This is always a little bit of A, little bit of B.

Burrow's line has never been great. But he also holds the ball too long. And ultimately he may end up being a little like Watson in that even when Watson DID have a good OL, he was still taking too many sacks.

You didn't know it was Watson's doing until the line got cleaned up. But once you did, he was still a guy who was getting himself in trouble.

But but but the refs always help the Chiefs!

He’s come out and said he doesn’t stress about sacks too much. He says a lot of them he takes are on 3rd downs when it doesn’t matter much.

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So your counterpoint to a point being made about Burrow shrinking in the playoffs is to bring up 3 games, of which 2 are in the regular season? Not too bright.

How about you point to a playoff game where Burrow got the ball in the fourth and led his team with a TD pass in the fourth quarter? Can you do that?

1st down sacks: 46
2nd down: 42
3rd: 58

He should probably stress about sacks a little more.

LMAO

Well that settles it!

Those numbers are close enough that his sack % might be higher on 1st than 3rd?

Yeah Burrow isn't bad, it's the rest of your trash-talking turds. But while Mahomes actively tries to put the clamps on that stuff, Burrow seems to silently encourage it. FAFO

I still consider Cincy a top threat in the AFC - probably right there neck and neck with Buffalo for 2024.

But I am damn sure excited to see how they navigate roster changes as their offense is forced to evolve. Their OL hasn't been good, but no, I don't think Burrow does them favors either.

This is the thing that of all the national pundits, really only Nick Wright seems to be calling out. GMFB did a whole Mahomes vs. Brady GOAT segment. Even as a huge Chiefs homer, bleh. It's not Mahomes this year. Mahomes' job Sunday was to make a few great plays, get a lead so Lamar and the Ravens would panic, and then not make mistakes.

He was a game manager for most of that game. Which he's embraced because he just wants to win and doesn't give a crap about style points or his individual stats (which yes is a form of greatness).

Oh yeah, and make one more great play to seal it. This year, Mahomes is basically what Joe Montana was for the Chiefs. Just go out there, lean on the defense, make a few great plays, and don't choke in the big moments.

W/o our championship defense this year, even Mahomes couldn't have hero-balled that offense to the Super Bowl. But that's no fun for national pundit narratives.

The thing about Cincy is they won't panic like the Ravens if we get up 10 in a playoff game. They've been there and know they can win. That's scary.

I've watched the full game and the condensed version here.

https://nfl-video.com/kansas-city-ch...c-championship

My counterpoint touched on exactly what you posted.

Who gives a flying **** if he's thrown a TD in the 4th quarter when he's 5-2 in the playoffs. Throwing or not throwing a TD "in the 4th quarter" is a stat someone had to search for to make a dumb point. Burrow has 'needed' to throw a TD in the 4th quarter, and failed, 1 time; against the Rams and he had Ja'Marr wide open but only had about 1.3 seconds to get the ball off thanks to Aaron Donald.

You could argue the Chiefs game last year, but he didn't really 'need' a TD since they were down 3.

Now that Eli Apple is gone, there's only one guy that openly talks actal shit. Ja'Marr. Mike Hilton's "see you in Burrowhead" was just him being goofy and giving them a little poke. He's too nice to talk actual shit. Burrow has never said anything bad about KC.

You're getting a bunch of dumb fans and a dipshit Mayor mixed in with the team. Remind me again if there were any dust ups in pregame before either Bengals V Chiefs AFCCGs.

And they have what, one TD at all in the fourth in the playoffs? I’m guessing in those two losses his team could have benefited from a TD drive. And they also got bailed out against the Ravens. Burrow wasn’t winning that game.