How about the D-line? 1 sack in two playoff games

[Process]

Sure we were beat up in the back 7, but the d line was fully healthy. McBeane has been absolutely relentless in pouring resources into the d line since they stepped foot in Buffalo. I don't think they came close to sniffing Mahomes tonight. 

[Big Turk]

1 minute ago, Process said:

Sure we were beat up in the back 7, but the d line was fully healthy. McBeane has been absolutely relentless in pouring resources into the d line since they stepped foot in Buffalo. I don't think they came close to sniffing Mahomes tonight. 

 

They had him a few times, the one time he rushed for a yard or no gain on 3rd down.  The other time he escaped and threw it away.  But yeah, by and in large, tremendously dissapointing effort from them when we needed them most with how beat up they were in the back 7.

[Simon]

He was getting the ball out as soon as he hit his drop all night.

On the rare occasions our coverage was solid, he was quick to get out of there.

There were very limited opportunities for the pass rush to be effective and a big reason for that is that we were missing both our starting LB's, both our starting corners and Rasul was out there with a peg leg. You can't expect a DL to get home consistently in 2 seconds or less when there are guys running free all through the secondary.

[Big Blitz]

I haven’t seen AJ since October.  
 

Rousseau is mid.  
 

Oliver is a beast.  Same Jones.  But the interior of the KC line dominated them. 
 

Creed Humphrey is one of the 3 best centers in the league. 
 

Our DEs are a massive problem.  You can’t win SB with mid DEs. 

[Aussie Joe]

The DL wasn’t there much today …

 

Ed Oliver disappointed … no more than anyone else … just had higher expectations of him stepping up…

 

It’s a tough gig though when the back 7 threadbare ..

 

 

 

[Thrivefourfive]

They were embarrassed 

[Bferra13]

This was the one part of the d that was healthy. They needed to step up. They didn't. And that's a big piece of why we lost.

[bills6969]

I really hope Von Miller returns to form next year or we will have no pass rush again

[Beast]

The most disappointing unit for the Bills tonight was the d-line. When you consider the resources spent on this group it is even worse. Nobody made a difference. 

 

 

[Big Blitz]

1 minute ago, bills6969 said:

I really hope Von Miller returns to form next year or we will have no pass rush again

 

DE in round 1 is high probability imo.  
 

DEs harder to find later in the draft.  

[John from Riverside]

I don’t know, but if we use another first round, pick on the defensive lineman, I’m gonna lose my goddamn mind
 

Stop putting Band-Aids on this and get NFL actually can separate caliber wide receivers out there

[Lost]

7 minutes ago, Simon said:

He was getting the ball out as soon as he hit his drop all night.

On the rare occasions our coverage was solid, he was quick to get out of there.

There were very limited opportunities for the pass rush to be effective and a big reason for that is that we were missing both our starting LB's, both our starting corners and Rasul was out there with a peg leg. You can't expect a DL to get home consistently in 2 seconds or less.

 

All the more reason it's pointless invest so heavily in a DL when elite QBs will pick you apart anyway.   

[vanislebills44]

kc has 1 of the best interior olines in the league, lack of a blitz or edge rush was crucial...

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, Lost said:

 

All the more reason it's pointless invest so heavily in a DL when elite QBs will pick you apart anyway.   

 

If they have a healthy back 7 that can holds its coverage for one more second, then that DL can be a difference maker.

They didn't have that tonight.

[RiotAct]

3 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

DE in round 1 is high probability imo.  
 

DEs harder to find later in the draft.  

good God, NO.

[Big Blitz]

4 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

I don’t know, but if we use another first round, pick on the defensive lineman, I’m gonna lose my goddamn mind
 

Stop putting Band-Aids on this and get NFL actually can separate caliber wide receivers out there

 

Those guys aren’t just found in RD 1.  
 

D line - of which we have 3 guys under contract - is going to be priority right there with another WR.  

[John from Riverside]

1 minute ago, Big Blitz said:

 

Those guys aren’t just found in RD 1.  
 

D line - of which we have 3 guys under contract - is going to be priority right there with another WR.  

Because we do a good enough job of finding those guys in free agency, and we rotate them as it is
 

It’s not a good value of draft capital

 

Dalton Kincaid had over 70 catches this year and was an incredible find. Keep it going.

[Dr.Sack]

Something tells me Milano, Bernard, Tre and Benford make Mahomes hold the ball a .5 second longer. 

[HappyDays]

Rousseau unfortunately did not have the breakout season that I expected him to have this year. He is possibly the best run stopping DE in the league and has been since his rookie season, but his pass rushing has not developed. 6.0 sacks in 18 games played is not what you hope for from a 1st rounder in his 3rd season.

 

I saw a stat that tonight was the first game since 2021 that Oliver had 0 pressures. The Chiefs have the best IOL in the league so this was somewhat expected. We needed our edge rushers to make an impact and it just didn't happen.

 

Edited January 22 by HappyDays

[The Frankish Reich]

20 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

Creed Humphrey is one of the 3 best centers in the league.

Yeah, but we have had Boogie Basham! Drafted a few picks before Humphrey.

(this comment is obligatory whenever Creed Humphrey is mentioned)

In some alternative universe, Creed Humphrey is still snapping the ball to Patrick Mahomes, but both are in Bills uniforms.