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So we would have beat Miami with Tua starting when we won 34-31? How would of a home loss in the wild card to Miami changed your outlook?

Two years in a row we played competitive games in the Wild Card round vs Miami and Pittsburgh who didn't even have a starting QB. I hear the Bengals divisional game in this mix, meanwhile they had the entire OL out. Rice hasn't played for KC in either of the last two playoff games. I know people who discuss this are trying to point out the nuance of the situations, but eventually the results really do need to rule the day. Injuries go both ways and on top of it this regime has a propensity to invest in players with that type of history. A lot of the guys who are out now have been out more times than I can count.

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They're a very pedestrian and flawed offense with a below average QB. Great defense sure, but not at Houston's level of physicality. Houston was ready to beat the breaks off them until Stroud got hurt. Tons of close wins, bad DVOA, lower than the year prior. Buffalo would be favored at Denver. In fact Buffalo would be favored or even money in every playoff game if this ends up being the field. So to say we should plow thru these teams is a mistake as we are vulnerable as well, but we also have the best QB in the playoffs and a decisive edge at that position vs any other team.

I don't disagree, but easier said than done. It will be a really good game if it happens.

In two games vs them Allen is 33 for 64, been sacked 9 times, has 19 bad throws, more INT's than TD's. It's the best defense in the NFL. They clearly give our offensive line problems. They shut down the screen game as well as anybody in football. They're good enough on offense to get to 20 vs us. Can we? It's a 50/50 game, but they're likely the most difficult playoff match up we would face at this point.

All true, but I would lean back on who really stands that clearly above us in the AFC? The worst we will get is a 50/50 game. This isn't close to the best iteration of this team. But the competitive landscape is just different this year.

The run defense the last 4 weeks ranks EPA 25th after being Top 3 most the year. Injuries have really hurt them there. This isn't the same team we faced earlier in the year.

Name the games against +QB’s where it did well? Baltimore in a wind storm. Past that I don’t have any.

Good idea from a fan perspective, but the game itself enjoys it's conference rivalry and most of all money. Controversy leads to exposure. They want to try and make it fair, but within a max profit structure and if some controversy comes along with it so be it.

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No, I mean is, you can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a butcher's ass... No, wait. It's gotta be your bull

I'm going to start three more Burrow threads

As I said in the other thread, I thought it was an honest take. The guys injuries and rehab hours have to take a toll. I don't imagine it always feels like fun even if that's the perception people have because of the money/fame.