Let’s talk about the Bengals (AFC Championship Rd)

[RunKC]

Welp this game has been on everyone’s minds since the start of the season.

Let’s get some revenge goddamnit!

[The Franchise]

Bengals won't have Jonah Williams or Alex Cappa.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Razaele

Everywhere I have seen shows Chiefs favored by a small margin.

Correct, but the home team usually gets an auto 3 points. KC has half that which means Vegas isn't sold enough on KC and as such won't give the whole 3 which to me means they still favor Cincinnati.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

Bengals won't have Jonah Williams or Alex Cappa.

Their center also injured his knee against Buffalo and struggled through it...so that OL is really beat up.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by tredadda

I don't think they are against us as much as they don't think the Chiefs will win. they have good reason to based on

1. Mahomes is not 100% (healthier than most expected, but still not fully healthy)

2. Recency bias after their easy win on the raod against a Bills team that many thought would win the SB this year.

3. Beating KC three in a row.

While many on here know better, the talking heads don't go that in depth and look into the nuances. They look at the low hanging fruit and make a prediction based on that.

So far Chris Simms is the only guy picking the Chiefs.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

Bengals won't have Jonah Williams or Alex Cappa.

And people are overlooking it because their OL played well last week against a bad DL in the snow.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

This is the Chris Jones game. We’ll remember this one for a long time.

He's going off like Reggie White.

[RunKC]

Pretty crazy stat from Matt Verderame on how bad our LB’s and safeties were last time in Cincy:

“The Bengals completed 17/19 passes when the Chiefs were in zone coverage and 1 of the missed was Tyler Boyd dropping a pass when he was wide open.”

They can’t play zone at all. They just can’t. It has to be a rare occurrence to try to throw the Bengals off.

And I would do exactly what Seth Keysor said…blitz Bolton on every money down right into the A gap to force the Bengals IOL to play 1v1 which will free up Chris Jones

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by staylor26

And people are overlooking it because their OL played well last week against a bad DL in the snow.

The snow saved them in many ways...

Here’s my Carman take for Sunday.
He played well in Buffalo. He mostly won doing the same thing. 45 set with a two hand punch/grab. This will not work as well against Clark (or other Chiefs rushers). Now, this technique works in quick game + PAP. https://t.co/USltaab2aH

— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) January 26, 2023

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Mecca

So far Chris Simms is the only guy picking the Chiefs.

At least one person believes, but like or hate Simms he goes far more in depth with his stuff than almost any talking head.

[Wisconsin_Chief]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

He's going off like Reggie White.

One of White's sacks this game, he put his right forearm under Max Lane's left arm, and physically lifted him in the air and tossed him to the side like he was a child. He had done it plenty of times, but this one in particular was just epic.

He called it his "Hump Move." It may have been the play in this pic. It was one of the most incredible things I've ever seen.

[Hammock Parties]

jones is getting the madden treatment if he does that

[smithandrew051]

After that Super Bowl against Tampa, we would have ZERO faith in winning this game with 3 back up OL.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

Bengals won't have Jonah Williams or Alex Cappa.

There is no excuse for our DE’s to not beat this guy. He’s started 1 game at LT which was last week. He’s their RG FFS.

They need to finally get pressure on Burrow. It’s time

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

After that Super Bowl against Tampa, we would have ZERO faith in winning this game with 3 back up OL.

This is why we can't just sit in zone, Burrow will literally throw the ball in 1 second every single time. The DBs are gonna have to get up on the receivers and physically challenge them. if that means doubling Chase a bunch so be it.

[smithandrew051]

I’d like to see Jones treat Adeniji like this when he’s on the edge a bit: