Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 17357360)

And of course they destroyed the Lions and Dolphins...but it won't be noted everyone had figured out Miami by that point and the Lions are better at home and they just played bad.

Originally Posted by Direckshun (Post 17357393)

I think this is a 60/40 game for the Ravens. The Chiefs have a real shot, and the X factor is always Mahomes.

But part of the reason the Bills couldn't hang with us when we had the ball was their entire second level of their defense was awful, which threw the entire defense off. The Chiefs best weapons are intermediate threats, and that's exactly where the Bills are weakest.

The Ravens' strength is intermediate coverage. Along with all the heat they put on QBs, it makes them very hard to roast unless you have a smart QB (check!) and great deep field threats (no check).

Offensively I'll be fascinated to see what adjustments Spags makes against the run game. I'd like to see what he did against the Eagles in the Super Bowl last year, and have Bolton sit on Lamar in that RPO. I trust our secondary to slow down the Ravens weapons, though not shut them down. But Harbaugh has been on a heater this year, and his offenses have been four steps ahead of the defense all season.

If Mahomes/Reid can engineer a couple successful drives early and stall up the Ravens, I can see the Ravens going one dimensional and struggling. But any lead is going to be hard to maintain against their defense, and any smart defensive plan can have a hole poked in it by a crazy QB scramble.

I'd take the Ravens over the Chiefs in this game, but the Chiefs have a very real shot at the upset.

Originally Posted by KCJake (Post 17357263)

Yep. ACL, MCL, the works

Originally Posted by Direckshun (Post 17357393)

I'd take the Ravens over the Chiefs in this game, but the Chiefs have a very real shot at the upset.

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19 (Post 17357420)

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Originally Posted by carcosa (Post 17357413)

Oh hell yeah Chiefs gonna win!!!!

Originally Posted by penguinz (Post 17357437)

Massive fail. Wanna try again? :)

Originally Posted by smithandrew051 (Post 17357339)

Conversely, falling behind and allowing them to maintain balance offensively will be a tough situation to overcome.

I trust Mahomes more than Lamar to make a comeback if needed, but it won’t be easy.

Originally Posted by KC Shox (Post 17357370)

Winning by 3 points against a defense missing 6 starters makes you think the offense is clicking? I’ll take the high road and just be glad we scored 27 and hope we are starting to click heading into Baltimore. They won’t have 6 starters on D not playing.

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19 (Post 17357440)

Dude, I cannot ****ing figure the media aspect of this site out again and I don’t know why

Tweets are bending me over. This must be what it feels like for the Bills trying to overcome Mahomes.

Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 17357277)

The Ravens DVOA is the highest one ever recorded at this stage of a season so they're pretty good.

Originally Posted by wachashi (Post 17357433)

The Ravens are favored by 3, just as the Bills were. So, yeah, the Chiefs are underdogs here. But I don't hear anyone today calling yesterday's win against the Bills an "upset."

It will be the same in Baltimore if the Chiefs win. It's not an upset. Just par for the course in the Mahomes era.

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief (Post 17357432)

Come on... We can beat him without wishing injury...

Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 17357445)

I remember when everyone tried to tell us the Eagles had a historically great defense before the Super Bowl last year.