Yeah the days of true heartbreak are over. If we lose at this point you tip your cap to the Bills and say they finally got us. It's bound to happen one of these times.

That said....I really hope we tear the heart from their chests and eat it out of a popcorn bucket for the umpteenth time.

This is true. I mean, look at Brady and Manning. How many times did Brady get to the SB? And yet Manning still got in a few times. Given how hard it is to win in the NFL, winning 3 in a row is damn near impossible. But we are still in contention. If we make it, great. If not, we’ve still cemented our place in NFl history and our SB window is still open.

Although I did bet my buddy $250 we’d 3-peat so I’ll be irritated about that.

The Chiefs have allowed the following post-season points in the Spags era:

14 - Texans (24 Div - win)
7 - Dolphins (23 WC - win)
24 - Bills (23 Div - win)
10 - Ravens (23 Champ - win)
22 - 49ers (23 SB in OT - win)
20 - Jaguars (22 Div - win)
20 - Bengals (22 Champ - win)
35 - Eagles (22 SB - win)
21 - Steelers (21 WC - win)
36 - Bills (21 Div in OT - win)
27 - Bengals (21 Champ in OT - loss)
17 - Browns (20 Div - win)
24 - Bills (20 Champ - win)
31 - Bucs (20 SB - loss)
31 - Texans (19 Div - win)
24 - Titans (19 Champ - win)
20 - 49ers (19 SB - win)

They’ve allowed more than 24 points four times during this period - going 2-2 in those games. Hold the Bills under 24 and we win. Give up more than that and it’s a game.

Am I crazy?

I have this weird feeling that DJ is going to start at LT.

My thinking is that Andy felt like Houstons Edge rushers were to much for him and couldnt take the chance.

Andy wants the best 5 guys out there and now he can do that. Lamar had all day back there, Bills are not near the threat that Houston was.

I would love to see this, mainly because I want him to solidify the LT position going into next year.

Houston is a tough match up for any Tackle, especially one trying to get his feet under him again.

I have that feeling, too. Andyspeak:

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Nothing personal here but I don't understand how the season has sucked. We won in crazy dramatic fashion many times this year. I understand the offense was dull in large stretches but we got to enjoy 15 wins

Wonder if McKinnon wants to suit up again lol.

He was great in pass protection.

Humphries against the one hump wonders!

I bet $250 in a parlay that the Chiefs will win the divisional, AFCCG and the SB with Mahomes to be SBMVP. Looks like it could net $7253 to my pocketbook and fill my fan soul at the same time.

What's the interpretation of this?

I wonder what the Mahomes / Allen total penalties are in this series? Anyone know how to find that out? Feels like it will just be more fuel for me to roast idiots

Not crazy at all, I'm thinking the same thing.

Calliendo against Ed Oliver is a concern.

Yeash

I would be fine with letting Humphries give it go but with short leash...and just because of Oliver but I think that ship has sailed. There is such thing as becoming used to your personnel and I think it's just gonna be too late in the season for any changes.

Just ****away .

This makes sense with DT Ed Oliver...

That'd work if Cook was a workhorse like a Kyren Williams that dominates the RB work. But the Bills like to mix in Ty Johnson and the rookie Ray Davis who are both capable of explosive runs/plays.

Johnson, in particular, is arguably their best receiving back. Meanwhile, Davis runs with underrated vision and deceptive power. He seems like a smaller scatback type at 5'8" but he's also +220lbs and delivers punishment at the end of his runs.

Spags needs to put the clamps on their run game as whole and that includes Allen.

I was really hoping to have our offense and weapons come together last week.


Now they need to put it all together now. The concern is the lack of cohesion using all the weapons with the the less than ideal OL.


Buffalo has huge holes on defense. Can our offense win this game? Because I think they need to.

Spags and the D will do enough but it's a lot to ask to keep Buffalo down the whole game. Buffalo will score.

Mahomes wasn't taking chances against the Texans corners, who are very good. Buffalo isn't as good there so I expect the WR to be more involved. Worthy was just killing them before we went away from him last time we met. Brown should also be a big target this time

Ed oliver is just an appetizer to what they’d face against Philly. Jalen Carter is wrecking whole bloodlines.

Oliver has consistently given Trey Smith problems. I’m not sure exactly what it is, but maybe Oliver, being a smaller, quicker DT, is able to get under Smith quicker/more easily than others, and win the leverage battle?

Point being, Oliver lining up on Smith because Thuney is back inside doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve neutralized him.

Smith is better than Caliendo...

Seems like a situation where you want to commit to running the football, allowing Smith to play to his strength and get after guys instead of being put on skates. I don't expect Reid to do so but it'd be nice to see him - game script permitting of course - really hammer that Bills front with Hunt/Pacheco, giving Hunt the bulk of the work.

Just watched the highlights from the wk 11 game on Youtube.. It all came down to the Bills drive with 7 mins to go.. Couldn't get a stop.. They also had some really good catches in that game with our guys in really good coverage. ..
We had no problem moving the ball when Patrick had time to throw.. Morris at tackle had a rough game..
We are the fresher team and we will feed off the crowd and get two turnovers and win by two scores!!

Then why are you even here?

Really, when you think about it, all of these other teams and their fans should be praying we just go ahead and threepeat.

Their only hope is Mahomes, Reid, and Veach just get bored. I'm not sure a little of that doesn't happen in the regular season as it is.

Can you imagine the entire organization coming in next August PISSED, with a chip on their shoulder and ready to just obliterate people?

They might win the NEXT THREE just to make a ****in' point.

That's nice but I have a feeling the entire team is going to be very tired entering next season.

Mahomes is so competitive that the Chiefs will always contend as long as he’s here and healthy

Wouldn’t be expecting another 15 win season in 2025 though

Yup. Because this is it. This is the whole thing.

I can see us having a very down year next year. and that's ok

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.

A unique challenge is just how good they are on third and fourth downs of 3 yards or less. Because McD will be very aggressive on fourth it's doubly hard.

That's why I think limiting the runs on early downs is the key for the D. They want to be run heavy. Get them in 3rd and 5 or longer and hope Allen makes an errant pass or the coverage lasts long enough for the line to get home. Of course then there's keeping Allen from scrambling to still get into 4th and short or better.

Hope to hold them to 3 TD like last year, 8 drives:
3 TD
2 forced FG (one made)
3 punts (one fake)

No they won’t. Most of the starters on this team are 26 and under. They’re young. This is exactly why Brett Veach doesn’t like building his roster with older players.

They have the opportunity to add young impact players with those first 3 early picks as well. This next draft could have a 2022 type impact if we draft the right guys.

Y’all are tripping out. Tired my ass. Maybe Mahomes, Kelce and Chris will be tired but not the rest of these guys. The roster is deep and full of really young guys.

Well, we'll see. If Kelce and Jones are 80-90% of what they were this season it's going to be a struggle. Especially if the LT situation isn't resolved.

Mahomes will need LT solved if Kelce keeps falling off. He can't keep getting his ass busted all year and it not catch up to him.

Chiefs have to lean into the OL again heavily, at the expense of the defense. Time to replace RG and LT.

BULL SHIT

What a chicken little take.

Guys. The first thing Mahomes said after winning last year’s Super Bowl was “I want 3” LMAO

He will absolutely be thinking of matching Buffalo’s consecutive appearances record if he gets the threepeat.

Yea, yea, I know they were just appearances. But that’s not going to make a damn difference for Patrick.

If not great. I'm sayin this team has played a whole season of football that other teams have not.

The Pats went 10 years without hitting another dynasty. I'll be here no matter what happens. I'm just saying this team could be tired after 7 years of playoff runs and a repeat try.

I'm watching now.


First half Buffalo came out firing and we didn't match intensity till near end of 1st half.

Too much Nazeeh Johnson.

Lots of people in here sound resigned to losing the AFC Championship next week. *sigh* “Maybe it’s Buffalo’s turn; Josh is an amazing player…”

I kindly suggest getting it out of your system by Wednesday, then un-fahk your heads.

The Chiefs are winning on Sunday and going to the Super Bowl. It’s time to make history and put some questions- hypothetical and otherwise- to rest.

The team just closed out a 15 win season, and got everyone’s best game enroute to the #1 seed and HFA. The ‘Team on a Mission’ with the ‘99 Rams offense, and shit hot coaching staff that many picked to win the Super Bowl just lost to Washington. At home. The league’s MVP favorite, steering the #1 rushing attack who also threw for over 4,000 yards and 40+ touchdowns just choked against a defense that couldn’t stop him for most of the game.

If you can’t see what’s happening, and what’s lining up, you’re willfully blind.

Witness…




Three.

Patrick at the rally: "I JUST WANNA LET YA'LL KNOW...I WANT EIGHT!"

Round em up Clayster

This game is so hard to predict. Defensively it all boils down to if we can keep Josh Allen in the pocket while still getting pressure and locking down the likes of Kincaid and Shakir. I'm not worried about Cook. We're zeroed in on stopping the run first.

Offensively we have mismatches all over the field. We should be able to basically do whatever we need to do just don't turn it over. Our OL had a far bigger challenge last week and did pretty good.

I think this will be a shoot out. Allen will keep the Bills in it with his legs and nickel and diming with his RB's and TE's. Spags will try to win this game by locking down the red zone and limiting them to FG's but the Bills will go for it on every 4th down they can.

Both teams will score over 30 points, shoot out. Turnovers may be the difference as it often is.

They are probably going to play lots on man again and force our guys to win , they figure they can erase Kelce with Milano so it’s going to be up to our WR to win and I think they can if the o line holds up which it didn’t last time , we are going to need the run /screen game .

Hold on...so basically you'd earn over 7 grand just for betting that KC threepeats?

Holy shit, I wish I'd have gotten in on that.

I have a feeling the team is going to be very different entering next season.

It’s not quite four Super Bowls in four years, but this is four playoff games vs. KC in a five year span…

Those ghosts loom large.

I posted about this after we lost to Buffalo. They were high and mighty again, they fell into the trap again. But once it’s time to tee off Sunday night, the pressure is on. 0-4. Don’t lose again.

We’ll see if McDermott’s ass gets puckered up or not, let alone if he can have his team ready to fly through the pressure that will be in the air.

"Patrick having time to throw" is the key to the game. If he does, KC will win.

Exactly the case. The offense will need to do more this game. Mahomes must have time to throw.

I see your point, but I dont think Twisted meant that it sucked in the traditional sense. I think he means that it was an emotional roller coaster and hard to endure. Thus, it sucked. Completely get that.

Confirmed that Gabe Davis isn't suiting up

Another one is to not let Allen kill you with his legs. Lots of keys...A HUGE one can surpass all of the ones that KC needs to do to stop Buffalo, and that is to protect Mahomes.

This game is gonna be an all timer. But Chiefs will win. Clete won’t be a factor, and the salt will flow! Buffalol fans will be taking the Niagara leap. This team has been on a mission since hoisting that trophy last year. This has all been about the next 2 games. History and immortality, are 2 wins away. Chiefs won’t blink first. The pressure is on the Bills and the NFC winner. They’re trying to stop something that’s never been done, against the best quarterback in the league. No lead is safe for the opposition.


Just to reiterate the dream I had a month ago. Chiefs win the Super Bowl. And the headlines were n the national media are “Hat Trick Mahomes”

I Guaran-damn-tee that if the Chiefs win, there will be whining about the refs. The Bills, their fans, all the rest of the haters around the NFL will NOT be silent on the refs.

They are winning and the tears will be legendary. There has never been as loud or as media-supported denial of a SB like this one.

Why is nothing ever Lamar's fault, despite turnover filled playoff chokes every single year, but Mahomes (clean as a whistle) is constantly harped on? This KC team is one of the cleanest dynasties that's ever been.

And the really funny thing is it's the league people are complaining about cheating - not the Chiefs.

It's just another example of inventing the evidence to back a conclusion you've predetermined because you don't like the outcome....

D isn’t going to miss 13 tackles this game.

“The entire unit missed a season-high 13 tackles, according to Pro Football Focus.”

If the Chiefs don’t get it done, will you be happy for and root for Josh Allen?

I guarantee you the Chiefs are not losing Saturday.

“No.. no…. Shit, no, man. I believe you’d get your ass kicked saying some shit like ‘at, man.”

In all seriousness, I probably hate Eagles fans as much as I do Bills fans. An Eagles/Bills Super Bowl is worst-case scenario for me.

Protect the football. That defense is about turnovers. Which means next seasom it will be ass

**** Josh Allen

Yeah but Tom Brady is no Patrick Mahomes.

Pssst.....Hey....uhhhh...I like your post but one thing. The Chiefs don't play on Saturday.

I don't think the Bills score over 24.

Chiefs 31
Bills 24

Josh Allen is a good kid and fiery competitor just like Patrick Mahomes. The Bills franchise and fanbase has been through as much playoff pain as the Chiefs. And yet they’re still despised around these parts. If the Chiefs lose to the Bills and they end up playing the Eagles in the SB I’ll be rooting for the Bills.

:facepalm:

You're officially THE ****ing WORST. Good grief.

The Bills are a divisional rival. More so than the Chargers.

And like most good kids, he should be patted on the head and sent home.

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.

Stop breathing

Good breakdown. On #5, I'd say Jaylon Watson and Josh Williams should make a big difference in this game, not to mention other players, such as Charles O.

This is the one. If Reid commits to the ground game and Kareem with Pacheco and Perine mixed in, everything else falls into place.

Unless the Bills change it up, I suspect it'll look a lot like last year's game where they'll get chunks of yardage between the 20s and the really big thing is holding them to FGs.... last year they really made it a point to use all 50 yards of the LoS with those quick outside passes and what not, probably to help setup Allen running straight up the middle.

I don't know that I believe Joshua Williams is going to get snaps at CB in this game... Tough to play as much man against the Bills and Allen as you would like, and if you aren't playing a lot of man, Williams is tougher for Spags to trust, it seems.

Worthy is going to have a big game.

You're gonna have to be aggressive me thinks.

Wouldn't THAT be something!

Said this earlier, but charter members of the "Goof Troop" did not approve... This IS the ticket, plus provide Mahomes with protection when we throw. If the run game is working, we'll get some good looks when we pass. Gotta hit them when we do.

Last year, kelce was able to attack that secondary and that should work again. I expect the chiefs to come out aggressive like they did against Baltimore last afccg. After they got up, they shortened the game and leaned on the defense to keep pressure on Baltimore to make plays. Allen won't wilt like lamar.

I'd imagine this is where hunt will come in to play. Long, time consuming drives with the back that doesn't fumble and finds hidden yards with every run.

This was Andy's biggest gaffe in the first meeting. Hunt was grinding up 4-5 on first down, and even Romo was saying that tge qb that can turn and hand the ball off for 5 on first down is probably going to win.

Instead, Andy goes full passing game when the o line couldn't protect a warm cup of piss. Hunt finally got his 12TH touch in the 4th quarter.

Andy can't have a game where a guy positively affecting the game only gets 6-10 carries. None of this oh I should've gotten him the ball more, I take full responsibility and need a mirror.

Mother ****er, look in a mirror on your way to the tunnel. Get this asshole a pocket mirror so he can update himself on doing a better job.

The ONLY way the Chiefs lose this game is if they beat themselves. That's it. Don't step on your dick and you're in your third straight superbowl.

If passing is working, keep doing it until they stop you. Don't stop us for them. If it's the run, grind em jnto the dirt. Don't just inexplicably go away from productive players.

Go full madden cheese, until they stop it.