I think you nailed it here. I really thought we'd open up at around 4.5-5.5 favorites. The fact that it's 3/3.5 is because of Mahomes/Reid and KC's ability to shine in the post season.
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I think the Ravens could bring their "B" game and beat most teams in the NFL, but not the Chiefs. Mahomes is as much of a gamer as there is; I can't even conceive of him sitting a game due to injury. Kelce acts like a stereotypical TE jock, but his understanding of how to get open even when the entire gameplan revolves around containing him is genius. And the coaching staff has seen everything there is to see.

I get the feeling this is going to be a "kitchen sink" game. The Ravens are going to debut some looks on both offense and defense (and knowing Harbaugh, special teams) that they've been saving all year for a moment like this. Ditto for the Chiefs. Should be fun.
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It's definitely a kitchen sink kind of game, haha.

Agree with you about Kelce. Much smarter guy than he pretends to be. Played QB in high school and seems to read the defenses about as well as Mahomes. He has slowed down a lot in recent years, but I think the knee injury right before the Detroit game (and maybe the ankle injury in Minnesota) have been contributing to his struggles this season. He said he plans to play next season, and I hope he can have a healthier run. See if he's got some extra juice in his step with healthier legs.
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Alright Ravens fans, it’s time for the real analysis.

Chris Jones’s dick famously flopped out while running the 40 at the combine. It’s huge.

Which player on your team has the biggest? And is it bigger than Chris Jones’s?
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This was literally the last time they played, I don't know how I could have come up with a more recent example!
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Somehow learning that Chris Jones has a hammer makes perfect sense. BDE for sure.

I'm gonna go with Odafe Oweh. Not only because he's one of the freakiest physical specimens in the league and looks like he was carved out of stone. But also because he's the guy who the Ravens took in the first round after we dumped Orlando Brown Jr. on you, so I needed to find a way to work that dig in somehow :-)
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"Most team with winning records" marks don't mean that much when you realize that you are really only looking at the few years of 17 game seasons (there are significantly more teams with winning records now). It's like Philly's sack record from last year.
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LOL...as bad as Orlando was, Andy & Mahomes found a way to win a ring with him. At least he didn't completely kill the team's chances.

I do get some pleasure knowing that Orlando went to the open market and found out the hard way that KC's offer to him was very fair. Bengals ended up paying him a lot less than what KC offered. Bunch of teams around the league told him they only wanted him at Right Tackle instead of Left Tackle. :-)
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Chiefs win 20-10. Stifling defense with Jones, Sneed, McDuffie, and Bolton shitting all over them.
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Do you have like a cousin's neighbor's friend that did this or something? It's the second time you have said this and is just wildly untrue. I live in DC and the Commanders have a following that's extremely loyal that love/hate their team. Baltimore is 40 miles away and has a very different fan base. Yes, there may have been some people that live in between 29 years ago that switched, I guess. But on balance this just isn't true.
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Why don't you curl up in a corner and tell us all about how terrified of the Ravens you are.
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Agreed, I was just breaking balls. It was a fine trade for both sides. DeCosta loves to recoup high draft capital for players the Ravens don't intend to re-sign. And the Chiefs had a screaming need and did get back a good pick swap along with OBJr.

The Bengals are the ones who got stuck holding the bag, which we can all celebrate :-)
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Agreed if all you were looking at is raw wins. But DVOA accounts was specifically designed to account for a team's strength relative to its contemporaries and is adjusted on a per-game basis, and the 2023 Ravens are one of the best DVOA teams of all time.
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I still can't believe the Bengals signed him after watching him struggle against the Cincy pass rushers in a bunch of games. Pretty strange decision by them. "We've torched this guy in the past and it helped us disrupt Mahomes. Let's sign this dude to protect Burrow!" :-)
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....we won by 24. Shit pushed in? We had a painfully mediocre half...scored 34 points and our defense let us 3 points...total. Yes, copy their blueprint it was a good one!!
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