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That doesn't help us beat Mahomes and the chiefs. I dont care at all about losing upset games to ***** teams early in the season. I care about being able to compete in january. You have to win enough to get there, but that's pretty much it. With there only being a single buy now, that's not the most achieveable goal, and maybe you shouldn't even want it. There's a new chance every year. Allen may not play 2 perfect games again next year, and hopefully he doesn't have to.

Again, that's faulting Mahomes for opportunities he didn't need because his team played better. Outside of hurdling guys, Mahomes can do everything that Allen does and has when he's needed to. He's had the best start to a career in NFL history. Brady dinked and dunked his way to a handful of Super Bowls early in his career, because he didn't need to do anything else. We saw later that he could also drop 50 TDs on a season by airing it out to Moss, Gronk, Hernandez and Welker when the situation called for that too. At this point, it's not even really worth it to discuss who is better in a vacuum. They're both great, but Mahomes is undeniably more successful, and it's going to take significant changes to flip that because of how hard it is to get better when you're already at the top

This is everything. So much focus has been put on being good in every phase of the game (and rightfully so) to get us to where we are. In order to take the next step, we need to have the big play potential on the defensive side of the ball. When you play elite offenses like KC that will give as good as they get. It doesn't really matter what your YPA or point differential is over the course of a year. They are going to score. If you can stop them when it matters - that's what determines the game. Situational football becomes so much more important.

Maybe someday they'll give out MVP awards, championships and wins for the player that looked better according to that team's fans, but until then it comes down to actual performance. Mahomes played mistake-free football and came up just as big as Allen did when he had to in coming from behind twice, and driving the field in OT to win the game. He even outgained Allen in the air and on the ground, though I fully believe Allen would have pulled even had he gotten another drive. That sidearm throw under Rousseau was one of the sickest throws I've ever seen. The escapability that Mahomes had all night long from the pocket was amazing. We had no answer for him, and they had no answer for Allen. The situations our team found themselves in required Allen to display more heroics, but Mahomes did every time he was needed. His team just asked him to do it less.

But that's not what happened. They both played equally flawless football. Given that Mahomes has been doing it 4 straight years and has made it to the AFCCG every year, tie goes to the runner.

Bills fans are the worst. These two are the best there are in football.

That absolutely will not happen and should not happen. It would be a super weak move. Have you ever watched sports? They'll say the same trite things all coaches say: "We need to be better, and that starts with me", "We believe in our team", "We need to execute", "The goal is to win a championship", "Getting ready for the draft", etc. Their job is to NOT give soundbites.

So, Chiefs score, we score, Chiefs score Bills still lose Bills Fans : "cHaNgE tHe rULeS!"

TJ Watt was the 30th pick in the draft. Keep trying until you get a guy.

more pressure on the QB makes your secondary better. We had lots of good secondary play yesterday, but Mahomes had enough time to find an open guy. If Bruce Smith or even Mario Williams is on this team, it's probably a different outcome. There definitely isn't a Smith available, and there probably isn't a player near Mario's level either, but I think you have to try to find one, or create it through innovative scheme.

Yea, but he's only 23.

Increase pressure on the quarterback.

Wanting Super Bowls is not unrealistic - expecting them is. Andy Reid is going to the Hall of Fame and it took him 20 years to win one. It took Bill Cowher 14. The list goes on and on and on. It even took Bill Belichick 6. Expecting to win something that only one of 32 teams can is preposterous. You can expect to be in a position to compete for one, but to expect to win not just one, but plural is insulting to the level of competition the league offers. We will probably get one at some point with Allen and co, and maybe several but it won't be on-demand. The league MVP is going home without a title this year - I bet their fan base is upset. The greatest QB to ever play the game is also going home without a title this year - I bet he's upset too. I bet both of those players have enough respect for how hard it is to win it all that they don't just expect to win because they're great. They know it takes more than that.

How could I not be?

You shouldn't. That's a ridiculous expectation.

And if the Chiefs lost, would you say everyone let Mahomes down? As focused as we are on how perfectly Allen played, Mahomes played every bit as well. This loss sucks, but that doesn't mean you have to find someone to blame.

No, because in the end they're more talented. Mahomes has now taken his team to the AFC championship all 4 years he's played. He'll likely go to the SB making that 3/4. We played on their level today, but we couldn't stop them when we needed to. This team overachieved today against a team that played flawless football. Maybe we'll be the team to beat down the road, but they're #1 until proven otherwise.

You better learn to live with it, because it's probably all you're going to get. We had a great season and played the best team in the league to the final whistle. Outside of winning, there's nothing more that you can ask for. What do you think they'd be saying if they were on the receiving end? Neither team deserved to lose today, but someone had to.

If McD gives you the results we have had over the last 2 years, I keep him until he retires. Yea, he made an error, so did both coordinators and the defense made plenty. Just one of them needed to make a play to turn this into a win and they didn't. There were absolutely scheme problems, but the players had a chance to win it and they didn't. Truthfully, we may never be better than the Chiefs over the long haul and may have to get used to being on the losing end of the rivalry. They're a perfect team with a perfect quarterback. We're both going to be in cap hell in a couple of years because of our QBs, but I think we'll have our shots over the next 10 years or so. I really don't see a future where they're chasing us though, as long as Mahomes stays healthy and their organization keeps the same philosophy. If that's as good as it gets for us, I'm ok with that. I think we can get a ring or two with this group if we have the right kind of year. The last couple of weeks covered up a season that really didn't go according to plan. We played poorly a lot and often looked like a team that regressed from last year. The Chiefs started poorly but went 9-1 in their last 10 while we went 6-4. Our defensive strategy needs a shakeup, and we need to find some playmakers on the d-line to help out the secondary in games like this. There were so many times we almost had Mahomes today, but then he just walked on water and saved the day. As long as we let him play perfect football, he will. It's not that different from playing against Brady all these years, except he's far more athletically gifted.

But it wasn't an apocalypse when coaches do it? What about when players leave for the draft?

Unfortunately, Beane gave out maybe his worst contract as a GM to Star. Cutting him saves just $2m against a $9M cap. If my understanding of how the cap works is correct, our best hope is that Star retires, which would save us $4m against the cap.

He's the kind of guy a team with needs and cap issues needs to let walk. He's been hanging around the bottom of the roster most of his career. Nice guy, but we should be able to do better for cheaper.

100%. Singletary/Moss are close enough in ability despite different styles that I don't think we benefit that much by activating the two of them at Breida's expense. Neither one is a starting caliber player, IMO.

I would say that honor easily goes to London Fletcher. he isn't even the best pass coverage LB on the team now. Traditionally, MLB has been a more physical player unless you had one of the greats (and even that's kind of a late 90's to present thing. It's little surprise we've had few athletic players at the position. Edmunds is completely expendable IMO and I'd like to see us target a replacement high in next year's draft.

It's a bigger deal than it's ever been with only 1 bye now. It's the biggest negative side effect of expanding the playoffs imo.