Let's Talk About Baltimore (AFC Championship)

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Headed back to the AFC Championship Game!!!! Discuss.

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by DRM08

I'm not sure what you're talking about. Mahomes already has 13 wins in the Playoffs at age 28, which is insane for such a young guy. He is only 3 Playoff wins short of Joe Montana for #2 on the all-time list. He is probably gonna blow past Montana's number.

I think Patrick Mahomes already has a GREAT legacy and it's very likely to have more icing on the cake as he plays the rest of his career. He doesn't need to win the game this weekend. It would be amazing to get a win, but it's not a requirement by any means.

The Chiefs team has already gone much further than many of us expected this season after watching their dumpster fire game on Christmas Day. That did not look like a team that would be able to win any Playoff games. But they've won 2 of them and that's a pretty dang good result this season.

It's all very squishy. I just think it's pretty soft for Chiefs fans to parade around simultaneously saying "we're the man who comes knocking; this is our conference" and "this game doesn't mean much to us." Pick a lane.

[ThyKingdomCome15]

Chiefs have the secondary to play a single high safety and load the box. The Texans hung in there for a while but they played back as if Lamar was a legit pocket passer. Ravens won't get that luxury when they play KC. It will be night and day.

The key to everything is backfield penetration, tackles for loss. Keep the Ravens behind the chains and you kill 70% of their offense.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by StalkRavenMad

Just want you to know the Ravens have to All Pro LBs the Phins and Bills were playing with PS LBs
This week will tell if your offense is truly on a heater or did the offense benefit from playing 2 really banged up defense.

You guys played against a Texans team without Tank Dell or Noah Brown. And their OL was total shit outside of Tunsil.

I've watched your defense. They aren't some all world squad. The Browns and Rams game clearly prove that. You basically have one very good pass rusher (Madubuike) on your DL. That's really about it

And I already posted how much trouble good TE's give your defense.

[rydogg58]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

Shout out the guy who goes through every single one of my posts and immediately thumbs down them regardless as to how deferential toward the Chiefs I am or objective about the game. I can only hope that the Ravens have half that level of homefield advantage on Sunday.

Upper left of your screen.

Click "User CP"

Left of your screen, scroll down to "Miscellaneous"

Click "Helpful Answers"

Go **** yourself with the nearest sharp and/or rusty object.

Enjoy.

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by RunKC

I've watched your defense. They aren't some all world squad. The Browns and Rams game clearly prove that. You basically have one very good pass rusher (Madubuike) on your DL. That's really about it

Very true except for the other three all pros in additional to Madubuike you must have missed when you watched our defense.

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

It's all very squishy. I just think it's pretty soft for Chiefs fans to parade around simultaneously saying "we're the man who comes knocking; this is our conference" and "this game doesn't mean much to us." Pick a lane.

I'm certainly not one of the people saying that. It's a very flawed Chiefs team. They will need to avoid the type of dumb mistakes they have been making all season if they want to win. Last weekend was mostly clean, but they did have a really dumb fumble on the goal line that cost them 7 points. Cannot do that in the next game.

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

Literally could not be more wrong. The Ravens were a highly successful franchise before they took Lamar Jackson at 32 and played a large part in making him who he is. They had multiple Super Bowls and hall of famers before he entered the equation.

Edit: gonna remove this line about the Chiefs. Don't want to be insulting. Point is Ravens are far more than Lamar Jackson.

It's wrong to say that Lamar is the foundation of the current success of your franchise?

Lamar Jackson is also the only semblance of a franchise QB you have in the history of your franchise.

Again, it is laughably pathetic watching you try your best to detatch Lamar from the Ravens.

[Shag]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

It's also such transparent cope to keep spamming that this game is "house money" for the Chiefs and "all of the pressure" is on the Ravens. Pre-loading your coping mechanisms. You can make the argument this game matters more for the Chiefs than the Ravens. They want to prove they can win on the road, go back-to-back, etc. Neither franchise here is the Bills or Lions and needs this game desperately. They'll both be back here.

You just lying to yourself here, the pressure is entirely on Lamar and his reputation as a playoff choker. The Chiefs have nothing to prove at this point, are in a down year, and can embrace the underdog role. Of course they WANT to win, but the narrative doesn't change if they lose. If Lamar loses, it's just another choke-job, proving his doubters right.

[ForeverIowan]

Originally Posted by BWillie

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[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by rydogg58

Upper left of your screen.

Click "User CP"

Left of your screen, scroll down to "Miscellaneous"

Click "Helpful Answers"

Go **** yourself with the nearest sharp and/or rusty object.

Enjoy.

Found him! Keep up the good work, soldier. Totally not loser energy to dislike dozens of comments prima facie without once engaging on the merits. Most well adjusted NFL message board user

Just know you're not alone. There are even weirder people than you on this board who are trying to communicate with me by leaving comments when they give me negative reputation for stating an opinion. DM me and I can hook you guys up, would make for cute couples.

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

It's all very squishy. I just think it's pretty soft for Chiefs fans to parade around simultaneously saying "we're the man who comes knocking; this is our conference" and "this game doesn't mean much to us." Pick a lane.

Six straight AFC Championship Game appearances, three of those previous five championship games resulted in the Chiefs representing the AFC in the Super Bowl... that speaks for itself.

The Ravens are the desperate franchise that hasn't been to an AFC Championship Game in 10+ years.

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

Conversations about things like "legacy" are intertwined with narratives. And the narrative going into these playoffs is that Mahomes hadn't won a road playoff game. He did that this past week, but if he comes into Baltimore and beats one of the most dominant regular season teams of all time to go to the Super Bowl, it definitively answers that question. That matters when you're talking about "legacy" whether Chiefs fans want to act like they're too cool for it or not.

And again, the narrative YOU should be focused on is Lamar only winning a whopping two playoff games in his career. Mahomes’ legacy is not in trouble; this is a make or break legacy game for YOUR guy. THAT is the corrective narrative, that is the narrative that you don’t want to focus on, that you need to distract from - because deep down inside, in the quiet parts of your innermost being, where you only subconsciously admit your deepest darkest secrets and fears, you know… the champs are coming.

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

The Ravens don't need homefield to win Super Bowls. They've done it multiple times on the road. You can have your invitationals.

Enjoy the L that’s coming.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

Found him! Keep up the good work, soldier. Totally not loser energy to dislike dozens of comments prima facie without once engaging on the merits. Most well adjusted NFL message board user

i think I really do like this guy/girl/whatever. Can we keep him? Way better than that Fisher dude and Dixlix. This one has a sense of humor.

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by Raiderhater

And again, the narrative YOU should be focused on is Lamar only winning a whopping two playoff games in his career. Mahomes’ legacy is not in trouble; this is a make or break legacy game for YOUR guy. THAT is the corrective narrative, that is the narrative that you don’t want to focus on, that you need to distract from - because deep down inside, in the quiet parts of your innermost being, where you only subconsciously admit your deepest darkest secrets and fears, you know… the champs are coming.

Sure, that's fine. I really don't care about a QB's legacy. I want a good game and for my team to win.