Doc Brown

Mine is Patrick Mahomes.

I want a home game and I want an inferior opponent. The Texans check both boxes.

Here's what I'll say in response to all your points. -I agree Mahomes is the better overall QB because he's more consistent and doesn't make as many mistakes. However, when Allen is on he's the best dual QB threat I've ever seen. For a full season and career I'd take Mahomes. For one have to have it game in the playoffs where the opposing team has the defensive edge I'll take Allen over Mahomes. -The Bengals took the crowd out of it early last year so to truly get the most out of the home field advantage we have to at least keep it close all game. The only games not at Arrowhead in Mahomes's post season career was at neutral site games (Super Bowls) and his passing rating is only 79.7 with 5 TD's and 4 INT's. It remains to be seen if those stats were fluky or if he doesn't perform as well away from Arrowhead. We'll see how he does in the most hostile postseason environment he's ever faced.

Reports are that Omenihu and Gay will probably play. Toney unfortunately won't.

I do if a possible playoff birth is on the line. Nobody remembers a regular season finale loss if you win the Super Bowl.

Texans without a doubt. You face an easier opponent at home to get to the Super Bowl. Also, it would be extremely annoying if the Chiefs beat us and the Ravens on the road. The slobbering over Mahomes would be unbearable at that point.

AJ Epenesa

I’d want him as the QB coach more than the offensive coordinator. A calming presence on the sideline for Josh, been a qb in the NFL before, coached a wide range of QB’s before from Luck to Wentz to Foles, and can maybe provide Brady with some wrinkles in his game plan. Not sure if he’d take the job though.

Gosh darn it.

My only criticism of Beane this year was not upgrading at WR2 from Davis. He’s done a phenomenal job with this roster other than that. One game isn’t going to change that.

This had me spit my coffee out. Well done. 🤣 I'm with you.

Agreed. They have the pieces on offense. They're a quarterback and an offensive coordinator away from being a serious contender. What's Brady and McDaniels up to now adays?

There's no way Belichick would renig on a coaching commitment.

My gut is telling me that if Taron Johnson plays we win. If he doesn't we lose.

Yup. The only time he failed to cover as an underdog was to the Bills last season so we've got that going for us.

Mahomes is 8-1-1 ATS as an underdog which is the stat that scares me the most. I'm not sure if that includes 2017 because he only started one game that year.

They've played at least eight road games a season since 2017. That's 56 games. Do you mean as road dogs?

They've only played 10 times on the road since 2017?

There's nothing that could happen in one game that would prevent him from being retained. Nothing. No matter how much you want it. Not even a 13 seconds repeat type situation or a blowout. Pegula (IMO) is extremely relieved that McDermott made the playoffs so he could easily justify not making a change.

McD should keep the play calling duties. It's been elite level despite a comical amount of injuries. Unless he publicly endorses Hamas or something, he's as safe as any coach in the league.

I'm not a fan of the guy but his Cowboys trolling is elite.

I view it as more of a hostile road environment problem than a weather problem with the Fish's offense. They play too much of a timing based offense with motions/shifts/rpo's that leads to more mistakes in a loud/hostile environment. Plus, they lack physicality in the running game and some of that is do to injuries on the o-line.

Imagine the outrage if they said. Boom. Bledsoe era throwbacks.

I agree that Hopkins was a huge missed opportunity. Ironically, we still pry finish with the two seed and the AFC East champs even with him. Not sure if Hopkins would've been happy as a #2 WR if we offered him the same money but if we miss the Super Bowl that's an easy thing to point to. You have to give Beane credit though for upgrading the o-line and drafting Kincaid though was the point of my post. Along with two players outperforming expectations this season (Cook, Shakir) from the previous draft.

Do Kincaid, Torrence, and McGovern qualify? Developing Cook and Shakir. Last year we had Allen dealing with that elbow injury making his short term accuracy awful, no slot presence having to call the corpse of Cole Beasley with the Crowder injury/McKenzie failed experiment, and an o-line that was shaky all year with a beat up Spencer Brown. This year Kincaid and Shakir have given us that middle of the field slot presence. McGovern was a significant upgrade to Stafford and Spencer Brown has played much better fully healthy this year. Combine that with the emergence of Cook to provide more balance and I expect a much better performance this postseason than last one from our offense.