Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
I extremely confident. The Chiefs have just been locked in since the first game against the Texans in the regular season.
Saquon will have to have a career performance to beat us. Only way we lose.
They don't need an all-world performance from Saquon. They need the Chiefs to turn the ball over like a bunch of Philly's opponents lately. Mahomes and the KC skill players need to protect the football, it's that simple. Critical aspect of the game. [Reply]
Their pass defense is going to get cooked. Too much inexperience combined with the speed at receiver and I think we can wrap this up by the third quarter with finally hitting some big pass play TDs. We saw them attempt a lot of those to Worthy through the midpoint of the season but they’ve kind of held them back lately. We will see some in this game that won’t be misses. [Reply]
Just watched a clip of Pat Mcafee and his crew making SB predictions. And literally the whole room is rooting for Philly. Two guys backed KC. The other six backed Philly and made the same lazy arguments. "Best O-line, Barkley, have a better roster". Anything is possible on Sundays but I wonder if a team will ever be back to back champs, go 15-1, make the superbowl, have a generational QB, generational HC, generational DC and still be so doubted? If this was Aaron Rogers and the Packers would the response be the same? I very much doubt it. And btw Mcafee picked the Eagles too but then backtracked in the end :-) [Reply]
Take the same approach as the Ravens AFCCG...get up on them early and make them chase points. See how willing they are sticking with the run down 10 points...
Hurts has thrown 13 total passes in the past 3 months when trailing after half...he's been coasting essentially all year and playing with a lead.
Chiefs set the NFL record for close games...they are used to it. If this gets tight..and it most likely will, it'll be interesting if the Eagles start to sweat. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BlackOp:
Take the same approach as the Ravens AFCCG...get up on them early and make them chase points. See how willing they are sticking with the run down 10 points...
Hurts has thrown 13 total passes in the past 3 months when trailing after half...he's been coasting essentially all year and playing with a lead.
Chiefs set the NFL record for close games...they are used to it. If this gets tight..and it most likely will, it'll be interesting if the Eagles start to sweat.
Steve Smith made this exact point. He said "the Chiefs know exactly who they are whether winning or losing. Philly are a running team relying on Barkley. But who are they when they are down and have to rely on Hurts? I don't think they know".
The Eagles lost a game where Barkley ran for 150 yards & 2 TD's and the defense had FIVE turnovers. Yes, that happened vs Washington.
And that's why this game is intriguing be because on four occasions Barkley has had big games and one time they lost and another three the opposition had the ball in the final two minutes down less than with a chance to win. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigAl1966:
Jalen Hurts, 5th in quarterback rating - 103.9. Patrick Mahomes, 15th at 94.4. The perceived QB deficit in this game is vastly overblown.
What do their post season stats look like? Asking for a friend. [Reply]