Hurts is a better passer than Lamar and their offensive coaching is much better. Baltimore runs a high school offense with Lamar. Plus, I don't think the Ravens defense was ever stronger with Lamar than the current Eagles DL. The two teams aren't similar at all.

It will hopefully help us that Mahomes>Hurts, there is no Brady and honestly this game is for Mahomes legacy.

the battle of the busted MVPs

Absolutely correct. In no way was I trying to diminish the Cin receivers. Only that some here were underestimating both Brown and Smith.

The Eagles numbers are inflated because they played a garbage schedule, their defense isn't nearly as good as it looks. On top of that Hurts shoulder is ****ed, watch him throw.

Mahomes will be 3 weeks removed from his high ankle sprain.

Hurts has had a lingering, probably surgical shoulder injury for the last 2/5ths of the season.

And Andy has the NFC’s number generally and the East specifically.

Uh...I'll type more slowly for you...my point is exactly what I said. That Chase and Higgins are great but some are undervaluing Brown and Smith...sheesh.

Mahomes seemed about 75% at Cinci.

I expect 90% in the SB.

You can’t really rehab a torn rotator or labrum like an ankle.

Mahomes definitely looked better than I thought.

He made three amazing throws off his right foot that were lasers.

The one to MVS for six, the one to Hardman rolling to his left, the one to Kemp late in the game.

I'm hoping he gets more of his ability to pick up 10 yards when we need it going forward.

As long as we can at least limit their pass rush we'll be fine.

I don't think Hurts can beat Mahomes unless Mahomes is getting crushed behind our line.

Some...sure. I've already stated that the Eagles have a damn good team. AJ Brown has usually given this team issues in the past and Smith is kind of the unknown. I'm also not discounting Goedert either.

Perhaps, but word in the Philly media is that Hurts has been demanding to play since he got hurt. Front office and coaches said no until they lost the two games with the mustached wonder behind center. And then they wanted to get that first round bye and so he played the last game of the season.

I don't know that they're treating him like a throwaway QB, but I imagine it's in their head that he's about to get paid. As you know, once you pay that QB it's harder to build around them. Take your best shot now, if he needs surgery later then so be it? Cant' say I'd do anything different.

I haven't gotten to watch much of the Chiefs recently. What's your current evaluation of their WRs. Mahomes looked dang good even with the bum ankle, but still need dependable people to catch the ball besides Kelce. I assume Reid still runs alot of screens? He fricking loved screens in Philly.

The Andy Reid special, baby.

He has a million tricks of the trade to negate ferocious passrushes and even weaponize it against them.

They're going to be tough as hell up front but the Chiefs are going to have a lot of solutions. Brown will get his butt kicked some on the island, Wylie will get help, and the interior will either hold the fort down or die trying.

Mahomes will likely just have to navigate heat off the left edge, which he is smart and tough enough to do.

Of course, the Eagles have a lot of talent in their secondary, but that static zone has failed against Mahomes literally every time he's seen it in his career. It's a bad, bad scheme to play him with.

Assuming we get most of our guys back healthy, with a limited Hurts, I think this game is 60/40 Chiefs favor.

We talk about their vaulted Oline but they were 11th in sacks given up with 44. Denver was the worst with 63. We gave up 26, which was 3rd best.

If their line is so good, how did they give up that many sacks?