Which is why their injuries doesn't make my dick twitch. Wouldn't be surprised at all if it ends up being irrelevant. I'm not counting on it being a deciding factor, that's for sure.

AND weren't putting WR's on an island with Chase by blitzing. Gotta use that extra man to cover the most dangerous weapon on the field. Also, no Hardman or Toney for that game and we all know how they change the dynamics of our offense.

No clue if Hardman will be back in the playoffs. He might be outright finished in Kansas City since his contract is over this year. I hope Toney can stay healthy for all playoff games.

Not for nothing, but I think putting Sneed on Chase throughout the game will make some difference as well. I don't think we did that when we played them last.

Yep, Spags started having Sneed follow their WR1 around in the SEA game with DK.

He started it with Mike Williams in the 2nd Chargers game. Been kinda doing it ever since.

Yeah, but even in that game he allowed Jaylen/Josh (can't seem to keep those guys straight in my mind) to shadow Williams a few times in that game.

I was talking about just following a guy around the whole game. That's not Spags style really, but since the SEA game, Sneed has pretty much been following the other team's WR1 around from start to finish, I think.

Whatever. It's not just Sneed being on their WR1 that's making the difference.

The significant side benefit is that it has moved Trent to the slot, which has paid some nice dividends in the secondary, allowing him to be a kind of HB lite there. That should cover some of the issues we've been having with Reid/Thornhill, allows Reid to play closer to the LoS, and still allows Thorny to protect the deep zones on whatever guy Sneed isn't on.

Shart is gonna explode in the playoffs

He'd have to be 100% healthy. And we don't know the extent of his groin injury. Even then, i don't think 'explode' is going to be the right description.

I hope that he gets healthy, and has something similar to his 2019 playoff performance. That would go a long way towards helping the team earn another Ring.

We led the league in sacks the last year grandpa Bob was here.

Sack totals do not necessarily matter. When you can reliably get pressure on the QB does and in key situations.

Garbage time sacks should not even be a stat. Like if you are up 30 to 10 in 4th quarter. Who cares but what you can dial up on 3rd downs when it matters or on 2nd and short and how your defense plays the run and pass well at the same time

Points Allowed:
2019 308
2020 362
2021 364
2022 369

QB Pressures :
2019 145
2020 156
2021 183
2022 171

Sacks :
2019 45
2020 32
2021 31
2022 55

Interceptions :
2019 16
2020 16
2021 15
2022 11

Total Yards Allowed
2019 5,593
2020 6,117
2021 6,619
2022 6,201

Missed Tackles :
2019 101
2020 119
2021 93
2022 77

Wat about 2018

Sutton was DC

I know...

I can throw something together in a bit.

Yep, the 2018 defense had a bunch of sacks in regular season. When it came time to get pressure on Brady in the playoffs, they couldn't do it. The one time they did it, they were called for a bogus Roughing the Passer flag. Very similar to the most recent game against Burrow, where the only pressure on him the entire game was flagged for a bogus Roughing penalty. Getting one pressure on the guy for an entire game ain't going to cut it. I really hope they can find a way to do better in a potential rematch.

Of course it's possible the Bengals don't make it past Buffalo. That's one advantage KC now has on the Bengals. Last year Cincy got to play weaker QB's in Carr/Tannehill, while KC had a full blown knock down drag-out fight with Josh Allen & Buffalo. This year it's the reverse. Burrow & Cincy will have to get past Buffalo, which could be some kind of crazy overtime game.