Andrew Filippone

Alan Jackson or Mahomes sounds like a law firm or a country artist, but they've been outscored 73 to nothing in the first quarter of these games.

Tony, I know.

I just think that people have gamed out a situation where they have a chance to play two quarterbacks who are definitely not among the conference's medal stand elites.

Agreed.

One of those games will be at home if it happens to be two.

And they have this weird sort of path of least resistance where, hey, all Mike has to do is get his team to win a game where they're rolling around in the mud for 60 minutes, metaphorically.

And while people in this town do not trust Mike as far as they can throw him, I do think the one thing even his critics will agree he is good at is turning a game into a slop fest

and finding a way to win it.

Pony, that even matches with national consensus on him from more smart people.

He should have turned that Jets game into that, and they gave up 45.

Before you got up to get a beer against the Browns, they were down 28 to nothing.

And it's they're going to win this game?

I don't think they're going to win, but I think they have a real chance.

But I think there's a large gulf.

There's a river-sized gap between I think they can win this game and don't go in drawing dead, and I think they will win this game.

Close game in picking this team and this coach to win a playoff game are two very different things.

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