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

[ScotSHO]

Just now, Sojourner said:

You’re right, forgot about that one. Thanks. 

no problemo

Just now, Motorin' said:

 

They had Shakir run the little loop behind the line. No one covered him and there wasn't a defenseman within 20 yards. 

The unblocked pressure got Josh all frisky.  Name of the game since he came into the league.  Zero blitz (which this wasn't) him in pressure spots.

[gordong]

whatever the simple matter of fact is Josh had the ball with 2:00 to win the game and didnt get it done, blame Brady blame whoever you want,  but everyone knows the Mahomes makes that play and scores a TD to win the game.   and I'm 100% over MARV version #2  

[Amaru523]

1 minute ago, GolfandBills said:

I think we just need to come to grips that we aren’t beating KC in the playoffs anytime soon.   

Our only chance to win a Super Bowl is to hope we get lucky and someone else beats KC so we don't have to play them. 

[biggerdaddynj]

Just now, MWK said:

 

 

You trust Beane to hit on high picks? 

Trust him with the late round picks but I have to keep hoping that maybe this draft will be the one where he starts to hit on his first and second picks.  What other choice do we have?  It’s McBeane for the unforeseen future for better or worse…

[NoHuddleKelly12]

I’m gutted. Truly. We let this game slip through our fingers, but fought all night and I’m proud of this ragtag bunch this year. Once Benford went down and Elam showed why the Bills can’t trust him, it was a tough hole to climb out of. That and the terrible spot by the refs on the 4th down by Josh were backbreaking. 

[Ralonzo]

Ah I had almost forgotten that I did learn something today. That a tie between a ball being possessed by the receiver, the defender, the ground and the refs simultaneously, is a first down for the Chiefs.

Edited 14 hours ago by Ralonzo

[Big Turk]

4 minutes ago, Billzgobowlin said:

You can't believe that that ball is catchable...

 

Must not have seen the replay, it literally went right thru his hands and even Romo was shocked when he saw the replay and said he should have caught it.

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

Just the same thing every single year. Just can’t ever stop anyone. This team could have won 2 or 3 super bowls already. You give up 32 to a team that didn’t score 30 against anyone. Make it about whatever you wanna make it about. If this is our defense, we’ll never win a Super Bowl. McDermott is holding us back and at this point I don’t think we’ll ever get through. Even in the down years the chiefs light us up. ONLY us btw. Not even the ***** teams they play. Even the terrible teams stop them. 2017….that off-season the league figured our defense out. Keep running it back. We’ll end up here. The offense scores 29, never enough. It’s never going to be enough because our defense just doesn’t make stops. Rely on turnovers. That’s not a defense. It’s complete bull####. This coach is why we haven’t won and is why we won’t win. Change it or we’ll never get further 

[May Day 10]

Hamlin and elam need to be gone.  Kincaid has no purpose either if we are paying Knox.  

[ngbills]

6 minutes ago, london_bills said:

Something tells me Beane is more the issue 

S and WR. Coleman and Bishop. Compare that to worthy for kc. 

[dma0034]

McDermott needs to go or the Bills need to hire a new DC. His Defense has failed 5 games in a row against the other 2 elite passers in the AFC

Drops: Samuel and Kincaid. Kincaid's drop was the game. You see Chiefs make clutch play after clutch play after clutch play and Kincaid not catching that pass was awful.

Tush Push: It wasn't effective and you kept going with it. Bills should have audibled into a RPO on the failed 4th and 1 after the Chiefs continued to stuff the Bills. I also hated that the Bills didn't try to force them Offside except once.

 

2 Point Conversions: Probably wouldn't have mattered but the Bills failed on two 2 points and the Chiefs got 1. Ultimately the Chiefs won by three but the Bills probably punt late in the 4th

Brady: Too conservative in the playoff games against the Ravens and Chiefs. Why does it never seem like the Bills have players wide open as often as Mahomes, Burrow and Jackson? It's crazy.

[mannc]

Just now, Another Fan said:

100% agree.

 

Felt on that drive they were playing not to lose versus to win.  

Brady played scared all season…always doing the predictable thing on short yardage.  Simply not good enough. I wish he’d gotten a head coaching job.

[Buddy Hix]

Brady not going right on rush push is so ***** dumb…***** me hes so overrated 

[Sandhill Mike]

Just now, Goin Breakdown said:

Man to be honest. I'm surprised im

writing in here right now let alone thinking about next year. I'm a huge fan and always will be but I'm tired of losing to this same team. Heck I'm tired of losing  in the playoffs. It hurts. I really need to care less and view it as entertainment and not a goal to witness in my life. 

The Chefs are just the Patriots in different costumes.  After watching a WWE video where McMahon and those guys talked about building narratives and villains, I can't help but see it in the NFL.  It's little things... how many times did the Bills have to go for a 4th and 1 because the spot was questionable and usually not even looked at?

[MWK]

We win in the regular season so it’s all good. Pathetic thinking from the Mcdermott and Beane defenders

[Warriorspikes51]

Cook was elite tonight and earned more touches than he got….

[Simon]

Just now, MasterStrategist said:

Outcoached?

 

Benford went down and killed us.

 

This is a slow secondary.  I see a massive change in general, we started with Bishop...gonna be more speed added next offseason.

 

Coaching kept us in a season of $30m+ in dead cap.

 

Our defensive coaching came out and stopped KC to 11 in 2nd half.

 

Offense under Brady, plays were there.  Josh missed a few.  And when Mahomes misses literally zero, there was little wiggle room for error.  Josh to Samuel, Josh 1st drive.

 

I say Josh, not blaming him. But he came out jittery hence the 1st down designed run to him to calm his nerves.  He played lights out, except the Samuel miss.

 

Cook played possessed.  OL played great. 

 

Sometimes you just lose to a team that is truly that good.

 

I don't disagree with any of this.

And saying they were outcoached by Reid and Spagnulo is not any sort of insult. They are the best duo in the world and one of the greatest of all time. It's like finishing .10 seconds behind Edwin Moses. Whaddya gonna do? 🤷‍♂️

[Buffalo Barbarian]

Man i hate Kelce and kermit is annoying

 

 

[Ralonzo]

Just now, NoHuddleKelly12 said:

I’m gutted. Truly. We let this game slip through our fingers, but fought all night and I’m proud of this ragtag bunch this year. Once Benford went down and Elam showed why the Bills can’t trust him, it was a tough hole to climb out of. That and the terrible spot by the refs on the 4th down by Josh were backbreaking. 

 

That's why this is going to be "The 4th down game" the spot was correct, and a 1st down... before they changed it.

[Nitro]

Anyone going to ask Allen on why he started so badly?   This was his for the taking.