Game week thread - Chiefs at Bills

[TheyCallMeAndy]

1 minute ago, Taro Nimbus said:

I expect this board to go nuclear if the Bills lose this game.    I had this as a loss coming into the season.   Chiefs are just too good right now.  If the Bills are gonna win, they need to force turnovers and capitalize off them.  

I think both team's strategies the last few years is go vanilla in the regular season during this matchup. 

[WNYFAN1]

25 minutes ago, boyst said:

The entire remaining schedule is bonkers. 

 

At work we went through all of the games remaining and predicted winners and losers. In many scenarios the broncos & Colts had a good chance at the one or two seed. The top of the AFC is tough, the bottom not so much. 

 

Where teams like the Patriots have the fourth place schedule remaining they have a couple tough games against the buccaneers, the bills, and I even count the Falcons as a tough game.  The Ravens are a x Factor. Another loss or two and I can see them checked out by week 16 when I face the Patriots.

 

The Chiefs have us, the Broncos twice, the chargers,colts, steelers. That's at least two more losses snuck in there, without the factor of that weird raiders lost they always seem to endure. 

 

The Chiefs in third place in their division have a harder row to hoe.

 

The Steelers have the colts, lions, us, and Ravens twice.  They got 3 more losses 

 

Chargers: Steelers, jags, Chiefs, eagles, broncos.

 

Broncos: Packers and Chiefs twice 

 

I fully expect the playoffs to be 1 2 3 with the colts, broncos, Steelers... And no particular order. Whoever wins the AFC East before, it depends if the Patriots beat still in the match. 

 

At this point I would say the Bills and Chiefs are wild card with whoever else squeaks in, at this point the Ravens. 

Agree with most of this, but definitely not the Falcons as a "tough game". Now who knows, week to week, but that Atlanta loss is looking worse all the time...

[Scott7975]

12 hours ago, DaVinci said:

This will be a classic Mclappy game where we pound the rock as KC lobs TD after TD through the air. As the clock winds down we watch are feckless passing game stumble to the finish line .

 

Thats what people don't understand. The small ball offense may use clock, but when the other team scores consistently it doesn't matter how much clock we use. Small ball offense will get stopped with 1 mistake. We can't keep relying on running and 2 yard passes all game every game. I don't care how good Cook is. If they want to stop them then he is going to get stopped.

[Ayjent]

Is the Bills D better w/o Bernard and Milano out there?  It felt like it.

[boyst]

15 minutes ago, WNYFAN1 said:

Agree with most of this, but definitely not the Falcons as a "tough game". Now who knows, week to week, but that Atlanta loss is looking worse all the time...

The falcons defense matches up to be strong against the patriots. Fast, light, smart. 

 

Much like I think we match up well to Phili - and win - I think Atlanta has a matchup advantage 

[bills742]

 

[strive_for_five_guy]

24 minutes ago, Ayjent said:

Is the Bills D better w/o Bernard and Milano out there?  It felt like it.

It’s better when we have Hoecht and Ogunjobi lining up on the line rather than practice squad level players, along with Hairston at CB and anyone but an injured Rapp at safety.  Not to mention McD calling the plays.

Edited 2 hours ago by strive_for_five_guy

[beebe]

No Pacheco is a real problem for the Chiefs. Kareem has been short yardage only with very limited explosiveness. Kareem's snap share has been about 30% the last month plus. Brashard Smith, the rookie, is not trusted as a pass protector yet. 

[BVBILLS]

Commanders showed how to move the ball on the Chefs defense. Didn't like the designed QB runs, they aren't really effective.

 

The Bills need to be less predicable on defense, if possible. When the game announcer is pointing that out over and over, that's no good.

[Negan]

No Pacheco this week most likely.

 

Mostly.

[BuffaloBillyG]

 

[boyst]

7 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

 

We are gonna make Breshard Smith look like a HOF.lol

[Johnnycage46]

19 minutes ago, Negan said:

No Pacheco this week most likely.

 

Mostly.

 

[beebe]

54 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

I think both team's strategies the last few years is go vanilla in the regular season during this matchup. 

 

i could not disagree more with this. there's pretty clear evidence that andy saves "the good plays" for bigger matchups. last year, in weeks leading up to bills game, the chiefs looked borderline disinterested, play calling was not inventive, and the offense looked sluggish. 

 

against the bills, the chiefs came out with clear intent to target worthy a lot (pretty much the first time all year) and dialed up some gems for him in the first half. one first-half scoring drive was almost entirely worthy (through the air and on the ground.) 

 

in the end, kc's offense stalled out (largely due to terrible OL play) but they gave max effort and simply got beat. these teams know each other so well at this point, elite chess match both ways. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

4 minutes ago, boyst said:

We are gonna make Breshard Smith look like a HOF.lol

Hunt is going to be the beneficiary I believe. 

[Blackbeard]

Theyll rest Pacheco thru bye imo.

 

We need every advantage we can get here, although I think we win this one.

 

 

[billsherd]

35 minutes ago, bills742 said:

 

This should help making them one dimensional on O. Hope we come up with a good plan on D. 

[ALLinALLEN]

As a Pacheco fantasy owner I can confirm him being out is actually bad for Buffalo. He's been running into his OL for 2 yards every play.

[90sBills]

5 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Hunt is going to be the beneficiary I believe. 

Hunt is great for picking up the short yardage stuffs. I don’t think he has the stamina to be featured at this age. That rookie Smith might get more looks. 
 

Expect a lot of screens and short routes that would augment the run game.

[Johnnycage46]

1 hour ago, Scott7975 said:

 

Thats what people don't understand. The small ball offense may use clock, but when the other team scores consistently it doesn't matter how much clock we use. Small ball offense will get stopped with 1 mistake. We can't keep relying on running and 2 yard passes all game every game. I don't care how good Cook is. If they want to stop them then he is going to get stopped.

 

I mean, I would assume Carolina wanted to stop him...

 

Every defense wants to stop plays, doesn't mean it's automatic just because it is the focus of the defense.