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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 17926830)

The Chiefs punted once and had 0 turnovers, my dude.

They didn't score as many TDs, but for what this game was, the offense was fine.

The only rough series from the offense was after the Texans long ass drive coming out of halftime. The next offensive possession was nails.

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Originally Posted by ptlyon (Post 17926726)

The bolded is pretty disingenuous. They had 4 turnovers.

So the last sentence I agree with.

True. But the Ravens were moving the ball very well against that defense. The Lamar fumble & the Andrews fumble killed two good drives that most likely end in points.

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Originally Posted by O.city (Post 17926679)

You're gonna have to be aggressive me thinks.

It's the AFCCG. You can count on it.

All the marbles here kids. The curious thing is if he keeps Thuney at LT or not because that limits some of the things they can do.

From this point forward most of the pass rush pressure is coming up the middle - not the outside with DE's.

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Originally Posted by TwistedChief (Post 17926842)

It could not possibly be more dissimilar.

Beating the Bengals was slaying a dragon. Super high emotional leverage game that would've meaningfully demoralized the fanbase had we lost. Right now we're coming off 2 consecutive SB wins and playing a team that we've beaten 3 times in the playoffs previously. This is just the icing on top of a great run.

How dare you compare it to that game against the Bengals? Are you even a real Chiefs fan?!

If anything, it's the exact opposite. We are the dragon that the Bills have to slay.

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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 17926789)

I don't think the Bills can score enough points to win at Arrowhead. They are gonna have to score 31. This defense is cookin

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Originally Posted by Coochie liquor (Post 17926847)

The only rough series from the offense was after the Texans long ass drive coming out of halftime. The next offensive possession was nails.

No, the Chiefs answered the Texans TD with their own TD.

I was wrong though, they punted twice.

Our worst offensive possession was right after Karlaftis got the sack on 4th down. 3 plays, 1 yard.

Chiefs had 7 legitimate offensive drives in that game and 5 ended in scores. Against that defense? Just fine, just fine.

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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 17926878)

Yea, I think people are forgetting the fact that the Texans had the ball for almost the entire 3rd Q.

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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 17926455)

The human body just has limits.

A threepeat is a hell of a thing, and if we repeat 2023 with a lesser ending, don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 17926759)

This is some ****ing loser ass bullshit. :LOL:

Yup.

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Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz (Post 17926818)

Agreed.

We seemingly flipped the switch against the Texans and Steelers in the regular season, then suddenly turned it off against the Texans in the playoffs? It needs to be flipped, we need to be locked in and have that sense of urgency to get through this game.

They did fine against the Texans after the slow start. Which was kind of expected after 3.5 weeks off.

Total yds were low because they only had 6 true drives. First possession started at the Houston 13, last possession before the half was a kneel-down, and then the intentional safety at the end.

Averaged about 3.3 points per drive which is good.

Houston's defense (especially the pass rush) is far better than Buffalo's.

Our less than the usual "playoff Pat" in the last game could have been Andy holding his best plays for this game and the SB.

Maybe its also a matter of Mahomes comfort behind his line. Who knows what Andy is going to do? He could bring back the quick throws of the Pitt game or go with some deep balls when its obvious Mahomes isn't comfortable enough(yet) behind the line to make those deep plays work?

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Originally Posted by TwistedChief (Post 17926842)

Yeah, the Bengals had already won a game when it mattered the most... and one the Chiefs were comfortably leading. The regular season losses were just small thorns in the "won 3 of 4" narrative, then throw in "Burrowhead", the jabroni mayor, etc.

We're the Bills' demoralizer and have been for 5 years, not the other way around.

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 17926654)

All right, let's talk about the actual game.

How do the Chiefs win?

1. Be efficient on offense and protect the football. Stay ahead of the chains, wrap up on the ball in the open field. Get the ball out quickly.

2. Attack the Bills' back 7. The safeties aren't great - especially if Taylor Rapp does not play. The CB room is not great, especially if Taron Johnson is injured/lesser and Binford is out from the concussion (I expect him to play, though). The LB play hasn't been fantastic this season. Terrel Bernard hasn't been as good as last year (and has played through a lot of nagging injuries) and Matt Milano is playing with basically one arm right now.

3. Block Ed Oliver. He has been problematic for the Chiefs' offense in recent matchups.

4. Don't let Josh Allen and James Cook run wild. The Bills have a strong running attack and lean into it. The 6-OL approach has been successful. Can the Chiefs' respond to that and hold up against the run with the standard 43 set? Seems like Leo Chenal has to come up big against that 6th OL, a task we've seen him handle before.

5. Defend the middle of the field more effectively. The Chiefs' defense has been outstanding, except for when teams can exploit the middle of the passing field. KC did a pretty good job the first time around, and Buffalo ended up making some big plays down the field against man coverage (Nazeeh Johnson) that honestly were fantastic throws and catches by Allen and his receivers as much as anything else. Hopefully this is an area where Jaylen Watson can make a difference.

6. Be aggressive on 4th downs inside Bills' territory, because you know they're going to be aggressive on you. I'm not saying you pass up points if you're in FG range early (take the points in the first half), but 4th and 3 or shorter needs to be attacked.

7. Lean on Kareem Hunt in the run game. Especially on 3rd downs and in the red zone. It's amazing Pacheco has made it back to this point, but he clearly isn't fully himself right now (and his lack of vision is a real problem with this OL).

8. Spy Josh Allen on 3rd downs and especially on 4th downs that are not tush push. I'd love to see KC break out the game that has been used against KC - with power rushes to the QB's left hand, and a spy looping around for when the QB scrambles right. Allen is much, much better scrambling to his right than his left (though he is still dangerous there, both with his legs and his arm - as that amazing tight window TD pass to Shakir against Sneed in last year's divisional round shows).

9. Make the Bills regret trading with the Chiefs so they could get Xavier Worthy. We saw some of it in the regular season game. Go back to that. Especially with Hopkins fully integrated and Marquise Brown available.

Good post. Here are some points I'd like to see.

1. Make them stop what's working. I understand tendencies breakers all that shit is for the regular season. It's ****ing go time, I've you can bludgeon them to death with the run, do it.

2. Make them get through protection. Lamar had ALL ****ING DAY back there. If we can do that for Mahomes, let the rape flow.

3. Focus on Cook. Especially early. I don't love sitting here saying "Make Allen beat us." Because he might. But If you can make them one dimensional, I like our odds better.

It's ****ing go time boys. I'd hate to have wasted all that effort to let these fools beat us.

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 17926899)

Aside from a little rust in the beginning, I'd say Mahomes was good. His numbers would be better if receivers hadn't dropped like 5 passes.

That defense held Allen to 9/30 passing.

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Originally Posted by O.city (Post 17926809)

The Chiefs OL has to show up and play well. If Mahomes is under duress all day we're gonna be in trouble.

Would like to see some more designed rollouts or moving pocket. They did a few times in the second half with the Texans and Mahomes had plenty of time.

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Originally Posted by Rainbarrel (Post 17926806)

Bills stopping Barkley, I question

The Rams didn't stop Barkley and still almost won the game.

Allen and Mahomes are more mobile than the statue of Matt Stafford. The Eagles defense wasn't that impressive.