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Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes meet once again as well. Bills-Chiefs always gives us a thriller. What or who makes the difference this time around?
Howe: If Allen isn’t the difference maker, I’m not sure we should expect anything to change a couple of months from now in the playoffs. The Chiefs defense has done more than its share to pick up the offense, but this is where Allen needs to assert himself. He has to be the most dominant player in the game. But even with that type of performance, Allen has won three consecutive regular-season matchups with the Chiefs, but he’s 0-3 against them in the playoffs. There’s still work to be done regardless of the outcome this weekend.
Keefer: The Bills are hurting at wide receiver, but the run game — plus Josh Allen’s brilliance — has carried them to 8-2, the second-best record in the conference, behind you-know-who. Buffalo is third in scoring despite Amari Cooper and Keon Coleman missing time, and tight end Dalton Kincaid is out Sunday. But I love how coordinator Joe Brady has leaned on the run game this season. James Cook has been excellent, and Ray Davis has been a spark off the bench. A win for Buffalo on Sunday could pay it back down the line: The Bills’ best chance at (finally) getting past the Chiefs in the playoffs has to come in Orchard Park. And I don’t believe Kansas City, even at 9-0, has the top seed — and home-field advantage — locked up just yet. This team could easily lose a couple down the stretch.
One of the league’s most explosive and defining modern rivalries resumes this weekend when Mahomes’ Chiefs and Allen’s Bills collide once more, with memories of 13-second chaos, a missed Tyler Bass field goal and a Kadarius Toney offsides penalty teeing up more footballing theatre in the latest potential AFC Championship Game preview.
Four Ups, Four Downs for NFL Week 11: Brian Branch, Sean Mcvay, Bo Nix & More | The 33rd Team
Down: Bo Nix under pressure
Bo Nix has played better in the past few weeks, and that’s coincided with some good pass protection. The Broncos are sixth in pass block win rate, according to ESPN. Nix has seen more clean pockets, and in the past four weeks, he’s 12th in EPA per play when not pressured.
However, on the season, Nix is last in EPA per play when pressured, which hasn’t improved as the season progressed. This past week, when pressured, Nix had a zero percent success rate against the Chiefs. The week before, Nix was pressured 15 times and held the ball for nearly five seconds on...
