Do we have to? I'm mean lets talk about kpass and mahomes and kelce and tyreek and justin houston!

The only thing keeping this game from being a gimmie is their defense. It's good. And guess who's manning the ship? Dick LeBeau. You know, the guy that won two superbowls with the Steelers because of his zone blitz schemes, yeah that LeBeau.

Alex is 1-3 in his career against LeBeau led defenses.

Two outcomes that I see:

A. Chiefs roll 30-13ish.

B. Titans win an ugly "because Chuefs" game 19-15.

Yep.

Titans DVOA rankings:

Offense 19th
Pass offense 22nd
Rush offense 6th

Defense 25th
Pass defense 28th
Rush defense 7th

No excuses. Alex should rape these guys.

My concern as well. I think we win this one in a limp. Defense does well against a lukewarm mariotta offense. Think our offense will stall but difference maker from last year is we sneak a few throws over the top. We should win but I don't think it'll be pretty. This was the matchup I was least excited about.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Per <a href="https://twitter.com/bhofheimer_espn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bhofheimer_espn</a>, Jon Gruden will be in the booth for ESPN’s KC-TEN playoff game. Sounds like he wants to honor that commitment.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/947854828780314624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Conflict of interest. Gruden normally gets to interview players during the week and access information on preparation. He will take it to the Raiders next year.

Weaknesses: The Tits have no real deep threat on offense, no ability to consistently defend the pass on any level, and a passable at best QB.

KC is streaky and inconsistent (winning record vs. winning teams and losing record vs. teams with a losing record), does not win when tallying less than 90 rushing yards, and have pass catchers that tend to drop passes at key moments.

Strengths: The titans are very good at running the ball. Most experienced coaching staff in the league. Strong front 7. Overachievers.

KC seems to always make 2 big (40 or more yards) plays a game. Dynamic offense. Best rusher in the NFL. QB has highest QB rating in the NFL. TE is 3rd most productive TE in NFL. Playing at home.

Next year doesn't impact this week...

My favorite DC's of all time are Capers, Buddy Ryan, and LeBeau.

I know, I'm a 3-4 fanboy.

If we stop the run we win.

If Murray is still out, this is huge.

No Bill Bellichek?

Scary! Lethal! Dangerous! Surfer Boy is looking to hang 10 on our defense!

Mariota is anxious to get back to the North Shore and do some surfing. Chiefs win 34-10.

I'm not evaluating quality/achievement just my favorites.

Holy intercepted screen pass. I just noticed that Matt Cassel is still with the Titans.

The whole AFC was garbage besides New England and Pittsburgh.

Seems you guys pretty confident the chiefs smack the titans. You're probably right.
The titans run game is nothing like last year.

Titans are terrible.

Hey man what's up?

Thanks, Jeff.

Can you talk about your third-down and red zone defense?

Go Titans forum wants no part of Sweets and I

Just checkin in. Congrats on your division title.

Mariota has thrown more INTs than TDs.

Mariota has had a rough season. Some say he's been injured most of the season.
Playcalling has been an issue as well. The chiefs offense is what the titans offense should look like. Mularkey is more stubborn than i was

LMAO

People underestimate Tennessee yet they almost beat the rams and 49ers and swept Jagsonville

Casshole and Succup. Fat Scott’s two favorite former Chiefs.

Yes, they are underestimated because they won ugly most the season, and lost 3 in a row and almost missed the playoffs. The 3 they lost, cards, niners, rams, they were in position to win all three just couldnt get it done.
Titans fans have been waiting all season for this team to put it all together and play a complete game. Could this be the week?

Only reason I'm optimistic is we slapped around a similar Texans team in 2016.

That Texans team at least had a WR who was good.......

I think these Titans are better

Mariota ran around on the jags. Delaney walker and Henry could be trouble too.

This is not the first time I've seen someone point out that the Titans ALMOST beat the 49ers. Is this an accomplishment?

Ever since Jimmy G they've been a completely different team.

No. I like Jimmy G as much as the next guy but you can't point to almost beating a 6-10 team as a way to prove how scary another team is.

Not buying the hype. Did the Rams even play starters this past Sunday?

I'm pretty sure they didn't.

Okay, but is losing to the 49ers an accurate measure of how much we should be intimidated by a team in the playoffs?

Yes. Joe montana

The Chiefs have this valuable opportunity to pull what the Giants did in 2011. Had mid-season struggles yet somehow turned around their defense to topple a bunch of giants in the playoffs down the stretch(Packers/Niners/Patriots).

It's a win-win situation for the Chiefs.

Win: move on in the playoffs.
Loss: guarantees AS is traded.

I always root for the Chiefs to win but it's nice to know that unlike last year after a loss in the playoffs, I know the next season will be a blast.

Seriously?

33-17 Chiefs

Who knew 8-8 could be so much fun?

Growing more nervous about this game by the day... if Tennessee can contain our run game, and they have a better chance than many teams, it's gonna be an ugly game. I don't think TEN scores more than 19, though.

We’re playing with house money. Alex has all the pressure to perform, and hopefully he does. If not, we’re on to the Mahomes era.

Trimming the tape to the last three games:

Chiefs PPG: 28.7
Titans PPG: 20.3

Chiefs Defense PPG: 16.7 (Jacksonville has allowed 16.8 on the season)
Titans Defense PPG: 20.7

Chiefs Passing YPG: 264.3
Titans Passing YPG: 207.7

Chiefs Rushing YPG: 129.0
Titans Rushing YPG: 101.0

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Also, in my final report of the season..

LINK: http://besreport.com/week-17-bes-ran...al-issue-2017/

BES Overall:Chiefs No. 7 ...Titans No. 17
BES Offense: Chiefs No. 8... Titans No. 25
BES Defense: Chiefs No. 3 ...Titans No. 22

From my data, Chiefs are the hottest team in the playoffs. More on that in the link.

We're all hoping that this team is getting hot at the right time. Thanks for the stats.

Its do or die time for Alex Smith. Hopefully he comes with the attitude he was playing with that had him in the MVP discussion.

The Chiefs ALMOST beat the Giants and Jets.

Thanks Saga. Good stuff

Originally Posted by Why Not? View Post
Two outcomes that I see:

A. Chiefs roll 30-13ish.

B. Titans win an ugly "because Chuefs" game 19-15.
Yep.


Yup I agree with both of you

49ers recently blew out the media darling Jaguars. Jacksonville is the token "team nobody wants to play" in the AFC. Titans are nothing to laugh at, though I'm confident KC can win

I think we'll struggle to run the ball. So we'll put the ball in Alex's hands and tell him to go win a football game. He either does or doesn't.

Titans preseason odds to win the Superbowl were 40:1.

Titans odds to win the Superbowl now that they're in the playoffs is 100:1.

Has absolutely no bearing on anything but its ****ing hilarious.

Since only 16 teams are alive, yeah...

Can I have your car?

12

The Titans are going to muddy this one up and try and deny our offense the field by dominating TOP. Get ready.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/new...d-weekend-2017

RRPP Herm buttsex football

Do we owe them or own them?

They aren't an efficient offense, so good luck controlling the ball if they can't convert 3rd downs or hang on to the football.

Yes

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In his 4 games against Dick LeBeau led defenses, Alex Smith averages: <br><br>58% completions, 218 passing yards, 0.5 TDs, 0.5 INTs and has a 73.9 rating. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a></p>&mdash; beardwell (@LanceTHESPOKEN) <a href="https://twitter.com/LanceTHESPOKEN/status/948988222046130176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Meaningless

It's not meaningless. What do you think teams were doing against this offense in the middle of the year?

Nagy adjusted. Like I said, meaningless stats.

The refs in Fixboro are our concern, not imaginary average defense demons

Did he? Smith only hit one pass over 10 yards against the Chargers. Sucked against the Raiders.

We get that QB in the playoffs without the defense and running game balling out, we're done.

Blew those teams out... The one pass was a bomb over their elite corner ROFL Had multiple scores dropped against the Faid too..

So it's going to be a boring game?

I've seen maybe 10 quarters out of the Titans this year and they are terribly tough to watch.

Titans are a scrappy team that have given Alex Smith and the Chiefs O some problems in recent yrs.

Their D for the most part is pretty solid.

I'm not calling this a win. Titans could very well beat KC in Arrowhead (again).

4 games...irrelevant sample size. Welp...

You really want to play this game?

How about I point to Alex's four best games this year and label it an irrelevant sample size?

That's half his TDs.

16 game season...Let's compare Mariota

Titans were -22 in points on the season (Bills were -57), I doubt any team has ever made the SB after giving up more points than they scored during the season.

Chiefs were +76 by the way. Never lost a game by more than 11 and won several games by a decent margin.

Clay pimping the opposition, what a shock.