Make no mistake, the bills are Legit. Vegas essentially has this as a pick ‘em game.
I think the chiefs are overall a better team and know how to win in the playoffs.
The chiefs win in a squeaker.
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I think the chiefs are overall a better team and know how to win in the playoffs.
The chiefs win in a squeaker.
Hey buddy, you may be dead on...that's why they play the game!!
The first of 4 games this weekend is CIN @ TEN. This one is a tough one for me to call...for one thing, as I've been forced to admit many times in the past, I can't pick Titans games if my life depended on it...and also this Bengals team seems to be improving with every outing, gaining in confidence and stature; making them an unknown commodity and very risky to bet against. The Bengals ceiling is so high that they can win this game by 30 points and it wouldn't come as a shock, yet expectations -coming in to the season- were so low that they could get blown out by the same number and it wouldn't surprise. Their season would be considered a success regardless of the outcome. I don't think anyone is getting blown out in this game.
The Titans get Derrick Henry back, and assuming he's back to full health, he will be FRESH. Before getting injured, Henry was putting up some gaudy numbers...He got almost 1000 rushing yards in the 8 games he played in, averaging 117 yds/g...considering that in past seasons he got better in the latter stages of the season, we could've seen him break the single season rushing record. To their credit, the Titans hardly skipped a beat after losing Henry. D'Onta Foreman was more than a capable backup, and the thought of a backfield tandem with Henry and Foreman must be giving CIN defensive players nightmares. I'm not taking anything away from these two, when I say that the Oline and the blocking scheme is largely responsible for their running success. They are a physical bunch.
On the passing side, we all know who Ryan Tannehill is...he's not going to set the world on fire with his arm, but he's not a kid who plays with matches and won't burn your own house down either. They never replaced Jonna Jones (NE), so they're weak at TE; but they do have decent/very good WRs. AJ Brown is the go to guy, and he is serious threat with speed and size (63 catches for 869 yds)...Julio Jones was brought in to play opposite Brown, and give Tannehill a dependable target between the 20's; however I really haven't seen that chemistry develop between them. Who I have been impressed with is Slot Receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, who's name you will surely hear quite bit on Saturday. Their bread and butter -understandably so- is the play-action-pass, and that aspect of their passing game should improve greatly after Henry breaks off his first 20 yard run in the game.
They are just as physical and nasty on Defense. They went out and got Bud Dupree from PIT, who I love; but he hasn't panned out the way they thought...or maybe they're just saving him for the playoffs, but Dupree is the type of player that can do it all and impact the game from the D side. The player that I hardly ever hear anyone mention is S Kevin Byard...this guy plays like his hair is on fire, and in this game, that might actually be the case! In 17 games this year, he amassed 88 tackles, 5 Ints, 2 FF, and 2 TDs...he's a 1st team All-Pro. Titans are also 2nd in the league in TOP, which means their D is usually fresher than the other team's in the latter stages of the game, and that's another benefit of their running game that is often overlooked. Over the course of the season, they ranked 12th in overall D, but were 2nd against the run, giving up only 86.4 yards per game on the ground. Also important to note that although they give up some yards in the passing game, they don't give up a lot of points, 20.8 pts/g is good enough for 5th in the league.
Safe to say, that in this day and age of passing football, the Titans' philosophy is old and simple...Run the ball, and stop the other team from running the ball.
I've talked quite a bit about the Bengals during the season, warning everyone about the emergence of Ja'Marr Chase as a top WR. But they run a traditional passing offense, with a pocket QB, 3 WRs and a TE in the passing game and a single 3 down RB...they don't do all the gimmicks and the wildcat and other formations, and all the pre-snap player movement and motions, like a KC or GB or SF or LAR. They basically lineup and run plays, knowing that their guy is going to beat your guy for the ball...and they often do. There MAY be better single receivers in the game than who CIN has, but not one team in the league currently has 3 WRs on their roster that can top Chase, Higgins and Boyd as a group.
They're going to have to score a lot of point, because their D can give up a lot of yards and points...something we saw in their game against the LAC. They will have their top pass rusher Trey Hendrickson (concussion) for this game, but the loss of DT Larry Ogunjobi in the interior of the line is really going to hurt them against the Titans. They're better against the run than they are against the pass, but I honestly can't see them being able to stop the Titans run game, and unless they can create a couple of turnovers, they're going to be liability in this game.
These two didn't play each other this year, but they did in Nov. last year before Joe Burrow went down with injury...so he did play in that game. In that game Henry got 112 yds and 1 TD, and Corey Davis caught 10 passes for 128 and 1 TD; but Burrow passed for 249 and 2 TDs and the Bengals beat the Titans in CIN 31-20!! There is no Corey Davis in TEN now...he's been replace/upgraded with Julio Jones...but CIN didn't have Chase and Joe Mixon in that game, and we're talking huge upgrades with those two.
CIN....29
TEN....32
The Titans get Derrick Henry back, and assuming he's back to full health, he will be FRESH. Before getting injured, Henry was putting up some gaudy numbers...He got almost 1000 rushing yards in the 8 games he played in, averaging 117 yds/g...considering that in past seasons he got better in the latter stages of the season, we could've seen him break the single season rushing record. To their credit, the Titans hardly skipped a beat after losing Henry. D'Onta Foreman was more than a capable backup, and the thought of a backfield tandem with Henry and Foreman must be giving CIN defensive players nightmares. I'm not taking anything away from these two, when I say that the Oline and the blocking scheme is largely responsible for their running success. They are a physical bunch.
On the passing side, we all know who Ryan Tannehill is...he's not going to set the world on fire with his arm, but he's not a kid who plays with matches and won't burn your own house down either. They never replaced Jonna Jones (NE), so they're weak at TE; but they do have decent/very good WRs. AJ Brown is the go to guy, and he is serious threat with speed and size (63 catches for 869 yds)...Julio Jones was brought in to play opposite Brown, and give Tannehill a dependable target between the 20's; however I really haven't seen that chemistry develop between them. Who I have been impressed with is Slot Receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, who's name you will surely hear quite bit on Saturday. Their bread and butter -understandably so- is the play-action-pass, and that aspect of their passing game should improve greatly after Henry breaks off his first 20 yard run in the game.
They are just as physical and nasty on Defense. They went out and got Bud Dupree from PIT, who I love; but he hasn't panned out the way they thought...or maybe they're just saving him for the playoffs, but Dupree is the type of player that can do it all and impact the game from the D side. The player that I hardly ever hear anyone mention is S Kevin Byard...this guy plays like his hair is on fire, and in this game, that might actually be the case! In 17 games this year, he amassed 88 tackles, 5 Ints, 2 FF, and 2 TDs...he's a 1st team All-Pro. Titans are also 2nd in the league in TOP, which means their D is usually fresher than the other team's in the latter stages of the game, and that's another benefit of their running game that is often overlooked. Over the course of the season, they ranked 12th in overall D, but were 2nd against the run, giving up only 86.4 yards per game on the ground. Also important to note that although they give up some yards in the passing game, they don't give up a lot of points, 20.8 pts/g is good enough for 5th in the league.
Safe to say, that in this day and age of passing football, the Titans' philosophy is old and simple...Run the ball, and stop the other team from running the ball.
I've talked quite a bit about the Bengals during the season, warning everyone about the emergence of Ja'Marr Chase as a top WR. But they run a traditional passing offense, with a pocket QB, 3 WRs and a TE in the passing game and a single 3 down RB...they don't do all the gimmicks and the wildcat and other formations, and all the pre-snap player movement and motions, like a KC or GB or SF or LAR. They basically lineup and run plays, knowing that their guy is going to beat your guy for the ball...and they often do. There MAY be better single receivers in the game than who CIN has, but not one team in the league currently has 3 WRs on their roster that can top Chase, Higgins and Boyd as a group.
They're going to have to score a lot of point, because their D can give up a lot of yards and points...something we saw in their game against the LAC. They will have their top pass rusher Trey Hendrickson (concussion) for this game, but the loss of DT Larry Ogunjobi in the interior of the line is really going to hurt them against the Titans. They're better against the run than they are against the pass, but I honestly can't see them being able to stop the Titans run game, and unless they can create a couple of turnovers, they're going to be liability in this game.
These two didn't play each other this year, but they did in Nov. last year before Joe Burrow went down with injury...so he did play in that game. In that game Henry got 112 yds and 1 TD, and Corey Davis caught 10 passes for 128 and 1 TD; but Burrow passed for 249 and 2 TDs and the Bengals beat the Titans in CIN 31-20!! There is no Corey Davis in TEN now...he's been replace/upgraded with Julio Jones...but CIN didn't have Chase and Joe Mixon in that game, and we're talking huge upgrades with those two.
CIN....29
TEN....32
cincy is San Diego circa 2004. They better start winning super bowls cause nfl windows close fast unless your Tom Brady.
Cincy has the most talented roster in the nfl just like the chargers did back then - well we know how the chargers story finished. Let’s see if cincy has a different story to spin.
I agree to some extent. There are similarities...but I can't remember the Chargers ever having a Receiving Corp like the one the Bengals have assembled. Frankly, I can see more of a resemblance to the 79 or 1980 Chargers...The 1980 SDC featured 3 Receivers with over 1000 yards receiving, of course one of them was a young TE named Kellen Winslow (23)...Fouts was Probowler, and JJ (1340yds), Joiner (1132), and Winslow (1290) were all 1st Team All-Pro...The team was so much better than everyone else at passing the ball, that they finished with the No. 1 offense in the league, even though they ranked 16th in the Run!! Chuck Muncie was the lead back with 659yds.
This Cinci team, has three Wideouts that put up the same kind of numbers...Chase (1455), Tee Higgins (1091), and Tyler Boyd (828)...but their TE CJ Uzomah also added 493 yds, and Joe Mixon chipped in with 314 yds receiving and 1205 yards on the ground!!!
Now, when you consider that Burrow is only 25, Chase 21, Higgins 22, Boyd 27, Mixon 25, and Uzomah is the old man at 28; this team's "window" will be open for a number of years to come.
BTW...I have trouble calling the 2004 Chargers the "most talented roster in the NFL"....The 2006 or 2007 SDC teams were far more talented and could be in the conversation for the best rosters in the league for their respective years.
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2004-2009 was a pretty good run. Probably our best chance. To bad FUdean couldn’t get the fuk out of the way and let football people run the team.
Messed up and didn't get my pick in for the first game. Change in strategy....
Let's go Rams.... (probably fukd)
Let's go Rams.... (probably fukd)
Went downhill in 2007 when Norv took over. He took Marty’s leftovers and buried them.
Me too.well I'm eliminated...fucking blockhead
I'll tell you though I've never seen a more poorly managed final two minutes of a game, with two time outs, and they just let time continue to run while still needing to go 40 plus yards to get into field goal range. What a total cluster fuck - they deserved to lose.
I didn't see the game first hand. Watched the last two minutes here.Me too.
I'll tell you though I've never seen a more poorly managed final two minutes of a game, with two time outs, and they just let time continue to run while still needing to go 40 plus yards to get into field goal range. What a total cluster fuck - they deserved to lose.
Titans were not into that ending. Poor, very por.
Bengals are roaring.
Did you not see the last minute of the raider charger game? Or you just talking about last 2 minute instances?Me too.
I'll tell you though I've never seen a more poorly managed final two minutes of a game, with two time outs, and they just let time continue to run while still needing to go 40 plus yards to get into field goal range. What a total cluster fuck - they deserved to lose.
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Fucking Packer special teams lost the game....gave the Niners at least 10 points...just handed to them. Blocked punts , blocked FG, gave up big returns. And LaFleur sucks. Eff the Packers for losing to the Niners. Looks like you are out now too HOF bro. Damn. I'm truly depressed by that outcome.
I had a family emergency yesterday, so other than the 1st Q of the TEN-CIN game, I didn't watch any of the games. I recorded them to watch later, but I DO KNOW that I'm out!
Looks like the OVER players (overwhelming majority) were taken to the cleaners, and most playoff survivor pools took a big hit with both No. 1 seeds literally getting booted out!
Good luck to who ever is still left!!...
LET'S GO BILLS - RAMS!!
nick bosa might be the best player in football. I think he is better than Donald.
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Well, that's fine. I think it's not even close.
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not me, ha ha. I think kwak took the Rams so at least one. Maybe he's the winner already??? Will wait for the call from Toronto, it's under official review by HOF.
I had to make that pick because I didn't get my Tenn pick in. Guess it worked out. LOL
What a crazy day of football yesterday. Just nutty, but I had a big smile watching Brady lose. Crybyaby little bitch.