Your Bengals/Chiefs AFC Championship Game Open Thread

A sobering thought just occurred to me-there’s only three games left this season. Damn. Well, at least I’ve got the Senators and Sillycuse to watch. Okay, do me a favor and gouge my eyes out. If it was good enough for Zedekiah then by gum, it’s good enough for me!

To The Game!

Bengals/Chiefs:

-Much has been made of the bananas shootout game back in week 17 and how we might see a repeat of that. Can I throw a bit of cold water on that?

-Well, for one thing, Cincy has been averaging all of 20 points per game during their last three while K.C. has been on fire, averaging 35 in their last 5.

-Sure, Evan McPherson has been rightfully given his props for his swagger and coolness under pressure but settling for field goals in this game is going to get the Bengals a blowout loss.

-Is it Tee Time? A fella (Montgomery might be his name?) on a Rotowire podcast noted something that I found interesting. Wr Chase, in his first game with a few teams went gangbusters. Versus Pittsburgh he had 65 yards and 2 TD’s-after they made adjustments for the second game he was shut down and it was Higgins that had 114 and a TD. And it was the same with the Ravens-201 yards and 2 TD’s the first time around but it was Higgins that had 194 and 2 TD’s in the return tilt. No doubt Spagnoulo will tweak things regarding coverages on Chase and perhaps that opens the door for Tee.

-Is Burrow’s willingness to take a sack part of his overall strategy of protecting the ball? He’s had only one interception in his last seven games and that was off the hands of Perine last week.

-Yes, there were 9 sacks taken last week but previous to that in the 4 games prior he was getting dumped 2.4 times a game. As far as (very) recent history is concerned, the Titans game may have been an outlier.

-Can you outscore the Chiefs at home? The Chargers and Bills accomplished the feat but that was way back in week’s 3 and 5. Mahomes is 8:1 with a 9.4 YPA and a 76% completion rate in the playoffs so far.

-Another sobering thought but this time for Cincy fans-they’ve scored but one TD in their last 18 drives.

Enjoy what’s on offer.

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ballsofsteelandfury

OT it is

Senor Weaselo

Well that escalated quickly.

ArmedandHammered

I CANNOT WATCH THE GAME! FUCK YOU AT&T! WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

Spur

KC was playing with fire. That fumble was very close.

TheRevanchist

The last 2 plays, Mahomes could have thrown it away. Stupid fucking plays twice in a row

Sharkbait

COME ON SHANKLOHR!

ThePirateSloth

OH DAMN

King Hippo

Joe Thuney of North Carolina State University – saves Mahomes’ arse

Old School Zero

wowwwwwwwwwwww

TheRevanchist

This is pissing me off. Good thing I’m a happy drunk.

rockingdog

Is KC Gonna play for overtime?

Senor Weaselo

Now are we in the “let them score” part?

ThePirateSloth

C’mon fumble!

King Hippo

Imagine it’s 4th and goal inside the 1, Andy calls timeout with 3 seconds. WHAT DO YOU DO?

litre_cola

Head back to the buffet before closing.

King Hippo

Run twice, make sure you don’t lose in Normal Time?

Old School Zero

“This one’s for all the torpedos here at the Raytheon AFC championship game!”

King Hippo

good Lord, that play took FIFTEEN SECONDS

Old School Zero

“Now that’s what I call ExtenZ-ing the play!” — Jimmy Johnson, probably

Spur

Just let them score the TD.

King Hippo

I’d blitz like mad

King Hippo

Good Romo is back today, he made an excellent read on that defensive formation. Can’t show your cards to Mahomes like that.

King Hippo

Their plan is to use ALL. We will see if that backfires?

Old School Zero

My TRUCK turned my PUSSY into a DOG howabout THAT you COMMIE LIB

King Hippo

BANNER!!!!!

Gumbygirl

Walter is a great cat.

rockingdog

Bahahaha
That’s Rocking!

King Hippo

Man, this coming AFC decade will be bonkers. Imagine when Donks add Q-aaron to the mix.

herodotus450

And trying to guess which key Bengals player is gonna have a career ending injury is thrilling!

King Hippo

Uzomah took the Krumrie bullet today, it seems.

ballsofsteelandfury

Cincinnati ahead in the fourth quarter!

I bet you that if you asked Redshirt for this before the game, he’d have taken it without questions.

ThePirateSloth

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Spur

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Old School Zero

Art

The Maestro

I know there’s a lot of time left. But goddamn, Joe Burrow is a fucking baller.

ArmedandHammered

AT&T fibre sucks, download rates dropping into the kb/s range, Fubo is now a slideshow.

ArmedandHammered

Oh, so the speeds pick up for the commercials so they can be shown, but teh actual game? Slideshow time.

ThePirateSloth

I find myself kinda rooting for Joey and the Bengals.

Old School Zero

b-b-b-bengals and the joe

ThePirateSloth

That’s an awful morning radio show

Game Time Decision

For Redshirt

Spur

and a face mask no call

King Hippo

Takes that shot AND a facemask pull. Just gets right up and plays on.

Redshirt

…and this is after the knee injury.

Old School Zero

oh no that scorebox was three days away from retirement!

Spur

Eli called his O-Line “The Night Lights”.

The Maestro

JOSEPH LEE BURROW

ThePirateSloth

What the fuck just happened?

King Hippo

Q4 in Arrowhead Stadium = Permanent Plaid

King Hippo

oh my Lord, that is JOHN ELWAY AT HIS BEST there. TELL ME YOU WOULDN’T RUN THROUGH A BRICK WALL FOR JOE BURROW.

Spur

JOE FUCKING BURROW!!

Sharkbait

Burrow. Stop chucking ducks.

King Hippo

ARE WE HEADED TO EXTRA TIME ONCE AGAIN??

rockingdog

Bengals DEF is showing up!!!
Those Sacks on Mahomies are Rocking 💯

SonOfSpam

I remember Mahomes being unstoppable like it was just today.

King Hippo

which (not to spoil the morning thread) is why that final play of the first half is VALIDATED. You need a yard, go for the kill shot and 28-10. You can’t just presume you can take the easy 3 and coast.

Senor Weaselo

I say, if you’re getting the ball back, kick the three and then between the back to back you get the killshot. And now, in hindsight, Cincy’s scored 21 straight.

ThePirateSloth

FUCK YOU APPLEBEE’S

King Hippo

this just can’t be said enough.

King Hippo

More twists than that good White Stripes album

SonOfSpam

Chubby Checker was RIGHT THERE

King Hippo

who’s WHITE NOW smgdh

SonOfSpam

NAWT A SECRET

Been a resident of Orange County for 52 years.

NotShogunButShogun

The first one?

Sharkbait

SUDDENER CHANGE

Senor Weaselo

Holy shit that’s a nice pick.

Old School Zero

excitement now under review

Gumbygirl

Whoopsie.

Petronel

Bananacakes GIFs at the ready, all.

Last edited 2 years ago by Petronel