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Hahahaha Rodgers missed a wide open Garrett Wilson for a TD, then threw a horrid pick six. Maybe Laviska Shenault can try and hold onto the ball from here on out and the Jets will slowly die.

Houston's offense is a mess right now. Poor pass protection, Stroud is staring at the rush or making throws late.

Trevor Lawrence looking more like a bust than a player they just paid $275 million...

This IS Pickens with discipline. Just like Antonio Brown under Mike Tomlin. I suspect when Pickens eventually leaves Pittsburgh he will have a similarly pathetic life.

My god George Pickens is the dumbest player in the NFL. Basically just erased his own big completion with a stupid penalty.

He air mails way too many throws for a "generational prospect"

It was the same way they closed out the AFCCG against the Ravens last season 🤷‍♂️. This time Mahomes missed the pass. It happens. They knew they could punt and stop the Raiders from getting into FG range considering how bad Carlson had been all day. Against a better offense they probably would have just gone for it on 4th and 2.

That's what is different about the Chiefs now - because neither their offense nor their defense are performing at an elite level they are not going to blow teams out. Out of their 11 wins only 2 have been by more than one score. So I understand why the common belief now is that they aren't championship caliber. Because for 55 minutes they look ordinary. The thing with them is that one phase of the ball, some player or two, is always going to step up in the last 5 minutes. Or the coaching staff is going to make the exact right decision for the game that they are in. Yesterday is a great example - they've watched the Raiders miss three kicks of 50+ yards. So they play the odds. Instead of going for it on 4th and 2, they dare the Raiders and their joke of a QB and their joke of a coach to execute a long drive to get within a manageable kicking distance. They put all of the pressure on their opponent knowing they are almost certain to come out on top. In a different game script against a different opponent, they would have made different decisions to win the game. They don't care what happens for the first 55 minutes. They don't expect to dominate their opponent, they expect to win and they always do. Josh Allen is the only person in the NFL that's managed to beat them at their own game this year. I suspect he is the only one that can.

They've got a hold of everyone. Their supposed drop off is dominating the national conversation right now. Everybody across the NFL is whistling past the graveyard not understanding who this team is and how they win. I've come fully around to the idea that in the NFL the quality of your opponent doesn't matter nearly as much as people say. Panthers, Raiders, it doesn't matter. Every team is going to give you its best shot and you have to find a way to overcome them. The game script could veer off in weird and unexpected directions, and you have to adjust on the fly and find a way to win within that game script. The team that can do that at a near perfect level is in my mind vastly superior to a team that is more talented on paper but can only win 50% of one score games. Turning coin flips into sure victories is the ultimate superpower in the NFL. The Chiefs have been great at that for a while now but since the playoffs last year they've perfected the art. All the other talk about the "quality" of their wins is just fluff.

Every playoff game is a dogfight and there are no easy wins. If anyone hasn't figured it out yet, this is why the Chiefs are an elite team this year. For 55 minutes they play like maybe the 12th best team in football. And then for 5 minutes they're far and away the best. Their goal in every game is to get to that 5 minutes either leading or within one score, and then it's a sure win. It doesn't matter if their opponent is the worst team in the league or the Super Bowl runner up - that is how all of their games have gone since the playoffs last year. In that time they are 12-0 in one score games and only the Bills have beaten them. When we beat them in the playoffs it will be even sweeter because we'll have beaten an all time team with a one of a kind ability.

I have the opposite mindset actually. Our win over the Chiefs this year was our most impressive regular season win in the Allen era. Allen did to them what the Chiefs usually do to everyone else, which is miraculously pull out a win while facing certain defeat. I guess if they're just a mediocre lucky team we have to discount that win and that play. I don't. No defense mechanisms here. I believe we are the only team that has what it takes to stop them from three-peating.

Lucky? Going back to the playoffs last year they've won 12 one score games. Assuming a 50% chance of victory in each one, that's a 1 in 4,096 chance if it's based on pure luck. And it isn't just the dregs of the league they're doing this to. In that time they've done it to the Bills, the Ravens (twice), the 49ers, the Bengals, the Broncos... The result is the result. Chiefs find a way to win these games no matter the quality of their opponent. I don't see any of their remaining opponents this year getting up by two scores with 2 minutes to go which is why I'm predicting 16-1. We're the only team (with the only player) that's shown the ability to do what needs to be done in crunch time to beat them.

The Chiefs are 9-0 in one score games this year. What would you call that?

The good news is the debate will resolve itself over the next few weeks. My prediction is 16-1, and then either we beat them or they win the Super Bowl. My prediction is that everyone will think they're a lesser team because they barely beat the worst teams in the league, but they'll beat all of their opponents from here on out in the exact same manner no matter the quality of the opponent. I truly hope that I'm wrong of course.

For sure. Part of it is that the level of competition is lower now than it was in the Pats dynasty years.

Record is all that matters. The rest is fluff for talking heads. Everyone said the Bills would be worse off this year because they let talented players go. Turns out we have our best record in decades instead. Football is about much more than talent. The more the Chiefs win one score games, the better they become at doing so. It's the ultimate superpower in a league that is mostly about winning one score games. This year they've finally perfected the art. They let the game come to them, make sure it's a one score game near the end, and from there it's a guaranteed win. A top WR and top LT combined isn't worth as much as that superpower when it comes to the win column.

Better IMO. The Pats went 10 years without a Super Bowl win during their run. The Chiefs won't go that long. This year I think we have a better chance to beat them than we will again for a long time. Hopefully we capitalize on it.

Meh the Ravens and 49ers had more talent than them last year. It doesn't matter. FWIW I believe the Bills can beat them in the playoffs this year. In fact I believe we're the only team that can, in either conference. We've shown the right DNA this year to meet them at their level in those critical moments at the end where the Chiefs usually beat everybody.

You beat them by being up two scores at the 2 minute warning. Anything else is just a tease for the inevitable outcome.

The Chiefs don't need to take risks to win these games. They trust their defense, or when all else fails their special teams. Why wouldn't they? Someone is going to step up and make the play, or the other team will wilt under the pressure.

I'm just shocked so many people actually believe this. I fell for it briefly during the Chargers game when Rashee Rice had clearly suffered a season ending injury while the Chiefs were trailing. Stupid me. It won't happen again.

Nah they're a better team right now than they were last year. I know it makes no sense given the injuries. No true #1 WR, no LT, no #2 CB, a replacement level kicker. It doesn't matter. They are the ultimate "find a way" team. You aren't going to find it in any of the data. But it is right there in the win/loss record. One team managed to overcome them because one player did to them what they usually do to everyone else. Only one player in the entire league is capable of stopping 19-1 and the first ever three-peat.

Mahomes has never been the only reason they win like this. This year more than ever. Of course some weeks he's the reason, like last week. Everybody on the roster takes a turn. And sometimes the other team just screws it up on their own because they're intimidated by the aura.

So when they lost to this same team on Christmas last year, which ended a streak where they lost 5 games in 8, what did that mean in the end? It will be easier for everybody if you accept that they are going to win every single game exactly like this all the way to holding the Lombardi, unless one player stops them.