Well, two more teams are left wondering where it all went wrong. One to go…

There can only be one happy camper, and Patrick Mahomes is getting awfully comfy in the Winnebago.

Insiders, a blowout in Philadelphia and a heartbreak in Kansas City. The Chiefs are still trailing Buffalo in consecutive Super Bowl appearances, but the Chiefs can achieve in two weeks what no other team has achieved. I prefer to keep it at two Lombardis in a row, so I will “root” for the Eagles.

I’ll be pulling for Philadelphia, but it’s not even about the Packers for me. I don’t want the NFL to get what it wants – a three-peat in the Super Bowl era. The league doesn’t do nearly enough to honor anything that happened before January 15, 1967. The NFL is slowly forgetting it played football before Super Bowl I. I fear we’ll move past the point of no return if Kansas City completes the trifecta.

Chuck from Sun Prairie, WI

It feels like every crucial call in close games seems to go in KC’s favor. Did the refs get the critical third- and fourth-down calls on the Bills’ last drive correct? Chiefs were definitely prepared to stop Bills’ QB runs. Bills kept trying the same play, except once, and were not prepared with counter response. If you were calling the play, what would have been your counter move?

Telling Josh Allen to stop running sneaks to the left A-gap. Listen, I’m with you all. I thought Allen had the first down and think there would’ve been much consternation if they’d ruled it was a first down. However, you know what you’re signing up for when you sneak it in that situation against that team. As soon as Clete Blakeman marked it short, I knew it was over. If reviewable offensive pass interference taught me anything, it’s New York isn’t overturning that.

Thought the Bills/Chiefs game hinged on what appeared to be a bad spot. Whatever was called on the field was not going to be overturned. One line judge had it correctly (IMO) spotted as a first, the other marked it short. In that scenario, who gets the final decision? Gutted for Allen and Bills fans and not much interest in SB now.

Only Blakeman and his crew know the answer to that. There also was no request for a pool report after the game. At the end of the day, however, Blakeman wears the white hat and relays the referees’ final decision. So, the buck stops there.

How do the Buffalo Bills recover from yet another crushing defeat to KC?

The Packers looked and played better (especially on D) than the teams that lost this weekend. The teams that won this weekend looked and played better, however. As you guys say, it’s week to week in the NFL. Do you think the Chiefs will look at how the Packers’ D succeeded against the Eagles for a plan to start? No one else seemed to slow them down.

I’d take it under strong consideration. Jeff Hafley and his staff prioritized neutralizing the threat of Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley on the ground and the Packers’ plan largely worked. At the very least, Green Bay certainly handled things better than Washington and the Los Angeles Rams.

After watching the conference championships, how close do you think the Packers are to the level of football we saw? I think we have a way to go. KC’s offense with its quick passes (one or two seconds) is so efficient. They are not concerned with run/pass balance. All the teams have designed QB runs. So much innovation on play calls.

I saw it the complete opposite. Obviously, the Packers need to take the next step but the league’s youngest team (with injuries at key spots) still gave the NFC’s representative in the Super Bowl its best game. I’d also disagree with your assertion on the run/pass balance. Kareem Hunt had 17 carries for 64 yards and a touchdown in addition to Mahomes’ scrambles. The Packers are close but so too is the margin for error. The best teams don’t hurt themselves with penalties and turnovers. That’s where Philly and KC separated themselves this postseason.

Maybe I’m too much a fan of Pyrrhic victories, but I’d have loved to see Frankie Luvu keep diving over the line and force the refs to literally give a TD to the Eagles. They were going to score anyway, and the league already metaphorically hands them TDs with the legal tush-push. Keep diving, get that “league first,” and expose the ridiculousness of it all. All it’d cost you would be 15 yards. If I was the head coach, he’d have had my blessing.

It was the most entertaining part of that game. Luvu is a hell of a player, too. I was super-impressed by him.

The referee can award a score. Who knew. I am old enough to remember referees pausing the play clock because the crowd was too loud and even penalizing the home team for delay of game. Never saw a referee award points “for a palpably unfair act.” Has this ever happened? Also, 55 points by the Eagles makes the Packer defense seem pretty good!

That whole sequence was embarrassing for the NFL – not the Washington Commanders, the league. Call me salty, but why not just take your defense off the field at that point? Or kindly ask the officials to notice Hurts’ false start(s).