sorry, that does not make soccer less sucky...keep up the good fight (since 1973 in US) trying to convince us otherwise.
Mahomes didn't embellish anything, dude was playing on one leg, running, got pushed in the back, and Oassi also kind of tripped Mahomes.
I get that they are running and playing at full speed, but players have adapted. Look at all the tackling and hitting that’s been removed from the game and players have learned and adjusted their games.
You'd have an argument if Mahomes was running parallel to the sidelines and stepped out, he was running directly out of bounds and was almost at the tarp when he was hit.
I agree. Thanks for posting. That needs shared on the pay board in the thread where there are all kinds of tears because they think he embellished. When you’re running at full speed, a push like that is going to send you flying just about every time.
It might be just me too, but the flag came late. I’m sure the official didn’t want to throw it, thought about it for a couple seconds, but was left with no choice.
I was rooting against KC, because I'm sick of the league on their knees slurping Mahomes, even though he is great, but hey he was way, way out of bounds when that stupid Bungle bungled it.
Bungels will bungel.
I thought it was the easiest call all day, and one of the dumbest by a defender ever. I don't know what he could have been thinking. No way Mahomes was turning upfield as Hilton was standing there watching the whole thing. Hilton made no attempt to tackle because he was clearly going out of bounds. The only effort Hilton made was to try and stop that bonehead DE.
i posted in another thread, afc nfl fans should get used to bengal - chiefs afc championship games, we are gonna see many more over the next decade.
I'm at the point that I am sick of over positivity, yes Mahomes is great, but it just gets disgusting when every little thing he does is so smart and fabulous. now we have to listen to another whole game of hearing how fantastic and smart a 2-yard run or throwing the ball away is.
I said this to @Zeldas Open Roof on the other board, but I’m not ready to write in the Bengals as perennial AFC Championship Game attendees. I think Burrow is really good but I’m not sure he’s transcendent the way Mahommes is. And unless he goes the Brady route and takes a pay cut, the Bengals have a lot of expensive contracts coming up.
Hope you’re right. I’m not much of a fan of his. I don’t like his arrogance and how he dresses like beetle juice on game days. And as far as the head coach, all he did was whine to the officials the whole game. I’m starting to not like him too.
nfl and signing your franchise QB is quite a conondrum. Take these two stats in mind:
Bengals are going to have to shell out a boatload of money for Chase in a couple years too.
I increasingly dislike the idea of paying big money to an immobile QB. Even when getting uber-protected by refs (and protection only weirdly happens if the guy is the bigger star of the two; Burrow seemed not to get calls last night he would get if the Bengals were playing a team with a no-star QB). These guys just take too many big hits. Flip side I don’t want my guy to be a Jackson either, basically a running back, but it should be somebody far more mobile than Burrow. I can’t see him having a really long career.
kenny falls in that middle category and he got concussed twice this year. I feel like how fast your qb can run has little to do with keeping him healthy.. Guys like RG 3 were out of the league after a cup of coffee.
doesnt leave much for them to beef up that OL, does it? Like i said, just really tough to construct a good roster when your qb eats up 35% of the budget..
Not so much a running “fast” QB but someone who can almost innately dodge at least some of the killer edge rushers and not absorb constant blindside obliterations with both his feet in cement. Mahomes and those like him are not “running QB” but effective in his ability to allude a lot of direct killer hits (though not always on his ankles…). Burrow isn’t a slug like Slovis but seems less able to do that. Being able to make plays with the feet (while smartly getting out of bounds like Mahomes does, but Jackson does not) is a big element too. I see some big big hits in Burrow ‘s future and they add up. Only freaks like Ben can play forever taking so much abuse, and most teams aren’t going to be as hyper effective protecting their immobile guy like Brady had. Bottom line the point is I don’t want to give huge contracts to such guys.
I’ve been meaning to ask this…did Kenny actually get concussed twice? Or is that just a faulty narrative? I don’t know the answer…but if he were really concussed that 1st time, would he have been out of protocol 2 days later?
ok, that's your opinion. I just think that if you have an elite passing qb like him, you are gonna be in the playoffs pretty much every year for the next decade..
it worked for my narrative. no, i dont think so. but i was not allowed into the blue tent on the sidelines so i dont know.
It’s not you, we hear it all the time. I just don’t know if it’s accurate. Maybe it is.
Cincy being down 3 OL starters finally hurt them
You'd think they would have shortened the offense up a little to offset that but that didn't seem to be in the cards. It's almost like they're comfortable letting him get pounded. Guy has been sacked 124 times in 42 games. Won't be around long if that keeps up.
Yep, it’s my opinion, that’s all. To me, the game has shifted to favor more nimble QBs who can still throw effectively. In most areas, defenses have largely been neutralized, with the exception that edge rushers potentially still have big impacts, which is why they (and shutdown corners) make the biggest bucks on D. I see a largely immobile pocket QB as a disadvantage in this way, because it’s easier to affect such a guy with a big rush. But we will see over the coming seasons…
yeah, its tough to have both. chiefs down graded at WRs but it still worked for them. Ju Ju and some other hyphen guy as Wrs as a pretty big drop off from Tyreke.. They got a great pick in that Pacheco guy who they drafted 7th round..
Getting a truly great tight end is a huge advantage cap wise. Worked for New England for years. You give Kelce the exact same skillset, statistics, etc but line him up at WR his cap hit is twice as large. But tight ends just never have gotten paid like that.
