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Seasons like this one make you realize just how quirky the game is. This is not the most talented Bills team of the Allen era, yet they have the best record at this point in the season. Same with the Chiefs, who could easily be 6-4 or even 5-5. Sometimes the better teams lose via bad bounces, heroic plays by the other team, missed calls, weird weather conditions, etc., and sometimes the weaker teams win, just like 2-8 offsuit can sometimes beat pocket kings. It's just probability. I never bought the B.S. that "good teams find a way to win." That's just after-the-fact rationalization, like most post-game commentary. Seventeens games plus playoffs just isn't a big enough sample size to iron out the quirks.

Amazing. They have an all-star offense and, on paper, one of the best defenses in the league. And they'll have just three wins after today.

Yes, that is what I meant. I still hate Tom Brady, and he doesn't even play. The antipathy runs deep.

I think the whole country outside of Missouri hates that team now. They're the new Dallas.

You're forgetting the refs. It'll be roughing the pass/PI/roughing the passer/PI then a field goal for KC to win. Watch.

That Cross is a player.

You know, Rapp is really playing well this season. I keep thinking we need to upgrade both safety positions, but I think Rapp is a real asset.

I'd trade two Olivers for one Buckner.

I'll be sure to confine my comments to praise for Allen from now on. Man, that second pick was a thing of beauty, wasn't it? No hesitation on his part.

Just not up the middle, where they're getting stuffed.

Oh, sorry. I forgot observations are forbidden on the board.

Allen has had one quality throw this game, to Knox. The rest have been check-downs Skylar Thompson could make.

Well, I'll credit him for being alert, but he didn't rush effectively, and Rousseau would have recovered the fumble he caused if Hamlin hadn't. So, no, Hamlin is not off the hook yet. You blitz a safety, you got to get there, not go winging by or, as he did earlier in the game, get blocked easily. All credit to Rousseau on this one.

Agree. They just get stuck to single blocks. No juice, no movement, no push. Time to blitz.

Allen is hurried every time he drops back, while Flacco is making himself a sandwich every time.

I had the same thought.

One of the problems with playing practice squaders.

8 yards on a punt return is reasonable.

What happened to him? I missed it.

Team not prepared.

Shoot, just let one of the coaches play back there if they just want someone to eventually get to the play. Hyde simply could not play worse than this.

Well, consider they're playing with ten guys and, you know, Hamlin, who is out there as a guarantee against plays of more than 50 yards.

He does have that look on his face, like he's stunned or bewildered. I remember that look from his early years.

Compared to the offense, for one thing. They rush is awful, but they've gotten two turnovers leading to ten points. They let the Colts score ten, so sounds like a wash to me. No, it's the offense that sucks, especially Allen, who is playing like a rookie so far.

Especially with the refs ready to call roughing the passer if the rush does happen to get through.