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Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger
Some things that has me wondering.
This was the situation in the regular season game.
1. They were at home.
2. They had their best OL available
3. We had no Toney, Hardman, Thuney or Clyde
4. Juju had just returned from an injury and still wasn't 100%
5. Our defensive rookies were less experienced
6. Tre Flowers (the guy they used to help double Kelce) was healthy
And with all that we lead going into the fourth quarter and they needed a fumble and missed FG in order to win by three.
Now everything I listed above will be flipped on sunday.
1. We're at home
2. They have three backup OL guys playing
3. Toney, Hardman, Thuney and maybe Clyde will play
4. Juju is healthy
5. Our rookies have way more games under their belts now.
6. Tre Flowers is banged up and may miss this game like he did the Bills one
Now these things might not mean anything come Sunday.. but the fact is they had things way more in their favour the last time we played them and it was only a three point game and they needed a little fortune to go their way.
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Good points, but I would counter with…..
1. CEH being out is an addition by subtraction. I don’t have the unbridled hatred for him that some on here do, but him playing potentially takes snaps away from Pacheco and McKinnon, both of whom are playing better than him.
2. It’s true that KC left points on the board, but so did Cincinnati. They had a dropped TD and had to settle for a FG, got stopped on 4th down in the red zone because of an amazing play by Dunlap, and kneeled down to end the game. That’s 13+ points they could have if not for mistakes.
Now having back Hardman, Toney, and Thuney will be huge this game. One thing is clear is that Cincinnati is not better across the board talent wise and as such them winning on Sunday is not a given.