I just feel like everyone is going to spend all week talking about Mahomes' ankle or Burrow being a Demigod or Chase against this young secondary or Lou Anarumo being a psychopath...and then in the end it's just going to Samaje Perine bludgeoning Bolton and Gay to death.
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
WOW: #Bengals CB Cam Taylor-Britt calls out #Chiefs TE Travis Kelce for lying, after he said he wanted to face Cincinnati in the playoffs.
Originally Posted by Red Dawg:
Bengals fans are stupid. They simply passover a trip to Buffalo like that's some cake walk win to get to us.
Yeah, and it's not like they've just dismissed it. It's like the matchup against the Bills isn't a thing. Like the Bills in the wild card round don't exist. It's weird. [Reply]
The “nobody wants to play these bengals” had to be one of the most ludicrous forms of fan fiction imaginable. Based on a 5 game winning streak against bad teams.
Baltimore and buffalo were and still are the teams to beat. They can actually play defense. Ravens in particular have started to play excellent defense [Reply]
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
The “nobody wants to play these bengals” had to be one of the most ludicrous forms of fan fiction imaginable. Based on a 5 game winning streak against bad teams.
Baltimore and buffalo were and still are the teams to beat. They can actually play defense. Ravens in particular have started to play excellent defense
They truly think Burrow and Chase can win despite the defense. They feel as strong about Burrow as we do about Mahomes. Even though Burrow hasn't really done anything great yet. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Yeah, and it's not like they've just dismissed it. It's like the matchup against the Bills isn't a thing. Like the Bills in the wild card round don't exist. It's weird.
Their confidence in winning a shootout with the Bills is interesting.
On one hand, I get what they think that offense would absolutely shred the Bills' defense. Though, I think the Bills' DL/pass rush is good enough to create pressure on Burrow and get some key stops because of sacks.
On the other, the Bengals' defense is pathetic and doesn't have anything that suggests they can stop the Bills' offense. Trey Hendrickson is great, but he's a one-man show. Bad secondary, bad safety play, and no other significant pass rush threats. [Reply]
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
The “nobody wants to play these bengals” had to be one of the most ludicrous forms of fan fiction imaginable. Based on a ... winning streak against bad teams.
Baltimore and buffalo were and still are the teams to beat. They can actually play defense. Ravens in particular have started to play excellent defense
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Those two things are related.
That’s fair. But the bengals didn’t even play good defense against bad teams. Ravens arguably got better as they figured out how to use van noy. There’s at least some reason to believe they’re a halfway decent defense which is better than terrible. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
Buffalo had 0 wins and 2 losses to the Bengals in recent years. Probably would have been 3 losses if not for the Damar Hamlin emergency. Pretty decent chance the Bengals would defeat them again, especially knowing how bad McDermott’s defense seems to choke in the Playoffs.
Remember when KC lost to them three times in a row? There’s no guarantee Buffalo loses if they faced the Bengals again. [Reply]
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
That’s fair. But the bengals didn’t even play good defense against bad teams. Ravens arguably got better as they figured out how to use van noy. There’s at least some reason to believe they’re a halfway decent defense which is better than terrible.
I was just talking about the Ravens' schedule and how soft it's been lately (but yeah, the Bengals sucked all season).
I'm interested to watch the Ravens in the playoffs... they were the true definition of elite last season, the Chiefs had an incredible half of football in the AFCCG to move the ball on them like they did, and every right to shut it down at halftime. [Reply]
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
That’s fair. But the bengals didn’t even play good defense against bad teams. Ravens arguably got better as they figured out how to use van noy. There’s at least some reason to believe they’re a halfway decent defense which is better than terrible.
Buffalo hasn't played good defense against anyone lately either. [Reply]
