Ravens fans are scared
 

Best case scenario is that KC is knocked out before they get to us IMO. I’d love for them to go to New England and play a close physical emotional game that ends in an L

You can see the headlines now. The Chiefs are the ONLY team that Lamar has faced in his career that he has never beaten. MVP 2019 vs MVP 2018. Add in this new Suggs wrinkle too.
I don't know man. The Chiefs scare the hell out of me, but it would be really sweet for that to be the win that puts us over the top.

He [Reid] has struggled to get over the hump in the playoffs but he also has notoriously owned Harbaugh in the mentor vs. mentee match up.

I would say without a doubt KC is the #1 problem the Ravens could face. Even though we are re-tooled defensively since we first played them, the Chiefs have changed too. I really don't like this matchup for us to be honest. I hope to God I am wrong.

https://forum.russellstreetreport.co...-it-seems-like

So there are intelligent raven fans. Huh.

Mahomes is Jacksons kryptonite. We can score on that defense in a hurry, which will force the Ravens to be more pass oriented.

Make no mistake about it folks, Lamar Jackson passing WITHOUT THE THREAT OF THE RUN, is nowhere near the elite numbers he has put up against defenses defending the run first.

Time and again, Lamar has missed wide open targets by a mile. If they fall behind, and do no have time for every play to be constantly running clock, Lamar Jackson on passing talent alone is not enough to beat the Chiefs.

Chiefs now are running a different coverage nearly every single snap. With HB now roaming in the slot, the box, and deep, the ability to confuse him is far superior to that of the D we fielded against them early in the year.

The ravens could not win against our horrible D early, they wont win against the best d in football over the past 5 weeks.

Being in Baltimore wont be enough to overcome Mahomes.

On the flipside, the Ravens are the only team I fear... and that's including the NFC teams we would face in the SuperBowl.

Their secondary is much better now. We wouldn't go in there and drop 500 yards on them again. But we're also better equipped to contain their offense now.

Ravens resting Lamar this week, they have a bye next week so he won't see football action for 3 weeks. I won't be shocked if they get knocked out division weekend in their first playoff game.

Ingram has a ****ed up calf too so he will be taking it easy also.

Hill will torch Marcus. Marcus will melt down. Hill will go off like Michael thomas did last year.

If Earl and Marcus double Hill, Hardman will go for 70 on a catch n run like last time, or Kelce will have another 11/142 game like Denver suffered.
Hell, even Watkins might show up.


They're not equipped to stop Mahomes.

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I don't fear any of AFC Teams but the NFC it's the Saints I worry about the most

The Saints scared me until they lost Davenport AND Rankins.

They’re ****ed if they play an offense like ours outside of that dome.

I mean if we were getting blasted 30-13 at the start of the 4th, I’d be nervous playing that team again too.

Holy shit I didn’t even know that. Granted I don’t pay much attention to them particularly.

SF is going to lose this weekend which means that GB will be the 1 seed. Hard for me to think the Saints could win there.

It would be great playing the Packers in the SB. First year HC will not outcoached Andy and the history would be awesome, except we get payback.

That sure seems like a long layoff for him.

I honestly fear the Patriots. Going back into NE and winning in the playoffs is going to be extremely difficult. If we lose it’s the same shit as every other year.

We beat them without Tyreek, the offense with him is a different beast.

Shannon Sharpe was talking about when his team rested the starters they lost first game

Thinking back to 2017 we rested starters and got bounced first game didnt we?

Feels good to finally be the boogeyman.

I'm not scared of shit this year. We can go anywhere and beat anybody and we're most likely gonna have to go NE/Balt back to back; so embrace the run that's about to happen.

Why? If we’re healthy, we’ll beat them down.

The Pats just dont scare me, our d played them well. We beat them with some ref help but MVPat was wounded and not throwing well towards the end at all.

I'm nervous just because Chiefs but I'm also SO confident we're better than every other team. We haven't lost by more than 8 points since the Mahomes era began and we have a good defense now. A really good defense! Our locker room is solid and on a mission. We'll be fine.

Drew Brees is a statue in the pocket, our defense will block his throwing lanes and force him to eat the ball all day long! No team can keep up with our offense when we're running on all 8 cylinders. Playing in Miami will allow our offense to turn it loose! o:-)

We’re better than New England at literally every position besides corner and linebacker.

That team just doesn’t scare me. They’ve been coasting by on their joke schedule all season long.

I hate this "ref help" narrative. Yes, we got a break at the end, but what about the bogus calls that went the other way? The gap in penalty yards was staggering.

They needed a blocked punt and a fumble to avoid getting blown out. And we didn't even play particularly well offensively.

From that Ravens board:

Re: Worst Fans (based on fan forums)

I’ve had a good experience at Chiefs Planet, they are mostly intelligent fans who are able to look at things objectively. Same with the Bills fans.
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My first ever Ravens game was the playoff game vs Denver on New Year's Eve 2000. I saw a late 30s guy with his 10-12 year old son, both in Broncos jerseys, being urinated on by numerous Baltimore fans while in line to use the urinals. Unfortunately, that is the image that a lot of people have of the city of Baltimore and, by association, it's fan.

Only thing that scares me about NE is their cheating.

Baltimore can play with us. We blew them out earlier this year, but last year took a somewhat miracle pass to Reek to pull it out.

Doesn't matter in the end, it happened and we won.

Patrick and Tyreek are in the business of making miracles.

Right we were outreffed at least 2 to 1 if not worse. LMAO

Hell on one of those ref screw jobs at the pats, Honey Badger got pushed hard in the back as he was tackling their sure to score WR at the los.

I was ready to criticize this act until I realized they were Broncos fans. They deserved it.

Baltimore's defense has improved since early in the year, but it's not at the level of last year's.

I think at least 2 of the PIs were bullshit flops, and both led to scores. The Patriots needed a lot to go their way just to stay in the game.

Next time, we need to bury them early and take the refs out of it.

Yup, don't let a call here or their be able to decide the game at the end. Leave no doubt, just leave them hopeless after a couple of quarters AND keep the pressure on as you keep scoring.

You can make statistics "mean" anything you wish. Everybody knows that (or they should).

However, I found this to be an interesting factoid ...

QBR when down by two (2) scores:

Lamar Jackson:
60.2

Patrick Mahomes:
112.1

FAX

Harbaugh might be doing us a huge favor by sitting him.

Lamar had the microscope on him in college, but this time I have to think its going to be a whole lot more pressure than he's ever had. The newness and awe of Mahomes isn't the media darling that Lamar is right now and honestly that's good.

Sitting for 2 weeks and coming back to the grinder of being that media darling and having the weight of the entire franchise/city on his shoulders could cause him to force more and make mistakes. I could easily see him having a let down. if Ingram isn't 100% and can't take some of the carries, Baltimore has the potential to be an early out.

I watched it and yes they called us too but you cant say we didnt catch some solid well deserved breaks. Normally we dont. Karma finally swung our way and its okay.

edit: we were whooping that ass with a wounded mahomes, it took trick plays to keep them, a healthy pats team in it. im not saying we only won because of the refs, just that it sure as **** didnt hurt.

they should be scared of him too....dumb bitches

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Ravens fans are scared
 

As they should be. The top 2 teams in the league right now look like the Chiefs and Ravens. The rest of the top 5 all resides in the NFC and all has some notable question marks:

The 49ers have been ravaged by injury, especially on D, and have been giving up a LOT of points.

The Seahawks have won a lot of close games and likely aren’t as good as their record.

The Saints have also been hammered by injuries on D.

I’m also rooting for a round 2 Ravens upset. They’re the Chiefs’ top competition. If the Texans get hot throwing the ball and manage to knock off the Ravens in the division round, it would set KC up to host the title game against a less complete team.

The team with the better passing game wins >80% of games in NFL playoffs. That is KC. Baltimore is built to get a lead and then sit on the ball. Jackson's QBR when down by 2 scores is 60. Pat's is 112.

I'm not saying Baltimore will be an easy win. it will not. But we are strong where they are weak and if we can get on a lead early and force them to play catch-up, odds are we win.

They got it right.

The Chiefs are the only truly complete team of the AFC playoff teams this season.

The Titans have a good defense but a sporadic offense. Henry is hurt; will he play in the playoffs, and what will he be able to do if he does.

Texans have a pretty good offense, but it is also a little off-and-on. Their defense is the worst in the league in the red-zone, and near the bottom in 3rd down stops.

Bills have a top-5 defense but a bottom tier offense.

Patriots have a great secondary, an average run defense and a bottom-tier offense. Tom Brady is one of the 6 worst QBs under pressure this year, behind the likes of Derek Carr and Baker Mayfield.

If you look at how they've scored on offense this year, much of the time it's on short field situations after their defense managed to get a turnover. When faced with a 70+ yard field, they've ended up punting more often than not against better-than-average defenses.


The Chiefs are the only team that has proven they can score on any defense regardless of situation. And now the Chiefs defense can put the brakes on any offense. In particular, the Chiefs have a top-10 secondary, a top-15 run defense, top-tier against 3rd-down conversions, and top-6 in the red-zone. The Chiefs pass rush is in the top-10, as well as a top-10 turn-over machine.

The Ravens are the only team in the field that stacks up against the Chiefs and vice versa. Should be a great match-up if both teams make it to the AFCCG, and they should, barring injuries/flukey bad luck.

Jackson became very surly
When he ejaculated too early
So he ate a tortilla
And gave himself diarrhea
It's easy come, easy go, Shirley.

FAX

ROFL..............

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As for matchups/improvements...

The Ravens’ secondary has improved, for sure, from what faced KC.

But Hill is healthy and available and changes a bunch of what a D can do in its secondary. And Hardiman is also Improved - experience - so that’s a big ++ for KC, IMO.

And the Chiefs OL is healthy and better. Eric Fisher makes a huge difference for them, even though he’s merely a slightly better than average LT.

The Ravens’ offense has improved. They’re more versed in their scheme and playing with confidence.

They also may have a limited Mark Ingram. That calf injury is one that may linger.

The Chiefs’ D has improved by leaps and bounds, especially in its DL play and in LB run defense.

The Ravens run 3 WR less than any other team in the NFL. That means KC can live in a 3-Lb set with Ragland on the field if necessary to help the run game. Pennel and Saunders will also be factors and weren’t the first game.

I think KC gains more from being healthy and gains more from in-season improvement than Baltimore (which needed two very fluky won jump balls to even make the first matchup close).

Get a lead and force Jackson to pass predominantly.

And I’m not sure what the stats say but it seems like most of Jackson’s TD passes have come inside the 20 to 10 yard line when teams are overly worried about the run.

That’s basically the plan.

Good points.

I truly believe a healthy Chiefs team is stronger than Baltimore. And a problematic matchup in several ways.

My worry is having to beat a team that's thirsty for revenge on the road.

Revenge for what? Losing in the regular season in a game that didn’t end up mattering? If they need that for motivation they’re already beaten.

Chiefs are the only team that Lamar hasn’t beaten (that he’s played). They thought they should’ve won the game last year, and losing again this year just added fuel.

But... very few #3-6 teams make it to the superbowl, let alone win it.

If we are #3... the Chiefs odds of winning it all go down significantly.

I'm not afraid of their quarterback Tim Tebow. We can go on the road and beat them.

We have a real quarterback that can hit our guys between the numbers.

Mahomes went for 374 and 3 TD without Tyreek Hill. He's gonna light their asses up again if they have to now commit 2 guys to Hill alone.

How about we piss pound Phyllis and the Chargers and then look forward?

I don't like all this chicken counting either...

Go **** yourself.

And he just stood there and let himself be pissed on? I'd sure as **** make sure they experienced near-death trauma.

WTF?

Like IowaHawkeyeChief said we also freaking owned the trenches in that game, so the only thing I’m really worried about is the refs. I actually expect us to get a lot of calls this post season though so I don’t know that too expect going in there.


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Well, the odds go down significantly if you're not a 1 seed, the NFL is just that top heavy..... there's not a huge difference between being a 2 seed or 3+.

If we can beat the Ravens the same way the Royals beat the Orioles to go to the championship, all the Baltimore sports fans will probably go nuts. Orioles fans never got over that.

That said, even though the Ravens are probably the most talented competitor, there's no way anyone should be more afraid of them than playing in New England and Belichick off a bye. I don't care how depleted they may be. That's going to be a slugfest where you're probably going to have to play a mistake-free game. It's the same thing every year... the Patriots are done, then they turn it on at the end. If we make it that far we're going to get their best shot.

We r gonna kick da Ravens in da Peenus lol

From the Baltimore Sun:

“Please don’t play the Chiefs in the postseason”

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...c3y-story.html

LMAO

We are the outlier. Quit being a pussy.

I thought it had happened several times in the last 20 years.

That.

How many 3 seeds are 12-4? Or have a Mahomes? And are pretty damn good everywhere else? Just not common

It’s just so ****ing shitty.

The Pats and Ravens finishing ahead of us despite us going 12-4 and beating both teams. We of course lost a game that we had complete control of and no business losing.

If we’re the 1 or 2 seed I honestly think we win the SB fairly easy.

As a 3 seed, I’d probably give us a 40% chance, which is still very high for a 3rd seed, but still worse than 50/50.

The best part?

He’s terrified of KC and doesn’t even seem cognizant of how much the defense has improved.

Ya toast, Ravens. Just wait.

Pretty honest assessment actually. Mahomes is completing 66% of his passes, the same as last year. The offense has had a lot of injuries, from the QB, OLine and even Reek missing games. But now they are healthy. They will be a handful to stop. If they play 2 Safeties deep to keep from getting burned- Kelce will gut them in the middle of the field all day. If they blitz- our RB's strength is catching screens and getting yards after the catch.

This offense is flying way under the radar right now, which is a good position to be in. Ravens have better stats, but the Chiefs have a more high-powered and fluid passing attack.

Exactly... the difference between a 2 and 3+ seed isn't "if only they were a 2 seed, they'd have a much easier road due to home field or the week off, etc.". It's just there aren't many 3+ seeds worth a shit.

Out of the 12-win WCs in recent years...

2018 Bears - lost at home in the WC round.
2018 Texans - lost at home in the WC round.

2017 Raiders - got handled @Texans in the WC round.

2015 Bengals - lost at home in the WC round.

2014 Cowboys - could be the one case in the past 5 years where you can say being a WC team hurt a team, as maybe they beat the Packers at home in the 2nd round. :shrug:

There is no easy road to being a true Champion.

Unless you are the cheating Patriots, with the easiest schedule in the NFL and "scouts" out filming sidelines.

Chiefs will be going into the playoffs on a 6 game winning streak and can beat anyone.

The bigger issue imo is just the added game.

A key injury could derail the whole thing and the odds of it happening only increase woth another game.

Plus having to go into Baltimore and New England just make it damn tough

Yea I said the same thing yesterday. I have no doubt we will beat the Titans, but we’ll be lucky to make it out of that game healthy.

Shit, we have to worry about tomorrow too.

Teams that sit guys for a few weeks could get a rash of injuries as well.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

In the end, it's about moving away from the loser/puncher's chance mentality, where they need to make the most of any playoff berth and hoping they're lucky enough to win a couple games, because who the hell know when they'll be back..... to knowing they have a great chance to be in a similar position for years to come, so most years aren't all-or-nothing.

There's much less fear involved.

Holy shit. Didn't realize this.

Oh I’ve been telling people all week that our D is better than the Ravens.

That D is overrated as **** this year.

Baltimore only has 35 sacks this year.

That's shocking for a team that's been ahead as much as they have.

They literally have nobody outside of Judon.

They needed Suggs even more than we did.

On the topic of first round byes and players sitting out for three weeks (like many Ravens players will be). Rodney Harrison on FNIA says not playing for that long does get you out of your routine a bit and players/teams can definately experience some rust. If I had to guess I'd say young teams like the Ravens would be more susceptible to this than a veteran team like the Patriots. It'll be interesting to see. Obviously our Chiefs dont have to worry about this. Perhaps its another thing Ravens fan should be worried about.

Not sure how two weeks of rest will affect Jackson’s ability to run the ball. He can’t and won’t win with his arm regardless of whether he has two weeks of rest or not. The extra rest could help Ingram though.