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2021 AFC Championship Game - Kansas City v Cincinnati


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Who wins the AFC?  

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  1. 1. Winner?

    • Cincinnati
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Honestly the one player who scares me the most in this matchup is Jerrick McKinnon. The Bengals are going to be playing a lot of bend but don’t break two high cover 2, gonna be a lot of space for him to get some big yards. If the Chiefs start hitting short passes that’s gonna create some shots to Hill and Hardman. 

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On 1/27/2022 at 2:31 PM, Hunter2_1 said:

Cinci Defense ripe for a blasting?

These are facts, I did not create the facts, they merely exist and I am writing them here

 

Titans game

  • Ten ran ball on 50% of 1st and 2nd downs in first half, gain 3.4 YPC and -0.19
  • Henry runs into 8+ man boxes on 55% of his runs
  •  First 3 quarters the Ten offense averaged 8.2 yards to go on 3rd down. Second most yards to go on 3rd down all season!
  • 1 of 8 on Third down with -1.1 EPA (awful)

So, they made it fairly easy for Cinci with their dog poop play calling

 

Bengals D overall

  • Last time Bengals played a top 15 pass offense prior to playing KC in week 17 was the LAC. Herbert put 9.1 yards per attempt, 317 yards, 3 TD on it. 11.4 yards per attempt on 1st and 2nd down 
  • Bengals have played loads of teams that run heavy on early downs, including the previous two teams
  • Prior to facing Mahomes, they've faced: Josh Johnson, Baker, Carr, Roethlisberger, Jimmy G, Drew Lock, Josh Johnson again.
  • Ranked 10th worst against pass this season
  • Since week 8, they were allowing 56% success rate on early down passes (those QBs mentioned above),6th worst in NFL. 8 yards per attempt (third worst in NFL), allowing 13% of passes to gain 20+ yards on 1st and 2nd down (dead last in NFL) 
  • Who have they played since that murders row? Got destroyed by Mahomes, who scored TDs on all 4 of the first drives, Carr who had never played in a game this cold ever, and almost wins. Then Titans, who we've established went run heavy 

 

all from Warren Sharp.

…ouch.

game depends on our D, IMO. No one has hit more home runs than Burrow this season. (TD passes 20+ yards), if we even limit half of his attempts and force punts, we WIN

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8 hours ago, Johnny Nix said:

Honestly the one player who scares me the most in this matchup is Jerrick McKinnon. The Bengals are going to be playing a lot of bend but don’t break two high cover 2, gonna be a lot of space for him to get some big yards. If the Chiefs start hitting short passes that’s gonna create some shots to Hill and Hardman. 

That’s Kelce’s que, tbh. McKinnon will be used on 3rds and if Pat rolls out away from design (which he will, plenty). Kelce thrives when teams cover 2. Right in front of the 2, behind the LBs typically. Probably need a robber or something, jam him up at line. 

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1 hour ago, BigTrav said:

That’s Kelce’s que, tbh. McKinnon will be used on 3rds and if Pat rolls out away from design (which he will, plenty). Kelce thrives when teams cover 2. Right in front of the 2, behind the LBs typically. Probably need a robber or something, jam him up at line. 

They are gonna be using Trey Flowers on Kelce, believe it or not he actually did a fairly good job the first game. 

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I’m picking Cincy for no other reason other than I’m a Raider fan. At least I’m honest. 

With that said, the Bengals CAN win this. They need to come up with some protection schemes, and also do a lot of what they did in the first game, with a quicker start.

While the Chiefs have the better QB, the Bengals offense has skill players for days. They need to keep Mahomes off the field. Get everyone involved, including the run game with Mixon, and keep scoring. 

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12 hours ago, Johnny Nix said:

They are gonna be using Trey Flowers on Kelce, believe it or not he actually did a fairly good job the first game. 

Yeah hes your TE killer from what im reading. It was Kelces first game back from COVID though last time, wel see if Flowers can hold up again for the rematch

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On 1/27/2022 at 6:43 PM, FinSting said:

Still dealing with Mind Blown on how the Bengals have turned around a bad team so rapidly. From worst team in the league at 2-14 for the 2019 season to the AFC Championship game for the 2021 season. 

This doesn't seem real and yet it's happening. 

It's what an elite franchise changing QB can do.

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