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Anonymous wrote:Mahomes' wife does annoy me, yes. I agree she's narcissistic and a show off.

But man do I think Patrick himself is sexy AF. I have a huge crush on him.

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Anonymous wrote:My team didn't even make the playoffs this year so I have no real dog in this fight, but I can't bring myself to root for the Bengals, even though they are a good team, because Joe Burrow just seems like an arrogant turd. He just really annoys me. I think the only way you get away with that level of showboating arrogance is if you are Tom Brady and back it up with championship after championship. But my sense is Burrow is more of a Phil Rivers.

Go Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes I guess.

I'm from Ohio but not a Cincy fan. My DC's family is though. So I'm loathe to say anything nice about Cincinnati. That said . . .

I don't find him obnoxious as a person. He seems pretty down to earth and genuine and people around him like him. HOWEVER, he needs some wardrobe advice (and hopefully he has a good financial manager), STAT. I think he must dress and pick out jewelry in the dark. We get it, you have money now. No need to dress so tacky and showy.

Down to earth? Have you ever heard him talk? And his “style” is not an accident of youth/inexperience. He dresses like an arrogant bro because that’s what he is. He got named to some fashion best dressed list— I don’t think it looks good but he dresses to attract attention to his clothes/persona and it’s effective.

Two really badly timed interceptions in a tight game. Bengals might still pull this out because Mahomes is hobbling around on one leg and a lot of other injuries, but Burrow is not the elite QB he thinks he is.

I grew up in Ohio dipsh--. I've heard him talk many times. He's extremely generous in the community and everyone who knows him at all says nothing but great things about him. His "fashion", well, it's very "new money" and is tacky.

As for his play, it speaks for himself. He didn't play as well as he normally does but, you know what, Mahomes (who I like) was in the same boat in the past. It happens. And, lbh, the refs heavily influenced that game. It was an appalling display of officiating. But, unfortunately, when you're also not playing your best, you're not going to make up for that, as well. The Bengals had a good run. Not my team. In fact, I pretty much despise Cincinnati teams but I do think they were not dealt a fair hand last night.

Calling strangers on the internet names is a weird way to establish your authority on whether or not someone is a decent person.

Blaming refs for the outcome in a hard fought game is also not an example of great sportsmanship and decency. There were calls that hurt both teams last night. The most decisive call in the game, the unnecessary roughness call on Cincy that put the Chiefs within field goal range to win it, was a good call. A tough one, because I respect Ossai was just playing hard at the end of the game and his momentum and a momentary lapse in judgement led to the call. But it was the right call -- Ossai shoved Mahomes in the back when he was already out of bounds. That's pretty much a textbook call. Even the Bengals knew it was the right call, given that Ossai was beating himself up pretty bad over it after the game and apparently one of his teammates was overheard berating him for it.

Cincinatti was dealt a perfectly fair hand last night. Better than fair -- the Chiefs two most critical players were playing injured. Playing in Kansas City is brutal (and I know Cincy fans will also whine about that but KC had the better record, even if Cincy had beat the Bills in the game that never happened) and the Chiefs are a team with a lot of playoff experience. It showed last night. Their veterans came through because they have been there before and know how to gut it out EVEN when you are not playing your best. Cincinnati looked like the talented but immature team that they are, and that includes Burrow. He thinks because he's been to the Super Bowl, he's a star. He's not. His performance last night showed that. If he wants to talk trash and behave the way he does in interviews, he better win games. I think Tom Brady is an arrogant, obnoxious QB also. But Brady kept winning Super Bowls when he was behaving like that, so it's harder to argue with.

How about Joe Burrow win an actual championship? Probably won't happen, to be honest.

DP and I'm not a fan of either team but the officiating crew was struggling big time. Like they had never worked in a loud stadium before. I also don't like the new rule about limiting challenges because the crews have gotten lazy, it's a bit bonkers that KC was out of challenges after successfully contesting the ball placement on that one drive.

I agree the officiating crew had a hard time with some bad calls, but think it went both ways so seeing Bengals fans blaming their loss on the officiating gets an eyeroll from me. The officials weren't great last night, but the Chiefs outplayed the Bengals by just enough to win the game. The officials didn't force the interceptions, didn't cause Burrow to get sacked on 3rd down with two minutes left in a tie game, and they definitely didn't blow the call on Ossai -- that was his mistake, and it gave KC a field goal with 8 second left. You can't blame the officials.

I was also confused about that KC challenge, did those rules change recently or have I just not been paying attention to playoff challenge rules lately? Why did KC lose a challenge when the review found the ball did cross the 1st down line, in which case the original call was wrong? It makes no sense.

Bad teams blame officiating, sorry. I might feel differently if they'd blown the call at the end of the game or if we were talking about scoring plays, but the complaints are all ticky tacky stuff about missed blocking calls and stuff and that ALWAYS happens. And it happens to both teams. All the "the refs gave the game to KC" comments are just sour grapes. Grow up.

(not even a KC fan, actually hate them as a rival, but was impressed by what they managed to do last night -- it was a gritty win)

Anonymous wrote:Mahomes' wife does annoy me, yes. I agree she's narcissistic and a show off.

But man do I think Patrick himself is sexy AF. I have a huge crush on him.

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Anonymous wrote:My team didn't even make the playoffs this year so I have no real dog in this fight, but I can't bring myself to root for the Bengals, even though they are a good team, because Joe Burrow just seems like an arrogant turd. He just really annoys me. I think the only way you get away with that level of showboating arrogance is if you are Tom Brady and back it up with championship after championship. But my sense is Burrow is more of a Phil Rivers.

Go Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes I guess.

I'm from Ohio but not a Cincy fan. My DC's family is though. So I'm loathe to say anything nice about Cincinnati. That said . . .

I don't find him obnoxious as a person. He seems pretty down to earth and genuine and people around him like him. HOWEVER, he needs some wardrobe advice (and hopefully he has a good financial manager), STAT. I think he must dress and pick out jewelry in the dark. We get it, you have money now. No need to dress so tacky and showy.

Down to earth? Have you ever heard him talk? And his “style” is not an accident of youth/inexperience. He dresses like an arrogant bro because that’s what he is. He got named to some fashion best dressed list— I don’t think it looks good but he dresses to attract attention to his clothes/persona and it’s effective.

Two really badly timed interceptions in a tight game. Bengals might still pull this out because Mahomes is hobbling around on one leg and a lot of other injuries, but Burrow is not the elite QB he thinks he is.

I grew up in Ohio dipsh--. I've heard him talk many times. He's extremely generous in the community and everyone who knows him at all says nothing but great things about him. His "fashion", well, it's very "new money" and is tacky.

As for his play, it speaks for himself. He didn't play as well as he normally does but, you know what, Mahomes (who I like) was in the same boat in the past. It happens. And, lbh, the refs heavily influenced that game. It was an appalling display of officiating. But, unfortunately, when you're also not playing your best, you're not going to make up for that, as well. The Bengals had a good run. Not my team. In fact, I pretty much despise Cincinnati teams but I do think they were not dealt a fair hand last night.

Calling strangers on the internet names is a weird way to establish your authority on whether or not someone is a decent person.

Blaming refs for the outcome in a hard fought game is also not an example of great sportsmanship and decency. There were calls that hurt both teams last night. The most decisive call in the game, the unnecessary roughness call on Cincy that put the Chiefs within field goal range to win it, was a good call. A tough one, because I respect Ossai was just playing hard at the end of the game and his momentum and a momentary lapse in judgement led to the call. But it was the right call -- Ossai shoved Mahomes in the back when he was already out of bounds. That's pretty much a textbook call. Even the Bengals knew it was the right call, given that Ossai was beating himself up pretty bad over it after the game and apparently one of his teammates was overheard berating him for it.

Cincinatti was dealt a perfectly fair hand last night. Better than fair -- the Chiefs two most critical players were playing injured. Playing in Kansas City is brutal (and I know Cincy fans will also whine about that but KC had the better record, even if Cincy had beat the Bills in the game that never happened) and the Chiefs are a team with a lot of playoff experience. It showed last night. Their veterans came through because they have been there before and know how to gut it out EVEN when you are not playing your best. Cincinnati looked like the talented but immature team that they are, and that includes Burrow. He thinks because he's been to the Super Bowl, he's a star. He's not. His performance last night showed that. If he wants to talk trash and behave the way he does in interviews, he better win games. I think Tom Brady is an arrogant, obnoxious QB also. But Brady kept winning Super Bowls when he was behaving like that, so it's harder to argue with.

How about Joe Burrow win an actual championship? Probably won't happen, to be honest.

DP and I'm not a fan of either team but the officiating crew was struggling big time. Like they had never worked in a loud stadium before. I also don't like the new rule about limiting challenges because the crews have gotten lazy, it's a bit bonkers that KC was out of challenges after successfully contesting the ball placement on that one drive.

I agree the officiating crew had a hard time with some bad calls, but think it went both ways so seeing Bengals fans blaming their loss on the officiating gets an eyeroll from me. The officials weren't great last night, but the Chiefs outplayed the Bengals by just enough to win the game. The officials didn't force the interceptions, didn't cause Burrow to get sacked on 3rd down with two minutes left in a tie game, and they definitely didn't blow the call on Ossai -- that was his mistake, and it gave KC a field goal with 8 second left. You can't blame the officials.

I was also confused about that KC challenge, did those rules change recently or have I just not been paying attention to playoff challenge rules lately? Why did KC lose a challenge when the review found the ball did cross the 1st down line, in which case the original call was wrong? It makes no sense.

Bad teams blame officiating, sorry. I might feel differently if they'd blown the call at the end of the game or if we were talking about scoring plays, but the complaints are all ticky tacky stuff about missed blocking calls and stuff and that ALWAYS happens. And it happens to both teams. All the "the refs gave the game to KC" comments are just sour grapes. Grow up.

(not even a KC fan, actually hate them as a rival, but was impressed by what they managed to do last night -- it was a gritty win)

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Anonymous wrote:My team didn't even make the playoffs this year so I have no real dog in this fight, but I can't bring myself to root for the Bengals, even though they are a good team, because Joe Burrow just seems like an arrogant turd. He just really annoys me. I think the only way you get away with that level of showboating arrogance is if you are Tom Brady and back it up with championship after championship. But my sense is Burrow is more of a Phil Rivers.

Go Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes I guess.

I'm from Ohio but not a Cincy fan. My DC's family is though. So I'm loathe to say anything nice about Cincinnati. That said . . .

I don't find him obnoxious as a person. He seems pretty down to earth and genuine and people around him like him. HOWEVER, he needs some wardrobe advice (and hopefully he has a good financial manager), STAT. I think he must dress and pick out jewelry in the dark. We get it, you have money now. No need to dress so tacky and showy.

Down to earth? Have you ever heard him talk? And his “style” is not an accident of youth/inexperience. He dresses like an arrogant bro because that’s what he is. He got named to some fashion best dressed list— I don’t think it looks good but he dresses to attract attention to his clothes/persona and it’s effective.

Two really badly timed interceptions in a tight game. Bengals might still pull this out because Mahomes is hobbling around on one leg and a lot of other injuries, but Burrow is not the elite QB he thinks he is.

I grew up in Ohio dipsh--. I've heard him talk many times. He's extremely generous in the community and everyone who knows him at all says nothing but great things about him. His "fashion", well, it's very "new money" and is tacky.

As for his play, it speaks for himself. He didn't play as well as he normally does but, you know what, Mahomes (who I like) was in the same boat in the past. It happens. And, lbh, the refs heavily influenced that game. It was an appalling display of officiating. But, unfortunately, when you're also not playing your best, you're not going to make up for that, as well. The Bengals had a good run. Not my team. In fact, I pretty much despise Cincinnati teams but I do think they were not dealt a fair hand last night.

Calling strangers on the internet names is a weird way to establish your authority on whether or not someone is a decent person.

Blaming refs for the outcome in a hard fought game is also not an example of great sportsmanship and decency. There were calls that hurt both teams last night. The most decisive call in the game, the unnecessary roughness call on Cincy that put the Chiefs within field goal range to win it, was a good call. A tough one, because I respect Ossai was just playing hard at the end of the game and his momentum and a momentary lapse in judgement led to the call. But it was the right call -- Ossai shoved Mahomes in the back when he was already out of bounds. That's pretty much a textbook call. Even the Bengals knew it was the right call, given that Ossai was beating himself up pretty bad over it after the game and apparently one of his teammates was overheard berating him for it.

Cincinatti was dealt a perfectly fair hand last night. Better than fair -- the Chiefs two most critical players were playing injured. Playing in Kansas City is brutal (and I know Cincy fans will also whine about that but KC had the better record, even if Cincy had beat the Bills in the game that never happened) and the Chiefs are a team with a lot of playoff experience. It showed last night. Their veterans came through because they have been there before and know how to gut it out EVEN when you are not playing your best. Cincinnati looked like the talented but immature team that they are, and that includes Burrow. He thinks because he's been to the Super Bowl, he's a star. He's not. His performance last night showed that. If he wants to talk trash and behave the way he does in interviews, he better win games. I think Tom Brady is an arrogant, obnoxious QB also. But Brady kept winning Super Bowls when he was behaving like that, so it's harder to argue with.

How about Joe Burrow win an actual championship? Probably won't happen, to be honest.

DP and I'm not a fan of either team but the officiating crew was struggling big time. Like they had never worked in a loud stadium before. I also don't like the new rule about limiting challenges because the crews have gotten lazy, it's a bit bonkers that KC was out of challenges after successfully contesting the ball placement on that one drive.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't ever forget....

If LJ doesn't get hurt 2 years in a row, the Bengals aren't even division champions

Signed,
Bitter Ravens Fan

What's up with LJ anyway? Does he even return next year?

Not PP but doubt it. Probably for the best with his attitude and injury rate. I read an article in the Post predicting he land in Atlanta. Just so long as he doesn’t go to another AFC north team that’s fine by me!

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Anonymous wrote:Don't ever forget....

If LJ doesn't get hurt 2 years in a row, the Bengals aren't even division champions

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Bitter Ravens Fan

What's up with LJ anyway? Does he even return next year?

Anonymous wrote:Don't ever forget....

If LJ doesn't get hurt 2 years in a row, the Bengals aren't even division champions

Signed,
Bitter Ravens Fan

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Anonymous wrote:My team didn't even make the playoffs this year so I have no real dog in this fight, but I can't bring myself to root for the Bengals, even though they are a good team, because Joe Burrow just seems like an arrogant turd. He just really annoys me. I think the only way you get away with that level of showboating arrogance is if you are Tom Brady and back it up with championship after championship. But my sense is Burrow is more of a Phil Rivers.

Go Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes I guess.

I'm from Ohio but not a Cincy fan. My DC's family is though. So I'm loathe to say anything nice about Cincinnati. That said . . .

I don't find him obnoxious as a person. He seems pretty down to earth and genuine and people around him like him. HOWEVER, he needs some wardrobe advice (and hopefully he has a good financial manager), STAT. I think he must dress and pick out jewelry in the dark. We get it, you have money now. No need to dress so tacky and showy.

Down to earth? Have you ever heard him talk? And his “style” is not an accident of youth/inexperience. He dresses like an arrogant bro because that’s what he is. He got named to some fashion best dressed list— I don’t think it looks good but he dresses to attract attention to his clothes/persona and it’s effective.

Two really badly timed interceptions in a tight game. Bengals might still pull this out because Mahomes is hobbling around on one leg and a lot of other injuries, but Burrow is not the elite QB he thinks he is.

I grew up in Ohio dipsh--. I've heard him talk many times. He's extremely generous in the community and everyone who knows him at all says nothing but great things about him. His "fashion", well, it's very "new money" and is tacky.

As for his play, it speaks for himself. He didn't play as well as he normally does but, you know what, Mahomes (who I like) was in the same boat in the past. It happens. And, lbh, the refs heavily influenced that game. It was an appalling display of officiating. But, unfortunately, when you're also not playing your best, you're not going to make up for that, as well. The Bengals had a good run. Not my team. In fact, I pretty much despise Cincinnati teams but I do think they were not dealt a fair hand last night.

Calling strangers on the internet names is a weird way to establish your authority on whether or not someone is a decent person.

Blaming refs for the outcome in a hard fought game is also not an example of great sportsmanship and decency. There were calls that hurt both teams last night. The most decisive call in the game, the unnecessary roughness call on Cincy that put the Chiefs within field goal range to win it, was a good call. A tough one, because I respect Ossai was just playing hard at the end of the game and his momentum and a momentary lapse in judgement led to the call. But it was the right call -- Ossai shoved Mahomes in the back when he was already out of bounds. That's pretty much a textbook call. Even the Bengals knew it was the right call, given that Ossai was beating himself up pretty bad over it after the game and apparently one of his teammates was overheard berating him for it.

Cincinatti was dealt a perfectly fair hand last night. Better than fair -- the Chiefs two most critical players were playing injured. Playing in Kansas City is brutal (and I know Cincy fans will also whine about that but KC had the better record, even if Cincy had beat the Bills in the game that never happened) and the Chiefs are a team with a lot of playoff experience. It showed last night. Their veterans came through because they have been there before and know how to gut it out EVEN when you are not playing your best. Cincinnati looked like the talented but immature team that they are, and that includes Burrow. He thinks because he's been to the Super Bowl, he's a star. He's not. His performance last night showed that. If he wants to talk trash and behave the way he does in interviews, he better win games. I think Tom Brady is an arrogant, obnoxious QB also. But Brady kept winning Super Bowls when he was behaving like that, so it's harder to argue with.

How about Joe Burrow win an actual championship? Probably won't happen, to be honest.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't ever forget....

If LJ doesn't get hurt 2 years in a row, the Bengals aren't even division champions

Signed,
Bitter Ravens Fan

This is not wrong, and I am not a Ravens fan. The Bengals have gotten fortunate with some flukey years last year and this year. They've gotten fortunate with injuries on opposing teams and schedule quirks.

I do think Burrow is talented but Cincinnati has a history of chewing up talented QBs. Something about the organization or the culture maybe, I'm not sure. As a team, Cincinnati always seems to overestimate itself in this weird way that hinders the teams success. They've had some incredible players over the years, a lot of really dynamic playmakers who have made the team fun to watch. But I think they lack a core stability that you need in a championship team. When you look at champions, they've often got this core of selfless players who just show up, do the job at an elite level, and put the team first. I think Cincinnati struggles to cultivate that attitude. You see it in the way Burrow often talks with a chip on his shoulder (dude, you've been the league three years and you've been to the AFC championship twice and the SB once -- you have not earned a chip!), the way the players were blaming each other after the game last night. Cincinnati's organization just does not seem to know how to cultivate the mindset you need to go all the way. They might still win a SB one year, anything can happen, but I don't view them as a perennial powerhouse even when they have very talented teams because there is something off about their DNA.

Anonymous wrote:Don't ever forget....

If LJ doesn't get hurt 2 years in a row, the Bengals aren't even division champions

Signed,
Bitter Ravens Fan

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Anonymous wrote:I think you got Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes mixed up.

If you think Mahomes is more arrogant and obnoxious than Joe Burrow, you must not follow football. Burrow is the Bryce Harper of the NFL (and similarly ring-less).

There is nobody in football more arrogant and obnoxious than Patrick Mahomes (and I'm sure I've watched more football than you have).

Mahomes has a Super Bowl ring and was SB MVP. When you do that, you get to be more arrogant. Joe Burrow has not earned it.

So you agree with me then.

I don’t.

I think Burrow is more obnoxious than Mahomes by a lot, but if you think Mahomes is worse then Brady or Rogers, you are insane.

Though, again, those guys have earned some leeway to be arrogant. Burrows has not.

Mahomes has exactly the same number of SB rings as Aaron Rodgers, and after this year will have appeared in three (in a fraction of the time) while Rodgers has only one appearance. He's got a lor more right to be arrogant that Aaron.