SageAgainstTheMachine

It takes a pretty clutch throw from the punter is the big thing. You could run a lot of those with successful X’s and O’s but where the execution fails.

That’s not how probability works. You just need to go 1 for 1 at that point not 3 for 3.

Last Sunday was 39 days ago.

I’m not convinced we fans will survive the two weeks between Sunday and the SB.

It’s like having a great bullpen in baseball. It feels like you have time and then suddenly it’s just over.

People are generally underrating just how difficult this Ravens team is to stop.

This thread confuses me. We shouldn't be expecting a media narrative that we ran roughshod over the Ravens because that's not what happened. We were disciplined and opportunistic and squeaked one out, but there's no shame in that. It's how the Chiefs have been winning literally all season.

That was my comment yesterday, that Brady called the second half of the game as though we needed to steal one with Trubisky playing, outlasting the Ravens rather than burying them.

I’m not necessarily saying Taron hasn’t lost a step. Everyone does with age. But damn, there are so many threads pointing out supposed individual deficiencies right now when this TEAM is two wins away from being heroes of the city. I guess it’s anxiety and needing to pass the time, but honestly a snapshot of the topics on this board would make me assume the last game was a regular season loss.

In a game with 22 total pass attempts we don’t need a thread about every single player that didn’t have many targets. It applies to everyone but Shakir. This isn’t fantasy football.

Personally I think his job was secure anyway. If you’re the Pegulas who also own a team in the midst of an embarrassing playoff drought, are you ever considering firing the HCwho’s delivered the playoffs 7 out of 8 years?

That 3rd & 5 screen to Dawson Knox made me want to puke. Whatever BS Brady was on today needs to get fixed quick.

In a game where the refs mostly pocketed their flags it’s super puzzling that that one got called. Dion won that hand fight like a damn ninja.

It would have been a situation where our 4th down snap would have happened with like 5-7 seconds on the clock and then Josh could have run around for 2 seconds and heaved it out of bounds.

I always think it’s funny how turnovers are treated like they’re just a random thing that happens instead of the result of skill and decision making. Lamar’s INT was an ill advised throw with even worse execution. On the fumble he tried being heroic instead of going to the ground. Bernard made one of the better punches at a ball that I’ve seen.

I don’t think Brady called a game that accounted for the fact that he has the best player in the NFL. Josh hit Shakir on that huge 3rd and 8 on the opening possession and then didn’t go downfield again except for the DPI against Coleman.

I was already praising the decision regardless of the outcome personally.

Throwing to the boundary just wasn’t a thing today for some reason. Coleman and Hollins were also barely glanced at. We’ll need everyone against KC…

11/11 on kicks in these playoffs, albeit only one kick over the length of an XP.

For the record, I think the opposite holds true if it’s the exact same decision next week. Mahomes in KC, that’s a dragon you slay.

I’d say part of the decision is that you make your opponent play mistake free in slippery conditions. Andrews paid off the strategy, just like any other Raven might have during that drive.

Brady was awful today. Don’t understand a lot of what happened.

Was the best and most important call of his career. Everybody loves this unrelenting aggression on 4th down and McD shows a ton of it, arguably the second most after Dan Campbell. There’s also the common sense inclination that you let your best player win the game. But the strategy of this game comes down to probability even when it’s boring. Make your opponent be perfect. You go up by 8 points, make them score the TD AND the 2 point conversion AND stop your final drive afterward. Worst case scenario you take it to OT and accept your 50/50 odds there. It’s like making a big fold at a poker tournament with your two pair on a board with straights and flushes possible. Not fun, but right. He made that decision with an entire city, many of whom hate him, watching over his shoulder. Well done, coach.

Revenge of the whipping boys. Sean McDermott made the right decision in kicking that FG. In the face of an NFL that wants unrelenting aggression he went with probability. He gets my game ball. Also, Terrel Bernard has had a difficult season and then made the most important play so far. How about Tyler Bass 11/11 in the playoffs including a 51 yarder in the snow in a game decided by 2 points?