This is rare but I agree with this analysis

[djp14150]

2 hours ago, Freddie's Dead said:

During the first half GDT, I was screaming at Brady to RUN THE *****IN' BALL!!!!!  He kept trying to saddle up Josh instead of pounding the rock.  Bills came out in 2nd half and pounded the rock at the Chiefs to take the lead.  Then we get away from that later in the game.  B B B B B B B Brady and the Reffffsssss....oh they're weird and wonderful......

What I’m curious about….

 

in the 3rd quarter heavy run drive …who was playing DL for chiefs and where were they on the line vs where they ran the ball.  Was Jones not in, we’re they running away from him.

[popcornpam]

I think McDermott was calling all those pushes he was nodding in his headphone.
He kept saying it was our best play, not if everybody knows it’s coming. 
 

I still think he’s a head case doesn’t really want to win the big game. How many years has this been going on?  He always says he wants his defense to win it at the end. He was a wrestler so it seems he wants to do it over and over again. I think he needs to see a sports psych.
 

Unfortunately he’s gonna have to be pushed out the door if he doesn’t straighten up.

[strive_for_five_guy]

38 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

guys looking for their first HC (especially with so little NFL coaching experience) rarely turn down their first HC offer

Okay, you don’t know from first-hand info then, just your best guess?

[K-9]

The only reason I can think of for having Johnson out there instead of Cook (assuming Cook wasn’t hurt) is Brady preferred to have his best blitz pick-up back out there instead, considering we were in a passing mode. 
 

If only Kincaid caught that ball and spared us this damning retrospective.

[UKBillFan]

2 hours ago, colin said:

 

I disagree strongly.  we have a window NOW to win it all.  we don't lose to the chiefs because they are a magic group of magic men who use magic to magically win.  we lose to them because our coaches are morons.  our run game is our advantage, it is where we are BY FAR the most efficient, where we match up the best vs kc, how we score most of our points, and the thing that KC has struggled the most with stopping.  it also keeps kc off the field, letting us wear their d down, and puts pressure on them to score quickly calling bigger shot plays which is not what the want to do.

 

denver and baltimore had the top Ds in terms of EPA vs the run, we ran all over both of them.  we ended the season with the 2nd highest epa running next to the commanders.  

 

our oline struggles with blitz pick up, our qb has shown problems identifying pressure and adjusting protections, we have physically over matched low quality weapons who generate literally the worst separation in the nfl.  our fastest player is james cook, our other best runner is josh allen.  we have giant athletic tackles who can both pull or block power. 

 

what does 35 year old first full year as an OC brady do?  he gets cute, he goes empty and predictable, he tries half a dozen tush pushes exactly the same way over and over again, and runs the exact plays kc has seen before in high leverage situations.

 

he took the ball out of cooks hands as often as he could.  4 carries the first half, no touches on the final drive of the season.

 

the reality is clear, we have allen, we have some very talented players (dawkins, cook, brown, all are top 5 at their positions), we have some decent role players.  half the coaches in the NFL could get this team to the divisional round, we had the division won in november.  our coaches are chokers and losers.  all they had to do was use what was working.  instead, it's some weak screen to kinkaid who can't fight through contact and gets a bad spot and then a repeat of prior failed tush push plays.  being in 4 down territory and not using your head and shoulders best offensive weapon, particularly when you struggle vs pressure and are facing the number one pressure team, is criminal negligence for a coach.

 

Regarding Josh having problems identifying pressure and adjusting pressure... what's Mahomes weakness? Because, going off the regular season and the Divisional game against the Texans, it seems like the Chiefs offense can be exposed. And yet, come play off time against the Bills, they can just run up any score they need.

[Alphadawg7]

3 hours ago, HOUSE said:

Chiefs fans owe Joe Brady a massive thank you note, the last paragraph says it all. Buffalo got cute and fell into the trap. You can't run that offense against the Chiefs!

https://arrowheadaddict.com/chiefs-fans-owe-joe-brady-massive-thank-you-note-gift-wrapped-afc-title-01jjmhwtw8r2

 

I agree how it was a mistake he wasn't more involved especially on the final drive...and I will admit, I wasn't sure about resigning Cook before the season began, wasn't convinced he could be the every down back just on size and stuff.  Now, after this season, after him being so effective against stingy run defenses, seeing how essential he was against KC and the lack of more involvement negatively affected the offense, I am all for extending him.  I still would want that to be under $10M per year, but I think if we can sign him under $10M per its a worth the signing at this point.  

[BuffaloBill]

Ty Johnson is a better blocking back and handles the blitz. 

[PayDaBill$]

4 hours ago, HOUSE said:

Chiefs fans owe Joe Brady a massive thank you note, the last paragraph says it all. Buffalo got cute and fell into the trap. You can't run that offense against the Chiefs!

https://arrowheadaddict.com/chiefs-fans-owe-joe-brady-massive-thank-you-note-gift-wrapped-afc-title-01jjmhwtw8r2

I posted this ad nauseam during and after the game. I despised the game plan, especially the first half.  Cook was completely underutilized. He was running and catching well!  
 

I don’t know why we didn’t ride  him more in this game.

 

It was also obvious to me that we had the sugar-high version of Josh to open the game.  More running a few dinks  to settle him down would have been appropriate.

 

I don’t know wtf we were doing. It was a winnable game.   In fact I was underwhelmed with the last two games.  Maybe more game prep and less interview prep we get a different outcome!

 

Edited Tuesday at 06:31 PM by PayDaBill$

[billsbackto81]

I agree with a lot of what is being said but Brady did have a very good season here with the talent pool he had.

 

Chiefs haven't scored 30 points all season until Sunday. Take that for what it's worth.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

I think Brady was poor.  I still don't understand why Cooper was not featured. Allen's comments about how he accepted his role and how much he loved Cooper were interesting.  Not sure what if anything to read into it.  Seems like the players didn't understand either why Cooper was not getting more playing time.  

That said I thought going into the game they could win with a balanced run/pass mix.  As the game went on and Brady refused to feature Cooper and Cook was getting huge chunks it made sense to keep running the ball.  In the fourth quarter though the 1st down runs went from getting 6-10 yards to getting 1-4 yards.  Their D-line was starting to take control. That's where they should have used more play action.  Coleman should have never been on the field. It should have been a heavy dose of Knox, Cooper, Shakir, and Samuel on that final drive.  

[colin]

46 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:

 

Regarding Josh having problems identifying pressure and adjusting pressure... what's Mahomes weakness? Because, going off the regular season and the Divisional game against the Texans, it seems like the Chiefs offense can be exposed. And yet, come play off time against the Bills, they can just run up any score they need.

 

Our d makes life easy for opposing QBs.  Part of it is talent, but they've dumped a lot of resources in this d over the past 5 seasons and every exit is the same.  We allow teams to have literally their best offensive game of their season against us.

 

Mahomes had his best EPA of the year on Sunday, and the highest success rate on drop backs of his career.  That's a good measure of how easy it is to move the ball, and that was the easiest game he's ever played.

 

Our coaching is really bad in these games.  These guys are chokers and can't come up with anything that works, and while they tend to improve with their adjustments, the performance after the adjustment is still AZZ.

 

Elam is much worse than benford, but the d was actually as bad or worse w benford in because it was early and KC was running scripted plays and ripping our man coverage.

 

Mahomes is great but like anyone he can be tricked and beaten, our coaches just panic and choke and can't do it when it counts

[jkeerie]

Totally agree with that take.  Bills stayed loyal to all their tendencies in that game, which hurt them mightily.  That included playing Ty in the final series because of his blocking ability.  In essence, Brady didn't pay attention to the game he was playing, but rather relied on games played during the season.  He stopped doing what was working and stuck with doing what wasn't.

[No_Matter_What]

My brother is a random football fan from Europe who (like almost nobody on this continent) has never played football or has any idea about X and O's

 

Sometimes through the third quarter he texted me that he didn't get why cold Davis was getting snaps. I told him that it was what we do, rotate RBs. He told me he knew, but it was stupid im this game since it was AFCCG and Cook was extremely hot.

 

So there's that.

[Luka]

Cook is Thurman. He's the engine of this offense. He's a great receiver. An excellent all around player. Coaching staff should've recognized this at this point in the season.

[somnus00]

Bills once again got outcoached. Mahomes was running an offense that's designed to provide easy throws. Guys are schemed open consistently.

 

Everything the Bills did just on offense just looked harder. Cook was under-utilized, certainly. Also, KC was the worst in the league at defending TEs. We did just about nothing with Knox and Kincaid.

 

Too many times this season, the defense's game plan was horrible to start the game. Sure they adjust and tighten up in the second half, but they're giving up too much in the first 2 quarters. Giving up 21 to the Chiefs in the first half was terrible. They were getting almost 10 yards a play.

[Repulsif]

30 minutes ago, Luka said:

Cook is Thurman. He's the engine of this offense. He's a great receiver. An excellent all around player. Coaching staff should've recognized this at this point in the season.

I agree.

Now imagine Kelly or the OC not using him in the most important game of his life on the last drive. What could go wrong ?

[US Egg]

2 hours ago, popcornpam said:

I think McDermott was calling all those pushes he was nodding in his headphone.
He kept saying it was our best play, not if everybody knows it’s coming. 

 

I still think he's a head case that doesn't really want to win the big game.

I'd think that's what a head case would say.

[Buffalo Barbarian]

8 hours ago, HOUSE said:

Chiefs fans owe Joe Brady a massive thank you note, the last paragraph says it all. Buffalo got cute and fell into the trap. You can't run that offense against the Chiefs!

https://arrowheadaddict.com/chiefs-fans-owe-joe-brady-massive-thank-you-note-gift-wrapped-afc-title-01jjmhwtw8r2

 

one error in the article was the ball fell incomplete to Kincaid, should have said Kincaid dropped the ball.

 

Also Ty Johnson is the third down , hurry up running back. Hes a better pass b!ocker and runs just as good but considering we 333 left on the clock we should have used our regular offense with James Cook.

 

 

[The Jokeman]

5 hours ago, K-9 said:

The only reason I can think of for having Johnson out there instead of Cook (assuming Cook wasn’t hurt) is Brady preferred to have his best blitz pick-up back out there instead, considering we were in a passing mode. 
 

If only Kincaid caught that ball and spared us this damning retrospective.

I can't even remember 1st 2nd or 3rd down that drive. Must have been bad.

Edited Tuesday at 10:38 PM by The Jokeman

[streetkings01]

8 hours ago, HOUSE said:

Chiefs fans owe Joe Brady a massive thank you note, the last paragraph says it all. Buffalo got cute and fell into the trap. You can't run that offense against the Chiefs!

https://arrowheadaddict.com/chiefs-fans-owe-joe-brady-massive-thank-you-note-gift-wrapped-afc-title-01jjmhwtw8r2

They scored 29 points…..would’ve score 31 if they kicked the extra points. Were the Bills supposed to score 40-50 points?