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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
There’s a difference between “knocking” and providing context to “look how many 10-win teams they beat!”
BTW, the Jags didn’t win 10 games.
I credited the Lions and 49ers wins as impressive wins.
Beating the Browns with Dorian Thompson-Robinson at QB? Nope.
The Texans in CJ Stroud’s first start, and then without 2/3 of their WR starters? Not really.
There’s always context involved.
And sometimes stats don’t tell the whole story, especially in samples as small as a single NFL season.
The Ravens have had a great year and are a great team. If they beat the Chiefs, they will win the Super Bowl having the best record in the league and having head-to-head wins against every member of the conference championship weekend. It would stamp them as one of the best teams in recent NFL history.
We’ll see what happens.
Confidence from the Chiefs end stems from:
1) an excellent defense that performed within fractional points of the Ravens immovable force D
2) an offense that consistently moved the ball but was held back by penalties and drops
3) having Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid, who have put the blowtorch to top defenses repeatedly during their time together, even when numbers like DVOA indicated they can’t/should not.
4) styles making fights. The chiefs defensive style and personnel is the style and personnel that gives you the best chance against the Ravens offense. The Chiefs have an offensive mastermind and elite-elite QB who perform extremely well against blitzing, zone-heavy defenses.
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5) this is our board. If you can’t read confidence from the Chiefs fans and critiques of your own team, maybe this isn’t for you. And you should go chug some antifreeze.
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The only issue with this is that you cherry pick how the Ravens beat an injured Texans team while in the same breath lauding the Chiefs for beating two teams whose defense were depleted by injuries.