Stock up, stock down following the Bills’ win over the Chiefs
The Buffalo Bills (9-2) came into Week 11 against the Kansas City Chiefs (9-1) looking to be the first team in this NFL season that beat the Chiefs. Buffalo entered this matchup with a five-game winning streak in their back pocket to show how well they were playing, but going against Kansas City is always a different beast.
The Bills managed to come out on top over the Chiefs, 30-21, thanks to some clutch plays in the fourth quarter, including from star Bills quarterback Josh Allen, who iced the game with an incredible 26-yard touchdown run in the waning minutes of the game. Buffalo had to do its best to overcome the play of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, as he threw three touchdowns in the contest to make things interesting.
Allen had to do what he could to carry the offense with players like running back James Cook struggling to run the football against the Chiefs’ tough run defense and Allen showed up when Buffalo needed him the most.
Here is the Bills Wire’s stock report following Sunday’s win over the Chiefs:
Stock Up: QB Josh Allen
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Allen, like he has been asked to do for the past few seasons, did everything he could to carry the offense with Kansas City shutting down Cook and the running game to a halt over the course of the contest. Thanks to how Allen was throwing the ball, four different players had at least 40 yards receiving in what has been an equal opportunity offense since the season began and that was without rookie wide receiver Keon Coleman (wrist).
Stock Down: RB James Cook
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As mentioned above, Cook struggled to run the ball against the Chiefs in this one, but he wasn’t the only running back who didn’t show up. Cook had nine of Buffalo’s 31 carries, but for every player who ran the ball aside from Allen, no one averaged more than 3.6 yards per carry, which is a far cry from where the Bills have been running the football this season.
Stock Up: LB Terrel Bernard
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Bernard has been one of the best players on Buffalo’s defense for awhile now and Sunday showed how impactful he can be, especially against someone like Patrick Mahomes who can light you up in a second if you make the wrong move. Bernard not only got to Mahomes for his first sack of the season, but he also made some key tackles and even broke up a pass to show just how much he was flying all over the field.
Stock Down: DE Greg Rousseau
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While Rousseau has been arguably the most disruptive player on Buffalo’s defensive line this season, that was not the case against the Chiefs. Rousseau managed to hit Mahomes twice, but that was the extent of how much he did in this game even though the attention he attracts allowed for players like Bernard and Von Miller to get to Mahomes over the course of this contest.
Stock Up: WR Curtis Samuel
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Samuel has largely nonexistent within Buffalo’s offense given the nature of how the team wants to spread the ball around and ultimately get the ball to whoever is open on a given play. However, Sunday was a great day for Samuel as he accumulated the most yards that he has in a game this season, the most receptions in a game, and caught his first touchdown of the season to boot.
Stock Down: WR Mack Hollins
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As is the nature of Buffalo’s offense, there will also be someone who fades into a background and on Sunday, that was Mack Hollins. Hollins is more of a deep-threat than anything else and with the Chiefs not wanting to get beat deep, he wasn’t able to get himself going much in a game in which Allen threw the ball 40 times.