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Bills vs. Chiefs, kickoff set for 6:30 on CBS. 

Same song but will it finally be a different tune for Buffalo? A fan base starving to get a chance at another Super Bowl, with the face of the franchise leading the way in Josh Allen, who is looking to finally get over the hump and take down the mighty Chiefs. One thing the Bills have that they haven't had much of in recent years is a complementary run game to take the heavy load off of Allen. I think the big question going into the season was how the Bills would fair trading away Diggs, but more importantly losing Gabe Davis in free agency, your top 2 receivers, but the new receiving core has more than held their own this season. It's always a tall task defensively to stop Kansas City, and nothing will change with that Sunday, they'll have their hands full. 

Just rinse and repeat (maybe 3peat) for KC. Not really much to say that hasn't already been said about this team. Mahomes is unstoppable, the trade deadline acquisition of Deandre Hopkins was a big time get for them, and then signing Kareem Hunt off waivers was another big add. Of course, Mahomes has his safety valve in Kelce as well. KC defense led by Chris Jones will bring it like they always do. This is the 4th time these 2 teams have met in the playoffs in 5 years, with KC 3-0. Can Buffalo break through? Or will Kansas City move 1 step closer to an improbable 3 peat? 


Who's it gonna be?

[King Kong]

Pulling for Buffalo.  Close games seem to favor KC and have worked out well for them so far this year.  Believe Buffalo will need to roll the dice this game.  Go for it on 4th and short instead of kicking field goals.  If they have momentum going and get to 4th down around mid field,  go for it.  Hang onto the ball.  Baltimore had 3 or 4 turnovers vs Buffalo and it was a close game.  If not for that, good chance Baltimore wins.  Can't afford to give Mahomes the ball no more than he's already going to get it lol

[plantmanky]

KC wins.

[Old School Hound]

KC wins.

Goodell & his goons will make sure of it... unless they have another agenda and/or scheme ready to shape.

[Cactus Jack]

In a game that has a little bit of everything, Buffalo wins a thriller.

[Van Hagar]

I’ve picked against KC for years now, and the SOB’s always find a way. So this time I’ll take the Chiefs 24-23, with a late Josh Allen turnover sealing the deal. Wouldn’t it be something if Allen, Lamar and Joe Burrow, as great as they are, combine for zero Super Bowl wins in their careers? The clock is ticking.

[Van Hagar]

You know, I thought the Bills got jobbed on the fourth and one call late when one line judge initially marked a first down and the one on the other side marked it short. I thought the down the line replay from Allen’s left showed he clearly made it to the line to gain. Funny how CBS never showed that angle again once it went to replay.

[Cactus Jack]

You know, I thought the Bills got jobbed on the fourth and one call late when one line judge initially marked a first down and the one on the other side marked it short. I thought the down the line replay from Allen’s left showed he clearly made it to the line to gain. Funny how CBS never showed that angle again once it went to replay.

Would have loved to see the Bills pull this one off, but at least it was a good game.

No interceptions thrown. No missed kicks. KC loses the turnover battle but wins the game.


Aside from KC getting some calls (which we knew would happen going in), my thoughts were:

1. Everyone wants to copy Philly's Brotherly Shove, but it works much better when your QB squatted 500 lbs. as a sophomore and was competitive in a huge track state's shot-put. Allen can do plenty of things Hurts can't, but there were a few critical possessions that Buffalo would have liked to have tried something else.

2. Speaking of kicking-- do the Bills wish they'd have kicked some of the extra points? Probably not. But there were two failed conversion attempts. Put those two points on the board and hold all else constant and the Bills would have been leading by 2 with a chance to go up by 4 after their final TD with 6:15 remaining. Hindsight is 20/20 and I think the Bills made the right call(s) at the time (or at least when the penalty put them at the 1).

In all, the combination of getting the Ravens the week prior and not having a bona fide #1 raget in the passing game is what separated Buffalo from KC. Mahomes probably extends the careers of some of these names, but you'd rather throw to Kelce, Worthy, Smith-Schuester, Hopkins, Hollywood Brown, Hunt and Pacheco than Amari Cooper, Keon Coleman, Mack Hollins, Khalil Shakir, James Cook, Dawson Knox, and Dalton Kincaid. Also thought Justin Reid made some really big plays. Not a huge statistical game, but made some big solo tackles and had a huge tackle for loss.

[Old School Hound]

You know, I thought the Bills got jobbed on the fourth and one call late when one line judge initially marked a first down and the one on the other side marked it short. I thought the down the line replay from Allen’s left showed he clearly made it to the line to gain. Funny how CBS never showed that angle again once it went to replay.

I got you covered, VH. See my thread.