sven233

Just a few thoughts on this game. 1. You want to beat the Ravens? Score a couple of TDs on them early while getting 2 or 3 stops on defense. This gets Henry off the field and all of a sudden the 2x MVP has to do it by himself and he just can't. Their offense literally runs through Henry and he is the key to their success on offense. If they are one dimensional and you have no fear of a freight train running over you on every play, they are much easier to defend. And, while they have a ton of talent on defense, for whatever reason, it is not coming together for them yet. 2. The Chiefs are far from dead. In fact, when Rice comes back and they can put him out there with Worthy, Brown, and Thorton, I am not sure there will be a better overall WR corps in the league. 3. Mahomes is good. Really good. Not sure he is as good as the glazing he gets week in and week out, but he's good, especially when he has a full compliment of weapons. He may not be Allen that can make it work with a bunch of nobodies, but with the talent and speed they will be able to put out there when Rice comes back is going to be tough to handle. 4. Probably the most frustrating part of all of this is that they have Spags calling that defense. And with Jones in the middle of it, their defense is the reason that team has been as successful as they have. It doesn't matter how good their offense is a lot of the time because their defense is always dominant when they need it the most. Can we offer him like $20 mill this week to come run our defense? Anyway, it is what it is. It's a long season and so much can happen injury-wise to change things drastically. But I would suspect these are still the 2 teams we will have to get through to have a chance to win a Super Bowl.

It's good to win. Of course it is and it's all that ultimately matters. But I am hoping one of these weeks we put it together on both sides of the ball from start to finish. Anyway....time to go watch the Chiefs and Ravens hopefully beat the crap out of each other for 60+ minutes....

Honestly, the players came through overall. There were ups and downs for all of them, but in the end, they made the plays that mattered. Allen, Shakir, Cook, all did their jobs. While the run defense was pitiful, they finally got the pass rush going the last 2 drives. We need to get Ed healthy ASAP. Bosa had an OK game overall, but man.....he showed he can be the difference maker we need in crunch time with the pass rushes he had down the stretch. I will have to watch the tape to see how he played most of the game, but Bishop made a game changing play at the end of the half. And, here's my weekly shout out to Hawes. What a difference maker he is for this offense. Does all the dirty things well and is serviceable enough in the pass game to make a big play every week. Love watching that kid block, though. The down? Easy.... the coaching staff. McDermott and both coordinators had a tough day I think. Yes, we scored 30 again. I get that. But man, some of the play calls on offense in the middle of that game were head-scratching. And the defense was shredded all day except for the last drive and a half. And finally, the offensive line I thought had their worst game of the season so far. Allen was constantly pressured. They opened up a couple nice holes for Cook, but Cook made them look better than they were today. We missed Brown badly.

Bosa with the strip sack with a nice clean up by AJ to end it. Took all game to get a pass rush, but man, they got it going the last couple drives. Not the game we expected, but still won by double digits. Crazy. Just wish they could put it all together from start to finish for once. Not sure this performance beats NE. Going to have to be much better.

Finally some good pressure the last couple drives.....

Johnston is one tough dude....I'll give him that. If he can kick next week, I will let him stick around just to reward the toughness. As for the FG..... Think I may have tried to end it right there, but I understand why they kicked.

Josh rollout..... He tosses or keeps it... Let him make the choice.

Just call Zach Davidson...... He can fill in at punter for a while.

MAKE THEM PAY!!!!

That was a terrible cheap shot there. We may have been looking for a new punter anyway, but we might definitely be looking for one now. That looked terrible.

Horrendous series for the O-Line. Just terrible. And they had the play action on second down..... Ugh. It's never easy.

Don't get too conservative. Play to win here!

Huge 4th down stop to say the least.... Come on, offense. Go put this one away.

Bosa makes a play..... NEED MORE!

Another game with virtually no pass rush....

I get that they want to play ball control offense and get everyone involved. That's all well and good when it's working. But this is the drive they should have called several drives ago. You have the best player on the planet. When you are struggling to get things going, just let him loose! Sometimes they just neuter him and it makes no sense.

Come on defense..... Just 1 stop here should do it.

MVP baby

Please let Josh be Josh on this drive....

What an awful play call. You have JOSH FREAKING ALLEN. The ball needs to be in his hands there. The call to go for it was great. The actual play call was trash.

McDermott calling a TO on a 2 point play..... Insane.

Our DBs weren't even looking at the LOS when the ball was snapped.

Said it in the first half thread and I will say it now. This defense blows.

Nice drive. Much needed. A quick 3 and out here with another score puts this one away. It's a lot to ask the way this one has gone so far, but they have a chance to really take control here.

Finally got a play action on first down after an explosive run..... And guess what? It worked. Do it more.