Let's Talk About Baltimore (AFC Championship)

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

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

What? You guys are the one's that are coming in to our board and saying he is a great pocket passer who runs. No, his is an Ok pocket passer who is a great runner? Those QB's don't play until their 40, if they are lucky they play to maybe 35. If you don't like it, don't post in here and don't lurk in here. It's your choice.

I'm coming in here and saying who the hell cares? I don't give a damn whether message board posters classify Lamar Jackson as a "pocket passer" or a "great runner." Such weird energy. I'm a Ravens fan, he's the quarterback, and he has one of the highest winning percentages of all time. If he declines, guess what? The Ravens will reinvent themselves as a contender the way they have time and again. They're not the organization they are because they stumbled into the right QB/coach combo. I'm chilling.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

I'm coming in here and saying who the hell cares? I don't give a damn whether message board posters classify Lamar Jackson as a "pocket passer" or a "great runner." Such weird energy. I'm a Ravens fan, he's the quarterback, and he has one of the highest winning percentages of all time. If he declines, guess what? The Ravens will reinvent themselves as a contender the way they have time and again. They're not the organization they are because they stumbled into the right QB/coach combo. I'm chilling.

*Regular season winning percentage*

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by Raiderhater

It’s your fan base coming to this board spewing nonsense like, “this is a legacy game for Mahomes”, the guy who’s legacy may be added to but, is certainly already pretty well defined. Maybe you should put a little more focus on the stupid shit you and your own are saying as visitors to our board and worry about Lamar’s legacy seeing as how he hasn’t even made an appearance in a SB, let alone won two of three.

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.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

Boys, a few of my posts are missing the thumbs down. It's especially important that you guys defend Chiefsplanet as your home turf now that the "Arrowhead Invitational" I heard so much about before this week has been summarily cancelled. Call it a "Moral Arrowhead Invitational."

You're cute.

[FloridaMan88]

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.

Lame attempt by you to deflect from how much pressure is on Lamar entering this game.

Right now Lamar's legacy is regular season success that doesn't translate into championships.

Mahomes' legacy as the GOAT is already established... he would just be adding to that with a win.

Lamar needs this win. The pressure is on Lamar.

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by notorious

Is John Harbaugh going to go for it every 4th down because he's scared shitless?

If Baltimore falls behind, there's going to be some major puckered asses.

The Ravens were one of the first teams to embrace analytics and go for it relentlessly on fourth down, but this year they're actually one of the lowest rates in the league at that. The reason is probably because they're strong enough across the board that it's not worth them taking gambles and allowing the other team the chance to close the gap should the conversion fail. I think it's very possible that changes this game given that the Ravens don't have a clear advantage over the Chiefs like they did most teams they played during the regular season.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

Boys, a few of my posts are missing the thumbs down. It's especially important that you guys defend Chiefsplanet as your home turf now that the "Arrowhead Invitational" I heard so much about before this week has been summarily cancelled. Call it a "Moral Arrowhead Invitational."

Good news, if you host it for 4 more years in a row, you can call it the "take it to the bank invitational", although that shitty bank would probably be sold by then...

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

Boys, a few of my posts are missing the thumbs down. It's especially important that you guys defend Chiefsplanet as your home turf now that the "Arrowhead Invitational" I heard so much about before this week has been summarily cancelled. Call it a "Moral Arrowhead Invitational."

Good news, if you host it for 4 more years in a row, you can call it the "take it to the bank invitational", although that shitty bank would probably be sold by then...

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Lame attempt by you to deflect from how much pressure is on Lamar entering this game.

Right now Lamar's legacy is regular season success that doesn't translate into championships.

Mahomes' legacy as the GOAT is already established... he would just be adding to that with a win.

Lamar needs this win. The pressure is on Lamar.

I'm a Ravens fan, not a Lamar Jackson fan. You guys are so obsessed with Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes. This is like TMZ the way you're obsessing over individuals as if they're celebrities. You all must subscribe to the "great man" theory of history.

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.

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

Good news, if you host it for 4 more years in a row, you can call it the "take it to the bank invitational", although that shitty bank would probably be sold by then...

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

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

I'm a Ravens fan, not a Lamar Jackson fan.

Lamar Jackson IS your franchise.

Lame attempt to deflect.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

I'm coming in here and saying who the hell cares? I don't give a damn whether message board posters classify Lamar Jackson as a "pocket passer" or a "great runner." Such weird energy. I'm a Ravens fan, he's the quarterback, and he has one of the highest winning percentages of all time. If he declines, guess what? The Ravens will reinvent themselves as a contender the way they have time and again. They're not the organization they are because they stumbled into the right QB/coach combo. I'm chilling.

Fine, but don't scold us for having that opinion in our own forum...

Are you saying the Chiefs stumbled into the right QB/Coach combo and other wise this organizaiton is shit?

[DRM08]

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.

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.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

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.

Great, the answer I wanted. So you realize it's possible to beat a better team on the road to a Superbowl?

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by StalkRavenMad

The wonderlic bit was for all your compadres you talked about the wonderlic score. Lamar toom Soags lunch money the last time he played him. I know that was Niemann and Sorenson, and the Honeybadger, but it was Spags that dialed up the blitz. I'm quite sure it was his intention the last time they played to make them kick field goals until Mike Danna bit on that nasty fake an Lamar flipped into the endzone. You have a good back 7 but your LBs gonna have to cover Likely, MAndrews, or Justice Hill coming out the back field. It's going to be fun watching the chess match but don't think Spags is the only that has multiple moves he can make.

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

I get it. Mahomes is as "him" as they come. No one can take that from you guys.

The weird part to me is just turning that around into some argument about how Lamar Jackson isn't going to be good in six years and isn't a real QB and blah blah blah.

The Ravens are doing just fine over here, thank you very much.

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[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Lamar Jackson IS your franchise.

Lame attempt to deflect.

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.