good comments from Bills players in this new Athletic piece

[dave mcbride]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6092739/2025/01/27/bills-locker-cleanout-chiefs-afc-title-game/ 

 

(My takeaway: a lot of our criticisms of players on the field (Rousseau, Torrence) aren't all that fair because their misses are a product of being outschemed by a staff exploiting the Bills' dedication to past film.)

...

Start with the fourth-and-5 at the end of the Bills’ final offensive drive. The fact that the ball hit Dalton Kincaid in the hands makes him an easy target for blame. But the only reason Josh Allen was in that position, heaving up a prayer off his back foot, is because of the blitz Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo called. The Bills had seen it on film, but the tendency was different.

 

“We called protection to slide left,” Bills right guard O’Cyrus Torrence said Monday as Bills players cleaned out their lockers. “From film, they would blitz from where they weren’t showing it from. They showed it from the right, so we were thinking they were doing it from the left. But they actually brought it from the right this time. You could say it was an error, but they just called the better play than we had on offense.”

...

One of the main differences in the game was the way Patrick Mahomes was able to stress Buffalo’s defense with his legs. The Athletic’s Mike Sando detailed earlier this year how Mahomes scrambles a lot more often in the fourth quarter of one-score games. He’s also added more EPA by scrambles in those situations than any quarterback in the NFL since the beginning of 2023. Mahomes finished the game with 11 rushing attempts for 43 yards and two touchdowns. And 17 of those yards and one touchdown came on two rushes in the fourth quarter.

 

Bills defensive end Greg Rousseau said some of the situations Mahomes ran in caught them off guard. For instance, Mahomes’ 10-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter came with a formation in which the Chiefs had two tight ends lined up next to Mahomes. Rousseau said he didn’t see that on any of the breakdowns he watched during the week.

 

“He’s a dual-threat quarterback,” Rousseau said. “Sometimes with him, you look at the film from the regular-season game and he was more so throwing the ball. Then last night he was running the ball a lot more. It was a lot more boots and they kind of changed up the game plan. You kind of don’t know what you’re going to get with a quarterback like him.”

 

According to TruMedia, this was the second-highest scramble percentage Mahomes has had in a game in his career. The only time he scrambled more was in a 2020 regular-season win against the Bills. He was pressured on 29 percent of his dropbacks. He’s only lost six times in his career when pressured at that rate or lower. This is also the first time in his career he’s had two rushing touchdowns in a game.

 

“The plays where he got out, it was just Mahomes magic,” Miller said. “He saw a little crease and got out. Whether it was a stunt that we had that way or whether it was a blitz that we had the opposite way. We knew in the playoffs the odds of him running go way up because he’s the guy over there. Just like Josh (Allen). Josh runs a little more in the playoffs. He was just seeing those creases and making it happen. Out of all the stuff that happened, it all came down to just a couple of plays.

...

 

But regardless of the ball spot on that quarterback sneak, the Bills had a much tougher time with that play against the Chiefs than they did throughout the season. In the regular season, Allen had 17 rushing first downs on 18 tries on third or fourth down and 1 yard to go. The Chiefs stopped him three different times in those situations. What was often an impossible play for defenses to stop this season became predictable for the Chiefs.

 

“Those plays you always just have to win your block I would say and hopefully the call is good enough,” Torrence said. “It’s still just a game of inches. You watch film and think you know what the defense is going to do and then they come out and do something different. I think that’s kind of what was getting us a little bit. They slammed a few times and sometimes they didn’t. Crowding the ball real well, things like that.”

 

Like in other areas, the Chiefs had answers when the Bills didn’t. It’s fair to second-guess offensive coordinator Joe Brady for not adjusting, especially with how well James Cook was running. But that’s also a play that has been Buffalo’s go-to in those spots.

 

“That has been a staple in our offense when we get to that, we always do that,” Torrence said. “That’s why we never went away from it. If we’re going to get it, we’re going to get it because we’ve been getting it all year. So I don’t feel bad that coach was calling it because he put the game in our hands and gave us a chance to get the first down.”

...

When Allen spoke Monday, he did so with his right hand and wrist wrapped. He said the injury happened on the two-point conversion attempt at the end of the first half. He had some swelling Monday, but the pain was manageable during the game. In a game that came down to the slimmest of margins, though, having your franchise quarterback’s throwing hand and wrist banged up isn’t ideal. Allen doesn’t anticipate any of the minor aches and pains he had coming out of the season to require medical attention beyond rest, though.

 

Also on the injury front, tight end Dawson Knox revealed that Kincaid was playing on two injured knees. He had a torn PCL in one knee and had a bunch of fluid in the other knee. Both Knox and Allen were quick to defend Kincaid for his drop at the end of the game. The degree of difficulty was high on the play, but Allen somehow hit him in the hands. But that was just one moment in an underwhelming second season for Kincaid. The 2023 first-round pick had just 448 yards and two touchdowns this season and then added only six catches for 71 yards in the playoffs.

 

“I have to be better for him,” Allen said. “I didn’t feel like I put him in enough situations this year ball placement-wise. Even the one last night, I left it behind him and allowed 32 (Nick Bolton) to make a play on it. He can sit there and think about that play over and over, but I have to be better. That’s what it comes down to. I know he’s been battling throughout the entire year, bumps and bruises, probably games he shouldn’t have played he was in. But he’s a tough sucker and I have nothing but love for him and how he’s approached this year. He’s going to be so much better next year.

...

Allen spoke glowingly about how unselfish Cooper was and how much he loved playing with him. Cooper is a free agent, and he said he doesn’t know yet what the future holds. He’s open to returning to the Bills if it makes sense for both sides because he would love a chance to finish what he started. He also said quarterback play would influence his decision in free agency, and he knows what he has in Allen.

 

“It’s a huge factor,” Cooper said. “Truth be told it’s the most important position on the field. Their position just holds a lot more weight based off the responsibility that they have. Whoever is in that position at any given team is going to say a lot about the team and their ability to win in the big moments. It’s very important.”

...

“Coming into training camp I still wasn’t sure that I could play football,” Miller said. “I think I proved myself that I’ve done enough for myself to build the confidence up that I can come back for Year 15. Year 16 that’s way down the road, but I have Year 15 on the books for sure.”

 

Miller said he’ll keep coming to One Bills Drive as long as his key card works. He wants to return to the Bills and thinks that feeling is mutual.

 

 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

O’CyrusTorrence - “Chiefs called a better play than we had on offense”

[Cray51]

People can dismiss this article, but it brings good insight.  It's tough for fans to accept when another team/organization is simply better.  The Bills put up a great effort all year chasing the Chiefs and keeping them honest, but the Chiefs have gone to 7 STRAIGHT AFC Title games.  SEVEN.  They are simply that good top to bottom in the org.  Reid is a master at scheming, and you saw it early on.  The Chiefs knew we were going to run more man, and Mahomes/Reid had a clear plan for it.  Late in the game, Mahomes/Reid had those few scramble plays to attack in certain schemes/ways that hadn't been ran all year.

 

On defense, Spags is quite the master.  Terrible head coach, great DC.  He dialed up pressure, had plans for our tush push, and completely changed blitz schemes from past weeks to Sunday.

 

It sucks, but the Chiefs are the team of the decade for a reason.  It isn't luck.  There are things I dont like about them (Kelce has grown old to me, his whole not contributing to the game but toeing the line of a taunt on every single play is stupid), but I can't knock their greatness.

 

Bills need to address some things in the coaching room.  1) Brady needs to expand his playbook with new schemes/plays when it matters.  Thinking back to the Detroit game, he schemed up some GREAT plays that the Lions had no answer for.  Need more of that.  2) Brady needs to be more aggressive on the boundary corners, and Bernard needs to understand how to handle the mesh concepts that killed them all night.  3) They need to coach 4th down to not be the Tush push every play.  They need a fake out of that formation.  Direct snap to a late motion, Allen goes to the right instead, Allen rolls out for a pass.  They had half a dozen chances to do it, and they couldnt.

[TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th]

I really wish our players would have called out the refs like the Texans did. 

[DabillsDaBillsDaBills]

Von Miller can get *****.

 

Mahomes magic?

 

Our DEF could not have made the game easier for him.

 

Miller said he’ll keep coming to One Bills Drive as long as his key card works. He wants to return to the Bills and thinks that feeling is mutual.

 

The only question for the Bills is if we're going to make him a post June 1st designation when we release him this offseason. Good luck finding another team, you're going to need it

[LABILLBACKER]

Of course Josh is going to do the valiant thing and support his players.  That's why he's the leader that he is.  But once...just once can our coaches ever outscheme KC?  I get the feeling the only way we get to a SB is if Mahomes gets injured or someone else beats them. Clearly we can't and they're living rent free in our heads.

[PBF81]

7 minutes ago, Cray51 said:

Bills need to address some things in the coaching room.  1) Brady needs to expand his playbook with new schemes/plays when it matters.  Thinking back to the Detroit game, he schemed up some GREAT plays that the Lions had no answer for.  Need more of that.  2) Brady needs to be more aggressive on the boundary corners, and Bernard needs to understand how to handle the mesh concepts that killed them all night.  3) They need to coach 4th down to not be the Tush push every play.  They need a fake out of that formation.  Direct snap to a late motion, Allen goes to the right instead, Allen rolls out for a pass.  They had half a dozen chances to do it, and they couldnt.

 

Thinking and being able to adjust on the fly is imperative and has been a weakness every season.  

 

The best coaches are great tacticians.  Unfortunately ours is not a great tactician.  

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 03:57 PM by PBF81

[GoBills808]

it was patently obvious to me how unprepared we were

 

players were not put in positions to succeed

[Yobogoya!]

3 minutes ago, TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th said:

I really wish our players would have called out the refs like the Texans did. 

Even with the bad spots and completely BS call on that Worthy non-catch, better game plan and better execution gets us the win. 
 

The referee didn’t let skin and bones Worthy rip away the interception, Cole Bishop did. Worthy just wanted it more. 
 

Referees didn’t call half a dozen failed QB sneaks to the left, the Bills did. 
 

Not to excuse the endless BS calls and non calls that favor the Chefs, but if McD isn’t going to complain during the game then what’s the point of the players complaining about it after? It’s already in the books. 

[dave mcbride]

2 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

You must have misinterpreted my response. I’m not being critical of your post but of the Bills introspection AFTER losing ….again. Sunday was simple. The Winning team make a play when it’s all on the line. The Bills didn’t….again. 

I just thought the details were interesting. Torrence was lost on that fourth down play because he had been coached to anticipate a different blitz, and Rousseau kept surrendering the edge because he had been coached to anticipate something else when the Chiefs were in that formation. To me, it represents the difference among coaching staffs between responsible, situationally aware, and adaptive creativity and diligent, studious, and (unfortunately) rote memorization. 

[Cray51]

3 minutes ago, PBF81 said:

 

Thinking and being able to adjust on the fly is imperative and has been a weakness every season.  

 

The best coaches are great tacticians.  Unfortunately ours is not a great tactician.  

 

 

It showed that Brady and Babich are "new" coordinators.  They both approached the 60 minutes like they were reacting to the other team.  Not a good look.  You bank on them being able to learn, however it is frustrating that we need our coordinators to learn on the job.

[SoCal Deek]

Not sure what all of this about. Just the week before, Mark Andrews dropped a sure two point conversion and the Ravens went home. This week Kincaid dropped a sure field goal yard to gain catch and the Bills went home. It’s pretty darn simple! 

Edited Tuesday at 04:03 PM by SoCal Deek

[london_bills]

23 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6092739/2025/01/27/bills-locker-cleanout-chiefs-afc-title-game/ 

 

(My takeaway: a lot of our criticisms of players on the field (Rousseau, Torrence) aren't all that fair because their misses are a product of being outschemed by a staff exploiting the Bills' dedication to past film.)

...

Start with the fourth-and-5 at the end of the Bills’ final offensive drive. The fact that the ball hit Dalton Kincaid in the hands makes him an easy target for blame. But the only reason Josh Allen was in that position, heaving up a prayer off his back foot, is because of the blitz Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo called. The Bills had seen it on film, but the tendency was different.

 

“We called protection to slide left,” Bills right guard O’Cyrus Torrence said Monday as Bills players cleaned out their lockers. “From film, they would blitz from where they weren’t showing it from. They showed it from the right, so we were thinking they were doing it from the left. But they actually brought it from the right this time. You could say it was an error, but they just called the better play than we had on offense.”

...

One of the main differences in the game was the way Patrick Mahomes was able to stress Buffalo’s defense with his legs. The Athletic’s Mike Sando detailed earlier this year how Mahomes scrambles a lot more often in the fourth quarter of one-score games. He’s also added more EPA by scrambles in those situations than any quarterback in the NFL since the beginning of 2023. Mahomes finished the game with 11 rushing attempts for 43 yards and two touchdowns. And 17 of those yards and one touchdown came on two rushes in the fourth quarter.

 

Bills defensive end Greg Rousseau said some of the situations Mahomes ran in caught them off guard. For instance, Mahomes’ 10-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter came with a formation in which the Chiefs had two tight ends lined up next to Mahomes. Rousseau said he didn’t see that on any of the breakdowns he watched during the week.

 

“He’s a dual-threat quarterback,” Rousseau said. “Sometimes with him, you look at the film from the regular-season game and he was more so throwing the ball. Then last night he was running the ball a lot more. It was a lot more boots and they kind of changed up the game plan. You kind of don’t know what you’re going to get with a quarterback like him.”

 

According to TruMedia, this was the second-highest scramble percentage Mahomes has had in a game in his career. The only time he scrambled more was in a 2020 regular-season win against the Bills. He was pressured on 29 percent of his dropbacks. He’s only lost six times in his career when pressured at that rate or lower. This is also the first time in his career he’s had two rushing touchdowns in a game.

 

“The plays where he got out, it was just Mahomes magic,” Miller said. “He saw a little crease and got out. Whether it was a stunt that we had that way or whether it was a blitz that we had the opposite way. We knew in the playoffs the odds of him running go way up because he’s the guy over there. Just like Josh (Allen). Josh runs a little more in the playoffs. He was just seeing those creases and making it happen. Out of all the stuff that happened, it all came down to just a couple of plays.

...

 

But regardless of the ball spot on that quarterback sneak, the Bills had a much tougher time with that play against the Chiefs than they did throughout the season. In the regular season, Allen had 17 rushing first downs on 18 tries on third or fourth down and 1 yard to go. The Chiefs stopped him three different times in those situations. What was often an impossible play for defenses to stop this season became predictable for the Chiefs.

 

“Those plays you always just have to win your block I would say and hopefully the call is good enough,” Torrence said. “It’s still just a game of inches. You watch film and think you know what the defense is going to do and then they come out and do something different. I think that’s kind of what was getting us a little bit. They slammed a few times and sometimes they didn’t. Crowding the ball real well, things like that.”

 

Like in other areas, the Chiefs had answers when the Bills didn’t. It’s fair to second-guess offensive coordinator Joe Brady for not adjusting, especially with how well James Cook was running. But that’s also a play that has been Buffalo’s go-to in those spots.

 

“That has been a staple in our offense when we get to that, we always do that,” Torrence said. “That’s why we never went away from it. If we’re going to get it, we’re going to get it because we’ve been getting it all year. So I don’t feel bad that coach was calling it because he put the game in our hands and gave us a chance to get the first down.”

...

When Allen spoke Monday, he did so with his right hand and wrist wrapped. He said the injury happened on the two-point conversion attempt at the end of the first half. He had some swelling Monday, but the pain was manageable during the game. In a game that came down to the slimmest of margins, though, having your franchise quarterback’s throwing hand and wrist banged up isn’t ideal. Allen doesn’t anticipate any of the minor aches and pains he had coming out of the season to require medical attention beyond rest, though.

 

Also on the injury front, tight end Dawson Knox revealed that Kincaid was playing on two injured knees. He had a torn PCL in one knee and had a bunch of fluid in the other knee. Both Knox and Allen were quick to defend Kincaid for his drop at the end of the game. The degree of difficulty was high on the play, but Allen somehow hit him in the hands. But that was just one moment in an underwhelming second season for Kincaid. The 2023 first-round pick had just 448 yards and two touchdowns this season and then added only six catches for 71 yards in the playoffs.

 

“I have to be better for him,” Allen said. “I didn’t feel like I put him in enough situations this year ball placement-wise. Even the one last night, I left it behind him and allowed 32 (Nick Bolton) to make a play on it. He can sit there and think about that play over and over, but I have to be better. That’s what it comes down to. I know he’s been battling throughout the entire year, bumps and bruises, probably games he shouldn’t have played he was in. But he’s a tough sucker and I have nothing but love for him and how he’s approached this year. He’s going to be so much better next year.

...

Allen spoke glowingly about how unselfish Cooper was and how much he loved playing with him. Cooper is a free agent, and he said he doesn’t know yet what the future holds. He’s open to returning to the Bills if it makes sense for both sides because he would love a chance to finish what he started. He also said quarterback play would influence his decision in free agency, and he knows what he has in Allen.

 

“It’s a huge factor,” Cooper said. “Truth be told it’s the most important position on the field. Their position just holds a lot more weight based off the responsibility that they have. Whoever is in that position at any given team is going to say a lot about the team and their ability to win in the big moments. It’s very important.”

...

“Coming into training camp I still wasn’t sure that I could play football,” Miller said. “I think I proved myself that I’ve done enough for myself to build the confidence up that I can come back for Year 15. Year 16 that’s way down the road, but I have Year 15 on the books for sure.”

 

Miller said he’ll keep coming to One Bills Drive as long as his key card works. He wants to return to the Bills and thinks that feeling is mutual.

 

 

What annoys me is not that KC came up with new stuff to fool us, it's the fact that we didn't come up with new stuff to fool them. 

 

Why doesn't this coaching staff put certain plays in ONLY for KC? 

 

 

[SoonerBillsFan]

Outcoached again

[strive_for_five_guy]

8 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

it was patently obvious to me how unprepared we were

 

players were not put in positions to succeed

Disagree.  I think this highlights the need to prepare less.  If we don’t know their tendencies, how will they fool us? 😃

[PBF81]

4 minutes ago, Cray51 said:

It showed that Brady and Babich are "new" coordinators.  They both approached the 60 minutes like they were reacting to the other team.  Not a good look.  You bank on them being able to learn, however it is frustrating that we need our coordinators to learn on the job.

 

Which begs the question, why not hire better coordinators. 

 

That discussion opens up a sore and controversial topic here though.  

 

 

[BADOLBILZ]

18 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6092739/2025/01/27/bills-locker-cleanout-chiefs-afc-title-game/ 

 

(My takeaway: a lot of our criticisms of players on the field (Rousseau, Torrence) aren't all that fair because their misses are a product of being outschemed by a staff exploiting the Bills' dedication to past film.)

...

Start with the fourth-and-5 at the end of the Bills’ final offensive drive. The fact that the ball hit Dalton Kincaid in the hands makes him an easy target for blame. But the only reason Josh Allen was in that position, heaving up a prayer off his back foot, is because of the blitz Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo called. The Bills had seen it on film, but the tendency was different.

 

“We called protection to slide left,” Bills right guard O’Cyrus Torrence said Monday as Bills players cleaned out their lockers. “From film, they would blitz from where they weren’t showing it from. They showed it from the right, so we were thinking they were doing it from the left. But they actually brought it from the right this time. You could say it was an error, but they just called the better play than we had on offense.”

...

One of the main differences in the game was the way Patrick Mahomes was able to stress Buffalo’s defense with his legs. The Athletic’s Mike Sando detailed earlier this year how Mahomes scrambles a lot more often in the fourth quarter of one-score games. He’s also added more EPA by scrambles in those situations than any quarterback in the NFL since the beginning of 2023. Mahomes finished the game with 11 rushing attempts for 43 yards and two touchdowns. And 17 of those yards and one touchdown came on two rushes in the fourth quarter.

 

Bills defensive end Greg Rousseau said some of the situations Mahomes ran in caught them off guard. For instance, Mahomes’ 10-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter came with a formation in which the Chiefs had two tight ends lined up next to Mahomes. Rousseau said he didn’t see that on any of the breakdowns he watched during the week.

 

“He’s a dual-threat quarterback,” Rousseau said. “Sometimes with him, you look at the film from the regular-season game and he was more so throwing the ball. Then last night he was running the ball a lot more. It was a lot more boots and they kind of changed up the game plan. You kind of don’t know what you’re going to get with a quarterback like him.”

 

According to TruMedia, this was the second-highest scramble percentage Mahomes has had in a game in his career. The only time he scrambled more was in a 2020 regular-season win against the Bills. He was pressured on 29 percent of his dropbacks. He’s only lost six times in his career when pressured at that rate or lower. This is also the first time in his career he’s had two rushing touchdowns in a game.

 

“The plays where he got out, it was just Mahomes magic,” Miller said. “He saw a little crease and got out. Whether it was a stunt that we had that way or whether it was a blitz that we had the opposite way. We knew in the playoffs the odds of him running go way up because he’s the guy over there. Just like Josh (Allen). Josh runs a little more in the playoffs. He was just seeing those creases and making it happen. Out of all the stuff that happened, it all came down to just a couple of plays.

...

 

But regardless of the ball spot on that quarterback sneak, the Bills had a much tougher time with that play against the Chiefs than they did throughout the season. In the regular season, Allen had 17 rushing first downs on 18 tries on third or fourth down and 1 yard to go. The Chiefs stopped him three different times in those situations. What was often an impossible play for defenses to stop this season became predictable for the Chiefs.

 

“Those plays you always just have to win your block I would say and hopefully the call is good enough,” Torrence said. “It’s still just a game of inches. You watch film and think you know what the defense is going to do and then they come out and do something different. I think that’s kind of what was getting us a little bit. They slammed a few times and sometimes they didn’t. Crowding the ball real well, things like that.”

 

Like in other areas, the Chiefs had answers when the Bills didn’t. It’s fair to second-guess offensive coordinator Joe Brady for not adjusting, especially with how well James Cook was running. But that’s also a play that has been Buffalo’s go-to in those spots.

 

“That has been a staple in our offense when we get to that, we always do that,” Torrence said. “That’s why we never went away from it. If we’re going to get it, we’re going to get it because we’ve been getting it all year. So I don’t feel bad that coach was calling it because he put the game in our hands and gave us a chance to get the first down.”

...

When Allen spoke Monday, he did so with his right hand and wrist wrapped. He said the injury happened on the two-point conversion attempt at the end of the first half. He had some swelling Monday, but the pain was manageable during the game. In a game that came down to the slimmest of margins, though, having your franchise quarterback’s throwing hand and wrist banged up isn’t ideal. Allen doesn’t anticipate any of the minor aches and pains he had coming out of the season to require medical attention beyond rest, though.

 

Also on the injury front, tight end Dawson Knox revealed that Kincaid was playing on two injured knees. He had a torn PCL in one knee and had a bunch of fluid in the other knee. Both Knox and Allen were quick to defend Kincaid for his drop at the end of the game. The degree of difficulty was high on the play, but Allen somehow hit him in the hands. But that was just one moment in an underwhelming second season for Kincaid. The 2023 first-round pick had just 448 yards and two touchdowns this season and then added only six catches for 71 yards in the playoffs.

 

“I have to be better for him,” Allen said. “I didn’t feel like I put him in enough situations this year ball placement-wise. Even the one last night, I left it behind him and allowed 32 (Nick Bolton) to make a play on it. He can sit there and think about that play over and over, but I have to be better. That’s what it comes down to. I know he’s been battling throughout the entire year, bumps and bruises, probably games he shouldn’t have played he was in. But he’s a tough sucker and I have nothing but love for him and how he’s approached this year. He’s going to be so much better next year.

...

Allen spoke glowingly about how unselfish Cooper was and how much he loved playing with him. Cooper is a free agent, and he said he doesn’t know yet what the future holds. He’s open to returning to the Bills if it makes sense for both sides because he would love a chance to finish what he started. He also said quarterback play would influence his decision in free agency, and he knows what he has in Allen.

 

“It’s a huge factor,” Cooper said. “Truth be told it’s the most important position on the field. Their position just holds a lot more weight based off the responsibility that they have. Whoever is in that position at any given team is going to say a lot about the team and their ability to win in the big moments. It’s very important.”

...

“Coming into training camp I still wasn’t sure that I could play football,” Miller said. “I think I proved myself that I’ve done enough for myself to build the confidence up that I can come back for Year 15. Year 16 that’s way down the road, but I have Year 15 on the books for sure.”

 

Miller said he’ll keep coming to One Bills Drive as long as his key card works. He wants to return to the Bills and thinks that feeling is mutual.

 

 

 

 

 

Having veteran coaches who've seen it all and are still on top of their game is an advantage over having young coordinators and a HC who is in his formative years by comparison.   And the Chiefs had two weeks to prepare for a Buffalo or Baltimore matchup so were able to be a step ahead of the film.  By comparison it looked like they just marched out a vanilla plan versus the Texans who they knew were going to be an easy out.  

 

Bills didn't have nearly as much time to think out of the box after having to play in the WC and divisional rounds and still were an easy catch and some basic execution thereafter away from winning in Arrowhead.  An unforced error.......a dropped arm punt NOT the blitz that caused it......ended their season.  Remember, Spags out schemed Brady on that 4th down TD run that won the game in Buffalo.......but a player made a play that time.  

 

Gotta' get that #1 seed next year and then you can be the one's who are one step ahead.

[90sBills]

2 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

I just thought the details were interesting. Torrence was lost on that fourth down play because he had been coached to anticipate a different blitz, and Rousseau kept surrendering the edge because he had been coached to anticipate something else when the Chiefs were in that formation. To me, it represents the difference among coaching staffs between responsible, situationally aware, and adaptive creativity and diligent, studious, and (unfortunately) rote memorization. 

This is because KC is always thinking ahead during the regular season. They used Bills film study of their plays against them. Going into this game you can tell Mahomes would be using his legs extensively after not attempting a rush during the regular season meeting. Our coaching staff is always a day late and a dollar short. 

[quincy]

Will Kincaid ever recover from this drop and become an above average player for Buffalo?

 

Greg and O'Cyrus have had decent years, Kincaid hasn't and yet if we had won would an injury be stated/revealed?

 

There were plays made by Bills on Sunday that don't normally happen, the TD by Hollins, the ultra clutch 4th down TD by Cook, the toe tap TD by Samuel, the out of the blue sack by Phillips. Cook had a very good game on the ground with limited opportunities.  It still wasn't enough unfortunately. The coaching gap is so wide.

 

 

 

 

[zow2]

I’m accepting of it. This wasn’t 13 seconds-like.  This wasn’t a fluky win for KC so it’s easier to wash it off and move on.  It was obvious from the first 4 mins of the game KC was more composed, better coached, better prepared.  Credit the Chiefs, and credit the Bills for hanging in there and even making Kansas City and their fans sweat it out.