Crazy stat

[NAS]

Only three teams have put up 25+ points on the Kansas City Chiefs defense this season.

Joe Burrow and the Bengals 
Josh Allen and the Bills 
Bryce Young and the Panthers 

Also

Not garbage time points

should have been more TDs and fewer field goals

 

[Mr. Scot]

That is crazy

[Jackie Lee]

With the game on the line this didn't feel like we were the Bills lol. I will concede the defense played like poo all day vs a KC team that look like they didn't take the game seriously at first. I hope for all my heart the Chiefs fall apart as well, I can't stand this poo after the Patriots run, I just want a different team to win the Super Bowl every year. Not this bandwagon poo

[Khyber53]

Those multiple field goals are because we're a young team still figuring it out. The red zone is the toughest puzzle in the game.

I've got a bit more hope than I had before for this bunch. Kinda nice feeling that way. It has been a minute or two since we've had reason for optimism.

[strato]

They play us all over the field like we were in the red zone. Seems like that should be a strong point for us. 

 

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

left a lot of plays/penalties in the red zone that ended up being FG's

• Cade mays false start
• Tommy tremble bricks for hands
• Ickey false start

[Doc Holiday]

I think this may or may not be lost on a lot of people. KC this year supposedly has a really good defense. 
 

we only punted twice the whole game. And put played them in the second half. Curious to see if we can carry this momentum going forward.

[Luuuuuuuuuuke59]

The bottom lines to me are that a) we played well enough to beat the best team in the league and b) Bryce Young is growing into a bridge QB role (his ceiling) for us. As much as I don't want BY around after the season, it seems DC can still build the O with a game manager at QB for now.

Best case scanario, we can build the D through the draft this year and take a QB we have conviction outside the 1st this or next draft. If BY keeps improving, we are going to win a couple more games this year.

[NAS]

14 minutes ago, Luuuuuuuuuuke59 said:

The bottom lines to me are that a) we played well enough to beat the best team in the league and b) Bryce Young is growing into a bridge QB role (his ceiling) for us. As much as I don't want BY around after the season, it seems DC can still build the O with a game manager at QB for now.

Best case scanario, we can build the D through the draft this year and take a QB we have conviction outside the 1st this or next draft. If BY keeps improving, we are going to win a couple more games this year.

Except Bryce was the main reason we were in it 

[d-dave]

That's pretty nuts.  Bryce really made some throws, like crazy throws, even if they were dropped our resulted in a DPI.  Like on the one that led to the final TD and the 1st 2pt attempt.  I was like "WTF is he thinking...oh well that worked out!"

I super happy to be Bryce developing right now.  Now, can he become a winner?  That is the greatest question for us.  The more I read about this QB class, the more meh I am about it.  I'd MUCH rather draft defensive help than hope and pray someone outperforms Bryce.  a

Both Bryce and Canales need to continue to grow and develop.  I think year two for them will be much more telling (wow, way to go out on a limb d-dAVE...).  

At the end of the day, we were feisty and competitive against a team everyone thought was going to pound us into the dirt below our turf field.  I'll take that this year.

[jasonluckydog]

12 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

With the game on the line this didn't feel like we were the Bills lol. I will concede the defense played like poo all day vs a KC team that look like they didn't take the game seriously at first. I hope for all my heart the Chiefs fall apart as well, I can't stand this poo after the Patriots run, I just want a different team to win the Super Bowl every year. Not this bandwagon poo

I don't know about you but I have been a life long Chiefs fan for the past 4 years.

[Manna]

The negative Nancy in me (or objective?) says that they had a bye week to prepare for the Chiefs. However, it’s one thing to have a good plan and it’s another to actually execute it. For all the flack he’s received (from me as well), Bryce seemingly has put his head down and worked his tail off and his play is giving me hope. The first 18-game Bryce showed no progression whatsoever. He gets benched, comes back, and has shown steady progress every week he has started. I think I’m starting to see what the Bryce lovers and unconditional defenders were saying all along, and I hope he can show that on a regular basis for the sake of our QB1 position. 

[mav1234]

Bryce has improved in the deep passing game, but moreso in those intermediate throws that are 15-20 yards down field. He was very accurate on them yesterday and made some very nice throes. And that 30 yarder was just flat dropped, or this chart would look even better.

Many of us are still concerned on if the physical tools are there, but at least there's progress... And meaningful progress, taking the defending champs down to the wire, tieing the game late. Real nice job by him yesterday.

[trucpfan]

13 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

With the game on the line this didn't feel like we were the Bills lol. I will concede the defense played like poo all day vs a KC team that look like they didn't take the game seriously at first. I hope for all my heart the Chiefs fall apart as well, I can't stand this poo after the Patriots run, I just want a different team to win the Super Bowl every year. Not this bandwagon poo

It didn’t feel like we’re the Bills bc we’re not a consistent conference contender yet we’re a rebuilding team. But with the game on the line we played just like the Bills went straight down the field and scored a tuddy then converted a 2pt conversion I have to give credit where credit is due. And the chiefs played us like we were the Bills in an AFC championship game, drive down the field and kicked a walk off FG to win at the end very similar to me. Are saying our defense stunk yesterday? Vs an elite offense team with elite coaching an elite QB man idk what you want them to do. KC does these things to the best defenses in the league consistently to win AFC chips and Super Bowls let’s not devalue who they are. I saw us play KC to the wire and barely lose defense did its thing as much as it could.

1 hour ago, Luuuuuuuuuuke59 said:

The bottom lines to me are that a) we played well enough to beat the best team in the league and b) Bryce Young is growing into a bridge QB role (his ceiling) for us. As much as I don't want BY around after the season, it seems DC can still build the O with a game manager at QB for now.

Best case scanario, we can build the D through the draft this year and take a QB we have conviction outside the 1st this or next draft. If BY keeps improving, we are going to win a couple more games this year.

Bingo!!! We’re also forgetting how injured we’ve been defensively this year, yes we need to build up the D but adding a few pieces and D Browns successful rehab should make us a very strong unit again. Couple that with the offense we saw yesterday and we’re winning our division.