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Originally Posted by Lzen
Such a great post. 
The one game that really stands out to me is that Titans AFC Championship game from the 2019 season. Their superstar RB had been terrorizing opponents in their first 2 playoff games. And we shut down Derrick Henry in that game. |
For me it's the Eagles Super Bowl.
It took the ceiling off what any team with Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid can accomplish.
Jalen Hurts played the best game he's ever played; maybe the best he ever will. The Eagles as a whole played incredible football. The first half couldn't have gone much better for them.
Didn't matter. With a less talented roster and with a miserable game script for the first half, Patrick came out there and got the job done. It was an all-time great performance.
And now it's one we KNOW he has in him. One that age and/or injury hasn't taken from him. It's there when he needs it. If he needs it Sunday, it's there for him again.
Is this Ravens team better than last year's Eagles team? I don't think it is. Does it match up better against us than last year's Eagles squad? I don't think it does.
And for all that, it wasn't good enough.
Time eventually makes fools of us all. Some day - perhaps this weekend - Patrick's gonna reach into his bag of tricks and find nothing more than an empty sack. It's gonna happen; it happened against Cincy in the 2nd half of the AFCCG.
But never
count on it happening. Patrick Mahomes has entered the rarified air where you simply do not bet against him.
You can do so at your own peril.