Aaron earned an iron urn!

Sneed had a tendency to get a few PIs. His Lamarness couldn't get the ball with in a reasonable proximity. Foiled again!

over 24 hours and no photos of mahomes firing a legendary pass

i am sad

maybe chiefs will post top shots

i looked at baltimore sun, kc star, chiefs site, getty and usa today...NADA

In regards to the Ravens abandoning the run...that is the kind of pressure Mahomes puts on you. Especially when the Chiefs grab a quick lead. I relate it to falling behind by 10+ in basketball and thinking you can get it all back with one shot. You start chucking up contetested threes. Mahomes and Reid just freaking lean on you. Opposing offensive coordinators panic.

The past two weeks the Bills and Ravens both going for it on 4th and short deep in their own territory in the first freaking quarter. Horrible fake punts in a three point game. In the playoffs Mahomes makes you feel like you need to score on every single possession.

No. 1 defense.

Going for it on 4th in their own house down one score...from the 35 ROFL

I love having Patrick Mahomes on my team!

Lol thats what makes it even more hilarious. Ravens had the "#1 defense". Ravens second drive of the and you are going for it on 4th and 1 at your own I think it was 34 yard line??? Wow a lot of faith in that "historically good defense".

Tranquil may be our best defensive player…

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Chiefs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Ravens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ravens</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/StoneColdJones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StoneColdJones</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DTranquill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DTranquill</a> WHAT IF??? What if these 2 plays dont get made? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BaldysBreakdowns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BaldysBreakdowns</a> <a href="https://t.co/wdVMMPafPE">pic.twitter.com/wdVMMPafPE</a></p>&mdash; Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/BaldyNFL/status/1751972905867448652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This team down the stretch is becoming like the freaking 2015 Royals. Grab a lead early (even if its only 1-0 doesnt matter) and Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis and Greg Holland are coming to shut the door. It was automatic.

Mahomes and Kelce will grab the lead early and let his defense and Isiah Pacheco freaking go to work. Mahomes at this point in the season understands just how good this defense is. Do not turn the ball over and we are not losing.

Great analogy and spot on.

And even if Mahomes is conservative it still puts pressure on the opposing offense to score, just having him out there.

And that in turn makes the defense better.

It's like compounding interest.

On Sirius radio they had some Baltimore guys on to talk about the game and it was shocking how honest they were.

They said the stadium immediately deflated and got nervous after our first drive when Mahomes torched Kyle Hamilton. They said it Baltimore was like a fighter talking all night before the fight and then getting hit so hard in the first rd that they fell to their knee.

Even after they fired back and got a TD, we came right back and made everyone even more somber and nervous. And that's why they brought Suggs out there LMAO

Goddamn I love how much everyone fears Mahomes

I actually noticed this after the commercial break. When the Ravens got the ball back after that first score, it was absolutely silent. They could not take that first punch.

They're lucky Lamar was able to wizard his way to that first touchdown, or they might've been shut out all game long. Things could've gotten even uglier for them.

WTF is an administrative Time Out? A drone my ass. I have a theory on it. That's what happens when the pet QB gets his bell rung and the NFL circumvents protocol keeping said QB from having to go into the blue tent and be evaluated for a concussion.

Or maybe there was a drone.

Did you see a drone? I didn't but I did see Lamar get rag dolled and get his head shoved into the ground.

Or maybe there was a drone being operated by an undercover NFL employee?

:hmmm:

maybe it was a mennonite drone

That's exactly what happened. You then saw the coaching staff panic and scrap their whole gameplan. And I'm sick of the talking morons not giving the chiefs credit for this. They blame the staff for being stupid. Mahomes, kelce, and Reid came out and just terrified that staff looking unstoppable for 2 drives. Then just leaned on em with the defense.

Lamar and his comments about it sucking to play against mahomes...Stage was too big. Opponent too intimidating. This is a dynasty. They have an aura that gets into the other coaches heads.

I liked Broussard's take on Nick Wright's show yesterday. He compared it to the Tyson-Holyfield fight when Tyson realized that Holyfield wasn't gonna back down and be afraid of Mike. Mike then lost his crap and bit his damn ears off.

I thought the guy opposite Nick Wright did a good job separating the two things and giving the Chiefs credit for causing some of the meltdown.... but at the same time, the Ravens deserve a good chunk of the blame, IMO.

Or to put it another way, I'm not sure if it matters THAT much if the Chiefs punched them in the mouth or say the Bills did the same (let's pretend for a moment they were decimate on defense), the meltdown and panic and inexperience would have come out to a large extent, I think. And considering they were 10-10 with the freakin Texans at halftime, it's probably not a huge stretch to say the Bills could have taken an early lead and put the same pressure on them.

To what extent, who knows.... but, if they were dumb enough to think they could bully a 2 time SB champion team, it wouldn't surprise me they would do it against anyone..

Looking back on that game it struck me as to why Kansas City won and how Mahomes changes teams gameplans.

Baltimore all season relied on a strong running game with Lamar making plays built around that. Then they get a lead and their defense does the rest by stopping teams and forcing turnovers.

In the AFCCG they became a pass first team and that is what I call the "Mahomes Effect". What I mean by that is Mahomes is the gold standard for QBs in this league. Lamar might get his second MVP, but questions still swirl around how he's a RB playing QB, he's a horrible passer, and he can't go toe to toe with Mahomes and win in the playoffs.

Because of that it felt like he and Monken devised a passing gameplan to show the doubters wrong, despite the secondary being the strength of this defense. Despite it not working, they double downed on it expecting results to change, sorta like when losing in a casino. Unfortunately it wasn't until the final score that they realized it would not work.

Nothing else makes sense as running is their strength and stopping the run was this defense's weakness. Now granted, I could be way off, but that was something that I was thinking about.

Playoff choker.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Block of text was getting too big, so here&#39;s a table showing how unusual it is for someone like Lamar Jackson to have his team&#39;s lowest point total in all 4 of his postseasons.<a href="https://t.co/YdCOXrLj3W">https://t.co/YdCOXrLj3W</a> <a href="https://t.co/AoPdXXZb93">pic.twitter.com/AoPdXXZb93</a></p>&mdash; Scott Kacsmar (@ScottKacsmar) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottKacsmar/status/1752091056353542253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Not surprising. They've been blowing teams out all year. Adversity was something different.

****ing Baltimore crybabies now pulling a bullshit complaint that Sneed tried to trip Zay Flowers during tackle when Sneed was zig zaggin back and forth and looked like he slipped. Richard Sherman countered that they should stop whining since Chris Jones was ACTUALLY tripped in the end zone and should have been a safety.

What a crock of shit.

When Baltimore went for it on 4th down with a lot of time left (and despite the fact that we did nothing in second half on offense) that told you all you need to know about Harbaugh's confidence in Lamar running a basic quick-hitting come from behind offense.

Chiefs-Ravens is most-watched AFC Championship ever, with 55.47 million viewers

Published January 30, 2024 10:32 AM


This year’s AFC Championship has become the champion of AFC Championships.

Via CBS, Chiefs-Ravens averaged 55.473 million viewers. It’s the most-watched AFC Championship ever.

It’s a 17-percent increase over last year’s comparable window. Which featured the quarterback-free (eventually) 49ers losing to the Eagles.

Coupled with even higher ratings for the Lions-49ers game on Fox, it bodes well for massive numbers on CBS, when the 49ers and Chiefs get together, again, for the Super Bowl.

I agree. He seems like a decent guy, night and day difference from that smug jackhole, Burrow. But yeah, the reality is that Lamar is just not good enough to win in the playoffs.

That is an insane viewership # for a 3:00 p.m. Eastern kickoff.

Thumbs down. I don't care if most of your stuff I like, that first line is sacrilege. No need for it. Do better.

Maybe they will rethink that and give it to Christian McCaffery.

Harbaugh always coaches like he lost his mind during Chiefs games.

Man...I don't know what you really do here if you are Baltimore. The Bills I get. Just keep moving forward and have Allen keep playing. He'll eventually get one.

But this was probably Baltimore's best shot.

I would love to see the all 22 on this. Something tells me that was not their plan but the Chiefs defense probably showed heavy run defense all game.

They're ****ed. They have a great culture and if Lamar is healthy they probably make a wild card every year, but the ceiling is capped. They hit it this year.

They do what everyone else in the AFC is doing. Pray for a Mahomes injury that knocks him out long enough that he's out for a decent amount of time. Long enough the Chiefs can't make the playoffs.

Except, the Bills are kinda Cap ****ed right now, aren't they?

Yep. Lamar Jackson isn't going to beat 3 top AFC QBs in a row in the playoffs.

Some of the funniest stuff about all this is the Justin Tucker pregame shit making the rounds and how many people are so bent out of shape about it.

Yes they are..

As these competitors big QB contracts start kicking in they are going to have to try to beat Mahomes with worse teams.

The only guy who has a reasonable chance before his stupid contract kicks in is Burrow, he has 1 more year.

After that you are talking about Allen, Burrow, Lamar, Herbert, the hilarity of Deshaun Watson all having huge deals.

I guess Trevor Lawrence has what 2 years? But that team isn't close and then it's down to guys like Stroud and Richardson. And if Miami pays Tua that team will be terrible.

So in a weird way the Chiefs run may get a bit easier in 2 years.

Yeah, but he just seems to not really be the guy that wilts in games against Pat.

Other than the usual suspects, the teams that are positioned to give KC the most trouble in the near future are:

AFC
Texans (tons of cap space, have the QB, have a WR, have a franchise LT, have building blocks on D at DE and CB)

Colts (if Steichen can get dynamic play out of Richardson and they keep Pittman, lots of cap space, good offensive talent)

NFC
Packers (lots of young talent, seem to have the QB, good coach and GM, can create cap space for a big add on D)

Lions (have a lot of cap space; will they survive losing Ben Johnson?)

Bears (if they take Williams, he's as good as possible, and they spend the cap space and picks they get for Fields well, they could make a huge jump).

I think one of those NFC North teams is the rep in the SB for LIX. I'd pick the Packers right now.

I don't think the Ravens are necessarily going away, they've got such good structure there they should be ok. But the division is just a monster and the Lamar thing etc is gonna get tougher as he gets paid more.

In my opinion, it's still the Bills. I think Allen is the one who can do like Pat did and make more with less.

Now he may eventually throw it to the other team, but that skill is alteast in there.

Probably, although as long as it's Goff I see the Lions as the Marty Chiefs, going to the playoffs a lot and not making a SB.

I'd have to see Love do it for an extended period. He got hot for sure and looked good, but Imma need see that for a bit longer before I crown him.

The Lions are really intriguing.

The NFC is just weird right now.

If Caleb Williams is the guy it's wide open for the Bears to step right in.

Ravens are a bush league expansion team and their fans have speed limit IQ's. They will get humbled next year and the league took notice when their JAG washed players on defense were leg whipping Chris Jones and taking cheap shots at the face of the NFL.

Wow, props to Sherman for bringing up the end zone play.

I know alit of people that don't normally watch football that tuned into both games

Can't believe any Ravens fans would whine about anything.

We walked into their house, ****ed their mom, ate their lunch, took a dump in their toilet, didn't flush, went outside, kicked their dog, tracked mud in the house, wiped our boots on their couch, jerked off and wiped dick on the curtain and peaced the **** out.

I love what Kansas City has done to the Baltimore fanbase in the last decade. They were all butt-hurt in the 2014 ALCS, with Guthrie's "These O's Ain't Royal" t-shirt. And now they can't stop crying about the refs stealing a Super Bowl from them.

Their tears are delicious.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/...0&h=336&crop=1

I've refreshed the Hulu page waiting for Turning Point to drop at least five times today.

I got a fever.

Mahomes doesn't win every game. But in the big moments he always seems to come up big.

If you are shackled to Lamar Jackson or even Josh Allen or Joe Burrow, you're reduced to hoping that you will catch him on a bad day... in big-game situations where he never rarely seems to have a bad day.

Burrow caught some luck once. All the stars can align like they did against the Bucs, where the team has one hand tied and he's going up against one of the only players in history who's his peer. But that isn't going to happen very often.

Hence the recent spate of frustrations from other fan bases who think this just isn't fair.

Mahomes is just what Montana would have been if he had never been hurt, and had a cannon.

If that had happened, they laugh about the Parcells Giants.

The Bengals COULD have been our Giants but...Mahomes.

Did you folks catch this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_73HSAfLgmw

Only that organization brings him out after a timeout when they are down 17-7 after a turnover with a good chance to lose the game. Not at the beginning of the game, not at halftime, not when they are dominating, not when they made a big play and not when they are in a particularly close game.

Next time, they should bring out their legends as Mahomes is taking a knee in victory formation.

I just thought it was a bizarre choice. I get that he's a Ravens legend, but bring him out against a team he didn't win a Super Bowl with.

So I know it’s early, but it’s realistic we win 3 in a row.

3 in a ****ing row!!!!

I thought this as well at the time, but dismissed it, but it makes you wonder. It look like Lamar got his bell rung pretty good there.

He's full of shit as well in his statement today. After Patrick kicked his stand and asked him to move it, which you see on Video. He then doubles down and puts 2 balls and his helmet on the goal line. That's when Travis tossed those. Tucker is a little bitch, soon to be overtaken by Butker.

As long as DC keeps living by the sword you are correct. Good analogy.

They turned out the lights to do this shit. Truely a chickenshit thing to do.

Yeah, I think so too.

Allen is the only QB with a ceiling high enough to compete with Mahomes when Mahomes is playing great. He just can’t reach it nearly as often as Mahomes and is often still susceptible to not playing within the context of the game situation and what it calls for.

People continue to overrate Burrow because he got carried by his defense in one postseason run. He’s not clutch and shrinks almost as bad as Lamar in the playoffs.

Watching the highlights again, it looked like any time a receiver would put their hand up to signal they were open, Lamar would throw it to them. It happened on the triple coverage interception. The problem is that most of the time they weren't open. Lamar needs to actually read the coverage himself instead of tossing it up because his WRs think they have separation.

As much as people hate dynasties, they drive viewership, to hate watch and root for us to go down if nothing else.

Zero touchdown passes in the 4th quarter of Burrow's Playoff career. I'm sure he will figure that out over time, but so far it HAS been an issue for him. His defense did some incredible stuff for him in the the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

In their Super Bowl loss, the Cincy defense only gave up 23 points to a Rams team that was torching everyone else that season. Burrow had a lot of chances in the 4th quarter to win that game and didn't take advantage. The Cincy defense took a major step backwards in 2023, but they still have a great DC. It will be interesting to see what happens for them in 2024 and beyond.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Zay Flowers <a href="https://t.co/Pu6DxTF7ye">https://t.co/Pu6DxTF7ye</a> <a href="https://t.co/TVJANnf6h8">pic.twitter.com/TVJANnf6h8</a></p>&mdash; Pitchers and Catchers Report In 15 Days (@DadBodTee) <a href="https://twitter.com/DadBodTee/status/1752167443579969769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So much profanity on Inside the NFL <a href="https://t.co/6zSXPbtulU">pic.twitter.com/6zSXPbtulU</a></p>&mdash; ��️ Red Tribe Cinema (@ClayWendler) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayWendler/status/1752505548770050084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I think Josh Allen just doesn't have the mental capacity to be great, he is a very good QB but man he does a lot of dumb shit.

Replay on NFL Network in 8 minutes.

Omenihu saved 7 pts

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;The Chiefs didn&#39;t get any points out of Omenihu&#39;s strip sack.&quot;<br><br>WRONG. <a href="https://twitter.com/charless_94?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@charless_94</a> <a href="https://t.co/wQDhgCVkLl">pic.twitter.com/wQDhgCVkLl</a></p>&mdash; ��️ Red Tribe Cinema (@ClayWendler) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayWendler/status/1752513543587451148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

What a little bitch.

https://media1.giphy.com/media/44Eq3...=200w.gif&ct=g

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Odell Beckham Jr. to Lamar Jackson during the AFC Championship<br><br>“You change the whole dynamic of the game when you take off…we gotta get some s*** going on, like what the f*** is going on” <a href="https://t.co/UYHxDHvmTz">pic.twitter.com/UYHxDHvmTz</a></p>&mdash; Kevin Oestreicher (@koestreicher34) <a href="https://twitter.com/koestreicher34/status/1752517804526366727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lots of sweet sweet tears in this thread.

gdi you could at least use my tweet

Hot take - Lamar thinks he's playing an one on one basketball game. Whatever Patrick does Lamar attempts to emulate thus straying away from his running ability because a fellow black QB is an all-time great passer in the pocket

Sorry Clay, I know we don't get too many of your tweets on here. You need all the exposure you can get.

But in actuality I got it from this:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OBJ, ball knower <a href="https://t.co/kWmRBizdCT">https://t.co/kWmRBizdCT</a></p>&mdash; Ted Nguyen (@FB_FilmAnalysis) <a href="https://twitter.com/FB_FilmAnalysis/status/1752526667216785569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

What fun.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Enhanced the audio but doesn&#39;t take much to lip read Kyle Van Noy and Travis Kelce ���� <a href="https://t.co/Zajn73nbMq">pic.twitter.com/Zajn73nbMq</a></p>&mdash; ��️ Red Tribe Cinema (@ClayWendler) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayWendler/status/1752572866699121013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

They got it from me. :)

Damn Lamar and Joshy. LMAO

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFIQctJa...jpg&name=large

They had the same bird flu the Eagles had. Only got put down earlier in the AFC

I don't see how Tucker doesn't get fined by the league for his antics. He willfully broke the rules, went on camera and bragged about it, and promised to break the rules again in the future.