BRH Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: I thought they came out in the 2nd half looking past the Bengals. It wasn't just on Mahomes though. His guys had a number of dropped balls they would ordinarily haul in - Kelce, Hill, etc. It's funny how when those two guys don't play well or get taken out of the game plan, Mahomes doesn't have that extra gear to take over the game by himself and find other contributors. I mean, it's not like he ran for a bunch of huge first downs and found Byron Pringle for 4 TDs, is it? Edited January 31, 2022 by BRH 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folz Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 17 minutes ago, SF Bills Fan said: I was listening to the main Austin sports talk radio this morning and they pinned the loss mostly on Mahommes. They said he looked completely confused and detached with his play. He was flipping the ball on several passes and the one led to the first INT. They did blame the coaching for mismanaging the final drive where the Chiefs ended up with the 1st and goal on the 5, yet were more concerned about eating up the clock rather than scoring because they felt that a TD was a forgone conclusion. The Bengals put up relentless pressure driving back Mahommes who seemingly couldn't understands that the Chiefs were not going to get an easy shovel pass type TD (makes you wonder what would have happened if we had put real pressure on Mahommes in those 13 seconds). I agree- the Chiefs got cocky and thought they had their ticket punched through to LA and a less talented but hungrier team did not lay down and let it happen. I don't think the Bills would have taken the Bengals for granted. Everything contributed to the KC loss, the bad decision before the half, thinking they already won up 21 (remember the Oilers?), the lack of emotional and physical reserves after playing the Bills in that epic last week, over-confidence/arrogance. But, I agree with the bold statement above. Watching the game in real time as Romo was talking about them trying to use up the clock, I was saying to myself, that's a mistake, just get the TD (not that I wanted them to win, just thinking what I would do in that situation). Rather than focusing on just scoring the TD, they tried to score with as little time left as possible, wasting downs to run the clock down on that last series of regulation (I think that decision was directly due to Josh Allen and the Bills last week and the last time they played the Bengals). But, in their arrogance, they assumed they could score on any one play from the 5 (or wherever). So rather than having multiple shots at a winning TD, they basically gave themselves only one real chance...and then failed. It was like it was a combination of arrogance and fear at the same time. Not a good combination. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 3 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said: This is where some in the Chiefs message board are today on what happened... "Maybe Brittney and Jackson were being threatened and at halftime Pat had to make a choice..." "If you win this game, we'll let them go." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihilarian Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I really don't care how it happened... as I'm just ecstatic that it did happen! The Kansas City Chiefs are sitting at home watching the super bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Stank_Nasty said: I personally think the Arrowhead mystique is done with.... They essentially got punched in the mouth in their own house 2 weeks in a row. They just so happened to get bailed out by an epic coaching meltdown. It doesn’t seem like anyone has a huge home field advantage these days. Would I rather we had home field? Yes, I’d love the number one seed next year, but home field isn’t the unstoppable force it once was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah John Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, SirAndrew said: It doesn’t seem like anyone has a huge home field advantage these days. Would I rather we had home field? Yes, I’d love the number one seed next year, but home field isn’t the unstoppable force it once was. I'd go further. Out of four games last weekend and two yesterday, the home teams lost all of them except the Chiefs beating the Bills (and even that one obviously could have gone the other way) and the Rams winning a close one. Edited January 31, 2022 by Utah John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihilarian Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Wanna dissect it? https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/what-in-the-world-happened-to-patrick-mahomes-after-halftime-examining-chiefs-qbs-play-in-afc-title-game/ "After a nearly flawless first half in which he went 18 of 22 for 220 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions, Mahomes had a dud of epic proportions in the second half and overtime. Mahomes dropped back 24 times after halftime. He completed 8 of 18 passes for 55 yards with two interceptions, four sacks, and no touchdowns." "By naturally clogging throwing lanes with eight in coverage, spying the quarterback, simulating pressure with corner blitzes, and allowing Bell -- and occasionally fellow safety Bates -- to roam free over the middle, Mahomes and the Chiefs were epically perplexed. It was a master class in proper defensive adjustment by coordinator Lou Anarumo, and his players executed fantastically." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 35 minutes ago, folz said: Everything contributed to the KC loss, the bad decision before the half, thinking they already won up 21 (remember the Oilers?), the lack of emotional and physical reserves after playing the Bills in that epic last week, over-confidence/arrogance. But, I agree with the bold statement above. Watching the game in real time as Romo was talking about them trying to use up the clock, I was saying to myself, that's a mistake, just get the TD (not that I wanted them to win, just thinking what I would do in that situation). Rather than focusing on just scoring the TD, they tried to score with as little time left as possible, wasting downs to run the clock down on that last series of regulation (I think that decision was directly due to Josh Allen and the Bills last week and the last time they played the Bengals). But, in their arrogance, they assumed they could score on any one play from the 5 (or wherever). So rather than having multiple shots at a winning TD, they basically gave themselves only one real chance...and then failed. It was like it was a combination of arrogance and fear at the same time. Not a good combination. I'm not sure that's a great take. Once the Chiefs got down into the Cincy Red zone, the only play that I think meets your description was a run to McKinnon on 1st down from the 5 yd line. And I think the idea there was to maybe get a few yards, 2nd and 2 or 3 - which open up a different stable of plays. McKinnin had just gained 14 yds on 2nd and 1, so it's not like he'd been getting stuffed for no gain that drive. Prior to that, there were 2 Mahomes scrambles for 4 yds and a 2 yd pass to Kelce. I don't think that was "arrogantly milking the clock", I think Cincy clamped down and Mahomes didn't have good alternatives. Now they were on the 5 yd line (see above), and after the McKinnon run, there were two horrible Mahomes sacks, the second a sack-fumble that gave me "acid flashbacks" of the Bills playoff loss to Houston. I don't think Mahomes was running around like a headless chicken on those 2 sacks because he was "arrogantly milking the clock". I think he was desperately looking for a play. In hindsight, especially on 2nd down, he probably should have pulled it down and scrambled while he still had a lane. He might have scored, or again got it down to 3rd and 1 which opens up a new stable of plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky7337 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Could you imagine if we spied mahomes with Edmunds? He'd be in the endzone before we knew it! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessTruster Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 4 hours ago, dma0034 said: Well that's the crazy part. If Brady retires and Rodgers goes to the AFC.... the best 4 QBs in the NFC are Murray, Prescott and Stafford and Wilson. You could be looking at the AFC having the best 5 QBs and 7 of the best 10 overall imo Rodgers to the Broncos would be cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Matter_What Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, dma0034 said: The AFC is going to be so difficult to win going forward. With Mahomes, Allen, Burrows, Herbert and Jackson potentially being playoff opponents every year (that's not including the possibility of Rodgers coming to the AFC or Lawrence/Jones becoming good). It could potentially be a Slugfest. You could have an AFC playoff picture that has: Allen, Burrows, Herbert, Jackson, Rodgers, Mahomes and Carr in next year and you are going to have to beat 2 maybe 3 verd good/elite QBs to get into the SB. How could you possibly leave MJ10 out of the list? Edited January 31, 2022 by No_Matter_What Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan1972 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 2 hours ago, BRH said: It's funny how when those two guys don't play well or get taken out of the game plan, Mahomes doesn't have that extra gear to take over the game by himself and find other contributors. I mean, it's not like he ran for a bunch of huge first downs and found Byron Pringle for 4 TDs, is it? You mean like Diggs vs. KC????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 5 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: I was listening to 610 KC this morning to get their take and they absolutely filleted Mahomes for his performance in the last 30:05 of the game. But I found their assessment of why that happened interesting. They said that the 13 seconds from last week is what led to him falling apart vs the Bengals in OT. And that the game they were forced to play by the Bills spilled over into yesterday and they couldn’t recover. First, because he was able to hero his team to victory in the 13 seconds last week, he felt like he could do it again but situationally it was the wrong decision. He had running lanes and didn’t take them. He could have thrown the ball away and didn’t. He ran around in circles and tried to make the amazing play that never materialized because he thought it was his right after last week. The narrative they had is the team itself acted like they won the SB last week. They came out after the half thinking it was over, they were blowing out Cincy after beating the better team already last week, and their plans for LA were already in motion. They used up all their juice last week, they were tired and overwhelmed by having to do it again yesterday. Last week took too much out of them. It took the Bills and Bengals to keep them out of the SB. just found it interesting, not positive or negative I posted earlier last week before the game that I questioned how much the Chiefs would have left in the tank and predicted a Bengals win because of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullBuchanan Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Did they take the Chiefs for granted? I think that's kind of a given. They're a better football team in pretty much every way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan1972 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said: Did they take the Chiefs for granted? I think that's kind of a given. They're a better football team in pretty much every way. I watched 5 minutes max. They were marching up and down the field the whole first half and had over 300 yards offense and then poof it all disappeared. They were 1st & goal from the 5 @ the 2 minute warning and couldn't figure out what to do..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 5 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: I was listening to 610 KC this morning to get their take and they absolutely filleted Mahomes for his performance in the last 30:05 of the game. But I found their assessment of why that happened interesting. They said that the 13 seconds from last week is what led to him falling apart vs the Bengals in OT. And that the game they were forced to play by the Bills spilled over into yesterday and they couldn’t recover. First, because he was able to hero his team to victory in the 13 seconds last week, he felt like he could do it again but situationally it was the wrong decision. He had running lanes and didn’t take them. He could have thrown the ball away and didn’t. He ran around in circles and tried to make the amazing play that never materialized because he thought it was his right after last week. The narrative they had is the team itself acted like they won the SB last week. They came out after the half thinking it was over, they were blowing out Cincy after beating the better team already last week, and their plans for LA were already in motion. They used up all their juice last week, they were tired and overwhelmed by having to do it again yesterday. Last week took too much out of them. It took the Bills and Bengals to keep them out of the SB. just found it interesting, not positive or negative The quality of football yesterday at Arrowhead was a big dropoff from the prior week.......the two teams mostly played down to each others level. That performance by Cinci would have gotten them beaten handily by either Buffalo or KC the week before. Burrow gets a lot of credit but he threw a lot of passes into harms way compared to the level of QB play we saw the week before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said: The quality of football yesterday at Arrowhead was a big dropoff from the prior week.......the two teams mostly played down to each others level. That performance by Cinci would have gotten them beaten handily by either Buffalo or KC the week before. Burrow gets a lot of credit but he threw a lot of passes into harms way compared to the level of QB play we saw the week before. As I said elsewhere, Mahomes' performance in from the last five seconds of the first half onward to the end was one of the most baffling performances I've ever seen by a genuinely elite player. It was like he had the yips -- just a total meltdown in all areas of his game: decision making (including internal clock management), physical movement, and accuracy. The sequence at the very end of regulation (the two sacks and the fumble) was just ridiculous. His play over that 30-plus minute stretch really wasn't any better than Nathan Peterman, and I'm not trying to be funny. Just bizarre. Edited January 31, 2022 by dave mcbride 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Dude Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 5 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: I was listening to 610 KC this morning to get their take and they absolutely filleted Mahomes for his performance in the last 30:05 of the game. But I found their assessment of why that happened interesting. They said that the 13 seconds from last week is what led to him falling apart vs the Bengals in OT. And that the game they were forced to play by the Bills spilled over into yesterday and they couldn’t recover. First, because he was able to hero his team to victory in the 13 seconds last week, he felt like he could do it again but situationally it was the wrong decision. He had running lanes and didn’t take them. He could have thrown the ball away and didn’t. He ran around in circles and tried to make the amazing play that never materialized because he thought it was his right after last week. The narrative they had is the team itself acted like they won the SB last week. They came out after the half thinking it was over, they were blowing out Cincy after beating the better team already last week, and their plans for LA were already in motion. They used up all their juice last week, they were tired and overwhelmed by having to do it again yesterday. Last week took too much out of them. It took the Bills and Bengals to keep them out of the SB. just found it interesting, not positive or negative Congrats to Cincy unlike the Bills coaching on Defensive side their coaches had a plan and then made adjustments at the half when plan A was not working. Rushing 3 with 4th man dropping to watch for dump pass to running back or Mahomes escaping the pocket. Yesterday just was another example on why you need replace Frazier, he never adjusts and sticks with bend but don't break. Get rid of this clown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Something i noticed while watching the 2nd half highlights.. not only was Mahomes blowing off some easy yards (not) scrambling... Kelce was loafing around and barely trying to get open on some of the plays when Mahomes was desperate to get rid of the ball. I mean against Buffalo these guys were so sharp and easily creating space. Cinci flustered them so much.. credit to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I think both teams were exhausted after that OT. And yes, basically that was the SB last week. Still doesn't excuse the sheer stupidity of Sean & Leslie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Evian Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Mahomes was shot. The Bills game was brutal. He ran out of gas in second half against Bengals. Like mental and physically exhausted. He is an extraordinary player but is human. He play was so out of character that exhaustion had to play a role. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 hour ago, dave mcbride said: His play over that 30-plus minute stretch really wasn't any better than Nathan Peterman, and I'm not trying to be funny. Just bizarre. Somewhere, an earnest young man from Jacksonville Florida just had his pulse quicken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 2 hours ago, dave mcbride said: As I said elsewhere, Mahomes' performance in from the last five seconds of the first half onward to the end was one of the most baffling performances I've ever seen by a genuinely elite player. It was like he had the yips -- just a total meltdown in all areas of his game: decision making (including internal clock management), physical movement, and accuracy. The sequence at the very end of regulation (the two sacks and the fumble) was just ridiculous. His play over that 30-plus minute stretch really wasn't any better than Nathan Peterman, and I'm not trying to be funny. Just bizarre. It felt like the first time he's become self-aware of his legacy and felt real pressure. Yips is definitely the way to describe it. Maybe that stupid play at the end of the half triggered something mentally. It's been a little disconcerting watching Mahomes come into the league and play like he carries no weight on his shoulders when it matters. That Mahomes half looked like one of those old fashioned choke jobs that would inevitably plague Steve Young, Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, Brett Favre or Peyton Manning at some point........it really was a career-first for him. Will be interesting to see if Burrow has his moment in the SB............I can certainly imagine Stafford throwing away a SB...........he threw away that NFCCG but Tart dropped it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said: It felt like the first time he's become self-aware of his legacy and felt real pressure. Yips is definitely the way to describe it. Maybe that stupid play at the end of the half triggered something mentally. It's been a little disconcerting watching Mahomes come into the league and play like he carries no weight on his shoulders when it matters. That Mahomes half looked like one of those old fashioned choke jobs that would inevitably plague Steve Young, Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, Brett Favre or Peyton Manning at some point........it really was a career-first for him. Will be interesting to see if Burrow has his moment in the SB............I can certainly imagine Stafford throwing away a SB...........he threw away that NFCCG but Tart dropped it. Yup, and I would not be surprised if Stafford throws multiple picks. He has it in him, deep. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshAllin Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Honestly, they could've just ran the ball the 2nd half with their rotational rb's. It was working earlier for nice chunks and should've worked with the 8 dropping backs. Reminds me of the Bills when they run well then abandon it the next half, houston wildcard game was one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihilarian Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 hour ago, motorj said: Honestly, they could've just ran the ball the 2nd half with their rotational rb's. It was working earlier for nice chunks and should've worked with the 8 dropping backs. Reminds me of the Bills when they run well then abandon it the next half, houston wildcard game was one. Hopefully that crap is gone the way of the NY Giants. A lot want to blame Mahomes... With KC coaching, what happened to running the ball and playing good defense. Last time I looked Patrick Mahomes didn't give up the 21 points to the Bengals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 9 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: I was listening to 610 KC this morning to get their take and they absolutely filleted Mahomes for his performance in the last 30:05 of the game. But I found their assessment of why that happened interesting. They said that the 13 seconds from last week is what led to him falling apart vs the Bengals in OT. And that the game they were forced to play by the Bills spilled over into yesterday and they couldn’t recover. First, because he was able to hero his team to victory in the 13 seconds last week, he felt like he could do it again but situationally it was the wrong decision. He had running lanes and didn’t take them. He could have thrown the ball away and didn’t. He ran around in circles and tried to make the amazing play that never materialized because he thought it was his right after last week. The narrative they had is the team itself acted like they won the SB last week. They came out after the half thinking it was over, they were blowing out Cincy after beating the better team already last week, and their plans for LA were already in motion. They used up all their juice last week, they were tired and overwhelmed by having to do it again yesterday. Last week took too much out of them. It took the Bills and Bengals to keep them out of the SB. just found it interesting, not positive or negative This analysis resonates with me. They were mollywopping the Bengals in the first half. And then they did the inexcusable. The kind of play that would have nailed any other QB not named Brady, Mahomes or Rodgers to a cross. It was a mistake made out of supreme confidence or arrogance. You decide. Andy Reid in a decision that he will rue for many a moon, let Mahomes talk him out of the common sense approach. At the time, it was hard to blame the decision, but the execution was abysmal. And it energized the Bengals. Romo began the game by ballyhooing the KC dink and dunk approach. It was on display and working, drive after drive after drive. The Chiefs, as they were want to do most of the season, let up in the second half. And when the Bengals tightened up the game, Mahomes reverted. And it was both ugly and awesome at the same time. He got inpatient and tried to make those crazy plays, except they were not there. And he tried harder. And they were not there. And when the day was done, all Chiefs fans, all Chiefs players, all Chiefs coaches and all Chiefs apologists woke up feeling like Buffalo did on Monday morning. A game in hand was literally ripped away by poor defense and coaching. The only thing that separates the two events is that Patty gift wrapped it for the Bengals. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippery Rubber Mats Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Things just happen. Everything is just random. In another universe Leslie Frazier runs a very successful winery and Josh Allen is a fishing boat captain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern_Bills Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 12 hours ago, dma0034 said: The AFC is going to be so difficult to win going forward. With Mahomes, Allen, Burrows, Herbert and Jackson potentially being playoff opponents every year (that's not including the possibility of Rodgers coming to the AFC or Lawrence/Jones becoming good). It could potentially be a Slugfest. You could have an AFC playoff picture that has: Allen, Burrows, Herbert, Jackson, Rodgers, Mahomes and Carr in next year and you are going to have to beat 2 maybe 3 verd good/elite QBs to get into the SB. You may be right, but I've never seen that many good QBs at one time. Some will most likely regress, could be the vaunted Mahomes, who knows. If we get 6 or 7 all pro type QBs in the AFC as soon as Buffalo gets a QB, that will be brutal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) Just watched the second half today. Looked like Mahomes was still seeing the ghost of Josh Allen out there. He was running around backwards trying to do too much. Surely some kind of hangover from the previous weeks game. Bengals did a good job stopping him from getting the edge when he ran. The Bills absolutely should have had a 3 man line at most in the final 00:13. Would have won easily even without a squib kick. Edited February 1, 2022 by Boatdrinks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 4 hours ago, dave mcbride said: Yup, and I would not be surprised if Stafford throws multiple picks. He has it in him, deep. I do not trust Stafford. But also the thought of what Cooper kupp is going to do to Eli apple ☠️… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 16 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said: Will be interesting to see if Burrow has his moment in the SB............I can certainly imagine Stafford throwing away a SB...........he threw away that NFCCG but Tart dropped it. 15 hours ago, dave mcbride said: Yup, and I would not be surprised if Stafford throws multiple picks. He has it in him, deep. I hate to say it, and you're both correct about Stafford's potential 😬 I had hoped being coached by McVay and surrounded by good players/supported by a good Defense would work it out of him, but Oh Boy, There it Was in the NFCCG. 11 hours ago, Boatdrinks said: Just watched the second half today. Looked like Mahomes was still seeing the ghost of Josh Allen out there. He was running around backwards trying to do too much. Surely some kind of hangover from the previous weeks game. Bengals did a good job stopping him from getting the edge when he ran. The Bills absolutely should have had a 3 man line at most in the final 00:13. Would have won easily even without a squib kick. I think the difference is, the Bengals actually have a 3 man line that can get pressure and contain, with Hendrickson. The Bills don't. 14 hours ago, wjag said: This analysis resonates with me. They were mollywopping the Bengals in the first half. And then they did the inexcusable. The kind of play that would have nailed any other QB not named Brady, Mahomes or Rodgers to a cross. It was a mistake made out of supreme confidence or arrogance. You decide. Andy Reid in a decision that he will rue for many a moon, let Mahomes talk him out of the common sense approach. At the time, it was hard to blame the decision, but the execution was abysmal. And it energized the Bengals. Romo began the game by ballyhooing the KC dink and dunk approach. It was on display and working, drive after drive after drive. The Chiefs, as they were want to do most of the season, let up in the second half. And when the Bengals tightened up the game, Mahomes reverted. And it was both ugly and awesome at the same time. He got inpatient and tried to make those crazy plays, except they were not there. And he tried harder. And they were not there. And when the day was done, all Chiefs fans, all Chiefs players, all Chiefs coaches and all Chiefs apologists woke up feeling like Buffalo did on Monday morning. A game in hand was literally ripped away by poor defense and coaching. The only thing that separates the two events is that Patty gift wrapped it for the Bengals. Well put. Beautiful assessment, just add "ripped away by poor offensive play, poor defense, and coaching". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVilanch Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 15 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said: "Maybe Brittney and Jackson were being threatened and at halftime Pat had to make a choice.. That's the actual plot of a 90's movie called "The Fan" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 6 hours ago, Nihilarian said: Hopefully that crap is gone the way of the NY Giants. A lot want to blame Mahomes... With KC coaching, what happened to running the ball and playing good defense. Last time I looked Patrick Mahomes didn't give up the 21 points to the Bengals. Mahomes deserves most of the blame. The play where he nearly fumbles the game away at the end of regulation from the TV angle looks like a classic coverage sack. From the all 22 he has Kelce with leverage on his defender at the front of the endzone and for a completely inexplicable reason instead of throwing him the ball he does a stupid pirouette. The all22 of Mahomes 2nd half on Sunday is downright ugly and if Josh Allen played a half that bad in the playoffs we'd be getting told bad Josh had reappeared. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 13 hours ago, Nihilarian said: Hopefully that crap is gone the way of the NY Giants. A lot want to blame Mahomes... With KC coaching, what happened to running the ball and playing good defense. Last time I looked Patrick Mahomes didn't give up the 21 points to the Bengals. Last I looked Mahomes scored 3 points after halftime while throwing 2 picks and getting sacked several times on crucial drives. He looked like Steve Sax and Chuck Knoblach had a baby yip. he STUNK. The Bengals have a good offense. Scoring 21 in a half isn’t very shocking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan1972 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Just now, NewEra said: Last I looked Mahomes scored 3 points after halftime while throwing 2 picks and getting sacked several times on crucial drives. He looked like Steve Sax and Chuck Knoblach had a baby yip. he STUNK. The Bengals have a good offense. Scoring 21 in a half isn’t very shocking However they only scored 14 in the second half. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 Just now, Billsfan1972 said: However they only scored 14 in the second half. Bengals have played great as a team to get to where they are. But their offense hasn’t been nearly as explosive as it was at times in the regular season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Billsfan1972 said: However they only scored 14 in the second half. Haha, thanks. My bad. I should’ve fact checked before I blindly took the word of such a bad post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan1972 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Just now, YoloinOhio said: Bengals have played great as a team to get to where they are. But their offense hasn’t been nearly as explosive as it was at times in the regular season Good enough to win. Very reminiscent to Eli Manning & the NYG. Just now, NewEra said: Haha, thanks. My bad. I should’ve fact checked before I blindly took the word of such a bad post. No problem, more just pointing out they weren't that explosive. Just a weird time and playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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