Washington at Philly at 3 pm followed by the much anticipated Buffalo at KC rematch at 6:30.
Will this be the year Josh Allen and the Bills get over the hump and knock off the Chiefs who are going for the first-ever three-peat in the Super Bowl era. Pretty compelling stuff. Josh Allen keeps getting better every year and is now a mega-superstar, a great runner with a gunslinger mentality who also knows when to throttle back and methodically lead his team down the field when appropriate. The Bills are far from a perfect team from both a CF and "real life" perspective as they are weak at WR and should have at least one overachiever at the position. But they do have Kincaid and Knox at TE, three short-arms on the o-line, and Milano and Bishop starting on defense, with Bishop hopefully becoming a full-time starter next year.
There's also history involved in this game besides what the Chiefs are trying to accomplish. The Bills won the AFC four straight times in the early 1990s only to fall short in the Super Bowl all four times and Buffalo remains one of 12 teams never to have won one. They were easily the relatively White friendliest team in the league during that era, with rosters right around the taboo 50% White level and also roughly half-White when it came to starters. I always felt at the time that those Super Bowls were at a certain level a battle between the "old" NFL and the "new" emerging super-Black majority, typified by Jimmy Johnson's Cowboys, who were modeled after his teams at the "U." Buffalo lost, but the fact that they won the conference four straight years remains a great accomplishment, never achieved before or since.
Those teams had Don Beebe and Steve Tasker at WR. Also Jamie Mueller at fullback. Beebe should have been a starter but was always the third option at receiver rather than a starter. Tasker was an all-world WSTD, but as Jim Kelly said often, he was "uncoverable" as a receiver. But given his post-NFL career as a super-cucked analyst it's difficult to have much sympathy for him as he apparently believes he wasn't good enough to be anything but the team mascot. Mueller would have been an excellent power back but had just 238 rushing attempts in his career. Then again the Bills had Thurman Thomas at halfback who was tremendous, and they also had James Lofton and Andre Reed starting at receiver. Still, it seemed head coach Marv Levy pushed as far as was acceptable then and now, but it would have been nice to see those Bills be genuine Caste busters.
The NFC game centers around whether QB Jayden Daniels can help get his team to the Super Bowl as a rookie, which would continue a remarkable season for a team most figured to be a bottom feeder. The Eagles have their two "exciting Whites" on defense, oft-injured Dallas Goedert at TE and some great short-arms on the line. Jalen Hurts threw for just 2,903 yards to go with 18 TDs and only 5 picks, but added 630 rushing yards and 14 TDs on the ground, many via the team's all but unstoppable "tush push." Philly is trying to reach the big game for the second time in three years.
Go Bills!
Will this be the year Josh Allen and the Bills get over the hump and knock off the Chiefs who are going for the first-ever three-peat in the Super Bowl era. Pretty compelling stuff. Josh Allen keeps getting better every year and is now a mega-superstar, a great runner with a gunslinger mentality who also knows when to throttle back and methodically lead his team down the field when appropriate. The Bills are far from a perfect team from both a CF and "real life" perspective as they are weak at WR and should have at least one overachiever at the position. But they do have Kincaid and Knox at TE, three short-arms on the o-line, and Milano and Bishop starting on defense, with Bishop hopefully becoming a full-time starter next year.
There's also history involved in this game besides what the Chiefs are trying to accomplish. The Bills won the AFC four straight times in the early 1990s only to fall short in the Super Bowl all four times and Buffalo remains one of 12 teams never to have won one. They were easily the relatively White friendliest team in the league during that era, with rosters right around the taboo 50% White level and also roughly half-White when it came to starters. I always felt at the time that those Super Bowls were at a certain level a battle between the "old" NFL and the "new" emerging super-Black majority, typified by Jimmy Johnson's Cowboys, who were modeled after his teams at the "U." Buffalo lost, but the fact that they won the conference four straight years remains a great accomplishment, never achieved before or since.
Those teams had Don Beebe and Steve Tasker at WR. Also Jamie Mueller at fullback. Beebe should have been a starter but was always the third option at receiver rather than a starter. Tasker was an all-world WSTD, but as Jim Kelly said often, he was "uncoverable" as a receiver. But given his post-NFL career as a super-cucked analyst it's difficult to have much sympathy for him as he apparently believes he wasn't good enough to be anything but the team mascot. Mueller would have been an excellent power back but had just 238 rushing attempts in his career. Then again the Bills had Thurman Thomas at halfback who was tremendous, and they also had James Lofton and Andre Reed starting at receiver. Still, it seemed head coach Marv Levy pushed as far as was acceptable then and now, but it would have been nice to see those Bills be genuine Caste busters.
The NFC game centers around whether QB Jayden Daniels can help get his team to the Super Bowl as a rookie, which would continue a remarkable season for a team most figured to be a bottom feeder. The Eagles have their two "exciting Whites" on defense, oft-injured Dallas Goedert at TE and some great short-arms on the line. Jalen Hurts threw for just 2,903 yards to go with 18 TDs and only 5 picks, but added 630 rushing yards and 14 TDs on the ground, many via the team's all but unstoppable "tush push." Philly is trying to reach the big game for the second time in three years.
Go Bills!
