Let's Talk About Baltimore (AFC Championship)

[SHOWTIME]

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

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Yea but of course they're gonna throw the stats of every team they played at home had a winning record, 7 made the playoffs..

They're also the first defense in history to lead the league in sacks, PPG and Turnovers.

They're good, I think they're propped up a bit by getting teams at favorable times.

And I think the league just being down in general... they played a lot of "good" teams, playoff contenders.

In terms of proven Super Bowl contenders though.... not much besides splitting the Bengals with Burrow hurt in the game they won and beating the 49ers, and regarding the latter, I guess good luck picking off Mahomes 5 times.

Of course, most of the proven SB contenders fell apart at some point this season... the NFL was trashier than normal this year, so it's damn near impossible to get a good feel for most teams.

[wachashi]

We all know the Bills defense was injured last game and that benefited the Chiefs. But this offense was clicking on a different level than what we've seen pretty much all year.

Even if you take away the obvious busted coverages, the receivers were in-sync with Mahomes. Penalties were not an issue. Mahomes wasn't barking at players to run routes differently. Balls were caught. The offensive line played amazing against a healthy and deep Bills defensive line that rotates in fresh guys.

This offense is peaking at the right time, which really just means executing the simple stuff.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I was just saying this past week how it seemed like the Chiefs had gotten pretty good at containing the running QBs, but damn they struggled keeping Alllen in front of them for 3 quarters... they looked like the Texans being driven up field 10 yards and giving Allen a huge gaping hole in the middle of the field.

Figure out that shit and I don't care if the Ravens run for 150 yards... just don't give up huge chunks of scrambling yards on obvious passing downs to keep drives alive.

Allen and Jackson are different types of runners. Allen will bull rush you while Jackson is far more elusive. I think that suits KC a lot better as we have LBs that can contain that.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

And I think the league just being down in general... they played a lot of "good" teams, playoff contenders.

In terms of proven Super Bowl contenders though.... not much besides splitting the Bengals with Burrow hurt in the game they won and beating the 49ers, and regarding the latter, I guess good luck picking off Mahomes 5 times.

Of course, most of the proven SB contenders fell apart at some point this season... the NFL was trashier than normal this year, so it's damn near impossible to get a good feel for most teams.

And of course they destroyed the Lions and Dolphins...but it won't be noted everyone had figured out Miami by that point and the Lions are better at home and they just played bad.

[smithandrew051]

That 49er game is a fluke.

49ers moved the ball well and stayed in that game despite Purdy throwing so many picks.

If they even settle for field goals on those drives or punt and force the Ravens to drive the field, it’s a completely different game.

All of the Ravens TDs came with great field position.

[KC Shox]

Originally Posted by wachashi

We all know the Bills defense was injured last game and that benefited the Chiefs. But this offense was clicking on a different level than what we've seen pretty much all year.

Even if you take away the obvious busted coverages, the receivers were in-sync with Mahomes. Penalties were not an issue. Mahomes wasn't barking at players to run routes differently. Balls were caught. The offensive line played amazing against a healthy and deep Bills defensive line that rotates in fresh guys.

This offense is peaking at the right time, which really just means executing the simple stuff.

Winning by 3 points against a defense missing 6 starters makes you think the offense is clicking? I’ll take the high road and just be glad we scored 27 and hope we are starting to click heading into Baltimore. They won’t have 6 starters on D not playing.

[milkshock]

Harbaugh is a classless operator who routinely runs up the score which makes it appear that they ‘crushed’ teams

Some of those score lines are very deceiving


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by KC Shox

Winning by 3 points against a defense missing 6 starters makes you think the offense is clicking? I’ll take the high road and just be glad we scored 27 and hope we are starting to click heading into Baltimore. They won’t have 6 starters on D not playing.

It doesn't matter what you win by. They won at Arrowhead by three, thanks to toney.

Offense clicked when it needed to.

Style points be damned.

Besides, we lost starters on defense during the game.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KC Shox

Winning by 3 points against a defense missing 6 starters makes you think the offense is clicking? I’ll take the high road and just be glad we scored 27 and hope we are starting to click heading into Baltimore. They won’t have 6 starters on D not playing.

Nine yards per play most of the game with only needing to convert three third downs until late in the game... and scored on 5 of 7 drives that really should have been 6 of 7 if it wasn't for Hardman's mistake.

What more do you want?

[wazu]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Nine yards per play most of the game with only needing to convert three third downs until late in the game... and scored on 5 of 7 drives that really should have been 6 of 7 if it wasn't for Hardman's mistake.

What more do you want?

You make good points, but if you're asking me what more do I want I'll take no handoffs to Hardman at the 2 yard line, please.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by KC Shox

Winning by 3 points against a defense missing 6 starters makes you think the offense is clicking? I’ll take the high road and just be glad we scored 27 and hope we are starting to click heading into Baltimore. They won’t have 6 starters on D not playing.

Highest yards per play in Chiefs postseason history.

[Direckshun]

I think this is a 60/40 game for the Ravens. The Chiefs have a real shot, and the X factor is always Mahomes.

But part of the reason the Bills couldn't hang with us when we had the ball was their entire second level of their defense was awful, which threw the entire defense off. The Chiefs best weapons are intermediate threats, and that's exactly where the Bills are weakest.

The Ravens' strength is intermediate coverage. Along with all the heat they put on QBs, it makes them very hard to roast unless you have a smart QB (check!) and great deep field threats (no check).

Offensively I'll be fascinated to see what adjustments Spags makes against the run game. I'd like to see what he did against the Eagles in the Super Bowl last year, and have Bolton sit on Lamar in that RPO. I trust our secondary to slow down the Ravens weapons, though not shut them down. But Harbaugh has been on a heater this year, and his offenses have been four steps ahead of the defense all season.

If Mahomes/Reid can engineer a couple successful drives early and stall up the Ravens, I can see the Ravens going one dimensional and struggling. But any lead is going to be hard to maintain against their defense, and any smart defensive plan can have a hole poked in it by a crazy QB scramble.

I'd take the Ravens over the Chiefs in this game, but the Chiefs have a very real shot at the upset.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by KC Shox

Winning by 3 points against a defense missing 6 starters makes you think the offense is clicking? I’ll take the high road and just be glad we scored 27 and hope we are starting to click heading into Baltimore. They won’t have 6 starters on D not playing.

Chiefs ran 43 plays and scored 27 points. Buffalo made it a point to limit TOP. If this had been an average game, the Chiefs score in the high 30s, minimum.

[Hammock Parties]

BROOOO

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by KC Shox

Winning by 3 points against a defense missing 6 starters makes you think the offense is clicking? I’ll take the high road and just be glad we scored 27 and hope we are starting to click heading into Baltimore. They won’t have 6 starters on D not playing.

You have 19 posts in over 15 years, and somehow that’s too many