| tredadda |
02-07-2023 04:06 PM |
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Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger
(Post 16792483)
If you listen to the media we're basically playing the 85 bears defense, the Chiefs Willie roaf O-line and the Ravens 2019 rushing attack.
Then I switch on the Eagles vs Cowboys game from a few months ago and just shake my head. People have buried that game under the guise of Philly not having Hurts. But Reid and his staff have not buried it. The amount of deficiencies that you see from the philly defense in several areas are so apparent it's scary. And then you look at the stats and how they are poor against the run, one of the worst against screens and vulnerable in the middle of the field. The tale is there to see...but the media don't want to share the story.
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Those are excellent points. As the Cowboys are rivals I wonder how much of their success against the Eagles defense is a product of familiarity and how much of it is exposing that defense. I tend to throw division games out the window due to that. Look at KC, the Broncos are trash and yet still played the Chiefs closer than should have been. To me those games are in no way an indictment on KC.
I do find it funny though that they seem to overlook how dominant the KC offense has been against top tier defenses. Rarely in the Mahomes era has a top defense shut this offense down and I don’t think they will this time either.
I don’t know why, but the closer we get to kickoff the more confident I am in a Chiefs victory. I usually don’t get that way about any game. The Eagles are a very good team but I think a combination of big game jitters, Hurts injury to his throwing shoulder, and KC’s offensive firepower will be too much. I just can’t see them being able to hang with the Chiefs in a shootout. |
Let’s talk about the Eagles (Super Bowl edition!)
(https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=347246)