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Von still on pace for 17!

If only this were a joke.

I mean, I hope Tua recovers OK but he really should have considered retiring after the concussions in 2022. Hamlin cannot be responsible for that. He basically tried to "get in front" of Tua and nearly all of the impact force was from Tua's momentum. Other than letting Tua run for a TD there is nothing he could have done.

I think Diggs wanted out for a while. Given that there is no reason for Josh to push for Diggs to stay. That is true whether they have a positive or negative personal relationship. Once Diggs wanted out, it was just about finding a trade the team felt benefitted them more than hanging onto Diggs.

2024 is now officially a rebuild year.

Negotiating lower prices or PSL caps wasn't part of the deal, apparently.

I'm less concerned about Diggs dropping a pass or 2 than his lack of production over the second half of the season. I hope there was a hidden injury that he can recover from. I don't actually believe he doesn't care or isn't trying.

They are referring to Smiley, the special teams coach... not Clappy, the head coach.

I'm disappointed but not crushed. Of there wasn't a chance of losing, they wouldn't play the game so we have to accept it. I felt like we almost created another epic debacle with the fake punt. It would have been like 13 seconds again. But instead we got bailed out and fought until the end, then lost. So while it is essentially the same outcome as the 13 seconds game (we go home and the Chiefs go to the AFC championship), it doesn't feel as bad. Maybe that's because with the injuries I felt we were barely hanging onto this game, whereas in 13 seconds it really seemed like we had it won and lost it. Whatever the reason it isn't quite as bad emotionally as a game where we blow a late lead or one where we get robbed by the refs. We just didn't make enough plays to win.

One has to wonder how bad Haack looked for them to choose to go with Martin.

How can you distinguish "the Bills offense didn't do enough" from "the Chiefs defense made the difference"? Mahomes and the Chiefs offense scored 27 against an injury plagued Bills defense which was solid before injury. Allen and the Bills offense scored 24 against a mostly healthy (but less so after injuries in game) Chiefs D that was ranked like #2 in some stats. I don't see that you can easily say which one "made the difference". If our defense was healthier, maybe the Chiefs only score 20 or 23.

He still hit some of them in their hands and they dropped the ball. I saw Mahomes miss some throws, I did not see any KC drops (other than those caused by a defender).

If you put any of about 28 other QBs on our team instead we'd have been blown out.

You do realize we beat Miami, and the Chiefs just beat them badly?

I don't believe this. He was accurate on everything except deep passes this season. Tonight he was accurate on those as well but there were drops.