Cincy has the advantage heading into the game, no doubt. Mahomes’ injury usually takes 4+ weeks of healing. But you never know. Sometimes crazy stuff happens. Maybe KC will be able to surprise everyone in an underdog type of role.

Hopefully he helps Brown like you say. If the Bengals can continue to rush three because Hendrickson can abuse Brown we are in for another long game.

It's not something I have put much thought into but yeah... losing this much, this often, especially to a specific team - it starts to create a boogeyman. Kind of like how the Steelers were ours during the Smith era and how it became the Patriots briefly afterward.

Really hope we take care of business so this doesn't start to **** with the teams psyche because the Bengals won't be going away any time soon.

Keep in mind a mysterious illness swept through the locker room the week we played the Bengals and we played like it.

The back seven largely held back deep and bet on themselves to rally to the checkdowns. But their tackling was atrocious.

Their tackling has been muuuuuch better since. It may not be enough but it gives us an honest chance.

Mahomes seems to be vexed less and less by the quarter-quarter-half defense the Bengals have. Still gunked up by it; not stymied though. Reid has to keep the run game going, though, when we start plowing them.

I just don’t know how healthy Mahomes is. Healthy or 90% healthy Mahomes wins this game.

80% Mahomes may lose it, and 60% Mahomes definitely does.

Look, I get in the moment that it would totally suck. But some perspective is important. We got one. We've got Patrick Mahomes for the next decade and maybe a couple years more. Even if our absolute floor is the 90's Atlanta Braves, we still got one. Look at the Niners. 3 out of the last 4 NFCCG yet still haven't won a chip since the 90's. Cowboys haven't won shit in a quarter century. Bills.....nothing. Bengals, as of this post, no chip. With all of the good to great QB's in the AFC alone, at least a couple of them will be this quarterback eras Rivers/Moon/Fouts, Kosar, etc. We will always be in the mix and chances are good we get at least one more, but even if the worse case scenario comes true....we got one.

Great attempt here at avoiding emotional torture this upcoming weekend,BUT it won't work. There will be times you will be in the fetus position sucking your thumb like all the rest of us hoping and praying. Just accept it !!!:shrug::D

I was impressed with how well the bengals offensive line played today. Not a great sign. I thought that might be their Achilles heel.

Burrow gets the ball out quick. That helps protect their line a ton.

Underrated OL and underrated defense/DL. They play in the AFC North, which forces them to be a very physical football team. Unlike the rest of the AFC North, Cincy has a great QB and great weapons to go with a very physical team in the trenches.

LMAO

They also run the ball very well. Their OL seems pretty underrated overall.

It would be nice to have Mecole back for the jet sweeps.

They really have no weaknesses, it sucks.

I actually like Josh Allen as a person. When I see his pressers, when he's doing golf events or hanging out. Thats a good dude. Joe Burrow acts like a complete chode.

They’ve ran the ball well at times, but they haven’t been a great running team this year.

They were actually 4th worst in the league total rushing yards and yards per carry.

The Bengals gashing us last time on the ground was easily the most disappointing part of that game.

I thought the Bengals line looked pretty damn good against Buffalo...

That snow seemed to aid them in protection. And great receivers getting open fast can mask a lot.

Plus the Bills have been terrible against the run and their pass rush was never the same after Von Miller was lost.

I don't. We don't throw jump balls. Cincinnati does.

Allen seems like a good guy in interviews, but he acts like a Mayfield jackass on the field. Starting fights with DL (and getting away with it), throwing the ball at other teams in frustration after a play is over, etc. You can be competitive without behaving like that.

Burrow is cocky. "As long as I'm here the window is always open". That's just a little to much. What a dick!

What’s the Vegas odds?

One thing that remains a fact is the Bengals are down THREE starting linemen and we got the second most sacks in the league this year. THAT IS A CLEAR WEAKNESS despite the Bills not being able to expose it. Getting to Burrow and our rungame humming are the keys to this whole thing imo.

Remember..a crap team like Tampa were 17-0 up on them. A Tyler Huntely lead Ravens and a Mac Jones lead Pats made huge errors inside the ten late to lose against Cinci and we did the same against them when Kelce fumbled. Today's performance is not who they've been all year. Their luck against us has to end at some point.

I didn't make that argument..I made the argument he's a prick.

Seriously the dude keeps running his mouth, he needs to get knocked on his ass.

I think you can pretty much throw the stats out the window to be honest. Vegas favored Buffalo by 5-6 points and they got smoked by 17 points in their own stadium. Every time someone brings up a supposed flaw with Cincy, it never shows up in the actual games.

They don't seem to have the silly mistakes like a FG kicker missing a ton of kicks, or fumbling kick returns, or fumbling in general across their team. Meanwhile THEY are the team forcing fumbles and other turnovers on the opponent every week in big moments. They're a physical team in the trenches, underrated in that regard. Great QB, great receiving weapons, 2 damn good RB's. Good enough DL/pass rush to give the other QB some trouble.

Have you seen the new tree planted in Josh Allen's memory at Arrowhead? It's a new species. It's an aidstree. Walk in to it next week.

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This will be Jackson Carman's second career start at left tackle.

We're going to abuse him.

fuk yea

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Their OL and rushing issues literally just showed up last week against the Ravens.

Burrow was sacked 4 times and hit 8 times. The Bengals were held to 50 rushing yards and 2.8 yards per carry.

The Bills have been getting gashed on the ground lately and their pass rush was never the same without Miller.

The OL is absolutely a weakness that the Chiefs should be able to exploit like so many other teams have (which is why Burrow is one of the most sacked QBs in the game and their rushing stats have been so poor). The problem for most teams is that they don’t also have the fire power to keep up with those great Cinci weapons and QB.

The Chiefs do though. There are zero excuses for the defense to get gashed again by the Bengals and to not put Burrow on his ass multiple times.

If they don’t take advantage of those OL issues, the Chiefs will lose and deservedly so.

Bengals have a good coaching staff as a whole. And I don't mean their head coach Taylor but his assistants Anarumo, Callahan and Simmons. Anarumo in particular has been key to their success. His defense is very disciplined and had the fewest penalties in the league last year if I'm not mistaken. We have to be patient and generate long drives. Slow the game down. Keep their defense on the field as long as possible, tire and frustrate them. Impose your physicality with the run game. Short passes on every drive. Kill them slowly.

Chris “Zero Playoff Sacks” Jones is going to have to either change that in a big way or at the very least be massively disruptive for us to have a good chance in this one.

Bengals are Mahomes' Bad Boy Pistons. Time to shut those bitches up.

Division rivals tend to play tough against each other. AFC North is very physical and the Ravens showed that in their 3 games with Cincy this season. Those rough games in the AFC North have helped Cincy be a more physical team, which makes them a very tough team to beat for the likes of KC or Buffalo or anyone else for that matter.

I actually think the Bengals have an excellent rushing attack.

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They are down multiple starters. We've got stars on the Dline and on the second level. If we get gashed there we got problems. That's a matchup we have to win because if Burrow has all day to exploit our young secondary it will be ugly. Really ugly.

Cincy's OLine is weaker. This cannot be disputed. It didn't show today because Buffalo's defensive line was an abomination. Phillips who was recovering from his injury didn't play many snaps so he was a non-factor in the run defense. Buffalo couldn't generate any rushes with their edge guys. Cincy had a balanced attack as a result. That won't be the case when they face the Chiefs who not only are among the league leaders in sacks and pressures generated but also have a very competent run defense. Bolton and Gay are two run stuffing monsters. If we play our game mistake free, Chiefs win. Simple as that.

The snow literally saved Cincys line, it neutralized Buffalo's speed and let Cincy use the size.

They’ve had a handful of good rushing games, but they’ve had a ton of duds.

That’s why they only averaged 3.8 yards per carry for the year.

And it’s not like that’s due to struggling early then turning it on late.

Week 18: 2.8 yards per carry
Week 17: canceled
Week 16: 3 yards per carry
Week 15: 2.5 yards per carry

50% chance of snow Sunday in KC. Let’s hope it’s just flurries.

Just remember this.

Patrick, Kelce and Jones have 12+ games of playoff experience. So does Nnadi. Clark has 15. Thornhill 7.

Burrow and his boys only have 6.

They just started doing this last year.

Cincy has 6 playoff games the last 2 seasons and they've won 5 of those games. So far it's been pretty bulletproof for them.

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Glad the Bengals got to be the villains and end the Hallmark movie the league and media was trying to sell. Almost everyone outside of Cincinnati will be pulling for the Chiefs Sunday now.

Let's do it up

I’m not sure the playoffs scare the Bengals.

I think the winner of the AFCCG will be the Super Bowl LVII Champion.

What I like is people are going to be suckered into this result for the Bengals, But Buffalo have been on borrowed time for a while Should have lost to Pats and Dolphins. Not surprising they got handled by the first decent QB they faced.

Next week will be very different.

It would be a 180 but our approach could be to really run the ball, a lot of short throws and control the clock.

Both teams did this to each other in the previous game, which is partially why neither team made it to 30 points. Both teams had plenty of success moving the ball and they seemed to be doing everything they could to keep the other offense on the sidelines.

They're a very good team and a lucky one. I'd love to beat them but this was the wrong team to root for against the Bills.

You have to steal possessions from the Bengals to **** up there shit, because like the Chiefs and Mahomes you can't give them too many chances to score due to there talent. The secondary and LB corps will need to play a great game because we don't know how healthy Patrick will be.

for ****'s sake

this team needed a MIRACLE play to beat TYLER HUNTLEY

AT HOME

we can take them out

This, but there's bound to be an overreaction after the Bengals dominated the Bills.

That's a good thing for us IMO. I hope everybody is doubting us personally.

The Mahomes health is the determining factor outside of STs not ****ing up

If you look at the stats from the last game everything was even across the board pretty much. The killer was simply the turnover. We lead 24-17 going into the fourth quarter and really had a huge opportunity to put them away there. Also on the last drive Pat missing Jet who was wide open to keep the drive alive for the win.

Last game we had no Thuney, Hardman, Clyde or Toney. I'd like to think all of them potentially being involved would make a difference here. Juju is fully healthy now too which he wasn't in that game.

this team is ****ing BEATABLE

THEY BARELY BEAT THE ****ING TITANS A YEAR AGO IN THE PLAYOFFS

THEY BARELY BEAT THE ****ING RAIDERS TOO

CHIEFS CAN SMOKE THEM

More and more I look at the Bengals OL I just cannot understand how we do not take advantage of this opportunity this week.

We are ranked third in average team sacks per game. Cincinnati? Bottom ****ing fourth. And yet they mustered 8 hits on Mahomes last time we met and we barely touched Burrow with one hit.

DL has to earn their ****ing paychecks because it's the only way we are winning this game playing two deep with that demonic cyborg Chase constantly spamming go routes every play.

The fumble and missed FG in 4th quarter were both pretty rough. That's 6-10 points lost on 2 drives late in the game when you needed something positive to happen. They have to find a way to play a cleaner game and finish stronger.

I WANT OT GO TO THE ****ING SUPER BOWL AGAIN!!!!!

The Bills have Diggs and thats pretty much it. They just dont have the weapons to beat the Bengals.

WE DO!

Especially if Hardman is back but even if hes not. All year we have used 8, 9, 10 different players catching balls from Patrick.

2 good RBs, our Oline will be smashing Bengals and protecting Patrick.

This game is personal. Our Defense will be out for vengance! Our secondary has consistently improved. I think they will have Snead follow Chase and put McDuffie back in the slot for this one. Watson has proven himself as well. Thornhill and Reid have really started making plays on the back end!

Bolton, Gay and Chenal will shut down the run and short shit. That should take away a lot of the quick throws for Burrow.

Chris Jones is going to be possesed, Playoff Frank is back and Karlaftis can hold his own and is relentless. Dana can move inside or outside which is going to confuse their O line, moving CJ around as well.

Patrick is going to operate in the Pocket like a machine, Andy is going to pepper the Bengals with quick hitters in every direction. I see a DEEP catch for MVS after the Bengals bite so hard on play action!

Guys, we got this! I truly feel like we will be in control of this game from start to finish.

Run the ball run the ball and run the ball. We have an RB now. Use him up!

To be the best you gotta beat the best. Which is why Chief is 0-3

I can't believe their name Bang Gals was approved by the NFL

Bang Gals. They are a bunch of Gals we're going to Bang.

OBJ MUST play better than last time. Especially with Mahomes being hobbled. OBJ was pathetic. Probably his worst game as a Chief, and that saying a lot. :shake:

Also we MUST get pressure on Burrow and take him down when we get to him. If we can get pressure on that pompous smug turd, and protect Mahomes, we win.

Even with Ciny Oline having 3 backups, the online looked good. They were able to run Burrow had a good amount of time to throw. This is going to be a hard game.

I’d love to finally get rid of Andy Heck and would love to get Cincy’s OL coach.

Chiefs should have a decent chance to dominate the trenches.

Or just a couple of tackles

Something that went overlooked last year is that the defense was much better vs the Bengals in KC vs on the road. 5.4 yards per play vs 7.5. 2.7 points per drive vs 3.8. 359 yds vs 475. 6.2 yards per pass vs 9.4. Almost half their drives in KC ended with a punt or turnover and they only reached the endzone twice.

They didn’t have an easy time moving the ball in KC, unlike the two games in Cincinnati. Unfortunately it didn’t matter because the Chiefs’ offense completely shit the bed in the 2nd half. With their OL injuries, there’s no reason they can’t be slowed down again.

You want the OL coach for a team that averaged 3.8 yards per carry and allowed 44 sacks?

Their offensive line has been a disaster for most of the last two years and KC’s has been one of the best. Imagine if Burrow didn’t get the ball out quickly.

Plenty of other teams found ways to stop the Bengals running game and get pressure on Burrow.

Which is why they allowed Burrow to be one the most sacked QBs in the game and why they were one of the least productive rushing offenses in the league.

This isn’t some impossible task. If the Chiefs do what they need to do, they’ll win. If not, they’ll lose.

This.

We’re seeing a massive overreaction to the Bills game. Just go back in time one week when the Ravens sacked Burrow 4 times, hit Burrow 8 times, and completely shut down the run. Zero people on this board would defend the Chiefs line if they allowed a disaster like that.

Yeah you’re right and so was the poster above. OT would be better. I’m an idiot.

From Peter King. I like the content of the quote, just don’t like the source of it.

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That crossed my mind, the general mentality of the rest of the team "playing for Mahomes" so to speak.... granted, I think a lot of those narratives can be silly "they were focused before, but now they're super duper focused!!", but there might be some truth to that this week in practice while scheming around Mahomes' lack of mobility.

As I believe people around here have said before, that 'extra' focus and motivation comes in the form of prep, not necessarily play.

Yep. Said this before…it galvanized the rest of the team, especially the OL. Mahomes wasn’t touched in the second half. We’ve seen what this line can do when they’re extra motivated (Tampa Bay game stands out). Could be a huge factor and help to mitigate the impact of the injury.

The Chiefs -1 on the betting line is crazy. Evidently, Vegas thinks Mahomes' injury is minor.