Burrow's Bengals are 3-0 vs Mahomes' Chiefs

but the Chiefs...

have led by 18, 14 and 7 points in these games

have never trailed entering the 4th quarter

have trailed for an average of only 15 minutes each game

have trailed for an average of only 7:52 in each second half

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) January 24, 2023

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that right there says it all

they're down 3 OL

good luck in the 4th maggots
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Kinda the exact opposite of the Chiefs modus operandi.
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Are any of the 3 OL project to return for the game, or are they out for the season? Not familiar with their injuries...

FWIW, they looked fine against Buffalo.
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If you examine the past three games we have faced Cinci things begin to point toward a KC win.

First game we played was just us stepping on our own dicks. We had something to the tune of 10 penalties and a costly fluke 3rd and 27 that was converted because we went gung ho and blitzed 7. Just stupid.

Second game, Mahomes saw mad scientist Lou's ace up his sleeve. He brought out those false 6 man blitzes that ended up turning into 8 in coverage in the second half. Adjustments came in too late and even then this was a winnable affair if we just ran it and chewed. Again, more dick stepping by us.

Third game? We had the counters for everything Cincy put on our plate. We were a missed kick and an unbelievably rare fumble from a HOF TE away from winning this game.

Overall I think the composition of our team has changed drastically on defense for the better. Hitchens, Fenton, Ward, Oakfor, Sorenson, Niemann? All these guys played a sizable number of snaps in our first two games with Cincy. We are significantly improved, and if you take the most recent loss and analyze it - flukes aside we should win.
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Buffalo played soft coverage which allowed Burrow to get the ball out fast.

Spags won't do that.
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not that it matters, but hope this is the end of the road, losing the super bowl is like being crowned the biggest loser, not again.
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They've also had every bounce go their way, at some point that will change and Burrow will not continue to be perfect.
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RT Collins is out for the year.

LT Williams and RG Cappa are "improving every day." Longshots to play and if they did probably not 100%.
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My thoughts exactly. A regression toward the mean has to occur at some point for them. Those 50/50 jump balls that Burrow consistently dimes to Chase and Higgins will not always fall. It's akin to that funk Mahomes suffered last year where every pass would doink off Hills gloves and into the opposing DBs hands for an INT.

Curious to see how Cincy fares when that stuff inevitably starts to occur.
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I think back to that game in Buffalo in 2020 when the Chiefs ran the ball 46 times for 245 yards.

The Chiefs have a better offensive line than they had in that game and they have the emergence of Pacheco.
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im so glad we get to be the underdogs this week while the bengals are trying to shove their tic tac dick in everyones face.

im starting to feel good about this one. if mahomes is even 80% we go this.
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i'd feel way worse if we were starting prince tega, allegretti and lucas niang

give me a healthy OL and a pissed off gimp mahomes
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the bengals dl is elite at run stopping but with the way our o line is playing in the run game rn we have a chance to run on them anyway. especially if they’re intent on rushing 3.

just hope we don’t abandon it too quickly. gonna probably need an 80-100 yard game from pacheco to win this. i’m sure we’ll also see a few jet sweeps with toney (and hardman if he goes).
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A scared ass bitch like you should absolutely eat as many bullets as you can pump into your thick cranium!
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