[mr. tegu]

Ravens fans are saying all of the same things everyone has said all season about how they can win. I don’t blame them though. As Chiefs fans we spent years doing the same thing trying to figure out how to beat a better QB. The problem is despite all of the things we said the Chiefs could do in the past to get a win, even if done perfectly it was never enough against the QBs who were clearly better than ours.

I’ve seen the all the same keys to victory such as win TOP, Mahomes only throws to wide open receivers (I invite any Ravens fans to look at the gif thread to dispel that notion outright), they haven’t faced this defense, force TOs, their defense is terrible and almost lost to the Raiders, etc. But those things are still all irrelevant because only one set of circumstances has been shown as a way to beat this Chiefs team and they are quite absurd to occur with any regularity. If they don’t happen you will lose by double digits or get some garbage points and yards and make it closer than it was.

- You have to score with your defense (NE got it to the one yard line so close enough)
- You have to force multiple TOs on Mahomes
- You have to have arguably the best coach in the conference
- You have to have a top of the line QB
- You have to score 41 points or more
- And last but not least you have to be playing at home in prime time

So if you have all of those things you can get the win but you will still only win by three points and feel pretty fortunate to win whereas if you were playing against any other team you would have won by three scores.