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Originally Posted by rfaulk34
Yessir. There's no reason for the Chiefs to fear facing anyone. "gives us trouble", yeah well...that's the NFL. If i could make it so the Bengals have to go to Buffalo, go to KC and then go to Baltimore, i'd do it in a second, regardless of a wing and a prayer or already clinched.
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Originally Posted by tredadda
Yup. After last season’s playoff run I am not sure why KC would fear playing anyone. If anything I can see every other team fearing the thought of facing KC.
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Yeah, I wouldn't say 'fear', but there's also some history of not playing the best seed available every round, for example...
2021 - Chiefs couldn't beat both the Bills and Bengals
2022 - Bengals couldn't beat both the Bills and Chiefs
And last season, the Ravens obviously weren't prepared, but maybe they've learned a bit.
And not so much "couldn't", but just the fact those games are 50/50 toss-ups, teams that see each other on average more than once per season.
Mahomes' margin of victory is 11 when not playing Brady, Allen, or Burrow in the playoffs... and it's 2.8 when playing those guys (granted, I left out the Bucs SB as to not skew the small sample size, or else it's like 0.7).
I'd say there's a pretty huge difference between playing a team like the Texans or Chargers in the Divisional Round and playing a big rival like the Bengals and of course a QB like Burrow.
Of course, that would also mean the Bills are eliminated in the WC round, which would be both hilarious and helpful.