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Ravens fans sound identical to Bills fans. Look at the EPA! Our DVOA! We want to play the Chiefs. Narrator: But they wish now they didn’t play the Chiefs. |
(Insert Current teams Fan here): See were better than Mahomes, because blah blah blah...
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But yeah, for me personally, I've been a Chiefs fan since 1990 when they started becoming good and they started showing their games on TV. Been on this site for damn near a quarter of a century. |
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The one game that really stands out to me is that Titans AFC Championship game from the 2019 season. Their superstar RB had been terrorizing opponents in their first 2 playoff games. And we shut down Derrick Henry in that game. |
I think the Ravens this year are better than the Eagles last year. Worse at WR but their LBs and secondary are a fair notch above. I don't think we'll score a lot, but I don't think they will either. Gonna be a close one.
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It took the ceiling off what any team with Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid can accomplish. Jalen Hurts played the best game he's ever played; maybe the best he ever will. The Eagles as a whole played incredible football. The first half couldn't have gone much better for them. Didn't matter. With a less talented roster and with a miserable game script for the first half, Patrick came out there and got the job done. It was an all-time great performance. And now it's one we KNOW he has in him. One that age and/or injury hasn't taken from him. It's there when he needs it. If he needs it Sunday, it's there for him again. Is this Ravens team better than last year's Eagles team? I don't think it is. Does it match up better against us than last year's Eagles squad? I don't think it does. And for all that, it wasn't good enough. Time eventually makes fools of us all. Some day - perhaps this weekend - Patrick's gonna reach into his bag of tricks and find nothing more than an empty sack. It's gonna happen; it happened against Cincy in the 2nd half of the AFCCG. But never count on it happening. Patrick Mahomes has entered the rarified air where you simply do not bet against him. You can do so at your own peril. |
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The Eagles were absolutely loaded last year. Their OL was also better, their pass rushers were better, etc. Maybe, maybe, they're as good, but better? I think that's a stretch. |
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And hell, even at LBer, I think we're forgetting how good Edwards and Reddick were for them. On the DL they had Hargrave, Sweat, Graham and Cox all playing outstanding football; at or near the best of their careers. That Eagles defense was absolutely as good/better than this year's Ravens squad. And it's not just because of the names on the roster, but because so many of those names had seasons that met/exceeded anything they'd done before. |
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But, they’re in the way. Git out-the way, MF’ers. |
Baltimore fans are about 50\50 that the games a blowout. They're 80/20 that it's Baltimore -8. Unbelievable confidence against an Andy Reid team. Their DCordinator is young and this is the biggest game of his career. He's a big cover-6 guy that needs his starting four to bring pressure. Reid is a master at using motion to uncover what the defense is, and he's one of the best at carving up cover-3 and cover-6. I'd be surprised if this game was a blowout. And I can see that-- given Lamars' pitiful playoff history -- at some point the Ravens will be tight and will make a critical mistake. And if the game comes down to a last possession with Mahomes they're in trouble. Kelce is a pro at finding "green grass" and Mahomes has learned over the years -- thanks to Andy -- how to dissect disguised zone looks.
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Does anyone know how the Chiefs have done against Base odd fronts this year?
I honestly have no idea. We sometimes struggle on the interior with stunts, a creative DC with a 3-4 setup can use a lot of the splits created by that odd front to their advantage to create confusion in the rush packages. When our OL is getting beat, it's because we're not picking up those switches on the interior very well and it has guys running into each other and leaving someone unblocked. What teams have we faced this year that utilize a lot of 3-4 looks? Off the top of my head I can't think of many. I believe the Broncos still use a lot of 3-4 and that makes me a little uncomfortable given the ease with which they handled our offense this season. |
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It's close with this year's Ravens vs last year's Eagles. I think the Ravens have over-performed a little, and they've definitely been on the right side of some game scripts with turnovers being a big deal. In other words, they've squeezed every drop of juice out of that roster.
But that's a credit to the coaching, both overall and specifically on defense. They've got a very good defensive roster, but Macdonald has them playing above and beyond. Lamar is just straight-up better than Jalen Hurts, too. At everything. I've basically always been a hater, but we have to be fair. The two years prior to this he missed some games and his numbers were definitely more meh, but he's turned it up this year. It'll be a tough game. I'm a lot less confident than I was last week and the week before, and yeah in the SB too. I thought we'd win that game. The narrative of Philly being such a superior team was never gonna sit well with 15. I guess it's too early this week to know how many people are picking KC to win. |
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Lamar might be better, but it's VERY unlikely that he plays as well as Hurts did in that game, and that's the point. |
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Maybe Lamar's better. I'll even say for the sake of argument that he IS better. But is he going to have a better game than Hurts had in the SB last year? Nah - dude was on point. In a one game sample size, I'll take Jalen Hurts game in the SB over what's behind door number 2 from any QB in the league OTHER than Patrick Mahomes. Because it's possible that Jackson or Burrow or Allen will play a better game than Hurts did that day, but it ain't very likely. Ask the Ravens fans if they'd lock in Lamar's game this weekend as identical in productivity and efficiency to Hurts in the SB and in their minds they absolutely would. In their hearts, they know they can't. Because it won't be good enough - it wasn't for Jalen. They need Mahomes to be off or they need Lamar to play a better game than he's ever played in his life. Either COULD happen, but again - betting on it will yield thinner odds than you'd think. |
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Those Eagles WRs also scared me much more than these Ravens WRs. Ravens WRs are fine, but I don’t see complete game wreckers like the Eagles had. |
Does Karlaftis really have as many sacks as Jones and Bosa? That's insane lol
Criticize Brent Beach all you want for his WR picks outside of Rice, the man knows how to draft a defense. |
The Texans loss is overhyped. Young team making young mistakes. Tied at half. Needed CJ to be CJ and every time they had any progress they got killed on penalties. Shitty field position all day, and defense was on the field way too long. Good teams like Baltimore pull away at the end but Texans did themselves no favors in that game. The key to beating Baltimore has and always will be making Jackson uncomfortable. Spags will be sending heat all day. Mahomes just needs to play like he did against Buffalo. Keep it tight and productive.
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Chiefs defense and Spags put the clamps down in the second half. Look at opposing teams second half point totals last 7 or 8bgames. If the Ravens are down 7+ going into the locker room at half they are in trouble.
Mahomes playoff record after being down 7+ if I saw the stat correctly is 8-2. That is a freaking ridiculous stat. If the Chiefs are down 7+ heading into the break we still have Patrick Mahomes. |
Pacheco DNP with a toe...
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The wording there is confusing. Is he saying Mahomes>Lamar or Lamar>Mahomes? You could really take that either way.
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But wait, there's MOAR:
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Just stay within striking distance and trust Mahomes to make plays down the stretch. |
Not that fearful of the Ravens defense. Their best DL is Madubuike and our IOL is one of the strengths of our team. Christian Wilkins and Ed Oliver were erased. Complete nonfactors.
I think the OL playing as well as it has and that's gonna make the difference here. Add that the Ravens can't cover TE's very well and there you go |
If we lose it's not gonna be because of a LG.
Mahomes era. |
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Hoping this is purely precautionary........ |
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****, Pacheco has a toe?
S Mike Edwards (concussion), WR Skyy Moore (IR/knee), RB Isiah Pacheco (toe), RG Trey Smith (illness) and LG Joe Thuney (pec) won't practice Wednesday ahead of the AFC Championship game against the Ravens. |
It is pretty funny to see people hyping Patrick Queen as some force when a year age even Ravens fans called him a bust.
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Patrick Mahomes has pretty much dominated the Ravens in his career. 71.8% comp %, 370 pass yds/game, 3 TD/game, 0.5 INT/game. We've averaged 32.3 ppg against them and our only loss was by 1 point.
Mahomes gonna feast against these pussies and is gonna lead this team to an absolute blow out. |
As silly as it is our players do feed on the shade thrown in the media. They love it, it gets them out of bed in the morning.
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Pacheco was limping after that run before the Hardman fumble. Pretty sure that's when he hurt his toe. He came back and looked completely fine.
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Roquan Smith has been saying stupid shit for awhile, he told a reporter it didn't matter who won the Chiefs Bills game because "they have to come to the bank"
Don't think the stadium is playing the game for you man. |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sunday. <a href="https://t.co/OPG9ReNzib">https://t.co/OPG9ReNzib</a></p>— Bobby Stroupe (@bobbystroupe) <a href="https://twitter.com/bobbystroupe/status/1750018022276739549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
"They gotta see us" Has Marcus Williams played against Mahomes cause dude is acting like he doesn't know what's coming. |
People predicting a ravens blowout should be laughed at. The only way...only way is the receiver's (most of whom are no longer a part of the gameplan) give the ball away for scores. This defense will not let a blowout occur so it only happens if the offense doesn't give them a chance to stop points with pick 6s or scoop and scores.
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Pacheco is fine. Also happy Willie Gay is practicing
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">With Pacheco's toe injury that is keeping him out of practice, the Chiefs are not overly concerned. It's getting better and healthy. <a href="https://t.co/qNYJufkRq6">https://t.co/qNYJufkRq6</a></p>— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesPalmerTV/status/1750218928947696034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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He’s going to be left feeling like he did his last year at Georgia. Frustrated they didn’t close the deal. |
Apparently in their podium exchange Lamar told Roquan "they don't win if they don't score"
They really feeling themselves huh? |
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He was part of the Saints secondary Mahomes carved up in the SuperDome. |
Well this should be solid, these guys acting like they just gonna come out and stomp Mahomes.
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Hopefully there will be a video. |
The Ravens play more Cover 4 and Cover 6 than most teams, especially on early downs.
Pretty interesting tool here: http://thekneeldown.westus.cloudapp.azure.com/ https://i.imgur.com/ja7rzNf.png |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ravens QB Lamar Jackson was asked what he likes about going up against Patrick Mahomes:<br><br>“I don’t like competing against him at all.”<br><br>He continued, “He’s a great quarterback, definitely a hall of Famer — it’s a no brainer.<br> <a href="https://t.co/PY1XkIL0rl">pic.twitter.com/PY1XkIL0rl</a></p>— Arye Pulli (@AryePulli) <a href="https://twitter.com/AryePulli/status/1750209622114251148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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It's interesting, I feel like Lamar tried to not say anything inflammatory while Roquan Smith is out here setting things on fire.
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Mark Andrews set to return on Sunday
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You basically have to mush rush him mixed with a super athletic spy while sending extra guys at times, even if they don't get there you speed up his clock...On top of that you need to have a team that is competent in underneath zone because playing man leaves huge run lanes. If you take away his reads to the middle he's going to panic, part of the reason people are like oh Andrews, Likely Flowers is because they run those routes..meanwhile Bateman gets nothing because he's outside the numbers where Lamar would prefer to not throw the ball. |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AFC Championship Trailer drops at 730 PM CST <a href="https://t.co/bIBfNUbuFY">pic.twitter.com/bIBfNUbuFY</a></p>— ️ Red Tribe Cinema (@ClayWendler) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayWendler/status/1750233689240265007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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With that said, 34-20 ravens. |
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Playoff Mahomes is something you aren't used to..how about Petty Playoff Mahomes? |
Ravens fans: 2>13
Everyone else: Math is hard... |
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Should be a great game. The NFL two best Defenses This game could go either way. I will just pray that whoever wins comes out healthy for the sb.
I pray its the chiefs but could be the ravens. |
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But it's the Chiefs fans who are disrespectful LMAO |
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