DRM08 |
09-12-2024 04:40 PM |
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Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar
(Post 17678100)
KC's defense has allowed 30+ numerous times in the playoffs. Yet the Bills Mafia narrative is that Spags consistently shuts playoff offenses down, while McD consistently craps himself.
McD doesn't deserve heat for anything that happened last year. He lost a lot of players to injury and still had them playing at a pretty high level. They had one too many injuries vs KC, but the D still kept them in the game.
I'll give you the Miami game, but Cincinnati's offense was lethal that year. I don't think you could expect to hold them well below 27. And definitely not below the 10 pts that Allen mustered.
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Anyone trying to claim the Chiefs have always had an elite defense is full of shit. Mahomes has faced his fair share of adversity in that regard. Chiefs defense got torched twice by Tom Brady, arguably twice by Buffalo (180 yards rushing in the most recent game, 65% of the game clock), and torched by the Eagles for 35 points in the Super Bowl. They also gave up over 30 points to Houston in the game where the Chiefs were down 24-0 but ended up winning 51-31. As a side note, Josh Allen had a nice lead on that same Houston team and completely blew it. Sort of the exact opposite scenario of what happened with Mahomes against the 2019 Houston team.
I would say Joe Burrow is the one who has benefited the most from a great defense. He is the new Tom Brady when it comes to riding the coattails of a great defense. In 4 of Burrow's 5 Playoff wins, the Cincy defense held the opponent below 20 points. In one of those games, Burrow scored 17 and won the game 24-17 because the Cincy defense ran back a Ravens fumble 99 yards for a touchdown. Even in their losses, the Cincy defense only gave up 23 points to very explosive offenses led by Matt Stafford & Mahomes.
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