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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The AFC is so bizarre this year.
Best throwing QB in the league's been hurt and had 3 or 4 pretty sub-par games including 2 in a row that would grade out as below average by modern NFL standards.
The 1 seed has a QB who specializes in Tim Tebow style easy throws into open spaces created by his legs. The #2 seed has father time looking like Damon Huard out there.
The team with the 3rd best record has a QB who can't hit the broad side of a barn but if he did, he could throw the ball through it and somehow has a 9-3 team. The Texans are a lot like the Jekyll and Hyde Chiefs.
And somehow the !@#$ing STEELERS are in playoff position. With...nobody. And if they don't make it it's gonna be because Ryan Tannehill, who wasn't good enough for a team openly tanking, has taken the Titans back to relevance.
The 2019 AFC is as strange as any conference I can ever remember. There's truly no way of knowing where this is gonna go. Which is why I'd REALLY like to have a bye and HFA. With as crazy as everything is, having fewer games and having them at home has to be an advantage, doesn't it?
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Your analysis is spot on but I will disagree on the last point and take the reverse psychology approach about us being on the road instead. We have not played well at home and have lost more at home than we ever should have to your point.
Psychologically the Ravens,Titans,Colts,Texans and Pats are not intimidated by Arrowhead whatsoever with the Ravens wanting revenge. Especially the Titans who have beaten us now 3 times in our house in the last 3yrs. Buffalo if IIRC has a pretty decent record as well in Arrowhead and has nothing to lose because they never expected to get this far. We will be playing anyone of these teams and I say we will play better on the road because we will be more focused and make less mistakes. Subconsciously the players won't be saddled mentally and emotionally with the temptation to think "well we are in Arrowhead"
so..........the sense of urgency is not as high as it would be if they are on the road IMHO.
Yes home field advantage in most instances is always better but to your point about this being a weird year something tells me it will be better for us to be on the road.
We will probably get the 3rd or 4th seed with only 1 playoff game at home in the WC and then be on the road the next 2 games assuming we win the 2nd playoff game which is alright by me.
