They're not going to lose so it won't matter.

Use whatever language you want to describe McKinnon not chipping. I'm not assigning blame. Just pointing out that he had a window to McKinnon there. The LB was shading inside to cover routes over the middle. If Mahomes' response to the pressure is to flip the ball to McKinnon instead of scrambling, they likely gain at least some positive yardage there, depending on where the outside corner is and how McKinnon does 1x1 against Pratt as Pratt recovers.

Brown has to play better. He was a major liability in that game, to a level he was NOT against the Bengals at Arrowhead last year. Having Thuney next to him should help with that. Having a home crowd that's quiet should help with that.

But yeah, either way, I agree with the comment about his agent being a dummy and saving the Chiefs from a deal he has not played up to this year.

This is my source of hope. If Reid has his hand forced to draft a new game plan, maybe that shift is what actually can give us an edge.

Or further abandoning the RB in the flat...

I don't care what the betting public is doing. The betting public is bad at betting, or books wouldn't stay in business.

What matters is where the "shark" money is going. That can be indicative of something unseen, especially when it is operating opposite of the betting public movement.

That's the "silver lining" with the Mahomes injury... it's going to force the Chiefs to do things... i.e. RUN THE FOOTBALL that actually give them the best chance to beat Cincy (even if Mahomes was healthy).

With how wide the DE is lined up I can't help wonder if Allegretti or McKinnon were supposed to pick up the inside gap on that play.

Mahomes is a tough SOB, but his bread and butter is buying time and scrambling to make plays. That's going to be tough with a bad right ankle. What's most troublesome is that Cincy has quick strike capability while KC is limited in that regard without Hill. KC is going to have to play mistake free ball to keep the chains moving. That's a tough order. It's a little troubling they couldn't keep the chains moving against the Jags to kill the clock on the last two possessions.

Let's all just throw out random numbers.

Mahomes is 420% He's also 69% x 100000000000 ÷3

Worst update thread ever.

Rumors flying now that the 420% number might have been a little low. But we're sticking with it for now

Hendrickson is probably getting a hand on that ball to at least bat, or worse, tip it into the air when he's in front of Mahomes, and Mahomes is probably thinking if I cock it back after Hendrickson is behind me and strips this ball the game is over, so he immediately moves up in the pocket.

Hank is going to give us the straight scoop.

Just a reminder that Mahomes... just from the pocket... would still be the favorite to win the MVP this season.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since everyone is talking about how Patrick Mahomes will be limited to staying in the pocket this week, I’ll go ahead and provide his numbers from the pocket this season: <br><br>71 comp% <br>4,598 yards <br>34 TDs <br>9 INTs <br>8.3 YPA <br>110 QB Rating <a href="https://t.co/UHJWandMB6">pic.twitter.com/UHJWandMB6</a></p>&mdash; 🗣🎙‼️ (@LanceTHESPOKEN) <a href="https://twitter.com/LanceTHESPOKEN/status/1617936935154245639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Yeah **** that.. We have the best QB and the best coach in the league and these pussies are coming to our house. We're going to kick their ass and remind them why Mahomes is the BEST.

It's amazing how much our fans turtle up when presented with any sort of hurdle, especially given how much success we've had under Mahomes/Reid. I mean, the Bengals are a great team, but ****n' A, we're playing in our 5th cons AFCCG at Arrowhead. Have a little faith!