CHIEFS

[kim carnes]

Like, it’s going to be so goddamn cold

[mocat]

it may be the most run heavy game we've ever seen from Andrew

[ben ji]

My coworker has had chiefs season tickets for 15 years and was talking about the game today.

I asked him about the weather and he spent 10 minutes explaining his cold weather carhartt setup that he has spent 10 years perfecting.

[Pete]

Apart from living in Florida, is there anything about Miami's 6th ranked rushing offense that would lead us to believe it will not our perform our 19th ranked rushing offense?

Chiefs rushing defense is quite a bit worse than Miami's rushing defense.

[mocat]

Apart from living in Florida, is there anything about Miami's 6th ranked rushing offense that would lead us to believe it will not our perform our 19th ranked rushing offense?

Chiefs rushing defense is quite a bit worse than Miami's rushing defense.

it's worse than 6th vs 19th:
the dolphins offense finished #1 in rushing ypp (5.1)
the chiefs defense finished #24 in rushing ypp (4.5)

but to answer your question: raheem mostert is not 100% healthy. HOWEVER, Achane is very good! 

[Institutional Control]

Achane did not play in the Germany game, right?

[mocat]

i will say this: encouraging teams to run against you by design is a winning defensive strategy.

2023 playoff teams
rushing ypp rank / passing ypp rank (overall weighted defense rank)

good defenses
baltimore: 25/1 (#1)
cleveland: 19/2 (#2)
kansas city: 24/3 (#3)
san francisco: 14/5 (#6)
dallas: 15/7 (#7)
pittsburgh 21/20 (#8)
la rams 17/14 (#9)
tampa bay 8/25 (#12)
buffalo: 28/6 (#13)

bad defenses:
houston: 2/27 (#22)
miami: 6/13 (#24)
detroit: 3/29 (#25)
green bay: 23/17 (#26)
philadelphia: 20/16 (#28)


tampa bay have the only "good" defense that is better vs the run than the pass

does that matter at all when the football is frozen and your fingers don't work? who's to say

[WildcatNkilt]

Achane did not play in the Germany game, right?

That is correct.  He was out with injury. 

[mocat]

Achane did not play in the Germany game, right?

he did not

[kim carnes]

Apart from living in Florida, is there anything about Miami's 6th ranked rushing offense that would lead us to believe it will not our perform our 19th ranked rushing offense?

Chiefs rushing defense is quite a bit worse than Miami's rushing defense.

There is cause for concern, but I think it’s a good deal more complicated than you’re making it.  For starters, this is the playoffs, baby

[pissclams]

Apart from living in Florida, is there anything about Miami's 6th ranked rushing offense that would lead us to believe it will not our perform our 19th ranked rushing offense?

Chiefs rushing defense is quite a bit worse than Miami's rushing defense.

it's worse than 6th vs 19th:
the dolphins offense finished #1 in rushing ypp (5.1)
the chiefs defense finished #24 in rushing ypp (4.5)

but to answer your question: raheem mostert is not 100% healthy. HOWEVER, Achane is very good! 

almost a wednesday’s however

[cfbandyman]

I’ll say this, when playing a team that you’re better than, I prefer the weather not be a factor at all.

Agree 100%. Variance usually favors the lesser team

Agreed, and just remembering from some recent games (like last few years) I feel like teams that are from more warmer climates (I think immediately of Tampa @ GB in 2021, or SF @ GB in 2022) tend to out perform their cold weather brethren, regardless if one team is actually better or not. I feel like they know for sure weather is a factor is super prepare/game plan as such. My  tho

[kim carnes]

I’ll say this, when playing a team that you’re better than, I prefer the weather not be a factor at all.

Agree 100%. Variance usually favors the lesser team

Agreed, and just remembering from some recent games (like last few years) I feel like teams that are from more warmer climates (I think immediately of Tampa @ GB in 2021, or SF @ GB in 2022) tend to out perform their cold weather brethren, regardless if one team is actually better or not. I feel like they know for sure weather is a factor is super prepare/game plan as such. My  tho

The best explanation for that is its Green Bay and it’s the playoffs

[kim carnes]

The windchill was -2 at kick for the seahawks game last yr, remember some of their players warming up shirtless 

[Cartierfor3]

Travis will get 2 TDs on Saturday

[pissclams]

the fastest show on turf is going to light up the kansas city sky on saturday night.

fins 31
chiefs 17

sorry chief bros but it’s just not in the cards this year for us

[star seed 7]

Miami sucks, chiefs roll

[Cire]

I will be very interested in how tua handles this because it's more than just cold on saturday night.

I have a feeling Chris jones and the Dline will control the LOS

[mocat]

my prediction: this will be a Weird Game

[yoga-like_abana]

my prediction: this will be a Weird Game

Maybe the cold will numb the Chiefs receivers hands enough that they will start catching!

[kim carnes]

I know that they think they can win and that makes me want to break their will

[kim carnes]

I want to embarrass them

[kim carnes]

You guys are acting like the bengals are coming to town

[mocat]

by Weird Game i mean like a richie james touchdown, a justin houston interception, a blown coverage on a deep shot to justin watson but it turns out he had previously stepped out of bounds, an ill-advised Andy challenge that he somehow wins, a bubble screen to tyreek late in the game that he fumbles but a dolphins lineman picks it up and rumbles for a back breaking first down. Weird Game.

[kim carnes]

All of those things are pretty standard for a chiefs playoff game