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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Not in this case. You could argue that neither team has a signature win. But there’s a clear difference in strength of schedule. The chiefs have played 4 top 10 teams. Bengals 1. Meanwhile the bengals have played the three worst teams and 4 in the bottom 10 (jags, jets, lions, bears). The chiefs only 1. Somehow the bengals going 2-2 in those games. The timing of the ravens and raiders games were practically layups. So we’re talking about one team that’s consistently played playoff contenders vs a team that’s played half of their schedule against bad teams. I don’t think there’s any argument the chiefs have had a tough schedule. And easy to make the argument the bengals schedule has not been.
That doesn’t mean either team has any advantage. But on paper we are way more proven even keeping prior seasons aside.
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Yeah, you could argue they should only have 2 or 3 losses instead of 6, while the Chiefs should have 3 instead of 4.... or maybe 2 instead of 4.
And it's pretty remarkable the Chiefs have only played one truly terrible team this season in the NYG, even if they didn't get Rodgers (and teams like the Cowboys and Raiders are still managing wins, which is more than you can say for the Jags, Jets, Lions, etc.).
I personally narrow down my focus to games against SB contenders as having the most weight towards doing really well in the playoffs (of course, consistency and other things factor in to a lesser extent).... so, in the spirit of TimBone's post, there just isn't the 'wow' factor of signature wins this season.
Last season there was the Bills in Buffalo, Bucs in TB, Saints in NO... then even the Ravens in Baltimore. That's a schedule you look at and say, holy shit, this team can beat anyone, anywhere.
This season it's the Browns when they were full strength, then.... the 8-7 Chargers and
almost the Ravens?
And I'm not trying to stir shit over it or anything... simply saying you could look at the schedule last season and have supreme confidence, where as this season it's more like the '20 Bills where you can point to a long win streak and point differential, but still a 'wait and see' to some extent (of course, we have Mahomes and every other team is a dumpster fire right now).