HappyDays

The NFL world has finally caught on that it isn't all him. Notice how his name didn't even briefly come up in the MVP conversation despite 15 wins.

Good thing they spent a 2nd round pick on a one year rental of a pass catcher on the downswing of his career

Bobby Slowik, my guy. You're not getting the edge on these guys. Take it out of the playbook.

Houston is dead in the water. They're targeting some guy named Jared Wayne.

You're really obsessed with that narrative, huh? Dragging it into other threads?

Two outstanding edge rushers, two outstanding CBs. When you lock down the edges with that much talent the rest almost doesn't matter at all.

That's a ridiculous defensive play call. Way way way too easy leaving that entire side of the field open

Game is going exactly as I expected. Houston's defense will turn this into a plodding defensive struggle but their offense has no chance. As the game goes on KC will pull away, unfortunately.

I like that Houston is making them feel every hit

Hutchinson is awful. This offense doesn't have a chance in hell

Houston just doesn't have enough pass catchers to move the ball consistently. They're going to need to win this game like 17-16

I'm on YouTube TV and have had this issue too

Officials do have an affect on games. It's not an excuse for losing but it's real.

Mahomes airmails a pass to a wide open WR and gets rewarded with a BS 15 yard penalty. Typical

Wow they're calling that today?

You know what, not a terrible result for Houston. They basically get the ball to start both halfs but start with a 3 point deficit.

Okay so you're obviously a Dolphins fan. I've been debating between that and Chiefs. The constant obsession with the weather is the dead giveaway.

I'll say this - this past wildcard game was the first playoff game ever in McDermott's tenure where I thought the defense performed above expectations. That gives me hope that he's finally figured out whatever problems have caused our defense to fall off a cliff in the playoffs. The only defensive play call that I thought was exceptionally stupid came on Denver's first drive, and no it wasn't the TD - it was the 3rd and 8 just before where we blitzed but played soft cover 3 behind creating an easy throwing window to beat the blitz. Watching that followed by the TD confirmed all of my worst fears about this coaching staff... but then we proceeded to completely shut them down. Of course I don't expect us to hold Baltimore to 7 points. I just want to hold them below 30. I would be satisfied with that. If we hold them to 24 or lower I'll consider that to be performing above expectations, and that would tell me McDermott has completely flipped the script. Sandbag the regular season but then stun opponents in the playoffs.

Rice had become an elite WR before his injury. Nobody talks about it though because they found a way to keep winning, even before adding Hopkins. And yes Hopkins has been a good starter for them but they lost an elite talent at a critical position and it barely even slowed them down. And I'm not talking about previous years, I'm talking about this year. This year they've missed as many starters as almost any team. They parlayed that into their best regular season ever. IMO injuries are often a red herring used by fans to excuse losses. For example if we beat the Ravens this week no one here is going to say it doesn't count because they're missing their best WR. In general I reject the common belief that the Chiefs have been especially lucky in recent years.

Their 2nd most important player on offense is out for the year. They're just now getting back their #2 CB who has been out for over a month and will probably be rusty. They won 15 games while missing a bunch of important players. So it's not really correct to say they have been lucky with injuries this year. They just keeping finding ways to win and don't have to make excuses later.

Did they add prime Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce when the rest of the NFL wasn't paying attention? This Chiefs team isn't coming back from that kind of deficit and you know it. But it's equally true that this Chiefs team won't ever find themselves with that kind of deficit. They'll keep it within one score and punch the dagger in at the end if they need to.

That's right. We came out fully healthy and confident after a big win, and the matchups this weekend are exactly what they would be in the old format. I don't feel like KC got some massive added advantage as the #1 seed. Who knows, maybe they'll be rusty after three weeks of no real football. They get the usual advantage of playing the weakest remaining team in the divisional round, that's all.

I agree Houston's defense can give KC some trouble, probably keep them to around 20, but I just don't see how Houston will move the ball at all when it's their turn. Houston's OL is garbage and is not remotely equipped to deal with Spag's crazy blitzes. Mixon or not KC is going to shut down the run like they always do. And Stroud just hasn't shown he's capable of making it work with his depleted WR corps and poor pass protection. I think for Houston to have a chance they'll need one of two things to happen: 1) Their offense comes out on fire and stuns KC early, going up at least 10-0 in the 1st quarter. This version of KC is not a play from behind kind of team so that would spell trouble. 2) They get a defensive score. What I actually expect to happen is that it will be a plodding defensive struggle for 40 minutes but KC will start to pull away and ultimately win by 10+ points. Hopefully Mahomes at least takes a few shots.

Interesting snippet from Matt Parrino: I continue to feel a quiet confidence about the defense. I think they learned a lot from that first matchup and Baltimore will see things they aren't prepared for. To me the offense is still my biggest question mark. I'm not sure we have the personnel to attack Baltimore where they're weak. Brady will have to be in his bag and Allen will need to have a superstar performance to put up 30. If we do that we win.