2020 Divisional Weekend Game Thread: Nevermore

Super Nomario

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11-18 on third down conversions, including some long ones. Huge chunk plays. 8.6 plays per drive. The score is almost impossible to explain or you would think replicate. It is the result of three turnovers and repeated fourth down conversion failures after long drives.

It is really hard to put up 530 yards, have 29 first downs (almost double the Titans’ 15!), average nearly 9 plays a drive, average 5.8 yards per play, have a 143 yard rusher and a 126 yard receiver, convert nearly 70 percent third downs, punt once, miss zero field goals, score a TD, and score only 12 points.

We may all never see another game like that ever.
The Ravens' last two drives of the first half and first two drives of the second, they combined for FIFTY-TWO offensive plays (Titans ran 55 offensive plays all game, just to reinforce how insane that is) ... and scored six points. They had four different 60+ yard drives that scored no points; by contrast, the Titans' scoring drives were 20, 29, 45 (one play), and 81 yards.
 

Euclis20

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It's odd that most don't consider a turnover on downs (i.e. failure to convert on 4th down) as a true turnover, because otherwise the turnover margin would be 7 for Baltimore, 0 for Tennessee. That explains the disparity between the scoreboard and the box score as well as any.
 

DennyDoyle'sBoil

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Just one more to add to the anomalous nature of the game — Ravens actually won time possession too despite Henry’s dominant performance. And not just barely either. Over four minutes.
 

tims4wins

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Since 2012, Marshawn Lynch has the most rushing yards in the playoffs. A little over 800.

That's an amazing stat.
Henry now at 561 - in 4 games.

2017 @ KC: 23 for 156
2017 @ NE: 12 for 28 (go Pats!)
2019 @ NE: 34 for 182
2019 @ Bal: 30 for 195
Total: 99 for 561
In Wins: 87 for 533 (6.13 YPC!)
 

Mystic Merlin

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Yeah don't they usually have the Sunday playoff games at 1:00 and 4:30?
Yep, they moved the start times back this year. Reported reason was to give them scheduling flexibility with West Coast/Mountain teams.

‘The league announced on Wednesday that Divisional Round games played on Sunday will now start at 3 p.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. ET. They had previously kicked off at 1 p.m. ET and 4:40 p.m. ET.

Those are the same kickoff times as the conference title games and the change should allow for more flexibility about scheduling games involving teams that play in the Mountain or Pacific time zones. With the kickoff moved to a later time, there’s now an opening to schedule a home team in any time zone for any of the game slots.’

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/05/22/nfl-changes-start-times-of-sunday-divisional-playoff-games/
 

Valek123

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The Titans remind me so much of the early Brady years Pats, all the way through to the league not being excited about their advancement(marketing opportunities). The nightmare NFL scenario is the Texans pulling this off... AFC championship of Titans vs Texans would be awesome from an underdog scenario.

The NFC is loaded with marketing potential remaining.

Henry is an absolute monster, he's the new better Lynch.
 

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I think the best result would be for KC to lose on the first drive of overtime. That way we get the collective boohoo over the poor Chiefs being robbed of getting any chance to win the game 2 years in a row.