I think they send out copy to use for the 2 weeks before the Superbowl, they autofill it early with the one seeds. This has come up in years past as well.

Ravens DC owns Stroud. Beat him in college and held him and his team to 0 offensive TD's in two games this year. Stroud was a stud vs almost everyone else but impotent vs Balt this year.

I agree with your overall point but I honestly would probably take Flowers at this point over Diggs. Diggs looks washed to me. But no WR scares me vs this secondary. Lamar is a great athlete but I think our LB's (assuming Willie is good to go) matchup really well with him. I am weirdly much more confident about this game than I was the last one.

Probably betting companies watching dumb people put tons of money on this outcome.

My biggest concern is being mentally and physically ready next week. I'm pretty sure we're 0-3 after beating the Bills in the playoffs.

0-2

On paper Baltimore seems like a difficult matchup for KC. KCs defense is great but they are better against the pass than the run and Baltimore wants to run. Baltimore is said to have an elite defense but they are designed mostly to be able to stop the pass and they let up a similar ypc as the Chiefs.

Baltimore is good at forcing turnovers and the Chiefs have one of the worst turnover differentials in the league.

I just still like our chances alot despite all of this. Dont know why. It might have something to do with us being the Kansas City Chiefs.

Two games is still too little a sample size. The first Bills game was an example of "win the battle, lose the war" as the injuries to our O line from that game where just too much to overcome. The second time (Bengals meltdown game) you can argue a part of the problem was running out of emotional gas. I don't think Mahomes makes that mistake again. Also, looking back on the game yesterday, the team never panicked, never seemed out of it, just seemed like dudes taking care of business. Andy's talk about how the team interacted on the sideline supports that. I don't think the exhausted much more emotional energy yesterday than they would during any other game.

EDIT: I should've include this on my first response to baitism

Man, for some reason (maybe the one you pointed out but I was nervous about the last game) I feel really good about this game. Of course the Ravens can win, they're a good football team but in some ways, I feel like our LB's are the perfect match for Lamar. Furious George and his non stop motor will help as well. If our O line holds up (no easy task) I think we win this game.

Mahomes is 3-0 against Josh Allen in the Playoffs so it can't be 0-2.

#1 seed helps you dodge a tough opponent in the Divisional round. Baltimore definitely has a large advantage in that regard. KC had a similar advantage last year when Cincy & Buffalo played each other in the Divisional round.

We haven’t played Baltimore yet. Sunday was the third win.

They looked amazing against the Bengals in the first half of the '21 AFCCG... had nothing to do with a :13 hangover.

I think they did run out of gas in that game.

Nope. It was the season long rift.