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What’s different this year is that his tackles aren’t good and limited mobility is a much bigger deal when the edges are unpredictably vulnerable… unless the refs swallow whistles on holding (which is entirely possible). They’d be silly to play him too early and jeopardize his availability in the playoffs. The thing is I’m not sure they’ll sit him if he wants to play. I think Houston is a tough matchup for KC even with Mahomes 100% and I think it closes the gap for Bills to get no. 1 seed if Bills take care of business. I don’t think the Steelers are good enough to beat KC with or without Mahomes, but Denver could. Denver is likely playing for seeding because the AFC field looks almost set with colts and fins losing today (and those two teams don’t deserve a playoff spot) so it may come down to the game meaning more to KC than Denver.

Can he play man to man?

He's not a very good coach in close games in crunch time. Aside from that he is a very good coach. Problem is that will give you what you've seen for his a tenure, a perennial playoff team that doesn't bring home the trophy. It's not that they can't, but this was another exhibit of how the team had no counters and no answers on D to a team imposing its will followed by some questionable coaching where every decision had to be the right decision based on the circumstances. I like McDermott but that was a poor showing yesterday. The Rams played really well on Offense, but D had to take way more chances and it was clear that they didn't think they had to.

And two plays where you might have a defensive penalty give the Rams a 1st down.

Yeah its all useless speculation, but I'm kinda glad Brady put it on the coaches like he did. They earned all of that negative narrative.

I think McVay probably would have run all three times, he knows the clock is on his side and he knows there are a lot more things that can go wrong with a pass attempt than a run. It doesn't matter because the timeout was called that made it easy to just run out the clock.

When your team plays so god awful in some aspects it magnifies everything that goes wrong. Could the false start on 4th and 5 have been called on Rams? Yes. Should the PI call on the Rams for tugging on Cooper that was picked up have stood? Absolutely. But..... The Bills coaching was just stubborn and stupid to make those plays matter: I can't stand Brady's voice but he called the coaching out where it was totally blowing it. They kept on playing zone that the Rams were just destroying, and then the end of game sequence was inexcusable.

You just simply don't call a time out at the goal line there no matter what, even if Josh doesn't get in. You have control of getting to the line and getting set to run another play and save your TOs to have more time to stop the Rams from running clock if you don't get the Onsides kick. It's not that they ran and didn't make it. Its that they called the TO at all. That is coaching 101.

She's smart to play a bunch of dumb asses into a millionaire lifestyle. Maybe not what most of us find attractive or ethical, but being rich and ethical arent usually synonymous.

For all the talk about the Bears turning the corner with a young foundation they should be showing signs of improving as this season progresses. They seem like a team that just isnt all that good on either side of the ball.

Not to beat up on Edmunds but he has been completely wiped out of every run on this drive and if the Lions do this all game it’ll be an easy afternoon

“I’ve gotcha, the Dougs are on speed dial.”

We are going to be hoping for the Browns to finish 9-8 and it’s not inconceivable that would get them into the playoffs. I doubt it will happen but I can see them as a spoiler in a good number of those games. It’s pretty clear that the Browns and Steelers really don’t like each other, and the Browns match up well with the dirty ass Ravens. And who doesn’t love a Jameis interview where you are left to contemplate what just happened and your sobriety.

Having Milano, Williams and Bernard is a great thing and will give them a way to add wrinkles if they are so inclined including traditional 4-3 and a capable backup. It may be the key to better handling a good running team too.

The Bills are a fun team to watch and I’m not sure that any team matches up with KC better than the Bills. I would have loved to be at the game, because I’m guessing that was a pumped up crowd. The last time I went to a game that big may have been when the Bills beat the Dolphins for the AFC East title in 1990. I know it wasn’t tear the goal posts down type of game but all bets are off for the goalposts staying up if that’s the same outcome in AFC CG.