Originally Posted by TripleThreat (Post 17374506)

I don’t know. Yesterday seemed like a gift between the van noy penalty, then another penalty right after to give us 30 free yards. Then the zay flowers taunting followed by the fumble and then Lamar endzone INT and we still only won by a score.

Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 17374526)

The Ravens were shitting down their legs, going to a strategy of don't give them any momentum, worked.

In the other game Detroit absolutely gave the 49ers momentum with their mistakes.

Originally Posted by Hoover (Post 17374570)

I also ****ing hate Tony Romo and the constant doom and gloom coverage of how the Chiefs should be worried. Oh I can't believe they deferred and elected to give the Ravens the ball. No credit given for the Chiefs walking into that environment and taking the crowd out of that game after forcing a quick three and out and scoring a TD.

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni (Post 17374613)

Also, OBJ looks cooked as all hell. Wow

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni (Post 17374613)

Also, OBJ looks cooked as all hell. Wow

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni (Post 17374608)

Underthrown ducks into triple coverage should NEVER be called PI

Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 17374605)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When your own team made more mental mistakes than the officials, and at least half of the mistakes by the officials went in your own team&#39;s favor.... It&#39;s time to blame your own team and not the refs. <a href="https://t.co/khtX0inAfP">https://t.co/khtX0inAfP</a></p>&mdash; Marcus Whitman (@TFG_Football) <a href="https://twitter.com/TFG_Football/status/1752004604928123094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 17374622)

The Tom Brady special!

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 17374309)

So i re-watched the 2nd half last night just for grins.

And during the game I was just aggravated that we simply wouldn't push the ball. But on re-watch and after listening to the post-game, it's clear that this was Mahomes just going full Alex Smith out there.

He wasn't concerned anymore about scoring points. He (and Andy) were wholly content bleeding clock and leaning on their lead. He knew that if he just didn't make a mistake, the Ravens weren't going to come back and win it. So he took ZERO risks.

Contrast that with how he played on the first two drives. And hell, the throw he made on 3rd down when they had to have it. He HAD big plays. He HAD yards and probably points on the board. But he dialed that risk/reward calculus waaaaaaay down because he wanted to make sure there were zero mistakes.

And I think part of it was because he knew that if he needed to pick things back up, he could. He would. He was in complete command of the game and game script.

It was part of a continued evolution from Mahomes. If he needs to breath fire, he will. But when he doesn't need to, he knows how to just keep the game under control. He can be Rodgers OR he can be Brady.

He's a scary scary dude even when he isn't.

Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 17374616)

It sucks what they did to him, surprised he even wants that job after the insight and analysis he used to do... he might actual be worse than Collinsworth now.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 17374614)

I just don't see how anyone can have watched the Lions game and not had that takeaway.

Guys - we SAW 2 hours later what happens when a team that has the ball on its racket refuses to play to the scoreboard.

To me, that's the end of the argument. The Lions were a road underdog and got a double digit lead. The refused to play like it. They did that stupid ****ing thing that coaches often SAY they're gonna do and they "Treated it like a 0-0 game...."

Why? It's not. You have a half of the game in the books and you know more about what you're working with than you had coming into the game. You have a lead and some margin to deal with.

So USE that knowledge and that margin. You don't get extra points for winning by 10 vs. 7.

Don't pretend like it's 0-0. Act like you're up. Go win the game by 1 if that's what it takes.

Originally Posted by TripleThreat (Post 17374530)

Just because they are penalties doesn’t mean we weren’t lucky in getting them lol. They were poorly prepared and poorly coached for that game. No one could have predicted those dumb penalties which again is why I don’t necessarily agree with the OP or this stance of we were playing and not scoring points because that was the game plan?

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni (Post 17374374)

Look...I get what he's saying but ultimately I think it's a cop out fir just how bad they reacted to Baltimores adjustments on defense. It also allowed our defense to be on the field all half and the Ravens moved the ball at will in the 2nd half.