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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
They weren't losing.
The Chiefs didn't need to score again. You're acting like the defense was even marginally adequate in that second half despite an idea game script for them. They weren't. That shit all down their legs. Frank Clark most of all.
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I already said all that. Frank Clark didn't do anything in the AFCCG; I said as much after the game, and at least twice since. Three times; I said it today as well, somewhere on this page. He didn't do anything in 2021.
That said, the offense can't, just can't score a measly 3 points in the 2nd half of ANY game, much less a playoff game, much less the AFCCG against a team as good as CIN. The only time that's remotely a thing is if they score their game average in the first half. So, fine, if Mahomes comes out and scores 30 points in the first 30 minutes, and only 3 in the 2nd, and the Chiefs lose, yeah, that's almost definitely on the defense.
But to score a mere 24 points in an entire game? That's literally NFL average, which is just awful for the league's highest scoring team.
How anyone can defend a team scoring just 3 points in an entire half, with 7 opportunities, is beyond me.
5 consecutive drives in the 2nd half before we could even get a FG, 6 total drives including the one in OT with just 3 points to show for it, is inexcusable for ANY offense in the NFL.
The entire philosophy of the team as it's constructed is that the offense needs to score more than 28 points, the defense needs to hold teams to about their scoring average. The defense just isn't built to stonewall teams for three quarters. They're built to slow teams down, trade FGs instead of TDs, and attack when opposing offenses have to get pass-happy because they're down. And you know that better than most.
So again, did the defense dominate CIN in either game? Obviously not. But they didn't let them run roughshod over them either. 24 or 27 points is perfectly acceptable when you have Andy/Mahomes/Kelce/Hill (AFCCG). They didn't get it done, and it doesn't matter that they built a three-score lead in the first half of the AFCCG, because 3 points in the 2nd is not enough in this league. Ever.
And that's not just this team; it's every team. We've seen it now multiple times just this season, in this playoffs already. Score 3 points in the 2nd half, and you're going to lose.