The difference is one player, Chris Jones. Buff’s D had 40 sacks in the regular season. KC’s D w/o Jones had 39.5. With Jones, 55. He’s the guy Lou has to neutralize.
FWIW in the regular season meetup KC had 2 sacks and neither was Jones.
https://www.nfl.com/news/bengals-targeting-2023-offseason-for-qb-joe-burrow-s-contract-extension
Will be interesting to see how this plays out vs. Lamar.