Let's talk about the goddamn Bills. Again. For ****'s sake.

[Direckshun]

Well the Bills are doing their thing once again of looking somewhat competent and making everybody think "are they for real this time?"

The answer is no. No they are not for real.

Look at their wins. All their wins have been against unimpressive dipshits. Two of their five wins have been against the ****ing Dolphins, an organization so haywire I'm pretty sure they just let Tannehill improvise instead of having a coach call plays. They had a legit win last week against the Jets, but the Jets have Fitzpatrick under center and the only reason a teammate hasn't broken his jaw yet is because his beard conceals it so well.

Last year, the Bills boasted a terrifying defense with an offense that was being held together by shoestrings with Kyle ****ing Orton under center.

This year, the Bills boast pretty much the same defense playing comprehensively worse under Rex "defensive genius" Ryan while sporting a sporatically explosive offense under The Hokey That Time Forgot: Tyron Taylor. Taylor is your typical quarterback from Virginia Tech: super athletic with roughly no idea how to play football in the NFL. His stats are surprisingly nice, which we'll get to in a moment, but watch him tomorrow on MNF against a real NFL coaching staff. He's going to evaporate once defenses figure out which palm he scribbled his playcalls onto.

That being said, as Chiefs fans during the Alex Smith era know, mediocre quarterbacks somehow confound NFL masterminds when they have even the slightest bit of athleticism. Expect the Chiefs to employ a spy in the form of Husain Abdullah because Taylor is legitimately lethal when he gets a seam to burst through.

As for his arm, the Bills have done a solid job surrounding him with good talent, and he's managed to complete -- get this -- 70% of his passes. 70%. I make my wife orgasm with less frequency, and I'm a goddamn stud. Well done, Tyrod. I literally have no idea how you do it.

Like I was saying moments ago, the Bills have done a really good job surrounding him with weapons. Sammy Watkins' stats aren't that great this year, as he's struggled waiting for Taylor to learn how to quarterback and EJ Manuel piss away every ounce of goodwill the city of Buffalo has mistakenly sheltered him with. Watkins still has great hands, though, and top-notch elite athleticism that, at one point, made him an elite pairing with Percy Harvin. Harvin has gone the way of Sanders Commings, however, and now the dependable Robert Woods mans the #2 slot. While Sammy Watkins is the tall, athletic dynamo that Sean Smith specializes in shutting down, Woods is the kind of shifty, speedy route-runner that has given Peters fits this year.

The Bills also have a Wes Welker type in Chris Hogan, and those types always seem to give the Chiefs fits on 3rd downs. After that, they have one-dimensional speedsters in Marquis Goodwin and Denarious Moore.

The most productive receiver the Bills have this year, however, is Charles Clay, who is going to have a very long afternoon in Arrowhead. Nobody limits TE production like the Chiefs, who boast not one but three TE shutdowns in Eric Berry, Ron Parker and Husain Abdullah. Clay is a big security blanket for Tyrod Taylor, and erasing him from the equation might screw with Taylor's wiring enough to force mistakes. Their passing game does not worry me, absent Bob Sutton forgetting to spy on Taylor's scrambling ability.

The Bills' run game is stout, though. LeSean McCoy is one of the league's best rushers when he's on, with the ability to seemingly teleport from one part of the line to another when the DL takes his hole away. Containing LeSean McCoy is a true team effort -- it requires hard work not just at the point of attack, but on the backside contain and at the second level, where Shady is one of the league's shiftiest. Do. Not. Sleep. On. McCoy. Their #2 RB is a huge truck of a running back in the gargantuan Karlos Williams, a guy who looks like Allen Bailey in a RB's body despite the fact that he's "only" 6'2", 230 lbs. He's averaging about 6 yards a clip. The Bills can pound the rock when they need to.

Which the Chiefs will need to be ready for. They've already got the league's #4 run defense, but this is a killer pair of RBs (along with a very good scrambler) and one of the few offensive lines in the league that's actually very good. Cordy Glenn at RT and Seantrel Henderson at RT are one of the league's best young bookends. Eric Wood is a sturdy center, and Richie Incognito will break down your DL with racist jokes. Louisville's John Miller is a powerful RG. Unlike last year's run game, which depended on a guy named ****ing Boobie, this year's Bills will plow you over if you don't watch your shit. Also, our passrush was totally negated last year by this line.

On the defensive side of the ball... I don't know, maybe you guys can help me out. I can't figure out why a team with almost the exact same personnel from last year's defense is underperforming so much. They're not bad... They're just not the world beaters that we're used to (I'm only using that phrase once this week).

Marcell Dareus is possibly the NFL's best defensive tackle. He's got Kyle Williams next to him, with Jerry Hughes and Mario Williams off the edge. Why is this not the best defensive line in football? Their sack numbers are very low, and other than Dareus, I don't see them on film and go "wow" like I did last year. This is still a shit ton of talent, though.

I really like Manny Lawson, but I struggle to be terribly worried about anybody else in their linebacking corps. Preston Brown is an nonathletic tackle-machine and Nigel Bradham sounds like a gay Bond villain. They better hope they work their ass off because this is the level of the defense Alex Smith spends all his time passing towards.

Smith definitely won't be chucking it to the WRs this week. Hell Maclin might as well take this week off because Stephen Gilmore is an excellent corner with a complete game. Not only is he physical and energetic, he's also really good in run support. Meanwhile, the Bills have the NFL's OTHER contestant for NFL Rookie of the Year in Ronald Darby, Florida State's slightly undersized CB who is just a pisspounding firecracker. The Bills also boast a good-not-great safety corps in Aaron Williams, Corey Graham, Bacarri Rambo, and Duke Williams. Going deep will be very challenging, and we're probably looking at another game of dumpoffs and checkdowns by Smith.

Honestly, given how good that secondary is, the game might simply be decided by the Chiefs figuring out what exactly they've got in Spencer Ware. Ware showed an elusiveness and a power that is every bit as eye-opening by a Kansas City backup RB we've seen since Charles first started getting work in 2009. Charcandrick West is a good role-player, but he was always meant to be a 3rd down change-of-pace guy. I'm calling it now: I think Spencer Ware is going to be the guy John Dorsey thought he was getting in Knile Davis.

One thing's for sure, this is the best test our resurgent offensive line has seen. Fisher and gang have to bring every ounce of edge they brought to Denver because this is a playoff game. We will likely be competing with the Bills for a playoff spot and every yard in this game will be extremely hard to earn.

I think it will be a very low-scoring affair, and unless the Chiefs sleep on Tyrod Taylor (which I don't think they will), they should have enough firepower on both sides of the ball to keep this one in hand.

Chiefs win, 16-13. But it may take us overtime to do so.

[O.city]

Why would Maclin be out?

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by O.city

Why would Maclin be out?

Concussion?

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Sorter

Concussion?

Didn't he come back and play after that?

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by O.city

Didn't he come back and play after that?

I can't remember.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by RunKC

This is a game where you need Dee Ford and his speed to help contain Tyrod Taylor.

If we want to contain Tyrod Taylor, why wouldn't we just get a sheep dog?

Dee Ford has speed, but shifty and athletic players like Taylor can probably juke him out or make him whiff at air tackles pretty easily. I still haven't seen Ford improve as an effective OLB outside of rushing the passer, and without those skills, I think Ford's usefulness on the field is pretty low.

If we want to see if Ford can contain mobile QBs, first let's see how he does with a weak and stupid mobile QB like Tannehill instead of a goddamn cheetah like Taylor

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Sorter

I can't remember.

Did you get a concussion?

[chiefs1111]

Originally Posted by Sorter

I can't remember.

He came back in the game

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Sorter

I can't remember.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by Stop, Chiefs

We're going to get our ****ing asses kicked.

I'm not sure about that but I do think bad Alex will be back again.

[Squalor2]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

If we want to contain Tyrod Taylor, why wouldn't we just get a sheep dog?

Dee Ford has speed, but shifty and athletic players like Taylor can probably juke him out or make him whiff at air tackles pretty easily. I still haven't seen Ford improve as an effective OLB outside of rushing the passer, and without those skills, I think Ford's usefulness on the field is pretty low.

If we want to see if Ford can contain mobile QBs, first let's see how he does with a weak and stupid mobile QB like Tannehill instead of a goddamn cheetah like Taylor

not sure, but i see ford being used as an inside linebacker. sutton never gives him an alignment that makes his passrush being what the offense needs to block.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by Squalor2

not sure, but i see ford being used as an inside linebacker. sutton never gives him an alignment that makes his passrush being what the offense needs to block.

Are you willing to bet your account on this?

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

If we want to contain Tyrod Taylor, why wouldn't we just get a sheep dog?

Dee Ford has speed, but shifty and athletic players like Taylor can probably juke him out or make him whiff at air tackles pretty easily. I still haven't seen Ford improve as an effective OLB outside of rushing the passer, and without those skills, I think Ford's usefulness on the field is pretty low.

If we want to see if Ford can contain mobile QBs, first let's see how he does with a weak and stupid mobile QB like Tannehill instead of a goddamn cheetah like Taylor

I think this is more like breaking someone of a phobia.

If we can get him to stop the run vs. a QB perhaps he can graduate to WR's on screens and one day HB's...

[Sully]

Originally Posted by Sorter

Will do a post on the Bills offense.



Just based on the little I've seen off of the Bills this year and knowing it's Rex Ryan defense the Chiefs are going to get a heavy dose of 1 high coverage, C6 to the field out of base personnel, and Alex is going to have to make the right reads out of spot/snag, slant-flat, and stick. Same thing he has to do with most C3/C1 teams.

I am curious to see how they try to double Kelce if Maclin is out. Unlikely they're going to show/use thumbs (see Sully's post from a while back) since we don't use our #1 enough but if Maclin is out, then I'd expect at least few plays where the Bills try to take advantage of Kelce being the primary target.

Interesting note from the last game O'Shaughnessy was in was that when the Chiefs went 3X1 and ran "stick", they had Kelce as the flat/#2 to open up the Irishman. Wonder if they do the same thing with Harris.

You know how coverage talk makes me moist in my middle parts.

[Skyy God]

Originally Posted by KCtotheSB

Ever since you've been given a vacation, the Chiefs have started winning.
You being back in the fold dooms us all.

This. Who reinstated Clay?