The template against the Chiefs

[Punch]

6 hours ago, Conlan58 said:

With that being said... SHOULD the Bills advance... man it would be sweet to send the swifties home crying for once. 

This is literally the topic of the thread. It's the first sentence in the OP:

 

13 hours ago, Wizard said:

First, let's rip apart the Steel Curtain on Monday. Then, let's cook the Chefs. 🙂

 

Edited January 14 by Punch

[BigDingus]

At this point, I think it's a confidence/mental thing.

 

The Bills have the template. Hell, they might've created it. They're 3-1 in their last 4 match ups, all in Arrowhead, with the only blowout being in favor of the Bills.

 

So they know they CAN beat the Chiefs. But is the moment too big? Is the anticipation & pressure too much?

 

Now you've got another opportunity, with the entire season building towards this moment. Will it be too much for the Bills? Will it be too much for Allen? At home, in front of tens of thousands of screaming Bills fans placing their hopes & decades of emotional baggage on you, can they overcome the 2 x champs or shrink in the moment?

 

Or will you be caught looking ahead & lose to the Steelers before even getting the chance? Tune in tomorrow & find out!

[27yankees]

Beat Pittsburgh 1st then worry about the Chiefs!!!

[Thrivefourfive]

I’m really not worried about the Chiefs. I think the Bills have their number and will add another one next round. 
 

Gang Tackle crazy Pacheco (for the short time he’s in the NFL)

 

Now game plan for Rice

 

Don't allow lapses in containing Mahomes behind the line of scrimmage as a run threat

 

The Chiefs grab like crazy on Defense, so please don’t it sucked into complaining to the refs. Beat them up and accept the penalties. 

[Brand J]

Sneed is what Kaiir Elam was drafted to be. Long, rangy, fast, and physical man corner. Not sure the light will ever come on for Elam, or if it does, it’ll be with another team and in another scheme.

[NewEra]

15 hours ago, Locomark said:

 

2) spy Mahomes a lot 

This is the key to the game imo.  Containing his scrambling.  I expect him to look to extend drives with his legs more than ever this postseason

[Don Otreply]

6 hours ago, SCBills said:

QB - Even

 

RB - Even (Cook is the best RB of the group even though I’ve been down on him lately)

 

WR’s - Bills

 

TE’s - Chiefs (out of respect, but Bills TE’s are no joke)

 

OL - Even (Torrence has been struggling / KC’s Tackles have been struggling)

 

DL - Even

 

Secondary - Even (with Douglas)

 

ST’s - Even

 

Coaching - Time for McDermott to show us why he took over defensive play-calling. 
 

And fwiw, I think Allen is the most talented QB in the league, and (if) he gets a Super Bowl, will be recognized as such. 
 

Both teams have top defenses, the difference to me is that the Bills have more explosiveness in Diggs, Kincaid, Shakir and Cook than the Chiefs do in Kelce, Rice, MVS and Pacheco.  And that’s assuming Davis misses next week, should we get there. 

Agree, iirc in regular season games McDermott is something like 3 and 1,  over the fat man, and has shown growth as a HC, Imo we are closer here than most fans want to billeave!  
 

GO BILLS!!!

Edited January 14 by Don Otreply

[Eastport bills]

16 hours ago, Wizard said:

First, let's rip apart the Steel Curtain on Monday. Then, let's cook the Chefs. 🙂

 

For those that know the intricacies and nuisances of schemes and attacking a team's weakness, what is the template for the Chiefs?

 

I don't like them having two extra days of recovery and two more days of Coach Reid game planning.

 

We are the better team, but until they're knocked out, they are the Champs.

 

For me, the two biggest factors:

 

1.  1 turnover or less

2.  Control the Clock

 

 

 

I like your ideas but add two more and I think with the best 12th man in football we can advance, providing we dispatch Pitt. We must have a competent spy on Mahomes. He’s running more lately and wrecking games. Finally, our tackling, which has been better during the win streak, must be physically imposing. Their backs have been running hard and controlling games especially in cold weather conditions. Miami was so poor tackling that it looked like they wanted to get back to the Hotel early.

 

[Thrivefourfive]

3 hours ago, BigDingus said:

At this point, I think it's a confidence/mental thing.

 

The Bills have the template. Hell, they might've created it. They're 3-1 in their last 4 match ups, all in Arrowhead, with the only blowout being in favor of the Bills.

 

So they know they CAN beat the Chiefs. But is the moment too big? Is the anticipation & pressure too much?

 

Now you've got another opportunity, with the entire season building towards this moment. Will it be too much for the Bills? Will it be too much for Allen? At home, in front of tens of thousands of screaming Bills fans placing their hopes & decades of emotional baggage on you, can they overcome the 2 x champs or shrink in the moment?

 

Or will you be caught looking ahead & lose to the Steelers before even getting the chance? Tune in tomorrow & find out!

God I hope nothings too big for Allen at this point in his career. But I understand. Losing to the Chiefs at home in the playoffs cannot be a baby steps. We don’t with baby steps. No. More. Baby. Steps. Please. 

[ChrisWatson#21]

6 hours ago, Riverboat Ritchie said:

Lets get pass Pitt.  Great story so far this year but we have played so inconsistent and down to opponents that nothing is a given tomorrow. Glad the changed the date. Start strong and make Rudolph throw and I think we will be OK. Go Bills. 

Man I understand the concern but outside of a Josh Allen injury if they lose to the Steelers tomorrow I will just give up watching football and find another sport to follow or get a hobbie seriously.  

[Mikie2times]

We are so similar to KC this year. We both enter as dominate offenses with elite QB's. Both offenses struggled and both QB's played a little more inconsistent than they probably would like. WR's struggled to get open. Both teams leaned more on the run game. Defenses for both are playing well. Again, for both it seems like first to 21 wins. 

 

The question in my mind is who has gotten better since our last dead heat match up? I don't think we will be able to take advantage of Cook in the passing game like last time. Rice is becoming more consistent for them. Mahomes is with Brady and Montana as far as the NFL's best playoff performers. Throw the regular season game out. I don't know how this is anything but a dead heat.

 

I have been hard on McD's playoff performance stating that we need to win an AFC championship to really change my feelings. But if we do get a shot at KC and we win, I would say this year would meet the definition of "success". I would think a win here would be considered the best of the Allen / McD era. 

 

Go Bills!  

 

 

[Big Blitz]

Lock this thread up till we take care of business!!!

[Mikie2times]

3 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

Lock this thread up till we take care of business!!!

If the team looks ahead the should be shot. We are just fans. How do we stack up against the 49ers? 😀

[Let's Go Buffalo]

12th Man!