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It’s not the ‘85 Bears defense but they did managed to hold the 2 times defending champs to a fg with 3 minutes left. That gave our elite qb a chance to drive for the winning score. That’s all you could ask from your defense at that moment of the game. Flip the situation around. Had KC’s defense held Allen and the offense to a fg with 3 minutes left for Mahomes they’d be proclaimed as a top defense today because Mahomes and their offense would finish that game off with a TD. That’s what’s required from elite QBs to win championship games. We were in position and couldn’t execute. Another year another opportunity squandered by the offense in the waning minutes.

Even when they mess up it benefits them.

You mean have our elite qb execute a game winning drive with 3 minutes to go? Is that allowed?

I think the Eagles have a great shot. Dominant Dline and superior rushing attack. Both are things KC weaknesses. Plus they have the revenge factor on their side. And Vegas made them a slight dog which is perfect for me as I will be betting on them. But even if they manage to beat KC it won’t take the sting out of yesterday’s loss. That’s a Bills thing that only the Bills can resolve by beating KC in the playoffs.

Yeah maybe one of these years KC could play all backups on the oline so we could beat crush them the same way TB did that one time. Edit: Oh forgot to add that Mahomes played with turf toe that required surgery days after that game too. Yeah if only those conditions could exist for our playoff games with KC. I’d like our chances then.

Watch more and give it time. You will. This will be his narrative. Even Orlovsky, who’s usually very high on Allen and the Bills, alluded to a missed opportunity to win the game with 3 minutes left and the ball. Yeah Spags is brilliant. He was setting them up all game with that formation. Unleashed it at the most important moment of the game. That’s who our opponent is. Sometimes it just feels like the Bills are so outclassed when they go up against KC in the playoffs. However, that was 4th down. If we had executed the first 3 downs it wouldn’t have come to that. The offense had a shot and missed. That’s the game.

Hurts and Purdy don’t have to go through Mahomes to get to a Super Bowl. The bolded part cannot be stressed enough for people that keep on blaming the defense. They held KC to a fg so Allen and the offense could go be heroes. Flipped it around the other way. If KC’s defense held us to a fg with 3 minutes left so Mahomes could go win the game everyone would say that’s a great defensive stand etc. The difference is Mahomes and company usually come through, like in last year’s Super Bowl winning drive, and we falter. Two years in a row now with the exact scenario. At least last year we got to fg range. This year we couldn’t even do that.

Yes. Spags was setting them up. It’s his MO. Sometimes it feels like we’re so outmatched and outclassed. Year after year.

Setting the correct protection pre-snap was the issue here. He didn’t recognize what was happening and got fooled. But that was one heck of a throw for sure.

Agreed. That’s the point. Realizing that and letting it affects your play is something he hasn’t learned to fully control. Some fans just don’t want to see it. There’s a reason we’re 0-4 against KC in the playoffs.

It would’ve been nice if he slid protection to the right pre-snap.

That was a legacy defining moment for him. It could have changed everything regarding his narrative with the media and NFL fans in general. A missed opportunity for sure.

These two guys have been starting for 7 years. They’ve been in multiple big games. They don’t need to be eased into games. Allen starts the game throwing to KC defenders. All because of jitters. That’s just how he’s wired. When he really wants a game his emotions sometimes get the best of him. The Houston game is year was the same way.

Yes, I do. At least in the beginning of games. That’s who Allen is. He gets himself too hyped up in big games. It takes him a little to settle down. Whereas Mahomes is ready to go in big games from the get go. That’s not coaching or anything external. It’s their personality. One has his emotions under control at all times and the other not so much.

It’s not as simple as Allen vs Mahomes. It’s a team game. With that said the defense made the stop for Allen and the offense to go win the game. That would’ve been a legacy defining drives. As was last year’s drive against KC in the playoffs. Unfortunately couldn’t get it done. Those situations are what shape narratives.