Stripes

Vegas might be anticipating a little let down energy. Nice opportunity to follow the sustained Chiefs streak with a snapped Browns unstreak.

Just remembered: Put that “Mahomes is undefeated in Nov/Dec” stuff to sleep. 26-1

Need to keep giving him touches when Mixon is back. Even split sounds good to me.

The Bengals handed away two red zone TDs (4th down and TB drop) against the Chiefs and beat them anyway.

Dude look at Joe’s face when he makes that throw. Zero expression, just a cold, flat, assassin.

Separate note: the Titans emerged from last week’s physical beating and got destroyed in Philly. Facing the Bengals takes a lot out of teams.

Broken

3rd and 11 legitimately almost made me cry in the stands. This franchise simply didn’t make those plays against top competition pre-Burrow, at least not in my lifetime.

Ossai’s sack and Pratt’s FF were both the timely plays of a championship team.

Still buzzing. We all know we’re sitting on another Super Bowl contender

Eat my ass, Chiefs

Wanted a pass on 4th down. Oh well. Need a big Anarumo second half.

Great first quarter all around.

Thanks for nothing Denver

Very possible. Seattle and Detroit both possess resources to trade even if he is tagged.

Lamar Jackson is questionable to return (knee). Huntley has them driving though.

Also go Texans. The human garbage is back.

So many good games this week, and they have unambiguous rooting interests. SF > MIA MIN > NYJ PHI > TEN LV > LAC DEN > BAL Obviously that won’t all happen, but there’s no doubt about where we should lean.

Technically those are their designations, yes. I think Chase is playing though. He was full-go in the last practice and didn't miss any days. Mixon is legitimately questionable. Wilson had an illness, but it's unclear what -- he could well be over it by Sunday. Hopefully he is, but even if not I feel okay about that. I think linebacker has quietly become one of the best units on the roster.

Chase? Check Reader? Check ArmyBengal? Check It’s over.

How are we feeling about round 3, gang? All week it's been "revenge revenge blah blah", and I find the entire narrative meaningless. They're both good teams and playing well. By the matchups I think there are reasons for optimism.

I'd be watching the game on my phone from the bathroom at the party and probably exposing every 3-year old to colorful language.

Pats are toast, so that’s ideal if we lose Sunday. I think a Pats win would have been better with a Bengals win though. Oh well, feels like a win-win.

Yep. JT is always enthusiastic about a Burrow breakdown. This time he even offered some gentle criticisms (fairly so I think, in a way that I'd expect Joe to agree with himself). The video is in the spoiler tag:

Speaking of Arby's, I was reminded just yesterday of a long-forgotten roast beef entity once known as Rax. The mere concept of "Rax" sent me spiraling into a nostalgic tailspin to a time when I was a pubeless snot bubble of a boy, when nothing mattered in the world and the Bengals were 3-13 in consecutive seasons. I have never eaten at Rax.