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Curious to hear from our resident Chiefs fans - would you prefer to play Buffalo or Baltimore in the AFCCG? @beebe @Zerovoltz @SaulGoodman @Billl

Did people really think they were rolling with Darnold as their long term starter?

Darnold is perfect for what he is, a QB that competes with some team's rookie QB in training camp and either loses the competition or acts as the bridge. Anyone who thought he had proven himself as a true starter in this league was badly misguided.

5 DL on run downs would be one possible solution, although I don't know who you take off the field. Probably Taron? Would it be too crazy to take Bernard off and bring Rapp into the box? Whoever comes off, you could have your normal starting 4 DL plus Johnson or Phillips. Or you could make the 5th DL Smoot and line Rousseau up inside. In either scenario it's much harder for the entire OL and all ancillary blockers to win their 1v1 matchups like they did a bunch of times against us in the first game.

Yeah and he's done a good job filling from depth this year. I think Hamlin in general gets way too much hate on this board. People act like he's a critical liability out there. His limitations are obvious but his fundamentals and understanding of where he's supposed to be have been good enough. For a position that has become majorly devalued "good enough" is, well, good enough.

I just watched Joe Marino's all-22 video review of the Broncos game and he pointed out a few plays where we used 3 DL (Von, Oliver, Rousseau), 2 LBs, and 6 DBs. Those plays were all successful too. I believe we used that wrinkle to some success against the Chiefs as well. So that personnel grouping appears to be our secret weapon that we will deploy in high leverage situations. I doubt we are going to see a traditional 3 LB set more than a few times if at all.

We'd get two 3rd round comp picks, one in 2026 and one in 2027, if he gets hired there.

This rendition of the Chiefs is not built to come from behind by 24 points. Back then they had Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce in their prime and defenses hadn't come close to figuring out how to stop that style of offense yet. Not that it matters. They won't fall behind by 24 points against the Texans. They'll play a close game and then make a play or two at the end to win it, or the Texans will make a play to lose it. That's how the 2024 Chiefs are built to win.

Most of the conversation is understandably on the Ravens offense vs our defense. I'm actually more interested in the opposite matchup though. I worry a bit that the Ravens defense matches up well against us. They are the best run defense in the league in both YPG and YPC so we probably can't lean on Cook like we did yesterday. Their weakness appears to be passing outside the numbers but that's been our offense's weakness too... I think this game has to be the Amari Cooper game if there ever was one. If he's 1v1 outside he needs to get the ball. Get Coleman going on back shoulders too. We need to score 30+ and it will have to come through the air. Our first game we didn't have the horses to execute that way. This is where we find out if the addition of Cooper and the growth of Coleman are enough to flip the script.

I thought for him to live up to that contract he would need to become one of the very best RTs in the league. He's done that this year and now the contract if anything looks like a bargain.

Green Bay is playing with zero urgency here. Bizarre play calling when they need a quick score.

They need a couple WRs that can get open outside because it's been an issue for the past month and it was once again an issue today.

I'm kind of in the camp of doing both. Because I continue to believe that our best path to winning a Super Bowl is having an offense capable of steamrolling every opponent. Make the defense practically a non-factor. So if re-signing Cook means we can't add WR talent then I'm 100% out, but if we can do both then sign me up for an offense that can dominate teams in multiple ways even if it comes at the expense of other areas on the roster.

I need to know what his market looks like. I'd usually never even consider it, it would be an unquestionable no you don't pay RBs, but Cook has become vital to this offense's success. His vision is as good as any other RB out there. He can hit home runs. He's become more physical this year to boot. We've wasted so much money on poor FA signings so does it really hurt our team if we give him a reasonable contract? FWIW I'm shocked at myself for even considering this.

If you knew ahead of time you could hold the Eagles offense to 10 points in the 1st half you would take that result. Unfortunately Love and the rest of the offense have been brutally bad.

It's simple - we just have to beat the 3 best teams in the NFL in consecutive games and we win the Lombardi

How does the call stand??

This was the best defensive playoff performance in the McDermott/Allen era IMO. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to have the script completely flipped this year. Poor in the regular season but stout in the playoffs.

Allen Cook Johnson Dawkins Brown Milano I'm sure a lot of defensive players had a great performance given how we shut Denver down, but nobody other than Milano really stood out to me.

Thank you Carson Wentz for serving up this warmup game on a silver platter

Elite drop from Hamlin there. Gave us like 20 yards of field position.

It's funny in a game where Allen is "off" he completes 20 of 26 passes against a great defense with a shutdown CB

I guess if youre gonna take that penalty do it after a 1st down catch when you're up 3 scores

Oh we got away with that one. Kincaid dropped it

Even the 1st half I can't complain. The first drive is the only disappointment. I set realistic expectations. This has been the best playoff defensive performance of the Allen/McDermott ers IMO.