tredadda |
01-26-2023 06:53 PM |
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Originally Posted by Whatever
(Post 16765775)
To clarify, I mean KC should have more than the Bengals due to the window having been open longer, not that they should have more than they currently do.
Tampa was totally stacked when they played you guys in the SB . Brady was back with a chip on his shoulder trying to prove it wasn't all Belicheat and the Patriot Way. Do I think the officiating was slanted? Yes. Did it make a difference? No. It wasn't much of a game. I do think Reid should have stuck with the run game more with a patchwork OL, but it's hard when you're down 21-6 at the half.
In the AFCCG, the Chiefs lost momentum chasing points before the half. The Bengals went in with a plan to switch up their coverages at halftime to confuse KC and it worked.
We have two Top 10 picks on the roster, Burrow and Chase. I'm not sure where the narrative that we picked Top 10 year after year comes from. Now, both of those guys are home runs, no doubt. You have a few 2nd round guys from the Marvin years(Mixon, Boyd, Bates). The defense is entirely 2-3 round picks and B-C tier free agents. As with any top team, hard decisions will have to be made. There has been contract talk by both Burrow and Chase about how they're going to keep the team together going forward, which would indicate that they won't go for every cent they can, but you don't know that until the ink dries. The cap is going to skyrocket over the next couple of years with the new broadcasting deals and the Bengals are going to be smart and get those deals done early. With the way contracts for QB's are going, Mahomes deal is an absolute bargain compared to when it was inked.
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Fair enough. Your first paragraph makes more sense now. Regarding that SB, Brady was trash the whole playoffs up until the SB. His defense was elite and bailed him out. Those slanted calls in the SB did KC no favors. Plus that elite D-Line abused KC's patchwork Oline and Mahomes ran for his life all game.....with turf toe. The receivers did him no favors, but the reality is that the deck was stacked against KC in that SB.
Won't disagree with the AFCCG last year and pretty much no Chiefs fan on here will either. This has been discussed since the final whistle last year.
I stand corrected on your top 10 picks. For whatever reason it feels like they should have more based on how bad they were for so long. If Burrow and Chase take less to keep the band together then your team will be tough. I will acknowledge they have done well in FA which is a large reason for their success. While the cap will skyrocket, so will salaries and only time will tell how much of a bargain your stars take.
Ultimately my goal was to show through KC's success and failure in the playoffs was that it only takes one play to completely change everything. A time will come for the Bengals when that one play costs them as well.
What NE did was such an anomaly primarily because it seemed like the ball always bounced Brady's way. KC is hosting their 5th straight AFCCG and I will take that any day because as long as they do that, they have a chance to win it all.
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