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And, yes, "Superb Owl." Smitty ain't lookin' to get sued.
Alright, figured I may as well get this thread started. As always, comments, questions (preferably football-related), and discussions are welcome.
First, as I mentioned in another thread, the morning of the conference championship games I bet SF -2.5 over KC. The thought was KC was gonna win (duh) and SF would blow out Detroit (Whoops. Didn't happen until the 2nd half.) and the line would get bet up to 3, making Smitty super smart. Oh well.
A few things to get the ball rolling...
I still like SF in this game. Well, to be more specific, I'm still not a believer in KC. And, yes, I bet them at Buffalo and Baltimore. Both bets were against those teams, not ON KC. Let's look at KC's playoff path. First, they played a team from Miami in, what?, -40° temps. And Miami was missing roughly half their starting defense. The Dolphins were beat before they even stepped off the plane. Then they played two teams that have almost zero threat of the forward pass. Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson are two very solid running backs who should be running the Winged T. Oh, and Buffalo was also missing roughly half of their starting defense.
SF averaged 28.9 pts/game, 3rd in the league. During the regular season, KC only played 5 games against teams in the top 12 in scoring offense. They went 1-4 in those games, with the one win over Miami in Germany.
KC's good defensive #s were mostly put up against mediocre offenses.
SF obviously has a very prolific offense. The weak link, and the great unknown going into this game... Brock Purdy. There have certainly been some signs to indicate this game may be too big for him. He was terrible against Baltimore, and less-than-stellar in the playoffs. They do have the run game to take pressure off him, and KC is vulnerable against the run. That said, you never know if Shanahan will learn from John Harbaugh's mistake and run, run, run against KC.
Shanahan is another glaring weakness for SF. He has proven 3 times now I think that he doesn't understand he needs to USE that excellent ground game with a lead in the 4th quarter. You can make an argument for balance earlier in the game. They have a ton of weapons and you want to make sure they stay involved in the game. But you have a strength that lines up with the opponent's weakness, AND that reduces the load on your own weakness.
One last thing before I forget... the kicking game. SF decided they could part ways with Robbie Gould, despite the fact that he only made 68 of 68 kicks in the playoffs in his career. Rookie Moody was mediocre this year, making 14 of 18 over 29 yards. And he has missed a FG in each of his last 3 games, all under 50 yards. Even with the perfect conditions in the dome, Moody is questionable.
Plenty more to come...
And, yes, "Superb Owl." Smitty ain't lookin' to get sued.
Alright, figured I may as well get this thread started. As always, comments, questions (preferably football-related), and discussions are welcome.
First, as I mentioned in another thread, the morning of the conference championship games I bet SF -2.5 over KC. The thought was KC was gonna win (duh) and SF would blow out Detroit (Whoops. Didn't happen until the 2nd half.) and the line would get bet up to 3, making Smitty super smart. Oh well.
A few things to get the ball rolling...
I still like SF in this game. Well, to be more specific, I'm still not a believer in KC. And, yes, I bet them at Buffalo and Baltimore. Both bets were against those teams, not ON KC. Let's look at KC's playoff path. First, they played a team from Miami in, what?, -40° temps. And Miami was missing roughly half their starting defense. The Dolphins were beat before they even stepped off the plane. Then they played two teams that have almost zero threat of the forward pass. Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson are two very solid running backs who should be running the Winged T. Oh, and Buffalo was also missing roughly half of their starting defense.
SF averaged 28.9 pts/game, 3rd in the league. During the regular season, KC only played 5 games against teams in the top 12 in scoring offense. They went 1-4 in those games, with the one win over Miami in Germany.
KC's good defensive #s were mostly put up against mediocre offenses.
SF obviously has a very prolific offense. The weak link, and the great unknown going into this game... Brock Purdy. There have certainly been some signs to indicate this game may be too big for him. He was terrible against Baltimore, and less-than-stellar in the playoffs. They do have the run game to take pressure off him, and KC is vulnerable against the run. That said, you never know if Shanahan will learn from John Harbaugh's mistake and run, run, run against KC.
Shanahan is another glaring weakness for SF. He has proven 3 times now I think that he doesn't understand he needs to USE that excellent ground game with a lead in the 4th quarter. You can make an argument for balance earlier in the game. They have a ton of weapons and you want to make sure they stay involved in the game. But you have a strength that lines up with the opponent's weakness, AND that reduces the load on your own weakness.
One last thing before I forget... the kicking game. SF decided they could part ways with Robbie Gould, despite the fact that he only made 68 of 68 kicks in the playoffs in his career. Rookie Moody was mediocre this year, making 14 of 18 over 29 yards. And he has missed a FG in each of his last 3 games, all under 50 yards. Even with the perfect conditions in the dome, Moody is questionable.
Plenty more to come...
