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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Petronel

Oh, Tony, honey, don’t say that

WCS

Romo’s gone meta…

ballsofsteelandfury

One more and then you kick it on 3rd down, right?

Gumbygirl

This cake tastes like bananas!

rockingdog

Bengals are Rocking!!!

ROAR!!!! 🐅

Gatoraids

KC defenders acting like they just want to let them score to get the ball back. Reid coaching of overtime rules with McNabb strikes again.

Senor Weaselo

Romo trying to jinx both teams.

King Hippo

he likes it on the right hash

Gumbygirl

I like hash.

ThePirateSloth

Well holy shit.

WCS

CURSE OF ROMO

Spur

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ballsofsteelandfury

Oh Bengals, don’t let Redshirt down!

King Hippo

Seems like a certain Naut mentioned the Tee Higgins factoUr

King Hippo

Take a shot, Cincy. Don’t play for a 55-yard FG

Senor Weaselo

Clanked off of Hill. Rikki is cackling.

King Hippo

Dusting off his bandana and/or wing-wang?

ThePirateSloth

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King Hippo

at the risk of heresy, this game might be even better than BUF/KC

Old School Zero

you’re gonna have to show your work on this one

King Hippo

points to pill bottle

Horatio Cornblower

Same

rockingdog

24 with the INT on mahomies

Bengalssssss DEF is Rocking!

The Maestro

AS I WAS SAYING, PATRICK MAHOMES IS A CLOWNFRAUD

Brocky

Holy shit no flag there

Senor Weaselo

SUDDEN CHANGE!

WCS

Someone check on Redshirt…

Petronel

NICE slingblade on the Bengal who intercepted the ball

litre_cola

Sudden change!!!!

ThePirateSloth

Well, neat.

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Gumbygirl

Clotheslined!

Old School Zero

yellow potassium phalluses?

King Hippo

PERFECT defense

Spur

Apple really is the worst.

King Hippo

FIONA APPLE HAD IT

ThePirateSloth

It’s criminal he dropped it

Sharkbait

If KC gets to the super bowl on the back of 2 OT coin tosses, the rule absolutely gets changed

Petronel

You just know that somewhere out there some team actually tried to run ludicrous levels of analytics on the coin toss.

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King Hippo

Shoot up #91 will ALL THE DEMORAL, Cincy

Redshirt

I’m going to the bathroom…to throw up.

Spur

-karen carpenter

King Hippo

nods in Karen Carpenter

Senor Weaselo

“Oh, now tails doesn’t fail.” -Josh Allen

The Maestro

COIN FLIP DEVIL MAGIC

ballsofsteelandfury

If we get the same ending as Buffalo-KC, does the NFL change the rule?

King Hippo

They should not, and will not.

NotShogunButShogun

Only if WKRP had done it.

Spur

They should just have a full 8 min OT period and if still tied after 1st to score wins.

Senor Weaselo

And once again it comes to the toss.

SonOfSpam

Chiefs’ best postseason play is the overtime coin toss.

Old School Zero

derping the night away

Spur

KC is scared of Burrow.

litre_cola

More football!

rockingdog

Hahaha OVERTIMEEeEEEE

That’s Rockingggg!!!

The Maestro

IS PATRICK MAHOMES A CLOWNFRAUD? MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING THIS

Gumbygirl

OT. Didn’t want that.

King Hippo

they will absolutely pause RRRRRRRRRRRRRRAM IT!! and the Tomsulas

Gumbygirl

I hope so!

King Hippo

I bet Cincy wins this toss, will Burrow then kill ’em ded?

King Hippo

I was wrong. TAILS NEVER FAILS EXCEPT LAST WEEK

NotShogunButShogun

I would like this sweet turn of events. THEN watch how fast OT rules change!

Brocky

Oh Jesus

rockingdog

Hahahaha
oMG MaHomies dropped the ball!

LOL that’s not rocking