Let's Talk About Baltimore (AFC Championship)

[SHOWTIME]

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

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

Yep. So am i. My life isn't defined by what the football team i root for does.

Good one. Try to make some jab at my team, lose the argument on the merits, then say you don't care about football. Don't @ me then.

[kstater]

Well, this is awkward. Everything we said was gonna happen, happened.

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[Bearcat]

Let's recap.... on THIS PLANET...
- Regular season results don't matter much
- Regular seasons stats don't mean shit
- Beating 10-win teams isn't impressive
- You aren't "historically great" until you win something
- Lamar still isn't a good passer and probably not a savant
- Ravens' defense is pretty legit, but the Chiefs' is pretty good, too.

[rydogg58]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

I didn't even read that WaPo article on him being a savant or whatever, but I do think Lamar has a unique kind of brilliance. It's very specific: reading defenders' leverage in the open field and being able to exploit the way they're leaning to make a move. The problem is that for this entire season, including in this game, they stubbornly moved away from designed runs to such a point that that brilliance wasn't at all utilized. How many RPOs did you see this game? QB keepers? Almost literally none, and that's exactly what has made him revolutionary. This is something I think they'll fold back in in year two under Monken.

Also listen, if you guys want to keep obsessing over QBs exclusively like groupies then I'm not here for it. I'll talk the game, but this weird dynamic of just meat riding two guys is a waste of my time.

Uh huh. Sounds like shit a loser would say. He's so revolutionary in his ability to not win in the post season.

[Mulliganman]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

Even assuming that's true arguendo, my team still has two Super Bowls in my lifetime and yours has none. Zero. I'm chilling.

Props for showing up postgame. But still enjoy some antifreeze on me

[Bearcat]

Story time... I went to an Atlanta Hawks playoff game years back because I was in Atlanta and tickets were crazy cheap. They handed out passive aggressive towels that read "now you know".

I think they lost that game, so we knew... but, feel like it's a "here's your sign" for opposing fans when we're telling you how it'll all go down and you don't listen.

Now you know.

Spoiler!

[RedinTexas]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

Yep. So am i. My life isn't defined by what the football team i root for does.

As long as the Chiefs are winning, Mine is.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Did Baltimore only call SIX running plays to running backs for the ENTIRE GAME?

Andy is in Harbaugh's head, boys. Your typical Andy-Harbaugh match where Reid runs circles around him.

This. When I saw that BAL had run just 7 times in the entire first half, I knew it was over. Whoever their OC is, he's a moron. Game-planned 100% away from the strength of their offense. And right into the strength of KC's defense. Just about as dumb a thing to do as I could imagine.

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Let's recap.... on THIS PLANET...
- Regular season results don't matter much
- Regular seasons stats don't mean shit
- Beating 10-win teams isn't impressive
- You aren't "historically great" until you win something
- Lamar still isn't a good passer and probably not a savant
- Ravens' defense is pretty legit, but the Chiefs' is pretty good, too.

The regular season does matter. Is it dispositive? No. But it materially increased the degree of difficulty for you by coming on the road and being injured from playing a second game. If the Zay touchdown had happened instead of a fumble or if any other number of high-leverage plays had gone the other way, this game could have been close. I don't think it would have been close at Arrowhead if you were coming off of a bye and healthy. Is the regular season dispositive? No. No one says it is. But to act like it doesn't matter is not true.

Also you're telling on yourself by making this post almost entirely about putting someone else down. Are you that insecure? Is that what Ravens fans did to anger you so, put your team down? Or did they just take pride in their own team? Why does that bother you so much? Do you only feel good when making others feel bad? Why not yourself focus on how good your team is? Miss me with that energy.

[Kman34]

We are jolly red giants stomping around the NFL winning shit and ****ing famous women..
What a time to be alive..

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

I didn't even read that WaPo article on him being a savant or whatever, but I do think Lamar has a unique kind of brilliance. It's very specific: reading defenders' leverage in the open field and being able to exploit the way they're leaning to make a move. The problem is that for this entire season, including in this game, they stubbornly moved away from designed runs to such a point that that brilliance wasn't at all utilized. How many RPOs did you see this game? QB keepers? Almost literally none, and that's exactly what has made him revolutionary. This is something I think they'll fold back in in year two under Monken.

Also listen, if you guys want to keep obsessing over QBs exclusively like groupies then I'm not here for it. I'll talk the game, but this weird dynamic of just meat riding two guys is a waste of my time.

But, we were also told he was a pocket passer...

[Kman34]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

The regular season does matter. Is it dispositive? No. But it materially increased the degree of difficulty for you by coming on the road and being injured from playing a second game. If the Zay touchdown had happened instead of a fumble or if any other number of high-leverage plays had gone the other way, this game could have been close. I don't think it would have been close at Arrowhead if you were coming off of a bye and healthy. Is the regular season dispositive? No. No one says it is. But to act like it doesn't matter is not true.

Also you're telling on yourself by making this post almost entirely about putting someone else down. Are you that insecure? Is that what Ravens fans did to anger you so, put your team down? Or did they just take pride in their own team? Why does that bother you so much? Do you only feel good when making others feel bad? Why not yourself focus on how good your team is? Miss me with that energy.

Oh shut up.. You lost and we won.. And you're spending time on the winning teams board.. What Do you expect??

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

The regular season does matter. Is it dispositive? No. But it materially increased the degree of difficulty for you by coming on the road and being injured from playing a second game. If the Zay touchdown had happened instead of a fumble or if any other number of high-leverage plays had gone the other way, this game could have been close. I don't think it would have been close at Arrowhead if you were coming off of a bye and healthy. Is the regular season dispositive? No. No one says it is. But to act like it doesn't matter is not true.

Also you're telling on yourself by making this post almost entirely about putting someone else down. Are you that insecure? Is that what Ravens fans did to anger you so, put your team down? Or did they just take pride in their own team? Why does that bother you so much? Do you only feel good when making others feel bad? Why not yourself focus on how good your team is? Miss me with that energy.

Whatever. We're on to Vegas.

[carcosa]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

The regular season does matter. Is it dispositive? No. But it materially increased the degree of difficulty for you by coming on the road and being injured from playing a second game. If the Zay touchdown had happened instead of a fumble or if any other number of high-leverage plays had gone the other way, this game could have been close. I don't think it would have been close at Arrowhead if you were coming off of a bye and healthy. Is the regular season dispositive? No. No one says it is. But to act like it doesn't matter is not true.

Also you're telling on yourself by making this post almost entirely about putting someone else down. Are you that insecure? Is that what Ravens fans did to anger you so, put your team down? Or did they just take pride in their own team? Why does that bother you so much? Do you only feel good when making others feel bad? Why not yourself focus on how good your team is? Miss me with that energy.

Dispositive deez nuts homie

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by Kman34

Oh shut up.. You lost and we won.. And you're spending time on the winning teams board.. What Do you expect??

I was literally told that I would be a coward and irredemable if I didn't show up. And because I'm psuedo representing the Ravens fanbase, that's why I'm here. Believe me, it's not because I want to spend time around you brain dead ghouls.