AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs

[Logic]

7 minutes ago, 3rdand12 said:

Rapp is a downhill player by nature.

Right. Agreed. So is Bishop. The only difference is that Bishop has more speed and athleticism than Rapp to be able to rotate deep after starting plays closer to the LOS. Granted, he's lacking the veteran awareness and savvy that Rapp has, but...

In terms of skillset, play style, strengths and weaknesses...Bishop and Rapp aren't that different. It's that pesky "experience" thing that might bite Bishop in the butt, especially matching up against a wily HOF veteran like Travis Kelce.

[BuffaloBaumer]

24 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

should be… full go at practice.

Below does not sound anywhere close to full practice to me...

 

Milano - "We'll see how (he) continues to trend towards game time" - "kind of like you'd expect sore there, dealing with it, still dealing with it, doing more today to test it out" ... "we'll see how it goes, kind of one of those things that's up in the air"

[Beck Water]

2 hours ago, bills6969 said:

 

 

That was what I thought.

[Scott7975]

13 minutes ago, NickelCity said:

We need to be able to run the ball on this game. Josh bailed us out last time against the chiefs converting a ton of 3rd and longs. 

 

Oh the other side it's all about getting to Mahomes quickly.

 

TBF we didn't have Brown the last game. That probably changed how we ran the ball. They like to use 6 linemen and Brown has been a freaking beast this year.

[Beck Water]

2 hours ago, bills6969 said:

 

 

Here's the full rundown per McDermott:

 

the "show more" word is "today".

[Scott7975]

 

[Goin Breakdown]

14 minutes ago, KingBoots8 said:

Chiefs have put Josh on their tackle dummies.

 

Looks like Josh tackled back in this picture lol

Haha yep. Even fake Josh is knocked em down. 

[Beck Water]

2 hours ago, Simon said:

Conspiracy theory alert:

I wonder if they're trying to hide the fact he has the flu and are trying to keep him away from the team.

 

I don't think so?  Chris Brown went on to quote McDermott:

If you want to conspiracy theorize, his "personal matter" could in truth be an MRI or a PET test and they're hiding his real medical status.

 

10 minutes ago, BuffaloBaumer said:

Below does not sound anywhere close to full practice to me...

 

Milano - "We'll see how (he) continues to trend towards game time" - "kind of like you'd expect sore there, dealing with it, still dealing with it, doing more today to test it out" ... "we'll see how it goes, kind of one of those things that's up in the air"

 

Actually it sounds fully compatible with a pretty much full practice.  He'll test out his hamstring and see how it responds, then the trainers and coaches will make a decision based on that.

Edited Friday at 06:26 PM by Beck Water

[Blank Stare]

Bummer on Rapp. I wish we had him in this tilt. That said, I’m confident in Bishop and believe he will play well this Sunday. 

[3rdand12]

10 minutes ago, Logic said:

Right. Agreed. So is Bishop. The only difference is that Bishop has more speed and athleticism than Rapp to be able to rotate deep after starting plays closer to the LOS. Granted, he's lacking the veteran awareness and savvy that Rapp has, but...

In terms of skillset, play style, strengths and weaknesses...Bishop and Rapp aren't that different. It's that pesky "experience" thing that might bite Bishop in the butt, especially matching up against a wily HOF veteran like Travis Kelce.

Thanks Logic

Advantage Rapp. Game smart. Call plays

Advantage Cole , Speed and possibly size and condition , up and coming lately

Babich and DB Coach are going to have to adjust a few things

Expect Reid to go after the safeties in many ways.

We'll see Cam too. Where does he fit into it ?

[Einstein]

3 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

Here's the full rundown per McDermott:

 

the "show more" word is "today".

 

Im extremely worried about our defense. Offense may have to score 40.

 

Watching the ALL-22, Ravens had open guys everywhere. We are extremely lucky Lamar didn’t see them, or they dropped them.

 

Similarly, watching the Chiefs game again, Worrhy was running open everywhere. We need to do better.

[Gman10]

35 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

Milano - "We'll see how (he) continues to trend towards game time" - "kind of like you'd expect sore there, dealing with it, still dealing with it, doing more today to test it out" ... "we'll see how it goes, kind of one of those things that's up in the air"

 

Geez man, if he doesn't play. 

Yikes

[Sierra Foothills]

1 hour ago, Johnnycage46 said:

The only pushback I would give to the comparison of Rice to Rapp is that Rice has been out for most of the season, so KC has lived with it. With Rapp it's fresh and newly exploitable, which sucks.

This will be the 4th game that Rapp has missed this year so the Bills have been in this situation before.

 

[Logic]

1 minute ago, Einstein said:

 

Im extremely worried about our defense. Offense may have to score 40.

 

[Buffalo716]

7 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

Im extremely worried about our defense. Offense may have to score 40.

 

Watching the ALL-22, Ravens had open guys everywhere. We are extremely lucky Lamar didn’t see them, or they dropped them.

 

Similarly, watching the Chiefs game again, Worrhy was running open everywhere. We need to do better.

You think we might have to score 40 to win when the Chiefs hasn't scored 31 all year 

 

Dude we played them without five or six starters last year.. they're not magically going to score 9 more points than they have all year 

 

Chiefs are going to be lucky to get 27 which would be high

[3rdand12]

4 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

Im extremely worried about our defense. Offense may have to score 40.

 

Watching the ALL-22, Ravens had open guys everywhere. We are extremely lucky Lamar didn’t see them, or they dropped them.

 

Similarly, watching the Chiefs game again, Worrhy was running open everywhere. We need to do better.

This is where i have changed my perception as a fan. Seeing guys running all over , open.

Well why didnt Mr MVP Lamar find them ??

He is honestly one of the best. and He didnt see them. anticipate their routes and what they were running into ?

We beat them cuz they Jackson could not get the ball to them. Same happens with Josh !

 in the end , who has the better day when the buzzer buzzes is all we can hope for. 

[Straight Hucklebuck]

8 minutes ago, Gman10 said:

Yikes

I can't imagine him not giving it a go, but none of McDermott's statements there were promising. 

 

Usually its "he's making progress" or "optimistic" - but still up in the air? 

[Dillenger4]

WE GONNA BEAT DOWN ON THED CHIEFS! REINING PAIN DOWN ON THEIR SORRY SOU:LS> BILLS WIN BIG THIS WEEKEND!!! LET"S GOOOOOOO BABY!!!!! WEE WILL DESTROY THEM. ENJOY THE GAME BOYS CAUSE IT"S GONNA BE FUN TO WATCH!!!!!!

[Buffalo Barbarian]

This our year!!!

[Scott7975]

I started this week 50/50. Some reason today I am more like 70/30. LFG Buffalo!!