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A huge part of their offense is Mahomes buying time and making freak throws. If he can’t move, game changer. But if one coach could reconfigure the offense in a week to accommodate a diminished Patrick Mahomes, it’s Andy Reid.

Peter King, in spite of what he says here, will never respect us. “Cute upstart”? I can’t recall him ever denigrating another team with backhanded praise like that. He’s got a few miles on him, older guys tend to default to the thoughts and opinions they’ve had their whole lives. Some of the other teams are a little more sophisticated in dealing with national media types, bordering on manipulation. Maybe we’re evolving, developing skills like that now that Mike has truly stepped back.

My new friend Brian Baldinger!

What an amazing game. I don’t know if anyone remembers, but the first and second game of the year, the Bills were on prime time tv both games and dominated the Rams and the Titans. I recall watching those games and thinking the AFC is fucked, Josh Allen is too good, and the Bills are going to win the Super Bowl. (Also, we lost both our first two games). Now! I’m starting to think Josh Allen is a bit of a choker. The Appendix games didn’t mean anything. And the NFL media collective Mahomes/Allen worship is revealed for what it is - marketing. Also, what we saw in Demar’s game in Cincy was reality. We were on our way to winning that game.

Ha! Love that answer from Joe. Welcome young ArmyBengal, you may have to explain TikTok and such to the old geezers around here (not me, totally up to speed).

Watching the 49ers mascot and Prescott try to play quarterback makes me appreciate Burrow all the more.

Erin Andrews still getting it done on Fox. Just show her for an hour or two.

Ha ha! Dak’s ad for his AI Robot bed has inspired me.

Man, neither of these NFC teams are even in the same league as Philly. Would be amazing to see one of them upset the eagles next week, we can dream anyway.

One of my favorite all-time Bengals games. So fun to watch, the snow, our pressure on Allen, everything.

Man I’m happy Army and his son got to see that in person.

Holy crap, way to go Bengal fans!

I’m building a voodoo shrine to Jackson Carman out of old grocery bags, a brick I found in my driveway, and a shitload of glitter. It’s on my kitchen table right now and if it works, Carman gives up only one sack and we’ll probably win. This thing is fucking sick.

This thing’s basically over. Next stop, Orchard Park (on my tv, I won’t actually be there). It will be a tough one for our Bengals. The Bills have some injuries as well. I just hope we can give Burrow a couple seconds back there.

You are not kidding. The Giants don’t belong in a playoff game with the Eagles. Makes me wonder how bad the Vikings actually were.

Ok, Chiefs won. Now let’s hop over to the pregame on Fox for this NFC matchup! Hey let’s hear from Jimmie Johnson (last coached in the previous century, 23 years ago), Terry Bradshaw (last played 39 years ago), and Howie Long (last played 30 years ago)! These guys have their finger on the pulse of the game! Assuming we’re talking about 1983.

Lawrence throws a pick to effectively end the Jags chances.

Mahomes now taking a break, Henne playing qb for KC.

Damn, Mahomes sprained his ankle, still can play just slowed him some. So basically, Collinsworth will be talking about this ankle the rest of the game.

I have youtubetv. It should work. I assume the trial version is the same as the normal (subscription) version. Otherwise how would they expect a trial to entice customers to sign up. As a fail safe, I’d go in and tell youtubetv to record all nfl games. I have that on my account. It will then should record today’s/tonight’s games and will put your mind at ease that it’ll work on the bengals game. Even though I’m in central Ohio, YouTube tv does not black out local nfl teams/games. If it’s broadcast in your local market, it will be on YouTube tv.

I’m just flabbergasted we’re going into a divisional round playoff game and Jackson Carman is our starting left tackle. How many regular season games was he active? You just can’t envision the stuff that goes on in this league.

For degenerate gamblers in here - the o/u on Burrow’s passing yards is 275. I’m taking the over and I’m not even checking the wind forecast in Orchard Park. Zac likes throwing even with a lead.

Agree Mem, but I keep in mind a leader like Karras is going to unify that unit through all means. No way is he going to be anything but encouraging to that kid, that’s the kind of person he is.

Volson is what he is. A grinder. He beat out the U.S.S. Carman as it was taking on water and listing to starboard. We all know Volson doesn’t have a ceiling anywhere near what we’d like. Our o-line is an obvious weakness due to injury and other factors like historically significant busts that put us in a difficult spot personnel wise. We’re still digging out. Could it cost us a chance at this year’s Super Bowl? Yes. Did it cost us last year’s Super Bowl? Yes. Do I blame Paul Alexander, Cedric Ogbuehi, Jake Fisher, Russel Bodine, Billy Price, and Jackson Carman? Hell yes, because that is where the blame truly lies. We’ve been left constantly trying to backfill these fucking gaping holes.

Now the Ravens are like, “you’re our guy Lamar, we’ll let you pick the new offensive coordinator.” Lamar’s like, “can’t help, too busy reading Deshaun Watson’s contract and sending out cryptic tweets about how you should take care of things you love.” From an agent’s perspective, Lamar has played this perfectly. He’s obviously worth whatever Watson got and more. He’s milked a non- surgery injury to the absolute hilt and beyond. The Ravens don’t want to give him a fully guaranteed deal. And they probably want to get him below market value. Lamar has definitely sent the signal - you had better not tag me because the first sprain or strain I get will result in me taking the rest of the season off. His refusal to travel with the team to the playoff game in Cincy was, I think, a master stroke of negotiating. It says - I straight up don’t give a fuck. Pay me or goodbye.