To be fair, Allen got away with back to back turnover worthy plays last year (fumble and a Pick 6 dropped by KC). Mecole Hardman fumbled on the goal line. It’s a blowout if those plays go the other direction.
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Is that what he said? I didn't actually watch the segment. Whatever. He's entitled to his opinion. My post was in response to the bit about
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Sure, fine. I mean, we can play "what if" with any/every game and project nearly any outcome we want to. For instance, "What if" McDermott didn't take over the defensive play-calling for the last two plays and shit his pants in the :13 second game?

In every game mistakes, bad plays, bad decisions happen, along with good ones (most of the time anyway). We've watched Pat make plenty of both over the years. Ditto every great team or player. It's just part of the game, right?

I think we'd be fools not to acknowledge that Josh has grown into an elite QB in his own right. He's not doing it the way Pat does it, maybe not how any QB has before, but he's become a real force, especially in the RZ. If he's playing just better than his average, he's a serious problem for 99% of defenses, regardless of where the ball is snapped.

But in the RZ, where he only has to run at most 20 yards, and his ability to just run over LBs/DBs at will, he's one of the best QBs in the league, that much seems certain.
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You're not wrong but you're just not getting the hyperbole. He's a great QB. One of the greatest ever? Yeah, not yet.
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Ah, now I get it. Well, I think it's a little early to crown him with that label. But I won't be surprised if we see him that way in a couple years. He's come a loooong way from his first couple seasons in the NFL. Who knows what he'll look like in a couple three years?
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I want to see what happens when Dion Dawkins is gone. He has been there (literally) for 99% of Josh Allen’s games the last 6+ years. Mahomes has had a shit show at Left Tackle the last 3-4 years ever since Fisher got hurt. Somehow won 2 rings and might get another one this year.
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Shannon Sharpe and Stephen A Smith would be "shocked" if the Chiefs make it back to the superbowl. "They can't rely on the defense anymore. The O-line is terrible and the offense is bad". Shannon has the Bills getting the one seed and Stephen A would be confident about the Bills winning in Arrowhead if they have to.

Colin Cowherd "the Chiefs are a flawed team. The Bills are the best team in the AFC and are a champion in waiting".

Keep em coming.
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He's really going to have to change his game if he wants to have the longevity needed to be an all-time great. He takes WAY too many hard hits and it's a huge part of his game. He won't be able to play like that the older he gets. I mean, even if he manages to stay healthy despite the hits, running around like that is a young man's game. He's going to have to operate more from the pocket and the less he runs, the more defenses will key on it. Right now his biggest asset is that he's a dual threat. He won't always be that, healthy or not.
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Ouch
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That's all true, he will have to change his game as he ages. But he is. We're seeing it in real time. Just a couple seasons ago he had to have a top-10 WR like Stefon Diggs as a security blanket.

He's past that now, and distributing the ball to whoever's open, because he's able to go through his progressions and make his reads much better than he was earlier in his career.

He's running a lot now, because his weapons aren't that good or they're young/inexperienced, so he has to make up the difference by taking off. But if Kincaid grows into a top-tier guy or Coleman or whoever, he'll have to run less.

Not saying he'll become a great pocket passer, but he's learning to be a lot more comfortable in the pocket. And if he develops one or more of these young guys into top-notch receivers, he'll grow even more into a really good, if not great, pocket passer. Then we'll really be in trouble.
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Lol. Do they have money on the Chiefs or what?

The best way to guarantee a KC threepeat is to make them a disrespected underdog.
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Are we evaluating the chiefs as we stand? Or after we get our new lt and hollywood back and Andy let’s the playbook loose in playoffs?
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One thing is certain, there are significant deficiencies on this team that do make us look like a one-and-done team much of the time. There's still time to fix the issues and get healthier though. Who knows what will transpire between now and the playoffs with other teams and their injuries too. We sure have had our fair share.
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We were not favored in any SB and not favored last year at Buff nor Balt. You never know until you play. We have as of shot as anyone.
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People have blathered about KC looking beatable late in the year basically every season. Never more so than last year.

The year before, KC lost to Cincinnati on Dec 4 and the defense was awful. Literally didn't get a stop other than when Bengals players dropped a ball. The next week they needed a late pick to eek out a win vs Brett Rypien and the Broncos. The following week they needed OT to beat a terrible Houston team. And in the last home game, they barely got by Denver again.

The roster they're going to have this postseason is going to be far better than either of those rosters.
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