on him lately)

 

WR’s - Bills

 

TE’s - Chiefs (out of respect, but Bills TE’s are no joke)

 

OL - Even (Torrence has been struggling / KC’s Tackles have been struggling)

 

DL - Even

 

Secondary - Even (with Douglas)

 

ST’s - Even

 

Coaching - Time for McDermott to show us why he took over defensive play-calling. 
 

And fwiw, I think Allen is the most talented QB in the league, and (if) he gets a Super Bowl, will be recognized as such. 
 

Both teams have top defenses, the difference to me is that the Bills have more explosiveness in Diggs, Kincaid, Shakir and Cook than the Chiefs do in Kelce, Rice, MVS and Pacheco.  And that’s assuming Davis misses next week, should we get there. 

Agree, iirc in regular season games McDermott is something like 3 and 1,  over the fat man, and has shown growth as a HC, Imo we are closer here than most fans want to billeave!  
 

GO BILLS!!!

Edited January 14 by Don Otreply

[Eastport bills]

16 hours ago, Wizard said:

First, let's rip apart the Steel Curtain on Monday. Then, let's cook the Chefs. 🙂

 

For those that know the intricacies and nuisances of schemes and attacking a team's weakness, what is the template for the Chiefs?

 

I don't like them having two extra days of recovery and two more days of Coach Reid game planning.

 

We are the better team, but until they're knocked out, they are the Champs.

 

For me, the two biggest factors:

 

1.  1 turnover or less

2.  Control the Clock

 

 

 

I like your ideas but add two more and I think with the best 12th man in football we can advance, providing we dispatch Pitt. We must have a competent spy on Mahomes. He’s running more lately and wrecking games. Finally, our tackling, which has been better during the win streak, must be physically imposing. Their backs have been running hard and controlling games especially in cold weather conditions. Miami was so poor tackling that it looked like they wanted to get back to the Hotel early.

 

[Thrivefourfive]

3 hours ago, BigDingus said:

At this point, I think it's a confidence/mental thing.

 

The Bills have the template. Hell, they might've created it. They're 3-1 in their last 4 match ups, all in Arrowhead, with the only blowout being in favor of the Bills.

 

So they know they CAN beat the Chiefs. But is the moment too big? Is the anticipation & pressure too much?

 

Now you've got another opportunity, with the entire season building towards this moment. Will it be too much for the Bills? Will it be too much for Allen? At home, in front of tens of thousands of screaming Bills fans placing their hopes & decades of emotional baggage on you, can they overcome the 2 x champs or shrink in the moment?

 

Or will you be caught looking ahead & lose to the Steelers before even getting the chance? Tune in tomorrow & find out!

God I hope nothings too big for Allen at this point in his career. But I understand. Losing to the Chiefs at home in the playoffs cannot be a baby steps. We don’t with baby steps. No. More. Baby. Steps. Please. 

[ChrisWatson#21]

6 hours ago, Riverboat Ritchie said:

Lets get pass Pitt.  Great story so far this year but we have played so inconsistent and down to opponents that nothing is a given tomorrow. Glad the changed the date. Start strong and make Rudolph throw and I think we will be OK. Go Bills. 

Man I understand the concern but outside of a Josh Allen injury if they lose to the Steelers tomorrow I will just give up watching football and find another sport to follow or get a hobbie seriously.  

[Mikie2times]

We are so similar to KC this year. We both enter as dominate offenses with elite QB's. Both offenses struggled and both QB's played a little more inconsistent than they probably would like. WR's struggled to get open. Both teams leaned more on the run game. Defenses for both are playing well. Again, for both it seems like first to 21 wins. 

 

The question in my mind is who has gotten better since our last dead heat match up? I don't think we will be able to take advantage of Cook in the passing game like last time. Rice is becoming more consistent for them. Mahomes is with Brady and Montana as far as the NFL's best playoff performers. Throw the regular season game out. I don't know how this is anything but a dead heat.

 

I have been hard on McD's playoff performance stating that we need to win an AFC championship to really change my feelings. But if we do get a shot at KC and we win, I would say this year would meet the definition of "success". I would think a win here would be considered the best of the Allen / McD era. 

 

Go Bills!  

 

 

[Big Blitz]

Lock this thread up till we take care of business!!!

[Mikie2times]

3 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

Lock this thread up till we take care of business!!!

If the team looks ahead the should be shot. We are just fans. How do we stack up against the 49ers? 😀

[Let's Go Buffalo]

12th Man!