SaulGoodman

You literally said "it's made up." You have no reason to assume it isn't accurate. I can tell you, as a KC fan, it doesn't surprise me a bit. I've thought for years that the Chiefs have more nullified TDs than anyone. And I know they were the only team last postseason to have a TD wiped off the board, and it happened twice.

Lol. Of course it is. It's all part of the conspiracy. Proof that it's made up?

If the numbers fit your narrative, you wouldn't think they were worthless. Here's another: Do you think negated TDs affect the game at all?

Lol. Wagering with Bills fans seems like it would be a lucrative endeavor.

There isn't complacency among the fans. When the rest of the NFL community is itching to throw dirt on you and fabricating narratives to discredit or downplay every success, you don't get complacent. It keeps you hungry. I wouldn't expect a lot of predictions of a Chiefs win here. What I would expect is predictions of a tight game, rather than a 3-4 score beatdown. If they truly believed the team was crippled by injury, that is.

As worthless as the biased opinions of armchair refs? There are no stats that support the narrative.

I can see how it'd be easy to forget a finish that you replayed 100 times. 😄

Lol. And there it is. You guys really want to believe the conspiracy theory. If KC consistently benefited disproportionately from calls/no-calls in these situations, as we're told, they wouldn't be #1 in this stat. It's okay to admit the league isn't fixing games for the Chiefs.

Following up on the ref conspiracy theories... https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/42509325/debunking-10-myths-2024-nfl-season-teams-chiefs-49ers-lamar-jackson The myth: The officials favor the Chiefs late in close games. When the Chiefs began 9-0 with seven wins by a touchdown or less, there were conspiracy theories about referees favoring them. Was the league trying to guide Kansas City to a three-peat? Was the idea that Chiefs wins are good because the league is trying to attract more Swifties to the NFL? Who knows. Why it's a myth: Looking only at late- and close-game situations (eight points in either direction, second half or overtime) and including both declined and offsetting penalties, the NFL team with the most flags is ... Kansas City. It is tied with the Colts, having 29 penalties in such situations. Only the Jets and Saints have more penalty yards than Kansas City's 218 in late and close situations. KC fans don't challenge the conspiracy narratives because they're insecure. They challenge them because it's complete nonsense.

Twitter's full of people who are there just to troll and get reactions. I don't think that's news to anybody. How am I not letting fans enjoy their team? I haven't said anything negative about the Bills. I don't think responding to bogus narratives indicates insecurity. Creating bogus narratives indicates insecurity. You won't find me claiming that Buffalo only wins because they're lucky or in the refs' pockets.

Why would KC fans be insecure? Let's be real...a Bills fan is the last person who should accuse anyone else of insecurity.

Kelce had arguably the best game of his career vs the top defense and LB corps in the NFL the following week. Then followed it with another great game vs an excellent defense and LB corps in the SB. Kelce having a decent game isn’t exactly proof of inept defense.

I guess it's only fitting that the "Chiefs fan excuses" thread turns into the Bills fan excuses thread.

They weren't beating good teams in the regular season. The defense was mostly the same in the playoffs, but the offense was much different. Way more focused and efficient. Very few drops or mistakes. Massive cope about their chances? A 9-1 team that just lost for the first time in 16 games? Lol. Sounds more like wishful thinking on your part. KC's LT situation isn't ideal, but it hasn't been the last few years either. Worst-case scenario, Donovan Smith's waiting for a call if needed. He's not perfect, but they already know they can win with him. A more seasoned Worthy and a Hopkins who knows the playbook will be dangerous weapons by season's end. Add Pacheco and Hollywood Brown, plus Omenihu and (maybe) Watson on defense, and it would be easily the best roster of the last three years. Add that they have a great shot at the 1 seed, and I like their chances just fine. Nazeeh Johnson has been bad in place of Watson. He was picked on relentlessly. Rice might have been on pace to have the best season of any WR in the league. Hollywood Brown would (will?) have a big impact on this offense. Pacheco's explosiveness has been missed. And having their best edge rusher definitely would have helped in a game in which their front got no pressure. I'm not using injuries as an excuse, but to pretend that losing those players has little impact is ridiculous.

The "crippled" talk doesn't mesh with your fans' predictions before the game (which you can see in the thread I linked). Why were so many predicting a crippled team to win by 10-30 points? Supposing the Bills were crippled by injury...what's that got to do with the other 14 postseason games they've won the past six years? Were those teams all crippled? Mahomes has played in 18 postseason games. He's trailed at the end of regulation exactly once. I think you can safely assume he/they will perform at a high level.

Lol. Fixed it.

Lol. Why lie? There's a prediction thread for every single Bills game. I'm guessing you're aware of that. https://www.twobillsdrive.com/community/topic/252650-divisional-round-chefs-v-bills-predict-the-score/ Almost every poster predicted a Bills win. Most by double digits. Many predicted a blowout.

Everybody said the same thing heading into last postseason. "Kelce's washed up, the WRs suck, KC's just not good enough this year...." Then suddenly they were. And Kelce was excellent throughout the entire postseason, including maybe his best game ever in Baltimore. After doing virtually nothing in his last three regular season games.

Lol. You might want to bump the prediction thread and take another look.

I’m fine with that. I’m not making excuses. They lost the game. Why can't Bills fans do the same when they lose?

They weren't a different team in the postseason? Everyone but you seems to disagree. It's pretty funny to see you making excuses in a thread created to make fun of excuses. Your fans were predicting a Super Bowl and a comfortable win over KC.....til after the game. Suddenly the legend of Bernard grew to Ray Lewis proportions.

It's a little extreme to say they only care about the postseason, but it was no coincidence that they flipped a switch and transformed into a different team when it mattered last year. They're also missing their top two WRs (including one who was on pace for a monster year) and two of their top defensive players, but I don't think many are using that as an excuse. I do remember a lot of people blaming an injury to an average LB for a playoff loss though...

I haven’t said this, but frankly, KC fans should be. Because if the roles were reversed, every non-Chiefs fan would be screaming about late game-changing calls and their star DT being held all game long without a single flag.

Happens all the time. There were numerous screenshots last year of players being lined up offside without drawing a flag. The reason it almost never happened before last year is the league made a point to enforce it, thanks to the Eagles' "tush push." The idea was to make sure O-linemen were lining up properly. Very few WRs were/are called for it.

The Bills won the last regular season matchup due to a late, obscure penalty that had never been flagged in Andy Reid's 25 year career.