1/26/25 GAMEDAY AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Bills @ Chiefs Gameday Thread

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

Any word on Benford's status? At this point that's my biggest X Factor

[Bigvinny]

3 minutes ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:

Any word on Benford's status? At this point that's my biggest X Factor

He was walking to the plane with Rasul. No way that's happening if he didn't clear protocol.

Also seeing AFC Championship Gameday on the thread title is pretty awesome.

Edited Sunday at 02:45 PM by Bigvinny

[aristocrat]

Schefter tweeting a lot about these penalties. Seems like he is gonna make sure this is a fair fight 

[zow2]

Chris Jones gets all the pub for KC's defensive line but Charles Omenihu is a problem.  He had 4 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble last week vs Houston.  I'm sure the Bills are well aware.  He tore his ACL is last years AFC Championship game at Baltimore,  he came back in week 11 and their D is better.  I'm kind of surprised he's been this good only a year removed from the ACL.  Hopefully he is looking at the backsides of Bills players running by him.

[JakeFrommStateFarm]

I have a drinking game for everyone.

 

Every time they show Taylor swift you have to take a shot !!

Edited Sunday at 02:47 PM by JakeFrommStateFarm

[Since1981]

2 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

 

I have a drinking game for everyone.

 

Every time they show Taylor swift you have to take a shot !!

 

Dry January drink game? 

every time they show Hailee a shot.  

[Stads]

8 minutes ago, stevewin said:

 

Rub one out to watching the replay of the game or reading the GDT? I need to do this right

10 minutes ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:

Edibles usually go for about 8-10 hours. Or so I've been told 

I may have heard that too

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

I found this to be well put and appropriate for today's game and beyond.

 

GO BILLS!!!

 

 

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We are a different breed, a breed that knows how to fight, how to rise, and how to WIN. Everybody eats. There are no egos, no solo stars—this is a FAMILY, and every single player has a role in this unstoppable force.

 

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We are Buffalo. We are family.

[Since1981]

21 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

bass missed FG and diggs dropped pass. Historically Allen has excelled vs the chiefs and playoff

We snow tush push 6 and avoid this crap

Edited Sunday at 02:52 PM by Since1981

[zow2]

These are the best games of the year today.  At the home team's stadiums.  For conference Championships.  No neutral site, corporate nonsense while the in-stadium fans rooting interests are split in half.   The whole country is watching.  Can't wait.

[YoloinOhio]

15 minutes ago, Bigvinny said:

He was walking to the plane with Rasul. No way that's happening if he didn't clear protocol.

Also seeing AFC Championship Gameday on the thread title is pretty awesome.

 Cant take it for granted. Took us 4 years to get back. 

[pennstate10]

1 hour ago, Turf Toejam 34 said:

Really in the area of officiating, I really hope that the focus on the Chiefs are in the three main areas that we've seen over and over again in big spots:   

 

• QB roughing the passer penalties that are really ticky tack and reflect Mahomes ability to suggest more action than what really happened,
• CB's interfering with receivers, particularly at the height of the route, and
• OL both from an alignment but also from an early kick out on the tackles.  

 

If these areas are called fairly on both sides---I can be at least satisfied in the outcome either way.   If the Bills OL can replicate the success in the run game that they've shown throughout the year, using our own three-headed monster of Cook/Johnson/Davis, we might finally see the "luckiest" team that I've ever seen in the NFL get exposed.       GO BILLS!

When certain head referees call the game Mahomes is 32-0. 
 

todays ref is Clete Blakeman. Mahomes is 6-5 when he calls the game. 
 

So I’m hoping we see a fairly officiated game. 

[Bob in STL]

We are knocking on the door and can win the AFC Championship today.  What a long ride. I know I’m nervous and anxious.  
 

Just wanna say good luck to the Bills Team and Bills nation (mafia). I hope the Bills pull out all the stops to get past this barrier.  
 

Let’s keep the faith and bring home a win. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

1 hour ago, jcamm1966 said:

Common you know you are gonna peek

Just please no 8 wide WR screens , they never work.

Not even a little bit. 

 

My biggest pet peeve are the conspiracy theorist types that will be coming out of the woodwork talking about how the NFL "wants" The Chiefs to win, the Taylor Swift factor and "bogus penalties that were called or missed" when it amounts to a lot of times the person posting really just doesn't understand the rules as well as they THINK they do. 

 

Yeah, no, I won't be peeking. Going to enjoy the game with a nice cold beer, not whine.

Edited Sunday at 03:04 PM by BuffaloBillyG

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

8 minutes ago, zow2 said:

Chris Jones gets all the pub for KC's defensive line but Charles Omenihu is a problem.  He had 4 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble last week vs Houston.  I'm sure the Bills are well aware.  He tore his ACL is last years AFC Championship game at Baltimore,  he came back in week 11 and their D is better.  I'm kind of surprised he's been this good only a year removed from the ACL.  Hopefully he is looking at the backsides of Bills players running by him.

We talked about it with Baltimore a bit but Kansas City also finished on a nice run of pretty terrible offenses..  since we last played them they went panthers, raiders, chargers, browns,Texans,Steelers,Texans again in games where their starters played. 

I’m not sure how much of the ‘improvement’ is a function of that, I was actually surprised with how easily Houston moved it on them with their terrible offensive line and one good receiver tbh 

 

 

[RiotAct]

 

[BuffaloBaumer]

26 minutes ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:

Any word on Benford's status? At this point that's my biggest X Factor

So Milano and Bernard are 100% go? Are we just waiting on Benford?

[BuffaloBillyG]

35 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

And bass missed FG and diggs dropped pass. Historically Allen has excelled vs the chiefs and playoff games in general 

I thought about this last night. 

 

As sweet as it would be to get back to the Bowl on its own...I'd find it a bit sweeter it comes at the end of the season where Diggs pushed his way out of Buffalo...only to join a team that lost in the playoffs to the Chiefs in the Divisional round.

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

3 hours ago, Rich Stadium Original said:

Aside from the Bills execution, this could come down to officiating. Not only the refs ignoring the Mahommes roughing "flop" for 15 yards, but the Chiefs are notorious for being very "handsy" in their man coverage, and never getting a call.

Think a few players on their o-line are weak..its led to a drop in production and increased sacks/pressure..hence all their reshuffling in the last few weeks..how far will the refs let them go in protecting Mahommes?

Finally, it's amazing how their tackels are always "allowed" to line up so far behind the line of scrimmage and start early..despite ALL the analysts pointing it out every week.

 

The tackle thing is truly bizarre. Taylor is lined up in the backfield on every snap. Remember opening night? They flagged the the Ravens three times on their opening drive for the tackles being too far back? Thought it was going to be a point of emphasis this year. 

[zow2]

2 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

We talked about it with Baltimore a bit but Kansas City also finished on a nice run of pretty terrible offenses..  since we last played them they went panthers, raiders, chargers, browns,Texans,Steelers,Texans again in games where their starters played. 

I’m not sure how much of the ‘improvement’ is a function of that, I was actually surprised with how easily Houston moved it on them with their terrible offensive line and one good receiver tbh 

 

 

All true and hopefully the Bills O is super dialed in today.  Buf scored 6 points in the 2nd half vs Baltimore.  I get that some of it was a product of hey, we have a lead let's not LOSE the game ourselves by being reckless.  But let's be real, the Bills are not winning today with a second half effort like last week.  I think they will be better on both sides.