AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs

[The Firebaugh Kid]

Any idea when the injury report comes out today?

[Dr Krentist]

1 hour ago, Scott7975 said:

This was yesterday but I didnt see it posted.

 

Interesting. I didn't realize that made a difference.

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, Dr Krentist said:

 

Interesting. I didn't realize that made a difference.

 

Ball spins the other way and takes different angles, and can be weird to catch if you arent used to it.

[dollars 2 donuts]

42 minutes ago, boyst said:

it's a multi level issue so my response:

we beat this team this year and we have lost to this team in the playoffs 3 times. it won't destroy us to lose again but we are optimistic that we will not go 0-4 against them. odds just don't work that way, but football can. after being told all off season and all season we are a flawed team restructuring our organization we came in with tempered expectations and less pressure. we relaxed and we have heard it all. anything positive we hear is something that just makes us feel good at this point.

 

one of the biggest reasons i want the Bills to win isn't even about being a Bills fan. I want to see more quality football games. you do not see quality football games when KC plays for various reasons.

 

 

Sensei, please let me know what plaza your Dojo is in, and whether there is a taco place next door so I can grab lunch.

 

👍

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by dollars 2 donuts

[zow2]

7 minutes ago, mannc said:

I think a lot of people see the Ravens as a tougher matchup for us than KC, and if we can beat the Ravens, then we should be able to win this one, even at Arrowhead.  Simple as that...

11 minutes ago, boyst said:

one of the biggest reasons i want the Bills to win isn't even about being a Bills fan. I want to see more quality football games. you do not see quality football games when KC plays for various reasons.

 

I agree to some extent but their last two Super Bowls over the 49ers and Eagles have been pretty good-competitive games till the end.  

 

I know I'm in the minority, but I'm OK with playing at Arrowhead for this AFC Championship.  We just squeaked out of that Ravens game alive and I feel like the Bills 10-game home winning streak had an expiration date and it was coming up.  Now the guys can bond together and use the "us against the world" attitude on the road, in a place they KNOW they can win.   If the D can just dig deep and cover some dudes, they can do this.

[Low Positive]

I wish we were the first game. Arrowhead at night is intimidating. 

[NoHuddleKelly12]

Just now, Low Positive said:

I wish we were the first game. Arrowhead at night is intimidating. 

I hear you—but Josh also seems to really shine under the bright lights of prime time, home or away fwiw.

[RiotAct]

57 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

I was 7. That Super Bowl was the first Super Bowl I ever remember watching in full. I have vague memories from the year before. But I'm 38 now. A 31 year gap is big enough. Let's do this

same here man (except I’m turning 38 in a few months).

 

The first season I really followed the Bills and actually kept track of their record and such was 1994… FML 🫠😂

[BuffaloBaumer]

Milano

Milano

Milano

 

That's all I care about today

[Straight Hucklebuck]

1 minute ago, BuffaloBaumer said:

Milano

Milano

Milano

 

That's all I care about today

I think it will look the same today, Benford limited, Milano limited, Rapp DNP. 

We have to hope Dawkins is back at practice - at least limited. 

 

If Rapp manages a Limited, my confidence goes up. 

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, boyst said:

i'm amazed at how this works. i'm amazed at a lot of things. but i will start with this:

 

why don't teams hire former players or specialty type players as "coaches" to do the left footed punts? now, i'm sure these guys were probably given some Bills gear and a few bucks but it was probably held as a "try-out." organizations need to hire guys as coaches to practice with the team as an adjunct kind of player - in a pinch these guys are thrown on the PS and used in a game. You could get specialty guys groomed up this way quite effectively

 

I'm pretty sure the NFL has rules about the circumstances where coaches can be put on the practice squad or rostered as players, to prevent teams from doing just what you say.  Nothing stops teams from hiring former players as assistant coaches or having them fill roles as players during practices, but I don't think it's so easy as "in a pinch throw on the PS and used in a game".

 

For the punters the Bills had in, they may be hoping for a reserve/futures contract.  Being brought in for the Bills and having a good try out not only might give them such a contract here, but would give their agents good "buzz" to get them other looks around the league.  

 

I don't know what the rules are on paying players to try out.  They certainly cover their travel and lodging and meals and give them a per-diem, but if I'm sitting on the sofa and want to break into or stay in the NFL, that's all the motivation I need to get on a plane.

Edited 4 hours ago by Beck Water

[Scott7975]

 

[Beck Water]

12 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

I wish we were the first game. Arrowhead at night is intimidating. 

 

Arrowhead at any time is intimidating, but I actually think it's a little bit tamer at night.  Just like Buffalo, the fans start early on the drinking and by night-time many of them are too boozed up to make as much of a hollering.

[Straight Hucklebuck]

Looking at the KC weather - one day later its 40 and 50 degrees there during the day. 

 

Still - low 30's/high 20's and clear is going to be fine. 

24 minutes ago, The Firebaugh Kid said:

Any idea when the injury report comes out today?

Practice is usually around 1:00 PM, so you'll start seeing the Twitter reports from practice from Capaccio, Brasky, Parrino, Buscaglia. 

 

If Rapp is out there at all we'll know about it. 

 

And hopefully Dawkins was a precaution. He sounded and played fine in his mic'd up Ravens. 

[BearNorth]

21 minutes ago, mannc said:

I think a lot of people see the Ravens as a tougher matchup for us than KC, and if we can beat the Ravens, then we should be able to win this one, even at Arrowhead.  Simple as that...

Baltimore's starters on O & D are graded by PFF higher than either the Bills or the Chiefs.

Ravens 72.6 Chiefs 69.8 Bills 69.1 average for their 22 O& D starters.  Lamar + Henry are graded #1 at their position.  Bills O-Line gets little respect for their league best performance in avoiding sacks.

 

BTW Chiefs have given up 43 sacks to 14 for the Bills.

[ShakAttack]

39 minutes ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

 

 

 

 

Can someone please explain to me why the hell I am not nervous about this game?!

 

 

 

 

That has happened to me in the past.  And it's kinda nice (compared to where I'm at right now).  But in my experience, it is just prolonging the inevitable because as soon as the kickoff and the game are officially underway, those nervous feelings hit like a tidal wave. 

 

 

[90sBills]

3 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

Arrowhead at any time is intimidating, but I actually think it's a little bit tamer at night.  Just like Buffalo, the fans start early on the drinking and by night-time many of them are too boozed up to make as much of a hollering.

Didn’t they set the loudest stadium record during a night game?

[Buffalo03]

12 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

same here man (except I’m turning 38 in a few months).

 

The first season I really followed the Bills and actually kept track of their record and such was 1994… FML 🫠😂

For me it was 1993 that I started following them. I can still tell people the scores to some of those games without even looking it up because I was so embedded in them by then. I've been hooked ever since that season opener against the Patriots that season

[yall]

Does anyone here have access to the Buffalo News? 

 

Evidently there is an article about people traveling to Kansas City and Labatt USA offering ride share vouchers, but I'm unable to see the details.

[stlbills13]

28 minutes ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:

I hear you—but Josh also seems to really shine under the bright lights of prime time, home or away fwiw.

It's not Josh I'm worried about