The Sleepers preview the AFC Championship with Riley Davis!
Yep this was just going to be a Chiefs and Ravens preview Switching gears to the grid iron a little bit do you want me to start Greg or do you want to get your your bid in about Patrick Mahomes you go ahead and start you keep calling
It a bit but uh not a yeah I don’t like that why you throwing that bit word out there yeah too way too much disrespect coming from someone whose quarterback is Baker Mayfield but go ahead and set set the table um this is the the football guy in me loves watching the
LI I just realized I’m about to lead off a Ravens preview by talking about their linebackers instead of Lamar Jackson but that’s cuz I played linebacker I played it internationally as well put some respect on the Prague Lions uh Patrick Patrick Queen ran Smith two of my favorite players to watch on this
Defense I don’t think that the Chiefs have seen any linebacking core like this I I think those hard runs that we saw PCO ripping off last week against the bills are not going to happen this year or this week sorry and then um yeah I just don’t know if
Like I get the the Ravens pass defense can be a little bit susceptible sometimes but I don’t know if Kansas city has the the weapons to take advantage of that flip it to the other end I think you can run on the Chiefs I can’t get that Christmas Day game
Against the Raiders when zamir white just kept gashing them repeatedly for 10 yard runs I can’t get that out of my mind uh Lamar’s just on another level right now and you know how you once said uh Michael pennock’s offense was slingy slingy foot wait what was it slingy
Slingy pass pass slingy slingy pass pass yes the Ravens offense is I in a similar vein as that they have a they have a bunch of fast dudes and I think Z flowers is just a fast dude on a team full of fast dudes and I love that and I
Think he he could be in line to further cement like this this breakout playoffs that he’s kind of had so far so I also love the structure of fast dudes with fast dudes I think that’s one of the best things you can do on the football
Field uh look no further than the Miami Dolphins whose entire stick is fast dudes with with fast dudes the problem is that when fast dudes with fast dudes who are just fast go up against greatness pad Mahomes beats them like he did to the Dolphins two weeks ago uh so
Do I think that the Baltimore Ravens are just fast like the Dolphins are no I think they have a little more substance I think the defense is Stellar uh the linebackers in particular terrify me I think Lamar is potentially great I’ll go there like I the door is open for Lamar
Jackson to be one of the great quarterbacks has he been through this point in his career no I don’t think so he’s he’s been very good in the regular season he’s a dynamic quarterback one of the five best in the league for sure MVP type guy greatness comes with success in
The postseason Lamar for whatever reason has not gotten over the hump he has a great opportunity to do that the larger issue here is that Pat Mahomes is the greatest quarterback this sport has ever seen it simply is what it is you can call it what you want call itg say it
Again what is he Patrick Mahomes is the Great greatest quarterback this sport has ever seen and I get Tom Brady is the goat because he is currently the greatest resume quarterback of all time pat Mahomes is a better football player than Tom Brady it just is what it is
Peak Tom Brady versus the pat Mahomes we have right now Patrick Mahomes is better it’s up to Patrick Mahomes to get his resume to a point later in his career where he lives up to that but he’s already on Pace fellas like through Patrick mahomes’s young career right now
Do you know that he’s never not made the AFC Championship every single year of this guy’s career he’s gotten to this point that’s Insanity he’s 9 and one as an underdog in his career 10 times he’s been an underdog he’s won nine of them like I I don’t
Even know these are not even video game numbers because nobody’s that good at video games like this just is what it is uh I like out of the spirit of it you have to bet on Pat Mahomes here you have to believe it’s going to happen and if
Lamar Jackson gets through it you tip your cap I do think the Ravens are a better football team than the Chiefs this year but you don’t bet against greatness it’s the number one thing in the Bible of sleepers betting and uh I am savoring salivating at the
Opportunity to pick Pat Mahomes to win this game cart yeah you just you you don’t get many opportunities to be in the position that we are blessed to be in by picking Patrick Mahomes to beat a team like this and I also just wanted to be known and never ever let this get
Lost that bar about these aren’t even video game numbers cuz no one’s that good at video game no one’s even that good at video games is something we need to put in some file somewhere because that was Immaculate would you just pull that out of nowhere that was actually
Pulled out of nowhere yet I’m not gonna lie that was special and it makes me feel even better about my momes bet I appreciate that uh Riley did we sway you at all or no that was nice G I’ll give you that persuasive not quite enough for
To for me to back off the Ravens I I just keep like I I concede your points on momes I’m always gonna stand for Brady because he got my squad a Super Bowl so I’m not going to waiver on that but you know when you look at this team
This Chiefs team I know it’s been Bel labored their lack of weapons I still go back to like what was it 2019 Brady’s last year in in New England when they got packed up by the Titans because their receivers were awful I get Rashi rice can make some plays Travis Kelce
Can give you a good half of football and I will say Kelce has a little bit of like late career grank in him like that Super Bowl run that grank had with the bucks he was up and down all season missed a bunch of games then had two
Clutch touchdowns one in the NFC Championship one in the Super Bowl um that like Kelsey still has that in his bag we saw it last week but I just I don’t know man I can’t get past this Ravens defense in just the amount of like terrifying individuals they have
And it’s not just the fact that ran Smith and Patrick Queen might be the best linebacking duo in the the NFL they also wear number zero and number six respectively which makes them even scarier you got Kyle Hamilton who’s one of the best safeties in the league you
Have javian clowny who quietly had the most sacks he’s had since 2017 this year wearing number 24 as well like The Vibes the everything is lining up for the Ravens to just continue this hot stretch they’ve had yeah I think if the best football teams win this week it’s going
To be San Francisco 49ers Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl if uh Destiny exists I think it’s Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs that’s how I feel I’ve said it would be poetic if the Detroit Lions season opened with a win at the Champs Crib in Arrowhead and uh
It ends with can they do it again we’ll see um I was also going to make a couple Taylor Swift song title references when you brought up Travis Kelce but then you kept talking a little more so credit to you for avoiding that and saving our listeners and uh honestly fellas
