Chiefs Must DOMINATE Bills to Send AFC Message as Three West Teams Control Playoff Picture

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4.7 • 956 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs face Buffalo Bills in a pivotal AFC showdown that could define conference supremacy. Patrick Mahomes holds a perfect 4-0 playoff record against Josh Allen, but the Bills have transformed into a run-first offense behind James Cook's explosive performances. Ryan Tracy and Chris Clark break down Buffalo's dramatic offensive shift, analyzing whether their 197-pass approach can survive against elite defenses. The discussion covers critical defensive matchups with Mike Pinell's return from Cincinnati, targeting Buffalo's struggling secondary with Rasheed Rice and Xavier Worthy, and why the Chiefs' run-stuffing strategy could neutralize James Cook. Key topics include Trent McDuffie shadowing Khalil Shakir, exploiting Buffalo's 15th-ranked interception rate, and why this represents a must-win statement game for Kansas City's AFC West dominance. Discover why the hosts believe the Chiefs' defensive adjustments and fourth-down aggression will prove decisive in this marquee matchup.

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0:00.0	Stop me if you've heard this before, but the Chiefs beat the bills in the regular season.
0:05.3	It sends a message to the rest of the AFC, and it's going to happen.
0:09.2	We'll tell you why today.
0:10.1	I'm Locked on Chiefs.
0:12.5	From the land of the three and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.
0:21.3	Welcome in to Red Friday, Chiefs, Kingdom.
0:23.2	We're brought to you by Mazda.
0:25.0	Like our players, we sweat every detail.
0:27.7	We want to make sure that you get every move to count.
0:30.7	Pulling off the unexpected is only the beginning.
0:33.2	Stay tuned for highlights from this week's moving the game forward.
0:36.8	We're from Mazda, move and be moved.
0:38.3	And we're going to move you.
0:39.1	Thanks for making us your first listening here on the Lockdown Podcast Network. At your team every single day, like we always do. We appreciate you every dayers for being here with us. We're going to run it down for you. The Chiefs. You're ready to take on the bills. I'm Ryan Tracy, the founder, Rogue Analytics, and Performance Consulting, NFL33.com and RGR football.
0:56.0	The man to my right as you're looking at this is Chris Clark
1:00.6	over at Casey Chief's Corner. You can find him. We're going to give you the X factors you got to watch out for
1:05.6	and the predictions. That's up later in the show before that. The matchups that matter that are going
1:10.2	to get this win.
1:11.1	I'll give you that here shortly as well. We start about what this game means to these two
1:17.1	franchises. Maybe the rest of the league doesn't care about, but what it can say to the rest of
1:21.6	the AFC. And for me, that is, these are the titans of this conference. I think this game will set them apart
1:29.4	and set them up for that. I know we had a great discussion with Joe yesterday over on lockdown
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