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Allen is literally the most valuable player in the league but that's not what the MVP award is for. Yes as stupid as that sounds. It's more of a season achievement award for the QB of a top seed. I think if New England goes 3-1 to end the season Maye will get it. If they go 2-2 it will go to Stafford. Slight chance of Jordan Love getting it over Stafford if the Packers finish with the #1 seed. Anyone other than those three I'd give 100:1 odds at this point. For Allen to get it we'd have to win out and have everything else happen just right for us to end as the #1 seed.

I'll be honest, the schedule argument really doesn't do it for me. Ripping off 10 wins in a row is incredibly impressive no matter who you play during the run. It's not like the Pats have a ton of talent across their roster either. They are winning these games with elite coaching and fundamentals, and damn good QB play to boot. The Bills have never been the #1 seed because they've failed to ever have a run like that and they find a way to lose to a couple clearly inferior opponents every year. So it's a bit rich to act like it is some hollow feat when we haven't done it once in six seasons with an all-time QB in his prime. By the way I think we are a clearly better team than New England and I expect us to win this week, I just can't bring myself to downplay what Vrabel has them doing this year. It's an amazing stretch of games for a young team, full stop.

Burrow is just injury prone. He takes normal NFL hits and misses half the season. If he was in Allen's place against Houston he would have left the stadium in a body bag. Being able to throw to an elite WR tandem means he can almost always hit the top of his drop and get the ball out immediately which more than cancels out whatever pass protection issues they have. I mean Joe Flacco has the mobility of the Tin Man and had the Bengals averaging 29 PPG in his games so I'm not going to buy that the OL is some fatal flaw for that team.

Mathematically no, practically yes. Really any loss the rest of the year and they are done. I ran a scenario where LA and Indy both lose out but KC loses to Denver, KC misses in that scenario.

Nah. Chargers are not going to win 3 more games after this one. They are toast with the OL injuries and Herbert playing hurt. Luckily we really only need them to win 1 more to keep KC out... Beating KC or Denver (in week 18 when they might be resting starters) will do it.

Haha that's unbelievable. Making a quick pit stop at Chiefs Planet, say a little prayer for me

Chargers are the most hilarious franchise. They just always find a way to lose

I usually have a good feel for 4th down decisions but I have no clue on this one

Yeah it actually depends. If LA loses to Denver as one of their losses then KC gets in over them at 10-7. Couldn't tell you why but that's what the playoff machine says.

I was wrong. A tie is as good as a win for LA. If they tie or win this game they need to win 2 more games and they keep KC out no matter what, even if KC beats them.

A tie kind of helps KC too I think. LA needs to get to 10 wins.

They're not just playing for the FG... are they?

Don't get me wrong McConkey is a good player but your WR room is in really rough shape when a short slot WR is the best you have. Chargers can't block the edges and can't get open outside and as a result their offense looks totally non-functional.

Wow that's two big drops for AJ Brown in this one

They should have let him score a TD. Now they will kick a FG as the clock runs out