It’s Chiefs week - and the season is on the line

[GETTOTHE50]

I don’t expect the bills to win, but McDermott better pull his head out of his ass and with it a victory 

[Kincaid Kool-Aid]

31 minutes ago, Steptide said:

I'm excited to see what Brady does with 2 weeks of prep. It's impressive what he did getting thrown into the roll

Really curious to see if this is the week we bring in playoff Lenny as a battering ram

[Warcodered]

 

[Straight Hucklebuck]

2 hours ago, ngbills said:

I got beat up so much over my take that Harty and Sherfield are not an upgrade from McK, Crowder and whoever. Many said we have the best WR room in the league. That Kincaid was going to be running seams all day long. 

I never understood the Harty and especially Sherfield hype.

 

Harty is 5’6” without Tyreek Hill wheels. Media was trying to hype him up all summer with his 2021 numbers.

 

And Sherfield is a career journeyman on a 1-year deal. 

The Bills turned over the bottom 3 in the room (McKenzie, Crowder, Kumerow), but they’re only better because Shakir has stepped into the #3 role. 

 

 

[boilertiger]

2 hours ago, 90sBills said:

Tranquil will probably clear concussion protocol and Bolton will probably be back this game as well. I think KC’s defense will show up after that sloppy game at GB. We’ll see. 

 

Not so sure about Tranquil but Bolton practiced a bit last week and I think he will be in good shape to play. 

 

The Packers game was SUPER physical so I think the Chiefs could have quite a few injuries at practice this week. 

1 hour ago, Dillenger4 said:

I think we will run it all over them. Mix in some Josh/Kincaid/Diggs. It's on and we bringin it. GO BILLS.

 

This appears to be the way to attack the Chiefs defense. Pound them with the run game and then play action them to death over and over. 

 

The secondary is good so Bills need to avoid 3rd and long. I expect the Bills to get to 30 unless they have a lot of trouble staying on schedule or the Chiefs are stopping the run. 

Edited December 5, 2023 by boilertiger

[boilertiger]

2 hours ago, Steptide said:

The thing that gives me some hope this week, is that greenbays defense isn't that good and they held kc to 19 points. Granted 19 points might be enough to beat the bills, but assuming the offense keeps rolling, we might be ok 

 

Something to keep in mind about that game was both teams only had 7 possessions so 19 points wasn't a terrible total. The Chiefs offense has looked above average the past two games. 

 

The defense may be trending in the wrong direction. Giving up 27 points on 7 possesions is not good at all.

[Cash]

24 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

I never understood the Harty and especially Sherfield hype.

 

Harty is 5’6” without Tyreek Hill wheels. Media was trying to hype him up all summer with his 2021 numbers.

 

And Sherfield is a career journeyman on a 1-year deal. 

The Bills turned over the bottom 3 in the room (McKenzie, Crowder, Kumerow), but they’re only better because Shakir has stepped into the #3 role. 

 

 

Harty: I watcha lot of Saints games, and I liked (not loved) the signing at the time. But Harty looks slower this year, and seems to have no synch with Allen. He’s been pretty good on punt returns, but pretty much a dud at WR. As ineffective as McKenzie was last year, it’s disappointing that Harty hasn’t been an upgrade. 

 

Sherfield: I never understood the hype either. With that said, I think it was a significant upgrade over Kumerow in the “backup WR/core special teamer” spot. Which is nice, but doesn’t particularly move the needle on offense. 

[balln]

Man if Bolton plays. He blows up plays 

[Taro Nimbus]

Anyone know who is officiating the game this week?

[90sBills]

56 minutes ago, boilertiger said:

The secondary is good so Bills need to avoid 3rd and long. I expect the Bills to get to 30 unless they have a lot of trouble staying on schedule or the Chiefs are stopping the run. 

If the Bills can get to 30 they’re winning for sure. I’ll be playing a teaser with Bills and under. I’m predicting neither team can get to 30 in a 1 score game. 

[Logic]

I expect the Chiefs to be fired up and play hard after the loss to Green Bay.

I expect the Chiefs defense under Steve Spagnuolo -- despite reports of their demise -- to give the Bills offense everything it can handle. The Chiefs play the exact type of defense that seems to give Josh trouble at times.

Despite everything I just said, I irrationally expect a Bills victory on Sunday.

[transplantbillsfan]

First Things First showed footage of a Buffalo Bills practice today and it was dated 12/5, which is today.

 

I didn't see any other reports regarding practice, but usually on a bye week I thought you'd plan for 1 extra practice.

[njbuff]

I hope I'm wrong, but I think the Bills are simply done.

 

They are so UN-CLUTCH in close games and that won't cut it this time of year.

 

Do we think NOW they will all of a sudden become clutch in these close games?

 

If this game is close, do you really think that McDermott can out coach Reid?

 

I FULLY expect the Bills to finish at a VERY disappointing 8-9, with a very murky future. 

 

Again, I hope I'm WAY wrong. 

[RichRiderBills]

They just said on NFL Live Chiefs very vulnerable to play action. Packers exploited this. 

[The Wiz]

23 minutes ago, RichRiderBills said:

They just said on NFL Live Chiefs very vulnerable to play action. Packers exploited this. 

Chiefs have been vulnerable because they aren't putting up points like they used to.

 

They are relying on the offense to outscore the other team (which they cant anymore with only Kelce as the only dependable pass catcher) and then hoping the defense can bail them out when it's crunch time.  Sound familiar?

Edited December 5, 2023 by The Wiz

[LABILLBACKER]

4 hours ago, Steptide said:

The thing that gives me some hope this week, is that greenbays defense isn't that good and they held kc to 19 points. Granted 19 points might be enough to beat the bills, but assuming the offense keeps rolling, we might be ok 

If we hold KC to 19 or under and still lose, we deserve to have our season shut down right there.

[Rubes]

35 minutes ago, RichRiderBills said:

They just said on NFL Live Chiefs very vulnerable to play action. Packers exploited this. 

 

What I heard is that the Packers were effective against the Chiefs D by using a lot of play action and misdirection plays, which slowed down their pass rush (specifically, Chris Jones).

 

They'll be looking for it this week.

 

[SoCal Deek]

What’s the word on Kincaid? 

[WotAGuy]

Look for MVS to go All Pro this week. The Bills are making nobodies look good this year. 

[Negan]

2 hours ago, Taro Nimbus said:

Anyone know who is officiating the game this week?

Sal said Carl Ceffers crew.

 

Bills game to my memory he has done is:

AFC championship game between KC and Bills

Following years regular season Bills vs chiefs game, for a nice roughing the passer call that helped Bills maintain a scoring drive.

 Also Bills Cincy playoff game last year.

 

Decent ref, should be ok.