I found this on the street this morning. It’s a sign.

The biggest factor in this game might be the Arrowhead crowd.

Pretty much every defensive line in the league is a mismatch for the Bengals offensive line. The interior especially is just flat out bad.

The Chiefs weren't able to take advantage of that much in the first game but it's going to be that much harder for line calls when the crowd is deafeningly loud.

That's fine. They need to take Chase and Higgens out of the game and force someone like Boyd to beat us. Very similar to the Bills game. Davis went off, but every other weapon they had was a non factor (not counting Allen).

Chase is really good but I just don’t see him having another historic day against us.

I get the vibe that the Cincy fans think the Bangles are just going to sleepwalk into Arrowhead and boatrace the defense for 40+ points and then onto the Superbowl. Confidant fanbase.

Burrow has thrown more interceptions than Mahomes. He's a statue pocket passer with a porous offensive line. There's no way he gets out of this game without throwing at least one pick. I'm predicting two. If they keep the game close it's only because the Chiefs are their own worst enemies.

Not only this, but another overlooked aspect of that game: Jerrick McKinnon....zero touches

I know shitting on CEH is the cool thing to do, but he wasn’t playing either, and they’re easily our 2 best RBs.

I think we should take a page from Belichick and put Fenton on Chase all game with safety help from Thornhill at all times while our best corner Ward is taking away Higgins.

No excuse for Chase to have a game like last time if he’s double covered

Joe Burrow is the sixth QB to make it to the conference championship after taking 50+ sacks during the regular season. Burrow was sacked 62 times which ranks him FIRST among those 6 QB's.

NONE of the other 5 advanced to the Super Bowl and FOUR of them failed to score a single offensive TD in the championship game.

Holy shit I totally forgot that. The Bengals rush defense is not good either

Josh Jacobs-13 carries, 83 yards, 6.4 YPC
D’Onta Foreman-4 carries, 66 yards, 16.5 YPC
They did okay vs Henry who had 3.1 YPC but came off major surgery with a ****ing steel plate in his foot

Darrell Williams and Derrick Gore combined for 17 carries, 125 yards and over 7 YPC last time we played.

And they also lost Ogunjobi which is huge. Man…we’re dropping 50 on these guys easy if we need to

This is one of those matchups where KC should just decline any type of city to city wager between civic leaders.

Here's a plate of diarrhea spaghetti and a catalytic converter for your burnt ends.

This is how Vegas works the general betting public during the week...both writers from CBS & NFL.com pick the Bengals to beat Mahomes at home...Bengals scored 19 points last week and one TD. They benefited from three turnovers...

Like clockwork...I mean who wouldn't take Cincinnati and 7 points when all the pundits are picking them...right? Never mind that Mahomes has never trailed at the end of regulation in the play-offs.

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Every little nanosecond counts.

The crowd noise will disrupt the timing of an OL that already has its struggles. Not to mention communicate protections.
It will make it harder for burrow, who still holds on to the ball too long, to communicate changes
It will make it harder to get creative on the snap count

A not great OL and an immobile qb who holds onto the ball too long are not a great combo for what will undoubtedly be by a mile the most difficult crowd he’s ever had to work with in the nfl.

Excellent point. It really hurt us in the second half once they start playing the typical deep coverage knowing we couldn’t exploit it. That McKinnon check down has been lethal as all hell.

Based off our defense, I think they will score at least one.

Yeah, I don't think we hold them to no touchdowns but the fact that only one of those QB's managed even 1 shows you how important protection is this deep into the playoffs. In other words, it's not completely meaningless as the Bengals' two previous outings show. It's going to be an issue for them.

Oh no doubts. That stuff is cumulative. Their offense wasn't that explosive in either game. The only reason why we are hosting the AFCCG is because Tannehill is hot trash. If we can get to him early, perhaps he gets a case of the yips.

Burrow doesn’t seem get the yips. Dude seems to be mature beyond his years from the short amount of time he’s played. The Chiefs D line must play well in this one. If they don’t it’ll be another long day for the defense.

I don't understand this at all.

The DL played very well the last time we met up with Cincy. The problem was the style of D we played against them in the secondary, and our inability to break up at least 1 of the MANY 50-50 balls that Burrows threw to Chase. Don't blitz on 3rd and forever and get a Ref Crew that isn't DPI happy and that game isn't even in question, IMO.

Again, this is NOT a DL issue.

Ward is about to have his revenge game.

Meh. Our defense hasn't been all that good lately outside of getting to play Roethlisberger. Even Denver smacked them around a bit. Onus is on the offense this game moreso than usual because Burrow is going to get his, especially with Chase and co.

Ouch! ROFL

Looks like the lines are set:</br></br>

You get close to Burrow you sack him. He's the WORST in the league with taking sacks. It's unreal. I can't see him continuing as a premier quarterback in the NFL if he keeps playing like that. So he may not get his.

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Brandt has been wrong every week.

Also…I’m pretty sure he picked the Bucs, Packers, Bills and Titans last week.

I've been thinking about this all week. Would Spags do something like that? Sure would be nice to try.

If the Chiefs DCoordinator plays that ****ing single high safety defense again he should be fired from the National Football League. They will get raped.

Kay will be in the stands with her boyfriend and his kids and they are KC fans. A KC fan is doing her? This man is a legend.

FYP

Why she pick the Bengals then?

Comic foil. Classic trope.

She has all year. She did when we played earlier as well.

Well, she's a whore then

Who is her boyfriend?

She loves Joe Cool.


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Yeah, he's bucking to be the next Skip Bayless.

It isn't that simple.

The Bengals have already said they're expecting Cover 2 and they've been practicing against it all week.

Gonna have to play a lot of mixed coverages and disguise them well.

Brandt is such a dipshit hater.

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Kevin got boned

Meh. All their picks are in now, and they're 6-2 in favor of us.

Burrow really trying to downplay the stadium noise. He’s not doing any favors still trying to push the sec narrative and claiming he dealt with noise last week. I actually don’t think he knows what he’s up against. It’s one thing to deal with college noise against inferior competition. Quite another when every little miscommunication will be exploited by the defense. He’s giving ammo to arrowhead fans and i love it. That place is going to be rocking.

Yeah, bulletin board material doesn't really affect the players much. They're all locked in pretty much anyway.

But don't think for a second, every last Chiefs fan in Arrowhead isn't just a tad bit more raucous because of this.

It's not really a great look on his part.

Re-watching the first game, it is glaring that the Chiefs became conservative on offense in the second half.

Mostly short passes/nothing downfield and several minimal
gain run plays.

Get Tyreek/Kelce involved early and often and be aggressive from start to finish on offense.

The Nashville crowd sounded pretty weak to me.

That’s because they had their hearts in their throats, watching a game they thought was gonna be a blow out.

Yep. That's the one thing I hate about Andy. He has a tendency to treat a 10 point lead like it's 35.

Don't let up until they're buried, fat man.

Not sure what he's so cocky about. Their defense won them the game. 19 ain't gonna cut it this weekend.

Brady and Manning got the yips when they were under a ton of pressure. Every QB has a threshold. Burrow's might be higher than some, but he can be shaken too.

You would think that won't be a problem with the KC fanbase after previously losing to Cincy. I doubt anyone is taking things for granted after the team appeared to be dead with 13 seconds left against Buffalo.

Burrow's quotes about crowd noise should be plastered on the Arrowhead video boards during every Cincy possession.

Thuney and o-line shuffle only buffaloed them so long

He better not. Keep scoring no matter what.

77% of the money on KC minus 7 points...Chiefs win by 6 or less.

The Chiefs just covered against a better team.

Give it a rest.

Can the Chiefs get hard again after their marathon F**K session last weekend? Is there concern for a downturn in performance after such an epic and likely emotionally draining game against Buffalo?


Can the Bengals keep offensive pace with #15, #87, #10, and whomever plays the Wildcard on Sunday (#1 /#25/ #17 / #13)?


Will the Chiefs DBs slow down Chase?


Will the Chiefs DL take advantage of a scrub Cincinnati OL?


The Chiefs offense proved to be the heroes last weekend, but the Defense is likely going to have to make plays and step up against the Bengals, forcing an important stop or two. Has Spagnuolo learned from mistakes made during Week#17?



These are my concerns. I think the Bengals are going to be a damn tough out, and this game may have more of a Broncos Week 18 feel to it.



*ETA: Even as a pessimist (I am never cocky or completely confident on gameday--ever), I feel the Chiefs should by all accounts win on Sunday and would only lose through bad coaching decisions, or some weird regression of player performance similar to earlier this season.

What's this all about?

Butthurt, mostly. :D

Massive money on the Bills...Vegas backed up the Brinks truck...you really have no idea how this works.

Maybe you should quit resting and educate yourself.

We have a thread for the rigged shit. Keep it their please. Thought we talked about this two weeks ago.

rooting interests

19 states for the bengals, 16 for the chiefs, prepare for the salt

We've secured the country's hearts by taking Alaska. That was a big one.

i think there is something very sweet about michigan being so blue for stafford

very sweet indeed

we are going to depress all of the eastern seaboard and up through the great lakes in a few weeks

almost feels like man in the high castle, **** the Nazis and the Pons, neutral zone is where it's at bitches

Actually, it's fair to consider that a lot of people who are fans of teams who have never won a Super Bowl or for whom it's just been so long (the Jets) are rooting against the plucky teams like Cincinnati to get their first one.

I know a bunch of Vikings fans for whom last year rooted for the Chiefs because they didn't want to see an historically trashy franchise like the Bucs get TWO on them before they even got one.

I'll bet it's the same thing this year. "The Brown family-owned Bengals? THOSE guys are going to get a goddamn Super Bowl before WE do?! GO CHIEFS!"

we lucked out this postseason

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Maybe. With this OL and our QBs arm, I don’t think the weather affects us as much as it does other teams.

For instance, dome teams also historically struggle in the weather. That 2019 game against the Colts was a good example. It looked like the Colts were playing in roller blades.

We don’t play one this year, but you never know about future seasons.

it helps with drops

Can't help but think the crowd is louder when it's nicer. Not really sure though.

NBC Florio/Simms have an entire video dedicated to picking the betting line...this isnt "rigged" talk anymore...it's part of the "fabric of the game" now... like it or not.

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It's easier to be loud when you're not all bundled up and freezing your ass off because science

Exactly. Even if the Chiefs get down, the crowd is going to be in it until the end.

Most of the analytics have the Chiefs covering. In fact, most of them look like a 10-point win.

Shit...I think they SHOULD win by 10...but since speaking truthfully is frowned upon, I leave it at that.

Chiefs shall win game!!! !

Yes they shall...

Patrick is a snow game guy.

Only Burro is expecting this to be close...

There’s a few of us up here, mostly Seahawks fans who hate 49ers/Rams.
Not sure the Chiefs over Bengals though. Everyone I know picks against the Chiefs no matter what, and not sure why, mostly they pick the big market teams cause Atleast in Juneau they’re all whiny liberals who wish they lived in big cities and hate anything Midwest/conservative. *not trying to make this political whatsoever, it’s just a trend I’ve noticed living here for half my life* the rest of the state doesn’t aspire to be Seattle/San Fran so that probably carries the Chiefs to the top.