My man, he has made it as far as McD has since 2016 and he doesn't have Josh Allen. Please don't compare aging Ben to Josh. McD has one divisional win in his career. Tomlin has 2 AFC championships, 3 division wins, and a Super Bowl.
Ben missed all of 2019 and was 38 and 39 in 2020 and 2021 and a shell of himself. So you want to review the 2016-2020? He lost to Tom Brady in a AFC Championship game. I don't know what your point is here.
We are so similar to KC this year. We both enter as dominate offenses with elite QB's. Both offenses struggled and both QB's played a little more inconsistent than they probably would like. WR's struggled to get open. Both teams leaned more on the run game. Defenses for both are playing well. Again, for both it seems like first to 21 wins.
The question in my mind is who has gotten better since our last dead heat match up? I don't think we will be able to take advantage of Cook in the passing game like last time. Rice is becoming more consistent for them. Mahomes is with Brady and Montana as far as the NFL's best playoff performers. Throw the regular season game out. I don't know how this is anything but a dead heat.
I have been hard on McD's playoff performance stating that we need to win an AFC championship to really change my feelings. But if we do get a shot at KC and we win, I would say this year would meet the definition of "success". I would think a win here would be considered the best of the Allen / McD era.
Go Bills!