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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
To me, it’s going to come down to protecting the football on offense.
If KC can protect the ball and avoid turning it over, it has the answers it needs.
The Bills used man coverage to slow down a KC WR corps that was led by Worthy, Hopkins - who had been in KC for just a few weeks at that point - and Smith-Schuster. Brown gives them a quick man beater they lacked before.
Joe Thuney at LT has been an improvement from Wanya Morris. Caliendo at LG is not Thuney, obviously, but he has been less negatively impactful there than Morris at LT.
On defense, the Chiefs have 26 sacks in the six games they have actually tried since Omenihu came back. Jaylen Watson looked like he had been plying all year last week. Those two are major impacts for the defense. Hicks has also been worked in much more on D and played well.
All told, I think it’s enough - especially combined with homefield advantage that shaves a half-second off the start for the Bills’ strong OL - to flip the result.
It would be sweet to send the Bills packing. Sweeter still to send them packing with a two-score win.
We’ll see.
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One of the 2-3 biggest storylines for me is what’s the plan for Hopkins and offensive personnel as a whole this Sunday.
On one hand, 16 snaps ain’t near enough. Not when he could be our answer down inside the red zone for Mahomes.
On the other, I don’t think this banged up Bills secondary can keep up with Worthy and Brown. Like, I think they might be running wide open more than we’ve seen against any team since Brown’s return.
But, Buffalo loves to stay in nickel and countering that with 12 personnel is a nice option when your TE2 is Noah Gray.
I think we’ll continue to see a heavy dose of 12, with the two speedsters at WR to stress the secondary.
However when they do go 11, there has to be more Hopkins. Just has to be. He needs to be out there on every red zone play even if it is 12 personnel — he should take Brown’s place in those spots because his speed isn’t impactful as much down there.