AFC Playoffs: Case for the Chiefs as Underrated Contenders

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00:03 Let's start off with the AFC.

00:04 It seems as though the odds makers are telling us it's a little more likely that

00:08 Baltimore was to go down before the end, as opposed to San Francisco.

00:11 Cuz San Francisco is just such a heavy favorite, but

00:13 Baltimore is still a little plus money here.

00:16 Buffalo has really jumped in there.

00:18 This is not a big disparity between Baltimore and

00:21 Buffalo, plus 115 to plus 220.

00:23 Cuz the assumption is if Buffalo wins this week,

00:25 they'll play Baltimore next week and then you know anything can happen.

00:28 Kansas City plus 330 and no one thinks Houston's gonna come out of the AFC.

00:33 Yeah, stranger things have happened.

00:34 I always remind people, Vinny, that no one had the Bengals a couple of years ago

00:38 going to the Super Bowl.

00:39 They were sitting there in that Houston spot and they ended up winning it.

00:42 Can you make a case for

00:43 anyone outside of Baltimore going in to the final couple weeks here?

00:48 >> Yeah, I think I can definitely make it for the Chiefs.

00:50 I mean, you know they're the reigning champs.

00:52 You know their defense is spectacular at this point.

00:55 I mean, they just really made a statement against the Dolphins.

00:59 When you look at it, I think they're still the most underrated defense left in

01:02 the playoffs.

01:03 You look at the Ravens and what they can do with their pass rush, but

01:05 the Chiefs are right behind them.

01:07 When you look at scoring defense and

01:09 total defense, the Chiefs are right up there as the best combination.

01:12 I think the biggest concern has been their offense, but

01:14 I think what you saw, the Chiefs, is they made it simple.

01:17 They were like, let's just get into the hands of our three guys that we trust,

01:21 Rasheed Rice, Travis Kelsey, and Isaiah Pacheco.

01:23 And Patrick Mahomes can go to work, protect the ball.

01:26 Our defense is gonna help us out where we're not gonna have to score 27,

01:30 35 points to win a playoff game.

01:32 So I really like where the Chiefs are at now.

01:35 I think that was a big win last week to get some confidence.

01:38 Look, we've never seen Patrick Mahomes on the road, but there's a first time for

01:41 everything for him to break through in that environment this week.

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