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Originally Posted by jd1020
Not giving the Cincy D-coordinator any ****ing credit.
The Chiefs were destroying the Bengals on the ground with both McKinnon and CEH so the answer to that is to give the Chiefs the run and watch them not take it? Thats on the Chiefs. Thats on Mahomes.
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While I believe our loss starts with Patrick, it's on Andy, too. There's a reason he holds the all time record for 18+ blown leads in the playoffs.
What's frustrating is that the Titans rolled out this exact strategy against him in the 2019 playoffs, and Andy (after a stalled drive), responded with a brilliant, soul-crushing, 7 and a half minute drive that featured 10 rushing plays, culminating in a rushing touchdown by Damien. The drive featured a lot of power rushing formations and doing exactly what the Titans allowed him to do (running the ball).
We needed a drive like that when Cincy adjusted in the second half. Yeah, Patrick needed to check into more runs, but at some point Andy needed to realize that the air-game wasn't going to work with Cincy's defense, but for one reason or another, he never adjusted.