Originally Posted by EPodolak:
That last loss to the Bengals was terminal.
This one can potentially help us be smarter when it counts.
Agreed. It’s not like the last one where we froze.
We will need to beat them with our offense. And our offense proved plenty capable. Now add thuney, Toney, hardman, a more involved skyy. And holy hell hopefully we use the next few weeks to see if prince or niang can do better than wylie. They can’t be any worse. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
I'm aware we were down 3 and the FG ties it. You are speaking in absolutes here. What's funny is the OP is supposedly a big analytics guy and analytics tells you kick the field goal there.
---> KC (24) @ CIN (27) <--- KC has 4th & 7 at the CIN 37
Recommendation (MEDIUM): 👉 Go for it (+2.6 WP) Actual play: 👟🏈 H.Butker 55 yard field goal is No Good, Wide Right, Center-J.Winchester, Holder-T.Townsend. pic.twitter.com/duT3iXTi9f
It could've been better. We actually should've won. If we had scored a TD on every single possession and then twisted Macaulay Culkin's dumb head off and spiked it into the stands the first time he dropped back, we would've won. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
Well if Mahomes doesn't have a pass batted to a wide open Kelce on the first drive, Kelce doesn't fumble in the 4th, Butker doesn't miss a field goal, etc.
The Bengals got a little lucky too.
The 3rd and 4 Chase conversion, 3rd and 11 Higgins conversion, and that 3rd down shoe string sack on Mahomes also come to mind. You run those plays back a hundred times each and they probably come out 50/50.
we gotta face it, that's the way these games are going to go with the Bengals. they're a good team and they know how to beat us, it's going to come down to how the ball spins and falls and shit. we're going to beat them eventually, maybe even in the playoffs but it's not going to be a comfortable win. it'll be by 3 points laaaate in the 4th quarter and it's going to take things breaking for us and mistakes by the them (which is the opposite of how it's been going) [Reply]