Let’s talk about the Buffalo Bills

[pugsnotdrugs19]

CBS sending their pre-game show on-site for this one; pretty much unheard of for a regular season game

Chiefs came out healthy today from what I saw. Bills TE Dalton Kincaid left game today with knee injury.

I think Kansas City will bring it for this one, but Buffalo should too. Can’t wait.

Allen has thrown 4 INTs in his past three games, including 2 today.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch

Morris has had to exit multiple games this season with the knee issues.

I think this guy as a low pain threshold.

[Stryker]

Not worried. This is a lead for the #1 seed! CHIEFS 10 - 0!

[ForeverIowan]

CEH said on Ryan Clarks podcast he is as healthy mentally and physically as he has been in years. Maybe we see his debut next week? Some fresh legs in the backfield would be a welcomed addition. Love Kareem dude just needs to workload pulled back a bit.

[Titty Meat]

Well it's Buffalos super bowl

[SD15]

[Hammock Parties]

Link the youtube, I gotta watch that

[wazu]

With us being 9-0 this game feels all the more massive. You know they want to ruin our perfect record so bad they can taste it. Somehow that makes me even more confident that we'll pull off a win and leave Buffalo 10-0.

[T-post Tom]

Chiefs guaranteed to win if drunk Kelce bear shows up.

[Fishels]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

They’ll definitely put forth a better full game effort.

But it won’t surprise me if Spags doesn’t throw the whole kitchen sink at Allen knowing this is probably just round 1 of 2.

I hope so. I was kind of half watching the game in the 2nd and 3rd quarter did Uche look good? It seems to me that we couldn’t get any pressure consistently and it really sucks that we lost a good corner

[fadeaway]

Fully expect Coleman, Cooper & Kincaid to play.

[ChiefsFanatic]

I feel like after nearly losing this week, and how poorly the LT spot is playing, regardless of who is in the game, we are about to lose by 20 points, or win by 20 points.

[Red Dawg]

Don't care about undefeated. We won't win 26 straight and be champs. Just get the 1 and get that 3 peat chance.

[cmh6476]

I'm more worried about the following week with the Panthers coming off a bye.

[Direckshun]

I have many thoughts about this game.

First of all, this is a playoff game. Win this game, and you're all but assured a first round bye. The Chiefs held so many cards to their chest for the Broncos game they almost lost -- this is what the Chiefs have been building towards. They will unload their entire clip at Buffalo, offensively and defensively. I expect this to be a version of the team we saw in Weeks 1 and 2.

I was a huge fan of what the Bills did this offseason. They are weighed down with so much dead money from previous garbage decisions that they really made super calculated value decisions across the roster. So the roster is still really good -- not championship level good, but really good.

What makes them championship good is Josh Allen, who would be the MVP frontrunner if Lamar didn't exist. He's having to will his team across the finish line time and time again. And he's almost always getting the job done.

The biggest issue, I think, is "are the Bills equipped to attack the Chiefs' weaknesses." And that's (a.) attacking in the passing game with tight ends, and (b.) attacking our tackles in the passrush. And they're 2/2 in that regard.

They absolutely can attack us with Dalton Kincaid, who I felt was a Jimmy Graham type when he came out, but is a little less dynamic but simultaneously more useful than the one-dimensional Graham ever was.

I really like James Cook for this Bills team a lot, but nobody can run on the Chiefs this year. They boast a Chiefs-level WR corps with a lot of guys who can do a few things well, and they depend on Joe Brady to somehow engineer useful plays and on Josh Allen to execute them.

Allen is having to do so much work this year, executing at high levels to keep the Bills at a top-third-of-the-league passing attack. So it's easy to say that if you disrupt Allen, the entire operation falls apart. But it's hard to do: Allen is the least sacked QB in the NFL. Part of that is because they have a good offensive line. The other part is that he's gone the full Cam Newton for parts of the season.

On the other side of the ball, the Bills boast a Chiefs-style DL that gives you a bunch of guys who can do a lot but no world-beaters. (The Chiefs, of course, have one world-beater.) Smoot and Rousseau are going to be problems against Wanya Morris. Von Miller, who knows. He's probably good for a play.

They're middle-of-the-pack against the run, however. I'm guessing we're going to get another game of Kareem chewing up yardage a handful of yards at a time.

I do think the Chiefs can attack this team all over the back seven. They're missing Matt Milano again so I would give them a steady diet of Kelce and Gray (and honestly? I like Peyton Hendershot). In what is clearly a theme for this team, the Bills secondary is packed with players that have upside here and there -- it's a really young group. Benford has had a good run since 2023, but you can attack everyone everywhere. Can the OL keep Mahomes clean enough to attack them?

I love Josh Allen as a player, hate him as an opponent. I have no doubt that Spags can dial up a game plan that perfectly counters the few things the Bills offense does well, but Allen has played well enough this season to become a cheat code against defenses. Can our non-McDuffie CBs hold up in coverage? I bet they are going to struggle a little, which is enough against Allen.

The Chiefs are wounded warriors on the offensive side of the ball, but they have all the weaponry they need to beat the Bills. The lone question there is the biggest one: can the OL keep him clean? I think they're going to struggle there a bit.

I think this is a coinflip game. I don't think either team has a motivation edge, and I don't think Mahomes cares that he's playing in Buffalo. I think both teams have an equal amount of answers for what the other team does. The Bills rely on Allen magic more than the Chiefs rely on Mahomes magic, so I suppose that's an advantage for KC. But I really hate Allen with time in the pocket with Kincaid downfield and other receivers against our corners.

Coin flip.

[duncan_idaho]

Going to need to be on point for this one. I don't think a B- effort gets the job done.

Bring the A game, and I think the Chiefs win. This is going to be an excellent test of the Chiefs' run defense and secondary.

Some big questions:

1) Who spies Josh Allen? This used to be Willie Gay. Is it a role that Jaden Hicks can handle?

2) Dealing with the TEs. Kincaid is a tough matchup for Bolton. You'd hope Tranquil can work on him a bit, but it's still tough. Does Kincaid play at 100 percent?

3) Does Amari Cooper play? Cooper hasn't had much time to acclimate to Buffalo, between the lateness of the trade and his near-immediate injury. If he plays, I think you PROBABLY want McDuffie to follow him.

4) What about Keon Coleman? Joshua Williams seems to match up well against him, but you probably don't want to play primarily man against Allen.

5) How does the Chiefs' OL hold up? The Denver front is better than Buffalo's, and the Bills don't have someone as speedy and explosive as Bonnito. But Buffalo has a good group. Ed Oliver has, at times, given Smith and Humphrey trouble with his quickness.

Looking forward to it. I suspect the Bills will have a little more emotionally invested in this one than Kansas City, and I'm sure Reid will save some of his best "for Buffalo" tricks for the postseason.

If the Chiefs get to 10-0 against the Bills, it's hard to see a stiffer challenge to Kansas City until they hit the ridiculous 3 games in 10 games stretch in December.

They do have a pair of division games at home against the Raiders and Chargers, but I still like the matchups there.