1. Whatever the Chiefs do, they have to start hot on offense. I'm talking minimum 10 points on their first two possession. The Bengals come out firing every time against teams and it puts the team on their back heels. Spags, for all of his game planning, is going to have his D carved up for the first quarter. Score early, put 10-14 on the board, keep the pressure on them rather than give them breathing room to try out defensive looks for shits and giggles to see what sticks.
2. The team cannot allow themselves to get carved up in the run game. If the Bengals can run effectively and put Burrow in 2nd and 2 situations time and time again, they may not punt.
3. I'm more in favor of DL keeping their gap integrity and getting hands up. The Chiefs lead the league in batted passes, Burrow leads the league in having his passes batted down. Sacks are great, pressures are very good, but the part that can screw with Burrow is batting his passes.
4. Don't let Hubbard get going. I've already accepted that Hendrickson will give Orlando Brown fits, but whomever Wylie is going up against, help him. If Mahomes only has to manage one edge rusher, he will be fine -- ask the Raiders. Having to navigate two of them harassing him off the edge is not fine -- ask the Chargers. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Right. They're manufacturing it, though.
There's nothing to have a chip on their shoulder about. The overwhelming favorite for most of the country going into Sunday's game, they just blew out the Bills, they're on like a 10-game winning streak, they've beat the Chiefs 3 times in a row and on and on and on.
It's completely fake and contrived. Anybody with half a brain can see right through it.
Yeah. They had good reason to be pissed off heading into that Buffalo game. It should have been a neutral site game instead of Buffalo’s stadium. For some bizarre reason Vegas was labeling them as 5-6 point underdogs as well. Made no sense based on what we saw of those 2 teams right before Damar’s medical emergency. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
Yeah. They had good reason to be pissed off heading into that Buffalo game. It should have been a neutral site game instead of Buffalo’s stadium. For some bizarre reason Vegas was labeling them as 5-6 point underdogs as well. Made no sense based on what we saw of those 2 teams right before Damar’s medical emergency.
I thought Cincinnati was a better team than Buffalo but the oline injuries made me think Buffalo could do some things.
I was shocked at how poorly they played.
Then again, Buffalo had been eliminated by KC scoring 38 and 42 the last 2 years so....
Originally Posted by MahomesMagic:
I thought Cincinnati was a better team than Buffalo but the oline injuries made me think Buffalo could do some things.
I was shocked at how poorly they played.
Then again, Buffalo had been eliminated by KC scoring 38 and 42 the last 2 years so....
The McDermott & Frazier defense is pretty overrated. It looks like the Buffalo fanbase has finally accepted that reality after watching Mahomes & Burrow torch the Bills defense in 3 straight playoff games. If Von Miller stayed healthy, maybe that would have helped offset some of their defensive struggles. [Reply]
Would Burrow have the same numbers without Tee Higgens and Jamar Chase? I’ve yet to see that narrative from the sports talking heads, yet even after winning a Super Bowl it was implied Pat’s early success was because he had Tyreek, Kelce and Hardman. [Reply]
Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic:
Would Burrow have the same numbers without Tee Higgens and Jamar Chase? I’ve yet to see that narrative from the sports talking heads, yet even after winning a Super Bowl it was implied Pat’s early success was because he had Tyreek, Kelce and Hardman.
I've definitely noticed some hypocrisy from fans and the media in regards to this.
Burrow's a great QB, and looked like he was on his way to being one as a rookie without Chase, but they clearly don't keep that same energy with him. [Reply]
