PoundingDog

That's a lot of praises here that matches to most traits Kelce has. Yes there is surprise effective, efficient and reliable receiving that no one expected from him in NFL. But at the end o the day, his lack of quickness and natural receiving skills (like contested catches) will ultimately limit his ceiling from a receiving TE perspective. Kelce, even a couple of years ago, is hard to cover one-on-one: overwhelming majority of the LBs don't have his quickness and most of CB/safeties can't match his size. Kincaid, in my mind, will beat almost any LB covering him, but can be beat by some bigger CBs/safeties. I think there are a lot of LBs can cover Hawes one on one, and quite a few safeties can make it really tough for him on contested balls. With all that said, he's a rookie already exceeded the expectations by a lot. A better assessment will be next year this time to see what kind of improvement he made ... and how he fares when there is more attention paid to him by defenses.

Well, Jaguars losing out is another avenue for the Chiefs

They were going to be a delay of the game 5 yard penalty of the extra point. You can argue what matters of 5 yards for a kicker. I'm with McDermott that for Prater, it matters and 4 point lead vs 3 point lead is huge. Someone pointed out on the TO for the 3rd and short, the defense alignment was going to have Chase uncovered. Ultimately it resulted #39 on Chase to the sideline, but you'd never want to leave Chase uncovered fora potential TD. There is really no good choice when you know your defense can't stop the other team. But the onside kick chance is so low, it is really not worth it. taylor almost got what he's hoping for which is getting Bills to 3rd and 15... I actually was hoping for play-action on the 1st down. and Kudos to Josh holding onto the ball on the 2nd down sack (not throwing the ball away to stop the clock). I'm pretty sure had Josh not getting the 1st but close, McD might go for it.

What about Allen? I noticed Allen's escape-ability is not as he was in the past this year, just a little. It is natural for all of them , Mahomes, Allen, and Jackson as they age. In fact I think Mahomes and Allen are quite similar in terms of quick decisions and getting the ball to where it needs to be of street football style. There are slight differences. If we include Burrow in the discussion. Throw a football ball from a pocket; Burrow > Mahomes > Allen > Jackson. Extending plays to throw a football: Mahomes > Allen > Jackson > Burrow Running the ball in a QB scramble: Jackson > Allen > Mahomes > Burrow All of them are paid big bucks so you know the team they are on have to suffer somewhere in terms of paying for talent. You can see why the Bengals have to have weapons for Burrow but the defense never had the talent. Mahomes had the benefit of a few HoF talent on offense and defense before he joined the team to win it all. I'm of the opinion Jackson himself is good enough to carry the offense by himself and he has to have a HoF talent like Henry to make it into contention. The Bills unfortunately started bare before Allen arrived (the best inherited talent was Kyle Williams, that's it!) and really haven't found a compliment HoF candidate thus far.

Anyone ever played competitive sports should know this. When you face someone or a team with the same casts you have beaten before vs someone you have never done it carries a very different psyche. This is not a one-off kind of situation like you are facing a Daniel Jones who happens to have a super year. This is a Joe Burrow who is a top 3 QB in the league when healthy and his offensive weapons that are going to be there for the foreseeable time Allen and the Bills are in contention.

Teams are active looking for answers against you, especially when you have success. Cook is superb in short spaces finding a crease and it looks like defenses are increasing the effort at going after the ball instead of merely trying to tackle him. To me it is a concern because when we go into the playoffs, the quality of defense we are going to see and like someone said, the volume and critical plays Bills' offense is placed on his shoulders.

Antonio Brown is not a good human being, but can't deny his football instinct and knowledge. He once said "when I (on a route) look back at the QB and he has the ball in his hand, it's too late." In this case, Hopkins was WAVING his hand, it is WAY TOO LATE. Lamar has come a long way throwing the ball in NFL, but he's still far behind many in term of anticipation and situational actions. His end of the game time management was atrocious yesterday and this is not the first time, second time, third time ...

In the Josh Allen era of the Bills, the goal has quickly risen to Superbowl aspirations. Two hurdles have stopped them time and time again. The biggest one is the Mahomes and the Chiefs. They are now able to beat them in the regular seasons and have come close to the playoffs. The other is the Burrow + his weapons and the Bengals. The Bills has never come close in beating the Bengals both in the regular season and the playoff. They clear the first hurdle of beating them today. I can see in Josh's face and the players. Sure the Bengals is not the Bengals of a few years ago. I think they are the best offense in NFL right now; once they are rolling, it is almost impossible to stop. The Bills are not the Bills a few years ago. The fact the Bills are able to match the offensive ouput is a lot of factors. Josh Allen may not have the talent he had in the past but he showed you he can still make plays. McDermott looked that he learned the lessons to not so hardheaded in trusting his defense and was willing to gamble on Josh Allen. The defense barely made enough plays to cover up the mistakes the offense made. I owe an apology to Benford. He's playing at pro-bowl level in the current streak that I never thought he ever had, and I'm not just talk about his flash plays - he's coverage was great. Though I still don't see him being a true #1 corner in the league.

Well, Josh is good for sure but it also speaks how bad Bengals #44 (rookie linebacker Demetrius Knight) at coverage - the whole time with back against the QB.

I thought Chase may catch up to him. But the TV angle is bad. I think Benford had at least 15 yard head start on Chase - actually Chase slowed down when he saw Burrow tried to tackle benford, then accelerated afterwards when he realized Bendofrd broke the tackle.

If Fox can hold the edge to contain the Bengals run, it will a big positive. Don't sleep on the fact that the Bengals OLine has a big improvement this year and they have someone running very effectively.

We all saw how Thompson improved our D when he played. The main argument is Thompson being bigger, maybe healthier. But Cover 1's Erik Turner brought up a good point. Maybe Thompson is better at recognizing all those eye candies/motions etc. and setting the players to the right places than Bernard. Recency may have bias, but I remeber we had a lot of defensive plays this season when a bunch of players were totally fooled or out of positions. Since the 2nd half of Houston game, it came down to almost zero. I don't recall once in the Steelers game we had a breakdown.

Grass is always greener on the other side when looking from a distance. Had Coleman and Worthy switched places, there will be equal amount of people complaining we picked another smallish guy, pointing out Coleman making those TD catches etc.

I recall in post game, Allen said he threw to the wrong side of Gabe.

The last throw in the Texans' game brought new light on why running your route precisely is what separates great ones (Jerry Rice is famous for) from a JAG receiver. And Yes Diggs is someone Josh can trust and Palmer is someone Josh can't in stress scenarios. I'm not saying Josh is perfect. Just like Warner pointed out, as well as many others (cover 1, Marino etc.), the Steelers game INT is all Josh.