AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs

[notpolian]

Rapp being out hurts but it's not as bad as a few years ago with Tyreek Hill. 

 

I'm hopeful Benford will play. 

 

Johnson will probably play but any given tackle could hurt him a lot.  Last night I thought back to my first shoulder sublux almost 40 years ago.  I did it skiing.  I couldn't raise my hands above my shoulders for a few days but I didn't miss any skiing and was still able to drink beer.  

 

I haven't read back too far, any word on Milano?

 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

12 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

They have beaten good teams all season. Why would the fact this game has "playoff" in front of it matter as far as a guy that hasn't played since week 4 would have any impact?

They were finding ways to win in the 4 games Rice played lol. They still never scored 30 points in the 4 games he played

Rice was their leading receiver in all 3 of those games that he played straight through and averaged 96 receiving yards per game.

i think there’s only been 1 single game that any kc receiver has topped rice’s three game average for receiving yards and it was smith-schuster against NO  

Edited 5 hours ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Kelly to Allen]

Just now, notpolian said:

Rapp being out hurts but it's not as bad as a few years ago with Tyreek Hill. 

 

I'm hopeful Benford will play. 

 

Johnson will probably play but any given tackle could hurt him a lot.  Last night I thought back to my first shoulder sublux almost 40 years ago.  I did it skiing.  I couldn't raise my hands above my shoulders for a few days but I didn't miss any skiing and was still able to drink beer.  

 

I haven't read back too far, any word on Milano?

 

 

Milano has had a normal week and is full practice today. Everyone is ready to go except for Rapp. 

 

Hoping for Rapp to be ready for the Superbowl.

 

I'm glad we get a bye week now before the big game 

[Buffalo03]

28 minutes ago, Steptide said:

I mean, how true is this.... 

 

 

The sad part is this is something I can definitely see happening 

[Buffalo Ballin]

4 hours ago, stlbills13 said:

If you need to drum up extra controversy or motivation this week, you shouldn't be playing. A trip to the super bowl is on the line. That's all anyone needs. Chiefs fans are only drumming this up because they're scared sh.itless

We're the only team that Kansas City and Chiefs Kingdom did NOT want to face. Well...pucker up buttercup. Here we are.

[Slippery Rubber Mats]

I'm glad Bishop has been on the field enough to get experience this season. I've liked his development so far

[mjt328]

Can't expect to be 100% healthy when you are 20 games into the season.

We were down half of the defense last year, so missing maybe 1-2 starters should make us feel pretty fortunate.

 

No more excuses.  

 

You go into the season with the goal of winning the Super Bowl, and this is what you play all season to get to.  This team has blocked us from achieving that goal three times already.  Comparing rosters, there is nothing that sets them above us in terms of overall talent.  We should be well above them when it comes to desire, motivation and how bad we want this.  No way they can get in our way a fourth time.

 

[Buffalo03]

5 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Rice was their leading receiver in all 3 of those games that he played straight through and averaged 96 receiving yards per game.

i think there’s only been 1 single game that any kc receiver has topped rice’s three game average for receiving yards and it was smith-schuster against NO  

And yet, it took a foot size too big shoe from Isaiah Likely, a bad PI call against the Bengals and a late no PI call against the Falcons their first 3 games to win those games. They didn't do anything anymore spectacular than they have done all season

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Buffalo03

[Buffalo Ballin]

3 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

 

Milano has had a normal week and is full practice today. Everyone is ready to go except for Rapp. 

 

Hoping for Rapp to be ready for the Superbowl.

 

I'm glad we get a bye week now before the big game 

Whoa. Slow our roles. We got to play the AFC title game first to see if we beat the Chiefs.

[RiotAct]

If you told me 9 or 10 weeks ago that we would be FULLY healthy minus Taylor Rapp heading into our AFC Championship showdown with KC, I take that 1,000 times out of 1,000.  

[Scott7975]

Sucks to me knowing that our starting safety is out and we have Hyde sitting on the practice squad but he isn't good enough to use. If they wanted him here just to kinda coach players up then why didn't they just hire him as a coach instead of using a PS spot and salary cap space. I know that cap space isnt alot but when you are against the cap, every penny counts.

[RobbRiddick]

Bart Scott picks the Bills, we're officially screwed

 

 

[Buffalo Ballin]

Kansas City has to stop 3 RBs on our team:

 

James Cook

Josh Allen

Ray Davis

 

It's a tall order. In previous 3 playoff match ups vs Kansas City, we didn't have this good RB group.

Edited 5 hours ago by Buffalo Ballin

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

4 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

And yet, it took a foot size too big shoe from Isaiah Likely, a bad PI call against the Bengals and a late no PI call against the Falcons their first 3 games to win those games. They didn't do anything anymore spectacular than they have done all season

 

lol what is that supposed to prove? All three of those games are unquestionable losses if rice didn’t play.  He was a huge part in not losing any of those games.

 

I’d give your argument some partial credit because they went out and grabbed Hopkins because of the rice injury so it was mitigated a bit but I don’t think Hopkins has been nearly as good as rice would be been 

[Buffalo03]

4 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

lol what is that supposed to prove? All three of those games are unquestionable losses if rice didn’t play.  He was a huge part in not losing any of those games.

 

I’d give your argument some partial credit because they went out and grabbed Hopkins because of the rice injury so it was mitigated a bit but I don’t think Hopkins has been nearly as good as rice would be been 

This is an assumption. My post is supposed to prove that the way those 3 games finished are no different than all their other games through out the season. Rashee Rice made no difference and they have won not having him since week 4. He doesn't matter. If they lost 6 games this year. Yes, you can make that argument. Winning 15 games and making the conference championship game is not a way to make that argument 

Edited 5 hours ago by Buffalo03

[Special K]

8 minutes ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

Kansas City has to stop 3 RBs on our team:

 

James Cook

Josh Allen

Ray Davis

 

It's a tall order. In previous 3 playoff match ups vs Kansas City, we didn't have this good RB group.

Don't forget Ty Johnson......all he does is make big plays when he's in there!

[jcamm1966]

9 minutes ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

Kansas City has to stop 3 RBs on our team:

 

James Cook

Josh Allen

Ray Davis

 

It's a tall order. In previous 3 playoff match ups vs Kansas City, we didn't have this good RB group.

TY on 3rd down also

[Straight Hucklebuck]

Last week we never got word Saturday that Davis cleared protocol, we just saw the practice squad elevations at 4:00 PM and saw no Frank Gore Jr and assumed he was clear.

 

With Benford I don’t see a practice squad elevation because they’ll just have Elam active. 

[FLFan]

1 hour ago, Process said:

Well CB still in protocol and missing the last practice before the afccg is concerning..... Would be a huge loss. 

Missing practice due to personal reasons.  Nothing to do with his status.

[Scott7975]

I still think Benford will play. He will do the walkthrough practice Saturday. Sunday he will get checked and cleared by an independent.

Edited 5 hours ago by Scott7975