So tired of this. Not a big deal, though, really, because losing this game wasn't any big loss. I'd noted that last week when I offered a humble suggestion that we rest our best players anyway. Today we lost 27-24 when it wouldn't have made a single difference if we'd lost 78-0 with our second stringers playing.
Fortunately we didn't lose anyone to serious injury on that nasty-bad turf, even though watching Mahomes limp off field after his last failed attempt to do a good Chiefs thing was very concerning. Cincinnati definitely rivals Indianapolis as a hellhole I hope our fine team never has to go to play football ever again.
In my last post I'd mentioned the 1981 49ers with their rookie defensive backfield -- in the Super Bowl they beat the Bengals. They continued to beat the Bengals in the worst ways for the next several years, including in Super Bowl XXIII when Joe Montana beat them in the last minute.
Wow, did the Niners have the Bengals' number.
Well, ::Igghck::
The Bengals simply have the Chiefs' number right now. They've now beaten the Chiefs three times this year. Last season they did it twice (both games in January) and now this.
Over and over again the Bengals just made some play to contribute to the inevitable beating. They've done it just about every time they've played us. With the exception of a 45-10 shellacking in 2018, take that game out and the Bengals have beaten us seven straight times.
Today, again, there was just play after play after play when the Bengals just got some goofy-good play or were helped out by the refs. Just watching this game it looked like there was some kind of Bengals curse afflicting us yet again. Playing other teams the Chiefs just have everything in command, you can tell, everyone knows they'll take care of business in some way.
Not when we play the Bengals.
We had a chance to win this thing late. We were driving down the field just fine when on 3rd-&-short Mahomes faced a three-man rush and yet-again-as-he-did-in-the-AFC-Championship-Game-last-season he stumbled and bumbled and so unMahomes-like didn't make a play.
4th down, Butker in for a 55-yard FG attempt to tie it, should get it because his strength is his leg-strength. We got this...
Exceppppt this is the Bengals.
Sure enough it goes wide right.
Ballgame over.
I could say a ton more but don't feel like it. I could write more about our bendy defense and us just not putting enough pressure on Burrow -- okay I'll add that Brett has got to get going getting some D-linemen who'll take care of business. Carlos Dunlap has been okay but he's a fill-in. George Karlaftis has to grow into his game. Chris Jones needs to get re-signed. Otherwise we need to draft good, lasting, exceedingly ferocious pass rushers -- yeah I'm right now all of "Okay Brett every draft pick needs to be a D-lineman, let's go..."
Otherwise, yeah, I'm done with this ugliness. Thuh end.
Again not a horribly costly loss. We have a chance to get well now against teams like the Broncos and Texans coming up.
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