Man I hope they keep this quote for next season. My God what a **** wad

Why the hell not, poking the bear has always worked out so well for other teams... LMAO

This ain’t the NFC Sean. The guy couldn’t even make it back to the SB with prime Drew Brees and no Peyton Manning or Tom Brady in his way for 10 years.

What makes Sean think he’s gonna do any better with Mahomes, Allen, Lamar, Burrow and Stroud in his way?

The Chargers will continue to be a good team with Harbaugh and Ben Johnson might be coming over here.

The guy always thinks he’s the smartest person in the room. His arrogance will continue to be his downfall

The most Sean Payton moment I ever saw was in his interview with Cowherd when he insisted that Mahomes was the best player he'd ever scouted but that he wasn't crushed when Mahomes went to KC because they got Lattimore "So it worked out for everybody..."

No, Sean. It didn't. It eventually got your ass fired and Andy Reid has lapped you in any 'All-Time Coaches' rankings.

It most assuredly didn't work out for everybody.

But that ass just couldn't admit he ****ed up.

Plus Denver/LV are far more familiar with KC. It’s really hard to evaluate a team based on how they play against division rivals.

Yeah I think a lot of people lose money betting on the NFL trying to judge what's going to happen in divisional games based off of non-divisional games and vice versa.

And with the Chiefs you can take a step further to regular season versus playoff games.

Sean Payton is a ****in clown

Always hated this prick, I'm glad we get to beat the s*** out of his teams more often

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LFG!!!

We actually for the first time ALL YEAR have our full defense preparing to be on the field and it's for the freakin' playoffs

Is that rare or what LMAO

Knew he had a shot at playing but starting? He must be tearing it up in practice. The good thing is he played in the last preseason game and in six regular season games so he's not be totally cold this year like DJ and Nelson.

Hope to see him and Josh man the outside at times and let Trent play the slot. Both Watson and Joshua played 20 plus percent of the snaps in the superbowl so that experience is crucial.

Let him get his feet all the way back Saturday, take care of business, then you reap the MAJOR rewards in potential future matchups.

BUF, BAL, and DET all have their best WRs primarily playing out of the slot with smaller, short-armed body types. To be able to use Trent there again while also being able to trust both boundary CBs is potentially season-saving.

And Rice excluded (who has been partially replaced by Hopkins) the offense is at as close to full gallop as it's gonna be.

The only thing that concerns me at this point is Baltimore. They're it.

Because they're ALSO getting better as the season goes on. I expect Flowers will be ready to go against us and their defense seems to have FINALLY un-****ed itself. It just had too much talent to be as bad as it was in the first half of the season.

Man...that's gonna be a nerve-wracking game.

But it's the Super Bowl, IMO.

(So I still hope Buffalo wins this week).

This week's game will go such a long way towards figuring out if the Ravens are finally for real.... there are wide gaps between ****ed, un****ed, good, and their elite tier last season, and they just haven't played anyone lately with an offense for me to make that leap beyond un****ed (maybe the Texans, but wondering if they just mailed it in that game).

Can't wait for that game Sunday night.

BWILLIE YOU BEAUTIFUL SON OF A BITCH! I COULD JUST KISS YOU!

So glad to eat crow on this one.

We need to give Josh Williams credit here as well. He’s been a credible outside corner so far and that’s helped a lot, especially when you watch Nazeeh Johnson play.

Things are looking up

Crazy. Even Andy didn't seem optimistic a couple of weeks ago. I don't expect him to be 100% on Saturday, but hopefully he can contribute and then be close to his old self when we get to the AFCCG (hopefully).

Yes. But we have the better clutch QB and coaching staff. We will win.

Exactly this. If he can play well enough to man the outside, McDuffie in the slot elevates the defense.

Yes!!! I knew it. Earlier than expected. Best case so he can get in the flow before the Arrowhead invitational.

Yeah hopefully we won't need him to play 60 snaps to beat Texas. If the game is in hand, use him sparingly.

You guys understand he needs to get in game shape for the AFCCG and SB, right? He plays as much as he can, but no more than he has to, not "sparingly" though.

HORNY!!!!

It'll be nice for him to have an extra day off if we win for the AFCCG too, because you know he's going to be sore.

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Rashee Rice back for the Super Bowl?

10,000 posts and it happens!!!!!

Andy just said at his presser that “ well see..” as to Watsons playing time… Doesn’t sound like he’s starting…

To be fair, Andy rarely commits to anything about playing time or strategy in press conferences.

That's what he always says tho

I bet he's starting at least to be the starter. Remember how hard they were pushing guys in camp saying no ones stepping up ect? They may well do the same thing. Look Williams this guy with a broken ****ing ankle took your job. Get the **** in the film room and take it up a notch.

I just keeping thinking about this...

What if... what if ...

The Chiefs blowtorch their way through this postseason, with every game a win that looks like their divisional round games (when Patrick Mahomes did not get injured mid-game).

And people talk about how this team that looked get-able at times during the regular season suddenly turned on the switch at the end, and wow what a job! Who could have seen postseason dominance coming when the regular season was so ... meh?

But really it's about getting healthy on defense (Omenihu back, Reid healthy, Watson returning from the broken leg) and improving in the downtime without its missing pieces, and getting healthy on offense (Humphries added, Brown healthy and back and unleashed in the role they envisioned for him from the start, plus Hopkins off the snap count leash, plus Kelce giving max effort because it's playoff time).

It's a fun dream. Would be a slam-dunk cool way for KC to close out a 3-peat situation and stake a claim for "best ever."

I never realized when he was coaching the Saints how much of a tool is Sean Payton.

Wut? The year long ban and the pill popping didn't clue you in?

Refresh me, what was that all about? I admit, I didn't follow much of that.

And really, I was just talking about the arrogance dripping from his words.

And offense.

We are locked and loaded for a historic postseason that ends with another Lombardi.

I can't see buzz-sawing Baltimore.

I just don't know how you do it. I mean if Jackson vapor-locks again, that's one thing, but if he's playing well, that game is going to be damn tough one.

Our physicality in the back-end provides us an edge that most teams don't have -- we can protect against Henry without having to sell out. But with Andrews seemingly figuring things out over the last half of the season, they have the ability to work in the areas we're weakest.

I can see us beating up Buffalo and the NFC representative but if Baltimore comes through Orchard Park, they're going to be a really tough out.

And if they AREN'T....lordy, you're not wrong. Combine that with the 'toughest SB run in NFL history' last season and you just slam the door shut on the greatest stretch in NFL history. A 3-peat, 4 championships in 6 years (5 conference championships), 8 straight Championship Game appearances, a streak both with dominance and degree of difficulty.

The argument is over. The only thing you could do at that point is stretch it out and stick with "well we'll see if they can do it for as long as NE..."

But over a single period of time, nobody will have every even approached what KC has on their racket right now.

Whoa!

We're gonna piledrive these bitches.

:facepalm:

Perfect timing w him getting healthy.

Let's get it!

I can see the offense presenting stuff for which the Ravens have no answer. To blowtorch them, KC would have to get a few early stops or turnovers and get up two scores + and force Baltimore away from the run game.

Make them one-dimensional WITHOUT Zay Flowers out there?

Yeah - it's not really our offensive production that concerns me.

I think we'll be able to score 30+ if necessary.

I just don't know that we can keep THEM under 30+.

Though I will concede that this requires that I ignore literally every historical datapoint on both Henry vs. the Chiefs AND Jackson vs. the Chiefs.

But it's the playoffs -- I'm not expected to be rational.

I think Baltimore in the AFC Champ would be harder for us than anyone in the NFC.


We could score more this year by attacking their corners (the weakness on their D) but that would require Hollywood and Worthy getting in sync with Mahomes further down the field.

Not only are we getting healthy at the right time, but we’ve also been able to get some players valuable experience during the storm. Hicks is the main one that comes to mind. He just got better and better each week. This may be shaping up perfectly, fellas. Saturday can’t get here soon enough!

Some of you guys forget just how bad Lamar is in the playoffs.

Lamar-8 TD’s, 6 INT’s, 81.2 rating
Allen-23 TD’s, 4 INT’s, 102.3 rating

There is no way anyone fears Lamar more than Allen. And for the 50th time, if you contain Henry then Lamar struggles. It’s been proven with every single loss this season. They drop from 30 PPG to 20 PPG when Henry has less than 85 yards rushing.

We are an elite rush defense. We’ve shut down good RB’s all season long. Spags is gonna do the same thing and put McDuffie on Flowers and dare them to beat them.

Their defensive resurgence is not real either. They’ve feasted on terrible offenses like the Browns, Texans post Dell injury, Steelers 3X and the Giants. They don’t have a great pass rush fellas. Van Noy blitzing isn’t gonna work against Mahomes.

We also have more weapons now than we did week 1 when we lost Hollywood. It’s the Bills. Always was. Josh Allen alone makes them harder to beat.

Baltimore didn’t get the luxury of resting starters in Week 18 like Buffalo.

They’ve been playing for their lives every week. Then consecutive road trips to Buffalo and KC. The Chiefs will have a major rest advantage.

I don’t expect Baltimore to be easy by any stretch, but I fully expect that to be the difference in the game.

The playing time Williams got to work through his early season funk has also proven invaluable.

If you have Watson/McDuffie on the boundary and healthy all season, odds are Williams never gets the chance to earn his stripes back and make himself a viable option out wide.

But out of necessity, he got on the field and seems to have earned back the trust of the staff. Just in the nick of time, it would appear, as I believe Steven Nelson was signed to take his job if he didn't get things sorted.

Will we get to see much Nazeeh and FAU these playoffs?

Hoping to see FAU in the rotation. He’s been surprisingly impactful in limited snaps.

Nazeeh has been impactful but in a different way.

KC is a very bad matchup for Baltimore despite what talking heads say.

Mentally Baltimore and especially Lamar, whether he says so publicly or not, have to dread playing a KC team that they just can’t seem to beat. That takes its toll over time.

Physically Baltimore succeeds by bullying teams. One team they can’t bully is KC. KC forces the Ravens to play the game KC wants, not the other way around.

Offensively KC has a healthy offense with all their weapons and the best QB whose numbers continue to improve as the season wears on. Their weakness is at LT, but I don’t think Baltimore has an elite enough DE to fully take advantage of it. Their defense has regressed from last year. Plus Andy vs Orr is a mismatch.

Defensively KC can commit to stopping the run because their corners (McDuffie, Watson, Williams) can be left on an island or with minimal protection. Plus Spags vs Monken is another mismatch.

Buffalo is a team that has beaten KC enough to believe they can do it again. Plus Allen is an X-Factor who is capable of carrying his team on his shoulders.

If I am KC and could pick, I would rather face the Ravens and if I’m Baltimore, I am cheering for the Texans with all my might hoping for the upset.

100% agree with all the above.

Also Baltimore's interior OL still isn't good at stop our interior rush. It's why Lamar has to rely on ad-lib plays to move the ball against us.

Gonna be tough to do that in Arrowhead again, especially with Omenihu now playing. Could barely do it in Week 1.

If we play the Bills we have to deal with a far better OL.

Man I don't get some of these takes.

WE literally present the worst match up for the RAvens. We have stopped running games all season, including Henry. And we have corners that can play man to man all day regardless of who they have.

The only thing that gets tough is Lamar if he breaks contain. Which he did to us a lot in week 1. But it didn't really hurt us eg net them a lot of scores.

Buffalo is a tougher matchup for us. Not the RAvens.

If Zay can't play, the Ravens are who we want, 100%.

Their receivers are terrible without Zay. Close to the Chiefs receivers last season.

Even if he plays, I highly doubt he's going to be 100%.

Sorry to be a thread buzzkill but Chiefs beat whoever they end up playing.

Just another dumb**** who doesn’t understand the difference between regular season and playoff football.

No problem, we all know this .

I agree for the most part...But the Ravens TE's are a problem. They figured that out in the 2nd half of week 1, and that was without Mark Andrews.

One of the most overrated, arrogant, douche bag coaches in NFL history. He has an almost identical track record as Mike McCarthy, yet gets talked about like some kind of genius. He wouldn’t even have a Super Bowl if it wasn’t for his thug DC paying his thug players to injure Favre, who should have been the one in the Super Bowl that year.

Reid really needs to take the gloves off when it comes to Denver and just fist them the next time we play to put Sean back in his place.

He played in that game though?

I think you can make good arguments for why either team is a tougher matchup. I go back and forth on it but I think I'd rather face Buffalo. They just seem like more of a straightforward, one-dimensional team if they're going to beat us. Whereas the Ravens seem to be hitting their stride and figuring out how to make their offense and defense work at a high level at just the right time.

It'll be a tough game regardless and I'm sure whichever team wins on Sunday will seem plenty capable and have a lot of momentum.

Andrew’s was recovering from a pretty serious car wreck. He’s been a different player the second half of the season. I’m not stressing about it. If Bateman, flowers, Andrew’s and likely are healthy yeah it’s a tough game. I don’t think I take that group over Kelce, Hopkins, Hollywood and Worthy though. Especially given who’s throwing each group the ball.


It’s not often you get a titans team in the afccg there’s going to be a good team there no matter what. I’d rather face the bills D but the ravens qb. Pick your poison. :shrug:


Also I don’t think the bills are one dimensional James Cook is a worse match up for us than Henry imo.

They scored ten points in the second half. Which was the same as what they got in the first half. Chiefs put up 27 and it should have been more as Juju and I think Rice dropped TD's.

What's interesting is the Ravens team from week one are pretty much the exact same squad. Meanwhile our team now has Hopkins, Hunt, Humphries, Omenihu, Hendershot and Hollywood. Plus Worthy and Hicks have improved. Noah Gray, Wharton and Joshua Williams have gotten better and guys like Perine have carved out a role too. So if we do progress to the next round and play the Ravens they'd be facing a much better squad imo. And tbh the same is true vs the Bills as we were missing six or seven guys against them last time.

Their defense hasn't faced great offenses for a long while which has helped their numbers. Sunday will be an interesting test because Russ threw big bombs on them and imo that secondary remains a problem.

Jeremy Fowler just confirmed that Jaylen Watson is being activated off the IR.

If the Bills beat us it'll be because Josh Allen had a fabulous game. I think Cook is excellent but we've absolutely shown the ability to stop guys like him, and he's not going to be the game wrecking freak.

Henry is just a monster. And having to deal with the threat of him and Lamar playing off each other is just exhausting to even think about.

Our defense having not even played a real game yet faced Henry and Lamar. Bolton and Watson were coming back from injury, Nazeeh was getting his first NFL snaps and Omenihu wasn't there. At that point you'd expect it to be rough because our defense wasn't in tackling/game shape yet. But they stood up to it very well. Now everything the Ravens do is on tape. They got 185 rush yards in the game and Henry got a TD and it didn't matter.

Thank you for including hendershot. It’s likely we will easily win because of hendershot

He's a TE who can block well and make catches in 13 personnel which Andy likes to run. He's an important piece in that scheme.

Counterpoint: the Ravens were running a new offense with Derrick Henry and needed more time to gel and find their footing than the Chiefs defense.

Yeah I agree Henry is better over all but we will load up to stop Henry first. The bills are not one dimensional because your forced to pay Josh Allen first then risk the Cook gash when left one on one in space with a guy like Tranquil.

They got 185 yards and were still second best in the game. The key is we've faced them already so we have evidence of how we can approach a potential matchup and also more tape in what they've done since we played them. On the other hand the Ravens never played this Chiefs team and won't have much film. Same with Buffalo.

I'm sick of this narrative. Henry was great in weeks 2 & 3. The Chiefs have a great run D and consistently do well against Henry.

The ONLY game he didn't play well in this year was in Wk 1 vs the Chiefs.

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Just to weigh in on the Bills/Ravens game.

I think the Ravens are a very, very good team. But there's no way they're beating the Bills or the Chiefs. Maybe not even the Bengals, honestly. Even the Texans could push them.

The Ravens have no receivers, with Zay out. And on defense, they've been passed all over all season until they got hot against a bunch of bad teams.

The Bills win this one in a walk.

There's only one AFC team that can manage the Bills, and it's KC.

Something I just remembered about that Ravens game to open the season -

That was when Bolton was just coming back and I think we all remember how slow he looked in that game, like he was running in mud (not that NB is Fred Warner but it was esp bad).

After that he was fine. We also didn't have Omenihu either.

I just don't see the Ravens as an issue. If we do stop Henry, then Lamar turns back into playoff Lamar.

Spags have the formula to beat the Ravens and the Bills defense struggled for much of the season. I'd rather play the Raven if I were to choose.

So the fact that the Ravens annihilated the Texans 31-2 a few weeks ago just goes ignored? Or when the Ravens beat the Bills by 4 scores back in September?

I’m fine if someone wants to argue for the Bills over the Ravens. But you don’t need to say stupid stuff in an attempt to emphasize your point.

And Flowers might play as per Harbaugh earlier today. But even if he doesn’t, they were just fine against the Steelers and Lamar had his highest playoff QBR without his best receiver (though of course, low bar).

The 'formula' vs the Ravens (and the Bills 6 OL stuff they did against Denver) isn't a formula as much as it's personnel.

Pennell, Bolton and Chenal are one hell of a nasty box to try to run against. And with Reid, Cook, Hicks, McDuffie, Williams and Watson, the back end ain't a dream to run against either. Even a heavy dime group with Hicks likely in the place of Tranquill is going to bring some punch.

Jones has become more disciplined against the run and is a large large man. Karlaftis is stout at the point of attack as is Omenihu (if he's not being too aggressive, just like Jones in that regard).

I mean when we think about our run defense, the only real weakness is Tranquill (and our DT2 when Pennell needs a break). And make no mistake, changing from Gay to Tranquill in that weakside role DOES represent a downgrade. Gay was a guided missile in the run game often going straight into the chest of the lead blocker on a play.

But it shouldn't beat us up too much.

The personnel on this team SHOULD do a lot to bottle up the run game. It's an awfully physical group that never gets the credit it should for being willing to mix it up in the trenches.