AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs

[Solomon Grundy]

Rewatching Ravens game. Bills receivers has to better recognize when they are the hot read... especially Coleman. Chiefs love to blitz their corners. 

[zow2]

Kinda weird that the Bills gave up early 7-0 leads to both Denver and Baltimore.  If the Bills grab the early lead vs KC i might be nervous about that! 

[Dukestreetking]

8 hours ago, Fan in Chicago said:

 

I knew a professor like you. I always submitted my assignments on time . 

Sorry brother!

 

I had some spare minutes, opposable thumbs, and a head of steam. Definitely a dangerous brew...

[Bob in STL]

I will be 67 this year.  I’ve loved this team as far back as I can remember, which goes back to the AFL championship teams.
 

This game in KC gets us to the Super Bowl.  For the first time I’m really feeling it.  I think this team could be special. 

[gonzo1105]

16 minutes ago, zow2 said:

Kinda weird that the Bills gave up early 7-0 leads to both Denver and Baltimore.  If the Bills grab the early lead vs KC i might be nervous about that! 

 

The Bills always give up some sort of points to good teams on their first drives. Its like they play base and wait to see what the other team does before they adjust to them. It absolutely hurts watching them fall behind constantly against good teams.

[mikemac2001]

1 minute ago, gonzo1105 said:

 

The Bills always give up some sort of points to good teams on their first drives. Its like they play base and wait to see what the other team does before they adjust to them. It absolutely hurts watching them fall behind constantly against good teams.

Also teams have a script knowing how the D is going to play so they use there best plays and typically ends in a score drive 

 

broncos probably had a scoring play and wanted to use it then bc they knew it would work instead of saving it for our adjustments 

[Governor]

1 hour ago, Toledo Bill said:

Not just pressure, but contain. Kermit very smoothly avoids rushes and does a lot of damage moving around (and with the occasional "protected" run).

We might want to occasionally spy him with Milano too. Those tackles are turnstiles but Mahomes is still super slippery and isn’t afraid to take off.

[major]

I’ve heard rumblings over the years that multiple coaches from other teams reached out to the Seahawks before Super Bowl 48 helping them scheme/share methods to beat the broncos. If they did, it worked in that blowout. Question- do you feel teams are reaching out to the bills behind the scenes helping them with schemes against Kansas City? Kansas City fatigue seems real around the league. 

[Goin Breakdown]

2 hours ago, Goin Breakdown said:

Looks photoshopped right!?  It all just makes me realize how out of shape I am. 
 

 

as if I could ever jump anyway haha

I looked more and watched the video. This picture is bogus. I'm ashamed I thought it was camera positioning. 

[Juice_32]

It may have been mentioned but I just rewatched the week 11 matchup and had forgotten we were missing Spencer Brown, Coleman and Kincaid. 
 

KC has had their issues vs TEs this year. Maybe Kincaid will wake up and have a big game.

[Kelly to Allen]

I honestly can't sleep waiting for this game. Might do some late night cooking to relax lol. 

 

If Buffalo wins this game I'm just going to sit in my chair and embrace all of it. 

 

I love this city and team so much. We've had so much heartbreak and I'm hoping the football gods will give us our moment. So many childhood memories of watching this team growing up feels to be coming to this moment. It's as big as it gets 

 

If buffalo wins not only is it a passing of the torch but the bills and Allen will go down in all time history for keeping KC from not only 3 peating but probably going undefeated. 

 

I am going to cook something now lol

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

I hope Stefon Diggs is watching his former team dominate. 

[Kelly to Allen]

1 minute ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

I hope Stefon Diggs is watching his former team dominate. 

I just don't understand what happened with him and why he wanted to leave. Maybe it was just time to move on but who knows. I'll never get it

Edited 6 hours ago by Kelly to Allen

[Richard Noggin]

3 hours ago, Billl said:

 

No, I don’t think Allen is bad against them blitz.  In fact, he’s not bad against anything.  That’s not really the point, though.  Spags is going to blitz him because that’s what Spags does.  If KC gets pressure with their front 4, he’s still going to blitz.  

 

You’re definitely right about his willingness to drop DEs (and even a DT every now and again, LOL) into coverage to replace a blitzing DB.  He’s an absolute madman in that regard.  If Josh can keep his composure against that crowd and those blitzes all the while knowing that the champs are coming for his soul, Buffalo is going to win.  As a Chiefs fan, it’s a very real concern.  

 

 

We'll just ignore the Mahomes worship of your first paragraph, not because it's wrong, but because it's nauseating to anyone not on the KC bandwagon. The guy is easy to respect, and difficult to watch. 

 

Now, as for our buddy Spags. Love him, first of all. Truly great NFL DC. I genuinely admire the way he has had success in different ways over the years, while always remaining aggressive. And of course, he's a national treasure for defeating the Patriots twice with the Giants. 

 

That's ironic, actually, because nowadays with KC, Spags seems to emulate a lot of what Belichick's Patriots did on defense. He likes to get a bunch of DBs on the field. Without the benefit of readily available online information, I see a SUPER MULTIPLE, AGGRESSIVE, and AMORPHOUS defense that likes to clutter up pre- and post-snap reads and concentrate numbers in the box with interchangeable athletes. Belichick also favored 5 and 6 DB personnel whenever possible, from what I recall. Was always amazing and annoying to me how damned physical all the DBs were. Would seem difficult for them to hold up in this league, playing like that. KC guys seem similarly motivated to come downhill and/or drive a shoulder into a ball carrier who's just been downed. 

 

Come to think of it, didn't a couple KC DBs get dinged during last week's game? They might have all come back into the game. I forget. Too busy hating every Mahomes idiosyncrasy, every camera cut to the Special Suite, and every call by every ref, to think clearly on every snap.  

[Big Turk]

Early weather report is upper 20s at kickoff, clear skies with no chance of any precip and light winds, 5mph.

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

2 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

Early weather report is upper 20s at kickoff, clear skies with no chance of any precip and light winds, 5mph.

About as perfect weather for football as one could expect in the winter in KC. 

[Buffalo Ballin]

 

NICE. Now that this is out there in the Universe, me thinks things gonna be different this Sunday night. What a massive jinx.

[Kelly to Allen]

3 minutes ago, Bob Chandler's Hands said:

About as perfect weather for football as one could expect in the winter in KC. 

 

Allen's arm will be on full display. 

[Big Turk]

3 hours ago, Billl said:

Lamar and Mahomes are two very different players with different strengths and weaknesses.  Mahomes is much closer to Brady between the ears.  He’s nearly impossible to confuse, and he processes things instantaneously.  Lamar…does not.

 

No, I don’t think Allen is bad against them blitz.  In fact, he’s not bad against anything.  That’s not really the point, though.  Spags is going to blitz him because that’s what Spags does.  If KC gets pressure with their front 4, he’s still going to blitz.  

 

You’re definitely right about his willingness to drop DEs (and even a DT every now and again, LOL) into coverage to replace a blitzing DB.  He’s an absolute madman in that regard.  If Josh can keep his composure against that crowd and those blitzes all the while knowing that the champs are coming for his soul, Buffalo is going to win.  As a Chiefs fan, it’s a very real concern.  

 

Do you not remember how Allen's plays against the Chiefs, especially in the playoffs?

 

In the last 3 games he is averaging 343 yards of offense and has 9 TDs and 1 INT.

 

Allen is going to play exceptional like he does every game against the Chiefs regardless of what Spags does or doesn't do.

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Big Turk

[GASabresIUFan]

My biggest worry for this game is the status of Johnson, Rapp and Benford.  We need at least 2/3 to suit up.