| rfaulk34 |
02-03-2024 04:17 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary Cooper
(Post 17381394)
The Bengals had their shot. They were winning in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl two years ago.
There are definite similarities between the Chiefs, Bengals, Bills. All three went about 20 to 30 years between playoff wins. All small market teams. All are now contenders because they drafted a franchise QB. That's the blueprint for many other long suffering franchises to follow.
The Chiefs aren't always going to hold these other franchises down. Bad bounces, injuries, free agency, etc. Shit happens even if you have Mahomes. That's why it's so important to capitalize on these SB chances when they came.
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This is why i hate all the 'ref talk' when people start debating/arguing a game. Lots of Bengals fan cry about the holding call against Logan Wilson but the game wasn't over at that point. It wasn't even a bad call. The Bengals lost that game because they didn't do a good enough job in building an offensive line, starters and backups. You can't bring trash off the bench because your starter goes down and hope to win anything because it's the NFL and guys get hurt all the time. The second thing they did wrong in that game was to not allow the other team's best player(s) beat you. They allowed Cooper Kupp to go off on the last drive and they allowed Aaron Donald to jump on the QB in about 2 seconds on their final offensive drive. They even lost the AFCCG last year for the same reasons; trash oline guy and not recoginizing an All Pro is lined up one on one against him on the most crucial down in the most crucial time of the game.
Refs are bad. Across the board. They miss calls and make bad calls every game. There's no correcting that until they make them full-time, to where they can be in class and on the field studying year round. Even then, games are not going to be called 100% right most times.
The Chiefs have overcome all that because they have a front office that can draft and identify players that can patch better than others and they have a coach who can identify and plan accordingly, game to game. They scheme and execute, with good players better than everyone else. The Bengals have a core of starters to get there and lead, but they've failed in the other areas that are just as important. |
Let's Talk About Baltimore (AFC Championship)
(https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=351915)