Another career day for Kelce? Heh...he's gotta be getting bored with that by now...;)

I saw they have a poll for best passing day by a Bengal... might as well call it the Recency Bias Confirmation Poll.

Joining the NFL ranks of Elvis Grbac and Matt Schaub!

That WR group is gonna be a problem for KC.

Cincy OL is garbage though.

I went on a date at the Kentucky Horse Park Christmas Lights and was not handed Ale 8.

Hot Browns are amazing.

Only donut places I went to were Spaldings and North Lime.

I miss Lexington and its restaurants.

I trust Sneed, Ward, and Fenton.

Jones is going to wreck shit in the middle of that OL. Their interior is a bunch of wet paper bags.

That play was Trent Green's fault for thinking he was doing a weak ass Herm Edwards training camp scrimmage instead of a real life NFL game against a team coached to play tough physical football.

Trent Green was hopping and skipping and blowing bubbles and waiting until the very end to do a slide. I am still mad at Trent Green for making me think that I had witnessed someone get killed in an NFL game.

What was that on?

The best thing that ever came out of Cincinnati is the big red machine back in the 70's. That team had hall of famers at nearly every position. Loni Anderson was pretty hot back in the day too! I lived in Lexington for 7 years and it's a beautiful area with all the horse farms and distilleries. The Chiefs should teach the Bengals the difference between being a contender and being a pretender this Sunday. The Bengals are a big fish in a little pond and they will be swimming in the ocean this Sunday where the sharks reside.

Then they must have stopped it since 2017....that was the last time we went.

Spalding's was the place....great donuts. But you better have cash, they don't take checks or credit cards.

Lexington restaurants weren't bad......

I think it's Ale 8 1. A wordplay on 'A late one'.

If you look on the can, there is a little 1 to the right of the 8.

I don't know how to embed, but:

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You can run but you can't hide, Bengals.

Wrong! The best thing that ever came out of Cincinnati is Travis Kelce.

So one of the Bengals starting LB's just went on the covid list and with Logon Wilson out injured it looks like their LB core could be very weak on sunday. They already had huge issues against tightends so this could be another big factor where Kelce is concerned.

I'm learning so much this week... had no idea Cincy was known for chili spaghetti or what Skyline is or Ale 8 1, or that the go to strategy for beating the Chiefs is to hope their entire offensive line injures themselves during practice.

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The data can't tell if the Bengals are in the NFL or Arena league based off their schedule and uniform design.

The chodes on the bengals board are surprisingly confident. Even after acknowledging that they beat up a depleted ravens team.

Gonna make this ass whuppin' hard to take as it unfolds on Sunday. Chris Jones & Co should feast, while Kelce shreds them... may surpass Shannon Sharpe's single game record for receiving yards. Cincy is absolute trash covering TEs.

Apparently they sell the Chili spaghetti in a can if you're wanting to further your education!

I wouldn't recommend it, though. I graduated high school in KY, and my girlfriend's family was native to Ohio, so any time I went with their family to Louisville, they insisted we eat at Skyline Chili.

This was when I was in high school and thought Steak & Shake was fine ****ing dining. Even with those types of standards, I was able to qualify Skyline as complete shit. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ebe48dc47d.jpg

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Skyline chili is AWFUL.

:LOL:

Aside from the shit food though, I drove through Cincy once back in 2011 and thought it looked like a nice little city.


Edit: For clarification, this is coming from a guy that has spent the better part of the last two decades in SW Louisiana. So, anything looks nice at this point.

It's not.

On the surface, pasta + mountain of cheese + chili sounds like it would be pretty good. I don't love spaghetti, only because it's so unnatural to eat.

But, then I've seen mentions of cinnamon and nutmeg, which definitely adds an unknown.

I grew up on Hamburger Helper, so even though I don't ever eat fast food and similar stuff, I rarely eat something that I think is truly gross.... so, I might try it one day or maybe try to make it so it's at least not out of a can.

Great, now im craving a box of cheeseburger helper from my child hood.

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Chili over pasta is actually really good. In Milwaukee by Marquette it's a staple. They put unsweetened dark chocolate in the chili for some reason - you can't taste it (I think it may be for the caffeine as it's a college go-to after getting hammered at the bars... Milwaukee is a fun town!!!)

The Skyline crap has cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice in it. It's a Macedonian thing...spiced meats. The spices are a bizarre combination, from an American palette perspective. The flavors are typically associated with winter deserts and drinks, not meat. I wretched the first time I tried it. I have tried it since...it is gross.

Take these two foot long noodles and slide them down your gullet...


Who do I look like, billay?

They just lost a LB due to covid.

:)

They used to have a pretty good rock station there...
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They have a few cool bar districts(Over The Rhine, The Banks) that are fun.

Baseball stadium is nice. Haven’t been to the Bengals stadium.

It’s basically a reverse St. Louis. Their downtown has stuff to do but their suburbs aren’t special.

I’ve hated the bung holes since Robert Gaethers gave Trent Green a lobotomy which started the QB carousel that gave us the likes of Damon huard, Tyler thigpen, Ricky stanzi, Tyler bray, etc. and ended with the shit cherry on top with the name of matt ****ing assell. **** cinnamon spaghetti chili, and WKRP but The Kelce family and Steven Spielberg are cool.


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As someone who grew up on Italian food, you know like real italian food not Olive Garden dogshit that isn't homemade pasta and is made without salting the water before boiling it, I want to kill you.

But you grew up on hamburger helper so what do you know about quality cuisine? nothing.

I think I'm going to Steak N Shake now for lunch with all of this talk of chili and spaghetti lol.

That idiot has been a Chiefs hater for years now. He's also a former Raider if that tells you anything.

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"uh oh!"

lol, because of the hypothetical scenario in my head where pasta and cheese and chili sounds decent, or because I might make it in the future, or because I don't enjoy the process of eating spaghetti?

And I moved on from Hamburger Helper ~25 years ago. Granted, I did get some strange looks last time I was in Rome and ordered the Maccheroni al Doppio Hamburger di Formaggio.

I'm just joking with you but if anyone could elevate hamburger helper it would be a restaurant in Rome. They've been elevating poor people cuisine for centuries

I eat Spam and I'm not even Hawaiian.

Come at me bro.

F yesssss

Chiefs have built an elite OL in one offseason. It’s incredible.

Funny reply to that tweet:

“How exactly does a team score a zero?”

Response from a Dolphins fan:

“You must not watch many Dolphins games. Zero is being generous.”

If Chris Jones, Frank Clark, and Melvin Ingram are all healthy. They are going to eat. Joe Burrow is the most sack prone in the league - and the most prone to huge losses for holding onto the ball too long.

Combine that with the fact we are finally going to be able to get Baker's sorry ass off the field and have our trio of elite CBs - yes I said elite - in Sneed, Fenton, and Ward. Good luck with that Bungles.

Finally someone on their board gets it

I definitely don't have discerning taste buds, relative to the number of people who say certain foods or restaurants are terrible... I think the last time I couldn't even finish a meal because it was so bad was a BBQ food truck in LA a couple years ago.

It was next to the Smog City taproom and knew I was taking a chance on it... but damn, it was bad. Some of the tangiest sauce ever, completely drenching fatty burnt ends or mystery meat. And they were bragging about it like it was OK Joe's. :shake:

Out of all the amazing food in LA, I figured it would at least be edible, but should have known better.

The only nice place in Ohio is Columbus.

Also one thing to note, the KC metro area is 2.2M and Cincinnati is 2.25M. KC growing at 9.1%a nd Cincy 5.5%. We gonna over take those shitheads in population soon, too.

Everyone needs to stop talking shit on Hamburger Helper.

Well...i prefer tuna helper myself.

this is true....I mentioned in an earlier post that they play Bates single high about 15-25 yards off the ball most of the time, they rarely rush more than 4, and will mix in some 2 high zone looks along the way, but mostly play man.

It all looks like they are trying to keep things in front of them by design, avoid the deep plays (why Bates is so far back all the time), and try to beat you with the front four (which they have some high motor guys in Hendrickson and Hubbard). I think their front four is fairly decent at times to be honest, but overall I don't think they're better than the Browns front four.

Even when they do blitz, the often will drop a DE into coverage in exchange for a LB or DB coming off an edge. While they do bring 5 or 6 occasionally, it is evident they either (a) don't like to do it; or (b) don't want to do it, because it's counter-productive with keeping things in front of them.

Simply put: It seems their style of D that limits the big play, keeps the ball in front of them, and then take advantage of the other team's mistakes along the way. Sound familiar? Well it should, because that's what teams have been trying to do to us all season, albeit the Bengals Like to do it by manning up moreso than 2 deep zone).

I suspect we'll definitely see more zone looks simply because trying to man up on Hill and Kelce is foolish. I also see that they have no issue rushing three....and do it fairly often as well. Of course, this usually comes with some 2 deep zone concepts as well (which probably becomes 3-4 deep because then keep everything in front of them)

I also have seen that only rushing four exposes them to QBs getting outside the pocket often, particularly with an OL like ours that can handle it. I expect Mahomes to be able to get out on the perimeter and do his Mahomes things.

I also believe their LBs are a huge liability, hence the reason TEs tend to feast on them.

I think it will be a long day for them if they try to single high, rush four all day. Will be a rougher day if they 2 deep zone....so really all that is left if for the gals to do exactly what the Bengals guy who Kimosabi quoted said to do.....

Grab, Hold, and Jesus take the wheel

Sorry...I would rather eat Spam than Hamburger Helper. Like others on here, I had way too much of it when I was young. If I was a convicted felon and they wanted me to confess to a crime, all they would have to do now is threaten to make me eat hamburger helper.

Of all the types of cuisine in Los Angeles, BBQ is far and away what they are worst at.

Some New Yorkers would say pizza but that's nonsense. There are plenty of pizza places that are great here, there are zero BBQ places that are edible.

Good thing Joe's ships out here.

Browns front 4 is a fair comp. The difference is that Garrett is an all time great (likely) and Hendrickson is just a really damn good player.

The story of Hendrickson’s season is consistency.

He doesn’t have more than 3 QB Hits in a game this year, but only has 1 game with 0. He only has one game with 2 sacks (none over), but also only has 2 games with 0 sacks.

I have a hard time seeing the Bengals winning without Hendrickson having a huge game like he did last year with the Saints. Our OL is better this year, he isn’t playing an injured Fisher, and the Bengals don’t have the supporting cast on defense that the Saints did.

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We ate it a lot growing up as well. We don't eat it often, but with 3 kids at home it's a quick easy dinner.

I fairly typical game for Hendrickson is 1 sack, 2 QB Hits, and 3 pressures.

Don’t get me wrong, that’s a good game. I just don’t see that being enough to wreck our offense. Especially, since that’s pretty much his average line. Our OL is well above average. Our QB is more mobile than most. Our HC is one of the best offensive minds on the planet.

LFG!!!!

PBJ PBJ PBJ PBJ PBJ

Yeah, I've had the Z-Man kits shipped for the past couple Super Bowls and they turn out great.... nothing but the best will do.

There's supposedly one BBQ place in Phoenix (Little Miss BBQ) that's legitimately good and it gets great reviews, but I haven't talked myself into trying it.

Yep, that was a solid take.

There is no way in hell they are playing man coverage all game. They may try to start the game with it, but Reek is going to kill them if they stick with it. If they combine man with single high coverage, KC may hang 50+ on their D.

Smart move is to play zone with a high shell and keep EVERYTHING short. Give KC the underneath and make them go 10 plays per drive. Hope they make mistakes. That chews clock and ensures the Chiefs don't break both feet off in your ass. Keep them to 31 or less, and you were successful, defensively.

They are going to have to do something about their pass protection. That is what would be my primary concern. Cincy HAS to be nails offensively to have a shot. The skill players are there, but you have to get the ball out super fast, else the Chiefs pass rush is going to destroy plays before they can develop. Quick drops, release in 2 seconds, slants and crossing routes. Gotta go for the YAC. Mix in screens and draws. Counters may be effective, but KC is much better against misdirection now that CJ is back inside (he bit on misdirection every goddamn time when he was at DE).

ayyyy oooh ay! you mean to tell me a ****ing shrimp fried this rice?

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Damn, dude is laying down knowledge. I am impressed.

Here’s why I like this matchup so much for us.

Like you said, holding the Chiefs to 30 or less is a victory defensively for the Bengals. However, the Bengals still need to score 30+.

Their pass protection is terrible. They’re going to have to make plays down the field to put up that many points. That plays right into their weakness: pass protection.

The Bengals are a bottom third rushing team, so I don’t see them grinding this out. That goes against their nature. Plus, this isn’t the 2018 team. When we’re healthy our run defense is solid.

If this is a shoot out, one team has Patrick Mahomes and an elite OL. The other has Joe Burrow and a trash OL. You have to believe Jones will kill a key drive of two for the Bengals.

Well...get to it. Give us a review tomorrow!

That play was Trent Green's fault for not protecting himself and also Herm Edwards fault for running a soft training camp that did not prepare Trent Green and his teammates for NFL football as it was played at the time.

Watch the play and you see a lollygagging Trent Green running like a schoolgirl who has a rumor to share with her friends playing hopscotch.

I thought he was dead. There was no penalty assessed on the play and no fine because it was a legal hit according to the rules at the time.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2586507

That game sucked, Herm Edwards had the team wear white on white for the season opener at Arrowhead because he thought it would help his little darlings stay cool if it were a hot day and it was 67 degrees outside.

You football guys cut the shit. This is now a Shrimp Fried Rice/BBQ/Hamburger Helper thread.

Edit: Oh, and also a Carcosa shitting himself thread.

Don't have many feelings about the Bengals other than 2003 9-0 loss and the 2006 Trent Green cheap shot. The 1989 Super Bowl, where one half of their RB combo went AWOL and the team lost on a last minute drive by Super Joe and the 49ers.

Burrow is going to be good, I think the number of first round QBs in the AFC is one reason Brady left to the NFC and to a second trash division but that's another thread.

I don't have many memories about Cincinnati except from the 1980s when I was working on a programming project for a client there. They talked so fondly of their chili and they sent me a can of it in appreciation of the work I did. Or maybe they sent it because they hated me. I'm not sure what was in the can however it was unlike any chili I had ever eaten. Maybe haggis?

Anyway, hoping for a clean game, no injuries and a Chiefs win. The Bengals can get in by beating up the Browns the next week.

The Steelers D is better than the Bengals D.

Lets not forget our kicker missed a FG and a PAT. We should have hung a 40 burger on the Steelers, with out Kelce and really Tyreek.

Bengals are totally credible when you look at their stats, with the big difference being Burrow managing almost as many yards as Mahomes with nearly 100 fewer attempts. Earlier in the season he had a real connection with Chase on the long ball (again, Chase has nearly the same yards as Tyreek with 30 fewer receptions) but those long balls got harder to come by in recent weeks based on the stats (the crap Baltimore defensive backfield notwithstanding).

And that's a key caveat to all this -- the Bengals have faced some really awful defenses to amass those stats.

Wins against these teams and their defensive scoring ranking:

Minnesota (23)
Pittsburgh (22)
Jacksonville (27)
Detroit (25)
Baltimore (20)
Oakland (26)
Pittsburgh (22)
Denver (1)
Baltimore (20)

Losses against these teams and their defensive scoring ranking:

Green Bay (14)
Chicago (24)
Cleveland (17)
New York Jets (32)
Los Angeles Chargers (31)
San Francisco (18)

The only outlier is Denver who were trying to win with Drew Lock so, nuff said.

Also, if you look at the games where they played better scoring defenses (above 20th ranking) he not surprisingly had his worst performances, averaging an interception and 4 sacks in each of those games. Dude gets sacked a lot, averaging almost 3 per game on average but against teams capable of rushing 4 he takes a real beating, surrendering 5 or more sacks five times this season.

Adding unsweetened chocolate to a meat dish is legit. You see that in Mexican dishes sometimes.

And I could even see cinnamon with it. And nothing wrong with chili on pasta.

But nutmeg and allspice? That's sounding gross.

It IS gross. Tastes even worse than you would imagine.

Mole is good stuff if it is made right. It can also be atrocious; sweet mole is vile and unsweetened mole done wrong tastes like dirt. In chili it is overwhelmed by onion and cumin. One of my buds from IN makes his chili with it... primarily used to thicken and color, per his reasoning. :shrug:

Shit... maybe this weekend.

I see your internet flex and don't want any part of that!

Good. Now no more ****ing tests please!!!

Adding some mushrooms sauteed in butter, and sour cream to the stroganoff version works wonders

Joe Burrow and his amazing 50 career QBR

Meanwhile Mahomes career QBR is approximately 75

Hell I still get a good buzz on and smash some hamburger helper about twice a year.


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