OldSchoolSnapper

It is the choice that is a bit unsettling. I can accept that nobody here really knows what Bisaccia's role really is, but he hasn't exactly wowed anyone with that ST unit. I am not going to blame him for NFL kickers missing chipshots and Nixon fumbling kickoffs, but they get called for holding on touchbacks and fair catches and then we had that snafu in Week 18. Those things are on coaching. A game management coordinator seems like it would be suited to someone younger and well versed in analytics who hasn't grown up in the game under the old regimes and isn't swayed by conventional wisdom. I will echo other thoughts that I don't think MLF is a bad coach, but I think he is going to be fired in the next 3 years. After the 2026 season is the first time I could realistically see it happening. I don't think he makes great decisions in games and they are routinely flat with their opening sequences in marquee games. He has a lot in common with Mike McCarthy, honestly.

And the one who gave the garbage spot had an indisputably worse look at the ball and overruled the other official who had already signaled 1st down.

Well, for one, I wouldn't call that defensive holding marginal. That was a mugging. It was, I believe, somebody trying to cover Kelce across the middle of the field and they were going to get run over. I actually saw the hold live and thought it did not get called and couldn't believe it. Offensive holding not getting called is like a 50% chance of happening on every play. Not kidding to say that I see a run to the outside or a QB getting protected where holding looks so clear on TV go uncalled like 50% of the time I see it. These dynasty teams have always gotten a lot of breaks from the officials. I guess no, it's not fair, but you have to clear your margin for error wide of the officials if you are playing QBs like Mahomes and Brady. Buffalo didn't really seem to play that way to me. They tried to squeak by and got really pensive in the 4th.

I mean I thought the challenge sucked, because I thought and still thought it did get caught by Worthy, and it was anything close to the indisputable threshold they need to get it overturned. I really don't get those last-ditch type of challenges that coaches seem to love. I've basically never seen one of them work.

Yes - but there was a defensive hold, so automatic first down and 5 yards. I am not really convinced that was any kind of needle-moving call for either team. Obviously, it's a huge call if the review is for possession of the ball and there is no penalty called.

That Worthy pass wasn't picked off. And there was a defensive hold. It wasn't going to be Buffalo's ball no matter the call. At best, it was 1st down + 5 yards for KC. To be honest, none of the calls were egregious. I thought Allen had it, and the official who had the best view made that call, but it was close. And Buffalo called a tight game offensively. I didn't think they took enough shots with the coverage KC was playing. I see other teams line up on 3rd down for the tush push and throw 40 yard passes. Or KC throwing twice on that final possession. Buffalo was really conservative.

The Bills are going to be like the 80s Bucks. A great team that can't get out of its conference because an all-time dynasty is stuck in their path. The Chiefs are pretty similar to most of those Patriots teams in that they don't knock your socks off watching them for the most part, but they just make it look easy. Mahomes is spectacular and does have that ability, but the last couple iterations of that team have been awfully bland.

Bhaktiari appeared in a single game in '21, this narrative reads like they were expecting him to be available, and Jenkins missed over half the season yet they still won 13 games. Including...wait for it...the prior game against SF in which both were inactive! IIRC, Jenkins slid over to replace Bhaktiari, which is significant, but he had been out for 2 months by this game. It's not like he got hurt that week. Let's be serious, the Packers were accustomed to playing without him by then out of necessity. He was useless. The games they did lose were suspect too. A week one fluke against the Saints, the finale they treated like a bye and a game Jordan Love started. Then the premise of the argument is that the 49ers division was so incredible, yet it was a division the Packers swept that season (without the same 2 guys against Donald and the Rams) and the team they crushed the worst was the team that won the Super Bowl. So which is it? Amazing division or the entire NFL was soft that year? Oh, they beat the AFC champion too. Then there's the absurdity that they lost the game without SF scoring an offensive TD. That should never happen when your QB is league MVP - I am a big AR fan, but that is pathetic and nobody makes that excuse for any QB of his stature. If these are the excuses people make for the Packers, I dunno what to say. No loss will ever be considered bad. The one thing you could claim, is that the Packers ST were horrible all year and it ended up killing them. It's the playoffs. You can make a case for almost any team "having a chance." The Packers had pretty much the ideal set-up that year. HFA, Rodgers playing like a superstar, and really no standout opponent. As I said, it was the ONLY year under MLF where the Packers played - and beat - the contending teams. I wish the Packers would give us something to talk about besides old playoff chokes though. It's about all we've got for the last decade and a half. I might find this argument a tad less ridiculous if it wasn't made every single year.

Seems kinda open to interpretation, since he was playing for a different team. Point is still pretty valid either way...teams overcome injuries every year. Much more significant ones than your guard, who had already missed a bunch of time that season (and the prior game against SF). They had 2 months to prepare a fill in. Pretty lame excuse for them dropping a home playoff game.

Quoting me saying I thought the Packers would win isn't a trump card? The Packers were -6. Nor is finding a random poster saying the 49ers could win. I'm pretty sure you could do that for every single Packers game that's ever been played. By the way, that supposed weak schedule the Packers played included wins over both Super Bowl teams, the 49ers, and the entire NFC West. "You might want to know your facts a little better."

He's referring to Deandre Hopkins...at least I thought he was

You don't? Might wanna look harder.

No offense. But it feels like you are grasping at straws and looking up obscure stats to explain away a terrible choke loss on behalf of the Packers. They were a superior team, a favorite, at home, had the best player in the league, had beaten them previously, beaten both conference champions already...they shouldn't have lost the game.

They were 10-7 and finished 3rd. I am not sure why you think that is some trump card for you or something. I don't what reality you're living in. But nobody thought the Packers were going to lose that game. I'm honestly not sure if you're mixing seasons or something. The 49ers beat a crappy Dallas team and lost the following week. They weren't good. The Packers lost to a guy that threw for 130 yards and a pick. Their offense scored 6 points. The rest of your post is just baloney. The Packers dominated the eventual champion that season and also beat the AFC champion too. I don't care how bad the division was. That season was actually the only one in recent history where the Packers played and beat the contenders during the year. Unlike the prior year where they got waxed by Tampa and the year before when they got waxed by SF.

IMO: The Bills go up 8, the Chiefs tie the game, Chiefs get the last possession and kick a game winning FG. Just because.

Heart breaks for Buffalo. The Packers don't sting as much anymore as I always expect. But those poor fans have been through too much.

Kincaid has to catch that, wow. That looked much more pathetic on the replay.

Lame and sucks but that was one hell of a blitz. Completely got the protection.

He had it in his hands.

No coach would punt here. Well besides MLF.

What is Romo talking about? What "decision" is there here?

That was the best possible outcome for Buffalo outside of 0 points.

This is going kinda well for Buffalo, oddly. They go down quickly then get sacked and have long "and goal" situations.

Am glad they didn't listen to me. But the point of the FG is that it potentially extends the game. With 6 minutes left that is plausible. You have a good shot to get the ball back again and if you just don't give up 7, you're still in it. Down 7, giving the ball to Mahomes is not a scenario I'd want to be in.

Better 6 minutes than 2. At least if the drive is 6 minutes long, it means Buffalo had chances to get off the field and couldn't. That's a lot easier to accept as a fan.