AFC and NFC Championship game thread

jsinger121

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Buffalo has to be kicking themselves right now. They would have crushed Cincinnati.
 

johnmd20

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They played the Titans the year after the lost at home to the Patriots.

And they played the Bills in the AFCCG last year, a year too soon for Buffalo.

I was referring to their last three AFCCG opponents, not who they played this year.
So your argument is the Chiefs suck and/or are lucky because they have been faced off against inferior opponents in the Championship game? By that measure, I suggest you don't look at the Pats' playoff opponents over the years.

You play who you play. Seems kind of paltry to rip on KC's schedule. What are they supposed to do? And I despise this team, but not because they played a very strong Tennessee team in the Championship two years ago.
 

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I hate to count Burrow out. But he's playing against KC, the refs, and Nantz.

Nothing they can do against that triumvirate.
 

BaseballJones

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I cannot tell if this is sarcasm or defending his former team? I mean just let all the DL run by you then jump on their backs from behind then
Yeah that’s crap. Mahomes changed directions and the OL shoved the DL from behind. In what world is that NOT a block in the back? It literally was a block in the back.
 

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Imagine being fooled into thinking the Bengals actually had a punchers chance today; like being told in 1940 "Well you know that French Army is up and coming and have good, solid leadership, they're going to give the Germans all they can handle."

Good think those French tanks had a reverse gear option.
 

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Yeah that’s crap. Mahomes changed directions and the OL shoved the DL from behind. In what world is that NOT a block in the back? It literally was a block in the back.
The literal definition of the rule. And if that DE doesn't go down, Mahomes isn't scrambling wide right on his own without someone in his face
 

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Jerry Rice had a real slow 40 but my number one memory of him is his pulling away from DBs for touchdowns.
Rice’s own explanation was that he was faster in the 4th quarter. As in, he worked so hard running hills and stuff that his drop off in speed as the game wore on was so much less than other guys, he was effectively faster, relatively speaking.
 

Ferm Sheller

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I feel like that 80s Patriots team would have just wasted Jerry Rice's career (at least until he moved on).
 

E5 Yaz

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It's the offensive line. If they could give Burrow time, or create running holes, they could eat clock. It just isn't happening today
 

JCizzle

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So basically the chiefs are the new version patriots and just fuck around over the first month or two. Last time I ever read into a slow start from them.