1/19 championship games: game thread

Amy Trask@AmyTrask
one of the toughest road environments in which we played during my years in the league was @chiefs – the fans are tremendous – they can be like sharks who smell blood in the water and create a feeding frenzy – and I mean that in the most complimentary sense.

Next Gen Stats@NextGenStats
The @Titans have struggled to generate pressure according to our Hurry Probability Model (i.e. survival analysis), forcing a hurry within 3 seconds of the snap on just 7% of dropbacks.

Geoff Schwartz@geoffschwartz
Titans fans… Y’all are rushing 3 defenders most plays against an offensive line that’s in the AFCCG. Bad OLs don’t play in this round. You aren’t getting a holding call. Y’all are getting stoned by the Chiefs OL.

Steve Palazzolo@PFF_Steve
Every failed third down is a dropped pass. Mahomes has been awesome

James Light@JamesALight
My favorite NFL scheme is Pat Mahomes…

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Chiefs offense carving up the Titans defensepic.twitter.com/wO9ZKRCXeD

— PFF (@PFF) January 19, 2020

Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
Kind of expected a better NFC championship game.

Hub Arkush@Hub_Arkush
Say what you want but don’t accuse the Packers of not showing up. They’re just not good enough to hang with the 9ers and we’ve known it all season long.

trey wingo@wingoz
He threw it 8 times. Fewest in the history of a conference champsionship game. Sorry if the facts upset you. He went an hour and half without attempting a pass..

Nick Wagoner@nwagoner
#49ers open as 1-point underdogs in Super Bowl LIV, per @CaesarsEnt

Clarence Hill Jr@clarencehilljr
Robert Saleh and Eric Bienemy couldn’t get head coaching jobs but they will settle for trips to the Super Bowl

LA Rams Fan Zone@LARamsFanZone
For those not keeping track, another Steve Spagnolo defense has made it to the Super Bowl. Ahhhh Spags, we knew you well.
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NFL Conference Championship Game Takeaways: Mahomes is invincible, Niners run game blows minds, Packers offense with another dud, Derrick Henry goes nowhere and Chiefs poised to rule the AFC forever
https://t.co/290aSe7h9A

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 20, 2020

49ers run over Packers en route to Super Bowl LIV in Miamihttps://t.co/j5HycYMIoJ

— PFF (@PFF) January 20, 2020

Sam Monson@PFF_Sam
You can make good cases for the Ravens and Saints, but KC/SF feels like the right Super Bowl after everything, right?

Two legit powerhouses, not a lot of faults.

Frank Schwab@YahooSchwab
I usually have an initial opinion on the Super Bowl. Not always right but usually feel strong one way or another. This one I have no idea right now. Great matchup.

Eric Branch@Eric_Branch
Kyle Shanahan on why #49ers had 42 runs and eight passes: “Because it was working.”

Adam Harstad@AdamHarstad
Coaches with more career wins than Andy Reid:
Don Shula
George Halas
Bill Belichick
Tom Landry
Curly Lambeau
Paul Brown
That’s the list

wv wrote:

If I’m not mistaken the Packers also got humiliated by
Kaepernik’s ground game a while back, in the Playoffs.
Didnt he run, for like, a million yards against them?

w
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Yeah, the divisional round, 2012. (The year the Rams tied SF with overtime once and then beat them in overtime in game 2). Kaepernick rushed 16 times for 181 yards and 2 TDs against GB and SF took it 45-31. The running game total, not just CK, was SF for 323 yards.

The big difference I s’pose is that this time, 2019 playoffs, Shanahan planned a running attack GB could not stop. That time, CK was improvising.

GB also lost to the CK 9ers in the wild card round in 2013. In that game SF won by a FG kicked with no time left, 23-20. CK ran 7 times for 98 yards. The running game total, not just CK, was SF for 167 yards.

In the years since then GB also lost in the playoffs to Seattle (2014) once and Arizona once (2015).

Green Bay with its Winter Wonderland & jingle bells vibe just can’t handle playing those much tougher, more physical west coast teams.

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