KC also setting the record for hosting the AFC Championship game four years in a row.

btw, I forgot Andrew Luck on my list of victims so not really sure which guy on that list shouldn't be there as that would make 11 even if I removed Tommy Maddox. I came up with that list just eyeballing it over on wikipedia. Andrew Luck also a victim of Tom Brady.

heard the stat from Mike Sando on Tuesday's 'Hear That Podcast Growlin'' Athletic pod.

Burrow to Chase -- Deep Fade Routes
(this season incl. playoffs)

Comp: 14*
Yds: 517*
TDs: 6*

* Most by a duo in last 5 seasons

Patrick Mahomes
(postseason career)

2018-20
Air Yds per Att: 7.5
YAC per Game: 142
YAC per Comp : 6.0

2021
Air Yds per Att: 5.0
YAC per Game: 245
YAC per Comp : 7.8

YAC = yards after catch

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CIN 4.7 YAC per rec allowed (4th best in the NFL)

KC had 107 YAC in week 17 @ CIN (2nd-fewest this season for KC)

Mahomes didn't attempt a single deep ball vs. the Bills - first time in his career. Still threw for 378 yards.

Stats going straight up yo ace in 25 hours, lig

Mahomes is the man. i'm not saying anything different.

imo CIN will need to stay in Cover 2 looks / two deep safety looks. they aren't going to stop KC 'from getting theirs' but they can't let KC gash them w multiple 40+ yd plays (KC has 3 such passing plays in the playoffs). this obv is obv to everyone who has been following KC this season.

CIN will have to make KC work for it as much as possible. as i mentioned earlier itt, CIN's red zone D is better than average. in the playoffs, the red zone D is an excellent 2 for 8.

CIN will need to tackle well again -- i.e. contain YAC -- (as they did in week 17) AND play superb red zone D to escape Arrowhead with a W.

lol could be. or could be going straight up joe six pack's ace.

A lot of QB's got stuck on one Super Bowl when it looked like they were going to rule the roost for a while. Rodgers, Theismann, Warner, Steve Young, Brees, McMahon, Favre, Peyton (with Indy), probably some more. Mahomes seems a shoe in but so did some of those other guys. One title and a dynasty, even a mini dynasty, are two different things.

yeah all these guys were in their primes when they won and on good teams that seemed like they had a lot more time to go

you can include Wilson in that as well

You can only win once a year. You have a league set up that leans towards parity - inevitably you're going to get 99/100 skill level players never getting there. Especially when you have Brady winning 7. And loleli snaking 2.

It's utterly amazing what NE did - and you'll probably never see it again

And of course that kept a lot of guys in the era down to one or zero. Kind of like the Big 3 in tennis ... anyone who got even 1 major in this era was up against it to do it.

I think there is definitely value on the Bengals + 7.5. Seems like it could be another close one, shootout or backdoor option. Value.

What frustrates me is how much a QB and team's legacy depends on winning the Superbowl.

If the Chiefs manage to beat the Bengals and go this year, then lose to the Rams in the SB (which could easily happen), then Mahomes is in weird territory where he's 1-2 in Super Bowls. Not terrible - but 1-3? Oh man the narratives: Mahomes can't win the big one. Is Mahomes the next Elway?

You're almost in Buffalo Bills land. The pressure mounts with each SB.

If Jordan was 6-2 in finals instead of 6-0 - his legacy wouldn't be exactly the same. But getting to the finals 2 extra times is literally better than whatever his team did that year.

Like somehow what Buffalo did is worse than what the Lions did over the same 4-year stretch.

Humans are dumb.

Heading to get in line at the gates at Arrowhead in a few, and if it’s anything like last night, we may end up with like 60-40 chiefs to bengals fans inside.

But…..

Not going to matter. Chiefs roll and put a hurting on burrow and chase, and waltz into the super bowl.

The line moved from opening at 6.5 to 7 early on and then to 7.5 yesterday. There should be a higher chance for it to move to +8 instead of back down to +7 closer to kickoff?

Where did you see all those Bengals fans, P&L? Yesterday at the Plaza it looked like before every game with fans that travel relatively well but nothing crazy. I doubt you'll see many more Bengals fans in the stadium today than what we saw for the two recent Steelers games or Packers over the past two years.

back to 7 on pinny

KC, baybee

Tonight's the night

Live from kc, dynasty incoming in 3, 2, 1…..

I teased several parlays either way, between CIN +14 and KC -0.5. Envision it being a close-ish one that KC pulls out.

Talk to me, Goose.

I always go with the biggest of dicks

You have the fastest pony on the planet. I give.