Players Came Up Small

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:

Cook gets an A+

Mack gets an A

Josh gets a B+

Oliver gets a B

 

Maybe some O-line is in the B range

 

No one else was better than 'decent' in this game 

Bass was solid.

[Niagara Dude]

1 hour ago, gjv said:

Kincade is not a clutch TE. Personally I think he plays soft, and is overrated.

He looks more like a player you take in the 4th or 5th round,  not exactly a speed burner and almost never comes up big in big games.

[gobills404]

McD d-riders after his defense sucks in the playoffs every year

[CincyBillsFan]

1 minute ago, DrMaxPower said:

Allen is GD lucky he didn't bury us with 2 early picks. Spagnola had him confused. He misread pressure and coverage repeatedly. Lots of bad checks.

 

He still made some big plays and ultimately gave Kincaid a chance but he did not have a good day from the shoulders up. I think B- is fair.

What is it with the bizarre fixation on those first 2 passes?  They were not picked off so what the hell is the point of bringing them up?

 

Allen played a very good game against an elite D on the road.  The Bills offensive production and Allen's stats support this 100%.  My conclusion from tonight is that the Bills have failed to surround Allen with Super Bowl level talent on both sides of the ball.  Think back to the Kelly SB years and his supporting cast.  There is no comparison between the two. 

 

This nitpicking of Allen is way off base and doesn't pass any reasonable eye test.

 

 

 

 

 

[DabillsDaBillsDaBills]

5 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Bass was solid.

 

Good point! I've been a huge Bass hater, but he deserves an A for this game. He crushed that 53 yarder and made every other kick that was asked of him

[SCBills]

6 minutes ago, CincyBillsFan said:

What is it with the bizarre fixation on those first 2 passes?  They were not picked off so what the hell is the point of bringing them up?

 

Allen played a very good game against an elite D on the road.  The Bills offensive production and Allen's stats support this 100%.  My conclusion from tonight is that the Bills have failed to surround Allen with Super Bowl level talent on both sides of the ball.  Think back to the Kelly SB years and his supporting cast.  There is no comparison between the two. 

 

This nitpicking of Allen is way off base and doesn't pass any reasonable eye test.

 

 

 

 

 

Allen played Mahomes to a draw. 
 

But due to our year in / year out deficiencies around him, some people have warped themselves into thinking he played poorly if he doesn’t go super saiyan. 
 

To do what he did on offense should’ve been enough.  
 

Coaching let him down. (Again)

 

Defense let him down. (Again)

 

Refs were their typical KC comical selves. 
 

And sadly Beane got hit with a haymaker as his high picks were all embarassed by Xavier Worthy.. and the reality of us having no speed on the outside showed itself in our “run, run, swing pass, middle of the field dart” offense. 

[PoundingDog]

7 hours ago, CincyBillsFan said:

In fact, the Bills win this game if it's at home.  Next year they must grab the #1 seed.

In fact I was thinking about that. You need all the advantage you can get against Mahomes. Playing at home, you can change some of the plays that otherwise you can't. Also the cadence, like the snap count on the tush push. You can change that more easily on the fly instead of set in the huddle. 

[Pete]

Whats up with Bernard.  He was elite last season.  This past season he was often out of position or out leveraged.  He flashed at times, but looked lost often

[BearNorth]

In the case of our LB's literally small.  KC has LB's who can cover and are still thumpers.  We have LB's who are basically large DB's who get run over by RB's and TE's.

[Pete]

DsQuan, DORIAN WILLIAMS, and Phillips had good games.  We shut down KCs running game in 2nd half.  If I was D cooridinator- I would have Dorian Williams spy Mahomes often(taking Taron off the field).  Williams is like an attack dog and he hits like an elephant!

Edited Monday at 01:39 PM by Pete

[MrEpsYtown]

If players are not prepared to play, if the game seems too big for them, if they don't have viable replacements when injuries happen, that's on the staff. 

 

The bottom line is that the moment was too big for these guys. I blame the coach. 

 

The Chiefs played a guard at left tackle. And they were fine. It's all about coaching. All day every day. If McDermott did not have Josh, he wouldn't even be a .500 coach. To me, if anyone believes anything more than that they are delusional. He is not it, and he will never be it. It's about preparation and execution. 

[BearNorth]

Just now, Pete said:

DsQuan, DORIAN WILLIAMS, and Phillips had good games.  We shut down KCs running game in 2nd half.  If I was D cooridinator- I would have Dorian Williams spy Mahomes often(taking Taron off the field).  Williams is like an attack dog and he hits elephant!

Phillips did have a stupid 15 yarder that will cost him $10K or so.

[NoSaint]

3 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said:

If players are not prepared to play, if the game seems too big for them, if they don't have viable replacements when injuries happen, that's on the staff. 

 

The bottom line is that the moment was too big for these guys. I blame the coach. 

 

The Chiefs played a guard at left tackle. And they were fine. It's all about coaching. All day every day. If McDermott did not have Josh, he wouldn't even be a .500 coach. To me, if anyone believes anything more than that they are delusional. He is not it, and he will never be it. It's about preparation and execution. 

I could see him being .500 by losing to playoff teams and playing mistake free football against schlubs. 

[NoSaint]

Right now it feels like He’s the guy that’s 3rd place in your fantasy league because he just always follows the projections 

[DeltaDigital]

Jimmys and joes beats x's and o's and we dont have the Jimmys OR joes to win the big game against reid's x's and o's.