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Is there a way to bet on Ben Johnson coaching the Bears and Caleb next year?

15-1 is proof positive that most other coaches have no answer. Folks are so fired up that we aren’t the best team in the NFL by a wide margin they don’t even know what we have or haven’t done lol

Uh, yeah? Lol

There is a football axiom I followed for a good 15 years. “You don’t make money betting against the Patriots or Alabama.” That has changed. It’s now, “you don’t make money betting against the Chiefs.”

It’s never gonna happen often. that’s the “still mad we aren’t the dynasty”‘thing

Wishing for a coach that doesn’t exist that’s going to outcoach every other coach in the NFL isn’t a plan lol. what you seem to not understand with the historical context is that during the Pats dynasty, a couple of other coaches and QB’s DID win a Super Bowl. Some of them were long-tenured coaches who had never won or demonstrated that they could until….they did. Harbaugh lost to the Steelers twice, the Colts, the Pats in his first 5 years. Then he beat everyone and won the Super Bowl.

It's only a choice if you think if there is no chance of glory with our current HC. Obviously, lots of folks feel differently lol.

I’m not saying that McDermott has coached particularly well vs Reid in the playoffs. That’s why I don’t care. Just like the Chargers or Steelers or Ravens or Colts coaches didn’t always coach particularly well against the Pats and Brady.

What HC’s are “dynamic?”

It’s 15-1!!!!

We should line up 6 WR’s, 2 TE’s and 2 RB’s. The 11 guys playing defense can’t cover of all them

You said nothing of what sort? That you "know" we can be better? (talk about an oxymoron) Are you even reading my posts lol. I gotta be honest, continually calling me a "loser" does it make it tough to have a civil conversation. See you back in 15 years when we all agree Josh was great but Mahomes just a little bit more great and the better QB/coach won a lot more because the better QB/coach always wins a lot more as a fact of life in NFL lore. Not a lot of dynasties with lesser QBs and lesser coaches but hey. After Josh stopped giving the football away, we scored two quick TD's and never trailed again.

So kinda like how the Bills stopped turning it over, scored two quick TD’s and ended the game? lol

I think it’s BOTH. I think Mahomes is better than Allen. I think Reid is a lot better than McD. But I think Reid is a lot better than the field in the AFC in general. that’s the thing. I also think BB was a much better coach than Harbaugh or Cowher or Tomlin or Dungy or Caldwell or Kubiak. What I DON’T think is true is that if anyone of those guys got fired in the middle of their QB’s prime, they would have supplanted the Pats dynasty. Won a single game in a single year because of a difference in strategy and shot in the arm? Sure absolutely. Outcoached BB over the course of 10-15 years? Never ever. It’s why I completely agree that firing McD and bringing in a different dude could be a viable strategy to get a single SB. I also think that a lot of those coaches got at least a single ring eventually anyway without being fired because of the fatal flaw that they couldn’t match the best QB/coach in football year after year. I think I had more interest in BB when he got fired than a lot of folks did because if you are actually looking to guarantee to close that gap in coaching for more than a single instance, your best bet would be to hire BB and hope he remains non-senile. Are we not a worthy competitor to the Chiefs? I believe that we have one of the best records against them in the regular season in the last 4 years, right? You could argue the Bengals have a stronger case because of that singular playoff win. But again, that’s one game. i think if you polled NFL fans or media of who has been the biggest rival to the Chiefs in the AFC, the Bills are right up there. The Colts and Pats were a rivalry for much of their QB’s careers when the hardware was very one-sided. Yes, it was. Reid clearly didn’t have the offense ready to play, right? Lol wishing does not make it true. I admire your optimism. I hope you are right. Just like Colts fans hoped they were right and Brady was just lucky and eventually everyone would realize Peyton was far better all along. History doesn’t care lol.

I’ve realized that hyperfixating on one drive in a playoff game we won may have been a silly argument: The Post

It wasn’t actually inconceivable lmao. It’s football bro. Some crappy QB having a single good drive happens literally all the time. EJ won his first start with the best drive of his career. In fact, the Chiefs opened that playoff year trailing the hapless 9-8-1 Steelers 7-0 until 5 minutes left in the second quarter. Sure, they ended up winning but maybe they should have forfeited and maybe we would be Super Bowl champs by now.

Well it happened. Still counts in the W column. Color me shocked that a single drive in a single playoff game that we won has not swayed me to write off our HC lol.

I’m not saying the team should lay down. this may shock you, but I don’t play for or coach the Bills. My thoughts and what the Bills think are two separate entities. I don’t think the Bills should say, “Aw shucks they are just too good” lol. I think Mahomes and Reid are the best coach and QB in the AFC. Do you know why? Because the last AFC QB to win a ring since Mahomes started playing was Tom Brady in 2018. Because Mahomes is, you guessed it, 15-1 in the playoffs against QB’s that aren’t the undisputed best QB in NFL history. Like I said, all this hand-wringing stems from you all wishing we were the next dynasty. We aren’t. You all think if the chips fell differently, Mahomes would be ringless and Allen would’ve been to 4 SB’s and won 3 of them by now. I don’t. Just like Colts fans thought Brady wasn’t better than Peyton and it was all twists of fate that he won a couple before Peyton got there ONCE. Where are all the Colts fans that think Peyton was better than Brady now? They have passed like rain on the mountain. Because Brady was the clear clear clear best. And it’s inarguable now. It will go down in history, inarguably that Allen was elite. A truly dominant QB that I believe will waltz into the Hall of Fame. A QB that was unfortunately playing in a time where he was the second best QB in his conference for much of his career. Just like Peyton. I don’t think that Mahomes and co are unbeatable. I think it will take some luck, some stars aligning to beat them or get past them to win a ring. Just like what happened in Brady’s career. You think Eli proves your point. What’s hilarious is that it really proves mine lol. Omg they allowed a single 68 yard drive in a playoff game up double digits that we ultimately won. Someone pinch me, it’s inconceivable. How could this have happened? We should’ve just forfeited right then and there. Broski…..

Sure man. All the Steelers and Ravens and Colts needed to do was churn HC’s and then Brady doesn’t retire with 7 rings. Whatever you need to tell yourself lol. The back 7 has not really been cheap though. Tre got paid. Poyer and Hyde were cheap initially but then got around market level deals. I doubt we were even near the bottom third in the NFL in back7 spending. I’m torn on this take because I believe that you need stars to win rings, and I also believe that a defensive coach should be able to coach up a lower cost/talent pool to greater heights.

Fortunate like getting a free 18 points off 3 TO’s? Lol. Thanks for making my point. It wasn’t a competitive game without easily avoidable execution errors and sloppy TO’s. Parading Skylar Thompson for his “elite drive” is actually comical. We also ended the game with back to back stops. So by definition, it wasn’t a turtle or a choke at the end. I get it. When the subject is fire the HC, your playoff wins become “almost losses” which invalidate them. But your “almost wins” also don’t count for whatever reason. It does when your argument is “i’d rather him play literally anyone else than the Chiefs in the playoffs”

Just look it up for yourself next time rather than knee-jerking into wrongness. from “nuh uh” to “it doesn’t matter” in a FLASH.

Yes he does. He’s 5-6 in the playoffs. 5-3 vs non-Chiefs. SEE YA

That’s because he has a winning record in the playoffs against teams that are not the Chiefs.

I like McD's odds against the field of the NFC vs the Chiefs again in a big spot lol.

The Jets had that two year stretch with Rex.