Originally Posted by stevieray:
game pic thread?
we don't really do that shit anymore
i just drop em in player/relevant threads
a sb one is a must though
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Originally Posted by Gravedigger:
If the Bengals win, Burrow would've gone to two Super Bowls, possibly won one, lost one, just like Mahomes. Now Mahomes has the benefit of being in the league for a couple years more than Burrow, but if you can see what's on the horizon, and you look at the type of ego they're gaining now, you gotta squash this.
Having Mahomes at 3 Super Bowls appearances in five years buries Burrow's 1 Super Bowl loss in his first few years in the league, further laying truth that the Bengals were lucky the Chiefs took the second half of the AFCCG off and tried to slide to a win off a comfortable lead.
You gain some space between the two, knock Joey and his team down a peg, allowing the cap to sew division and doubt in their team over the next few years, punch Eli Apple in the proverbial dick because everyone knows he deserves it, just start the snowball rolling down the hill this weekend.
Just like Josh Allen and the Bills last year, you can cause irreparable damage and scarring to their team by beating them on Sunday. That's what I want to see, break Allen one year, break Burrow the next. You caused this issue by letting them back into, and then allowing them to win the game last year off turnovers, you protect the ball this time around, take a possession or two away from them, you'll get that snowball rolling.
I was thinking about that some and how fickle sports can be... just like the difference between being 2-2 in his first 4 AFCCGs and how easily it could have been 3-1, the margin between dropping to 2-3 or improving to 3-2 was also razor thin.
It really does give you an appreciation of how difficult it is to win... on one hand, in all the weirdness with playoff seeding, it ends up paying off with HFA and having the Bengals/Bills play each other instead of going through both.
OTOH, just to get back to the SB, they had to deal with Tyreek, rebuilding on defense a lot and reloading on offense, then for Mahomes to get hurt, then the rest of the roster last night... it's just unbelievable.
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